Chronological Period/1950's
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I Am Rosa Parks
$5.99 Read moreHow special and inspiring to read about Rosa Park’s life in her own words! This BIOGRAPHY READER is now available in Step into Reading, the premier leveled reader line.
When Rosa Parks refused to give- Series: Step Into Reading
- Author: Parks, Rosa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 059343272X
- Language: English
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Penny from Heaven
$8.99 Add to cartNewbery Honor-winning, New York Times-bestselling, and as full of fun and adventure as it is of deeper family issues–now with striking new cover art!
School’s out for summer, and Penny and her cousi- Author: Holm, Jennifer L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0375836896
- Language: English
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If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks
$8.99 Add to cartFrom a Caldecott Honor Award and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator comes a bright and offbeat picture book with a unique perspective on the story of Rosa Parks.
A young girl named Marcie ha- Series: Reading Rainbow Books
- Author: Ringgold, Faith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0689856768
- Language: English
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A Persian Passover
$19.99 Read moreEzra and Roza are helping to prepare for their Passover celebration. Ezra is proud to be in charge of bringing his family’s flour to the synagogue to be baked into matzah in a traditional wood-burning
- Author: Basseri, Etan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1735087564
- Language: English
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These Hands
$9.99 Add to cartJoseph’s grandpa could do almost anything with his hands. He could play the piano, throw a curveball, and tie a triple bowline knot in three seconds flat. But in the 1950s and 60s, he could not bake b… [more below]
- Author: Mason, Margaret H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0544555465
- Language: English
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Jackie Robinson: American Hero
$4.99 Add to cartJust in time for the major motion picture release, discover everything you wanted to know about Jackie Robinson
To tie- in with the April 2013 release of the movie 42, the life story of Jackie Robinso… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0545540062
- Language: English
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Rosa Parks
$5.99 Add to cartFind out about the life of Rosa Parks and how her actions in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 helped end racial segregation in America.
This book follows the same standards as other National Geographic Re- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Jazynka, Kitson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 1426321414
- Language: English
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A Sky Full of Stars
$7.99 Add to cartThis powerful coming-of-age story from the author of Midnight Without a Moon will enlighten and enchant readers and is perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Sharon M. Draper.
In 1955 Mississippi,
- Author: Jackson, Linda Williams
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0358667208
- Language: English
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Don McLean’s American Pie: A Fable
$17.99 Add to cartA long, long time ago…
…in a small town, there lived a lonely newspaper boy. So begins this heartfelt story inspired by one of the most iconic works of American rock-n-roll. Don McLean’s American- Author: Meteor 17 Books
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1957317019
- Language: English
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Keeping Score
$9.99 Add to cartA historical novel from Newbery medalist Linda Sue Parks about life, faith, and America’s favorite pastime: baseball.
Both Maggie Fortini and her brother, Joey-Mick, were named for baseball great Joe D
- Author: Park, Linda Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 08 2010
- ISBN10: 0547248970
- Language: English
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Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine
$7.99 Read moreIn 1957, nine teenagers were chosen to be the first black students to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. A small group of people in Little Rock, including the governor of A
- Series: On My Own History
- Author: Lucas, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 01 1997
- ISBN10: 157505227X
- Language: English
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Joseph Stalin (a Wicked History)
$5.95 Add to cartExplore the life of Joseph Stalin.
The wicked ways of some of the most ruthless rulers to walk the earth are revealed in these thrilling biographies (A Wicked History) about men and women so monstrous,… [more below]
- Series: Wicked History
- Author: McCollum, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0531223558
- Language: English
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Boulevard of Dreams
$17.99 Read moreBetter Nate than Ever meets Love Sugar Magic in this spooky second novel in the Fearless middle grade series from Hamilton and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez about a group of young thespians who time tr… [more below]
- Series: Fearless #2
- Author: Gonzalez, Mandy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1534468986
- Language: English
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Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
$16.99 Add to cartA riveting account of the civil rights boycott that changed history by the foremost author of history for young people.
Now a classic, Freedman’s book tells the dramatic stories of the heroes who stoo- Author: Freedman, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0823421953
- Language: English
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The Complete Peanuts 1950-1954: Vols. 1 & 2 Gift Box Set – Paperback
$39.99 Add to cartThis fall will see the release of the first in an annual series of two-volume boxed sets (1950-1952 and 1953-1954) at a reduced price.
- Series: Complete Peanuts #0
- Author: Schulz, Charles M.
- Binding: Boxed Set
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: November 02 2014
- ISBN10: 1606997939
- Language: English
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Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire
$28.99 Add to cartIn a gripping narrative that is all but impossible to put down (Joseph C. Miller), Histories of the Hanged exposes the long-hidden colonial crimes of the British in Kenya. This groundbreaking work tel… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: December 18 2012
- ISBN10: 039332754X
- Language: English
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Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century
$14.99 Add to cartA New York Times Best Seller
“A worthy retrospective that feels chilling in the manner of novelist Perry.” -Kirkus Reviews On June 22, 1954, teenage friends Juliet Hulme–better known as bestselling- Author: Graham, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1634505182
- Language: English
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Red Scare in the Green Mountains: The McCarthy Era in Vermont 1946-1960
$16.95 Add to cartIPPY Award for Best Regional History
Reader’s Favorite Award
What happened in Vermont when the anti-Communist fear known as the “Red Scare” swept the country? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Rick Winston
- Author: Winston, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: July 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1578690072
- Language: English
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San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising
$33.99 Add to cartSan Diego’s unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of “low and slow.” Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighb… [more below]
- Author: Pulido, Alberto Lopez
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: April 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1540215865
- Language: English
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North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
$21.95 Add to cart**Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist**
Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors. North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The countr- Author: Tudor, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0804844585
- Language: English
