Alexandra Wallner

An introduction to the life of the Philadelphia seamstress credited with sewing the first American flag.

2) A picture book of Abraham Lincoln

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Follows the life of the popular president, from his childhood on the frontier to his assassination after the end of the Civil War.

3) A picture book of Benjamin Franklin

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1990

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Description

Surveys the life of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his work as an inventor and statesman.

4) A picture book of George Washington

Author

Series

Picture Book Biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1989

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

A brief account of the life of the "Father of Our Country."

5) A Christmas tree in the White House

Author

Hines, Gary

Publisher

Holt

Pub. Date

c1998

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Description

President Theodore Roosevelt does not approve of cutting down living trees just to be used as Christmas decorations, but his two young sons try to sneak one into the White House anyway.

6) A picture book of Christopher Columbus

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1991

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Description

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus.

7) A picture book of Louis Braille

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1997

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Presents the life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used throughout the world by the blind.

8) A picture book of Helen Keller

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1990

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Description

A brief biography of the woman who overcame her handicaps of being both blind and deaf.

9) A picture book of Thomas Jefferson

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1990

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Description

Traces the life and achievements of the architect, bibliophile, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence.

10) A picture book of Thomas Alva Edison

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1996

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items.

11) A picture book of Paul Revere

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1995

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Chronicles Paul Revere's life, from his apprenticeship in his father's silversmith shop to his ride to warn American soldiers about the coming of the British Army and his later years

12) A picture book of Patrick Henry

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1995

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Chronicles the life of Patrick Henry from his childhood on a tobacco plantation in Virginia to the American Revolution, when he spoke the famous words "Give me liberty or give me death," one month before the first shots rang out

13) A picture book of Robert E. Lee

Author

Series

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1994

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the life of the Commander in Chief of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

14) A picture book of Davy Crockett

Author

Picture book biography
Children's Braille book club

Series

Publisher

National Braille Press

Pub. Date

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

15) Thanksgiving in the White House

Author

Hines, Gary

Publisher

Holt

Pub. Date

2003

Edition

1st ed.

Language

English

Description