Search Results | Washoe County Library System

Catalog Search Results

Sort by

1) Christopher Columbus: great explorer

Author

Adler, David A

Series

First biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1991

Language

English

Description

Read Description

Chronicles the life, voyages, and discoveries of the intrepid explorer.

2) Pocahontas

Author

Gleiter, Jan

Series

First biographies. Set II

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

[1995]

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

3) Rosa Parks

Author

Holland, Gini

Series

First biographies

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

[1997]

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A brief biography of the African American who, in refusing to obey a discriminatory rule about bus seating, set off both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a movement that changed the nation's laws.

4) Benjamin Franklin

Author

Rustad, Martha E. H

Series

Pebble Books. First biographies

Publisher

Pebble Books

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

5) Christopher Columbus

Author

Schaefer, Lola M

Series

Pebble Books. First biographies

Publisher

Pebble Books

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Read Description

Simple text and photographs introduce the life of the Italian explorer who sailed to America in 1492.

6) Frederick Douglass

Author

Schaefer, Lola M

Series

Pebble Books. First biographies

Publisher

Pebble Books

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A simple biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement in the nineteenth century.

7) George Washington Carver

Author

Rustad, Martha E. H

Series

Pebble Books. First biographies

Publisher

Pebble Books

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

8) Let's read about-- Abraham Lincoln

Author

Black, Sonia

Series

Scholastic first biographies

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A brief biography of the sixteenth president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, who served led the country through the difficult times of the Civil War.

9) Let's read about-- George Washington

Author

Weinberger, Kimberly

Series

Scholastic first biographies

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book (Paperback)

Description

Read Description

A simple biography of the first president of the United States.

10) Sitting Bull

Author

Gosda, Randy T

Series

First biographies. Set II

Publisher

Abdo Pub

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A simple biography of the Sioux chief who worked to maintain the rights of Native American people and who led the defeat of General Custer at the Little Big Horn in 1876.