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1) The flag we love

Author

Ryan, Pam Muñoz

Publisher

Charlesbridge Pub

Pub. Date

c1996

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

2) Stars and stripes: the story of the American flag

Author

Thomson, Sarah L

Publisher

HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

c2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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An introduction to the history of the American flag, from colonial times to the present.

3) Flags over America: a star-spangled story

Author

Harness, Cheryl

Publisher

Albert Whitman & Company

Pub. Date

[2014]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Explains how flags have been used throughout history to represent cultures, including the colonial era, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812.

4) F is for flag

Author

Lewison, Wendy Cheyette

Series

Reading railroad books

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Celebrates the origin, symbolism, and power of the banner that represents the United States of America.

5) A flag for our country

Author

Spencer, Eve

Series

Stories of America

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

[1993]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Relates how a Philadelphia seamstress helped design and make the first flag to represent the United States of America.

6) The American flag

Author

Jango-Cohen, Judith

Series

Pull ahead books. American symbols

Publisher

Lerner Publications Co

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Shows what various flags of the United States have meant, and what the Stars and Stripes means to us today.

7) The U.S. flag: introducing primary sources

Author

Clay, Kathryn

Series

Smithsonian little explorer. Introducing primary sources

Publisher

Capstone Press a capstone imprint

Pub. Date

[2016]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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"Introduces young readers to primary sources related to the U.S. flag"--

8) The American flag

Author

Landau, Elaine

Series

A true book

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2008]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

9) Flag Day

Author

Ansary, Mir Tamim

Series

Heinemann first library
Holiday histories

Publisher

Heinemann Library

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

10) A flag for all

Author

Brimner, Larry Dane

Series

Corner kids
Rookie choices

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, Early Reader

Description

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While researching the American flag for a class project, the Corner Kids ask townspeople what the flag means to them and find that each person has a different answer.

11) The flag maker

Author

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Relates events of the 1814 Battle of Baltimore as seen through the eyes of twelve-year-old Caroline Pickersgill, who had worked with her family and their servants to sew the enormous flag which waved over Fort McHenry.

12) The Star-spangled Banner

Author

Welch, Catherine A

Series

On my own history

Publisher

Carolrhoda Books

Pub. Date

c2005

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

13) The Star-spangled banner: introducing primary sources

Author

Orr, Tamra

Series

Smithsonian little explorer. Introducing primary sources

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

[2016]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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"Introduces young readers to primary sources related to the Star-Spangled Banner"--

14) The Star-Spangled Banner

Author

Lambert, Nancy

Series

Penguin young readers. Level 4

Publisher

Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Pub. Date

[2016]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Tells the story behind the original nineteenth-century national treasure that inspired the poem by Francis Scott Key and the American national anthem, while sharing insights into how the Smithsonian cares for the flag.