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2) Colorado
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Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the land and climate, economy, government, and history of the Centennial State. Includes Internet links to Web sites related to Colorado.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This biography introduces readers to the life of Lyndon B. Johnson including his military service, early political career, and key events from Johnson's administration including the Civil Rights Act, the Vietnam War, and the Voting Rights Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Colorado is known for the tall peaks of its beautiful mountains. But is there something else lurking there? From ghosts in haunted hotels, to glowing orbs in cemeteries, there is more to Colorado than meets the eye. Get ready to read four spooky stories about Colorado"--Provided by the publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This biography introduces readers to Herbert Hoover including his early career as a geology engineer, his early political career and key events from Hoover's administration including the Great Depression. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This biography introduces readers to Zachary Taylor including his early political career and key events from Taylor's administration including the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and the Compromise of 1850. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing,...
7) Bill Clinton
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Bill Clinton including his early political career and key events from Clinton's administration including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the 2000 Camp David Summit, and the Iraq Liberation Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
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Pub. Date
1996
Description
Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet's steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 percent of the automobiles. The U.S. then had three-fourths of the world's gold supplies. English Prime Minister Edward Heath later said that the United States...
10) John F. Kennedy
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This biography introduces readers to John F. Kennedy including his military service, early political career, and key events from Kennedy's administration including the Cold War, space race, Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuban missile crisis, and his assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website.
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
What's so great about Colorado? Find out the top ten sites to see or things to do in the Centennial State! Explore Colorado's snowy mountain peaks, wild rivers, and rich history. The Colorado by Map feature shows where you'll find all the places covered in the book. A special section provides quick state facts such as the state motto, capital, population, animals, foods, and more. Take a fun-filled tour of all there is to discover in Colorado!
12) Franklin Pierce
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This biography introduces readers to the life of Franklin Pierce including his military service, early political career, and key events from Pierce's administration including the Gadsden Purchase, the Treaty of Kanagawa, and Bleeding Kansas. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included.
13) Barack Obama
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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This biography introduces readers to Barack Obama including his early political career and key events from Obama's administration including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Affordable Care Act, and the Clean Power Plan. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is...
14) William Taft
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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This biography introduces readers to William Taft including his early political career and key events from Taft's administration including forming the US Children's Bureau and Arizona and New Mexico becoming states. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Theodore Roosevelt including his early political career and key events from Roosevelt's administration including building of the Panama Canal, creating the Department of Commerce and Labor, and winning the Nobel Prize. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
16) John Adams
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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This biography introduces readers to John Adams including his early political career and key events from Adams's administration including the French Revolution the Alien and Sedition Acts. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint...
17) George W. Bush
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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This biography introduces readers to George W. Bush including his early political career and key events from Bush's administration including the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Iraq War, and Hurricane Katrina. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard...
18) William McKinley
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This biography introduces readers to William McKinley including his early political and key events from McKinley's administration including the Spanish-American War, the expansion of US territory to include the Hawaiian Islands, and his assassination by Leon F. Czolgosz. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...
19) Gerald Ford
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This biography introduces readers to Gerald Ford including his early political career and key events from Ford's administration including the Watergate scandal, pardon of former President Richard Nixon, and the Vietnam War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
20) Chester Arthur
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This biography introduces readers to Chester Arthur including his early political career and key events from Arthur's administration including improvements to the US Navy, and the Pendleton Civil Service Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.