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621) Sheltering Books
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Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways Sheltering Books contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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Meet six heroic social activists.
The next book in our six-in-one, full-color bio series will focus on Peace Warriors. Featuring men and women who have worked passionately to pioneer peaceful solutions to violent conflicts throughout history. Our peace warriors will include Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Dorothy Day, and Ellen Sirleaf Johnson. Find out about their childhoods, where they went to school, what their families...
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In the 1960s, no black political group stood for grassroots insurgency more than the Black Panther Party. The figure who embodied the militant and controversial spirit of the Black Panther Party more than anyone was Eldridge Cleaver. Charismatic, brilliant, and courageous, Cleaver built a base of power and influence that struck fear deep in the heart of white America. It was therefore shocking to many left-wing radicals when Cleaver turned his back...
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How the Personal Became Political In the Fight to Grant Women Civil Rights
They forever changed America: Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard, Alice Paul. At their revolution's start in the 1840s, a woman's right to speak in public was questioned. By its conclusion in 1920, the victory in woman's suffrage had also encompassed the most fundamental rights of citizenship: the right to control wages, hold property, to...
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Olivier Chasson plonge au cœur des parcours rapides et déchirants des jeunes confrontés à des situations précaires, propulsés par les réseaux sociaux et des rencontres nocturnes. À travers ses expériences personnelles, il retrace le cheminement qui a conduit à la création du centre de Pontourny, tout en explorant les séquelles émotionnelles de l'abandon et de la perte d'estime de soi, ainsi que l'endoctrinement de certains jeunes par...
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Charismatic, singularly determined, and controversial, W.E.B. Du Bois was a historian, novelist, editor, sociologist, founder of the NAACP, advocate of women's rights, and the premier architect of the Civil Rights movement. His hypnotic voice thunders out of David Levering Lewis's monumental biography like a locomotive under full steam.
This second volume of what is already a classic work begins with the triumphal return from WWI of African American...
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À 50 ans, Jo Lopez, caïd clermontois, gitan d'origine manouche, raconte sa vie, ses vies... avec cette volonté de transmettre un héritage. Entre ses petits délits de jeunesse, son premier « meurtre » à l'âge de 15 ans, ses déboires judiciaires, ses cicatrices, ses rencontres, ses passions, les poèmes qu'il rédige en prison et les valeurs qu'il défend, l'on découvre un homme bien plus singulier qu'il n'y paraît. C'est également une...
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Delight your students with this fascinating informational text that profiles the life of educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune. Students will gain a deeper understanding for what life was like back then, as they use higher order thinking skills to analyze historical events more critically. Build content knowledge with this e-Book that discusses topics in the different strands of social studies. The Mary McLeod Bethune: Education and...
629) Coat-A-Kid
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Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways Coat-A-Kid contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
630) What's Mine Is Yours
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Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways What's Mine Is Yours contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways Kids Saving the Rainforest contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways Alex's Lemonade Stand contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve while fostering empathy and encouraging informed action in the community. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources...
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Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways Jessie Rees Foundation contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
634) Project TGIF
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Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways Project TGIF contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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Have you ever wondered what it might be like to work in the White House or what it might be like working on a presidential campaign? Vanessa Millones invites you to join her journey; sharing stories of failure, success and growth.
In this book you will read about:
• An insider's view of what it was like coming out of the White House on the day after Trump won the 2016 election
• The author's unexpected pivot in her carefully planned career from...
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Accompagnez un pompier volontaire dans ses interventions les plus palpitantes!
Si vous pensez qu'être pompier volontaire se résume à balayer une chaussée après un accident ou à rouler les tuyaux après un incendie, vous serez bien étonné de la réalité. Au travers du récit de ses nombreuses interventions, tant anecdotiques qu'instructives, l'auteur nous propose de partager la vie, souvent méconnue, d'un pompier volontaire. Captivante et...
637) B Is For Brotherhood
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Read along as best-selling author, Joa Macnalie of the Athletes and Activism series curates the conversation of police brutality/misconduct and the racial climate of our country. The lives of influencers such as Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid encourage children to use their voice in order to effect change, help children become critical consumers of media, and to stand for what they believe in, even in the midst of great adversity.
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Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways Paper Beads from Africa contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve while fostering empathy and encouraging informed action in the community. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources...
639) Bethany Hamilton
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Growing up in Hawaii, Bethany Hamilton loved to surf. But one day, she was in her favorite place, out on the waves, when a tiger shark suddenly attacked. Thirteen-year-old Bethany lost her left arm. As she fought to recover, Bethany wondered: Would she ever surf again?
Follow Bethany as she got back on her board and fearlessly chased her surfing dreams. With the strength of her family and faith behind her, Bethany knew she could become not only a...
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, thousands of African Americans were lynched in the United States. Journalist and activist Ida Wells documented these lynchings. Her work brought attention to racial violence and injustice. Ida Wells: Journalist and Activist explores her life and legacy. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary,...
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