![Calling the Doves](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0892391669.jpg?itok=dFxPeN9T)
Calling the Doves is poet Juan Felipe Herrera’s story of his migrant farmworker childhood. In delightful and lyrical language, he recreates the joy of eating breakfast under the open sky, listening to Mexican songs in the little trailer house his father built, and celebrating with other families at a fiesta in the mountains. He remembers his mother singing songs and reciting poetry, and his father telling stories and calling the doves.
Calling the Doves
![The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Mary and Abraham Lincoln](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375836187.jpg?itok=m9boh_zD)
The lives and times of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln are presented through written and pictorial information in a scrapbook-like format. A well developed, tragic portrait of Mary Lincoln emerges as her life is presented beyond the assassination of the President.
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Mary and Abraham Lincoln
![What Lincoln Said](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060848197.jpg?itok=6J_3W03c)
Lincoln’s own words punctuate this overview of his life and times including lighter moments. Full color illustrations exaggerate Lincoln’s physical features but complement the man’s complexity.
What Lincoln Said
![Vinnie and Abraham](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1570916446.jpg?itok=OkqwZkFO)
Not only did Vinnie Ream work at the post office but was the first woman (and the youngest) commissioned to sculpt an image of Abraham Lincoln. Watercolors and documentation combine to present a portrait of an artist and the city in which she lived.
Vinnie and Abraham
![Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805082646.jpg?itok=9VahN7XM)
The friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist who was once enslaved, is presented in richly imagined text and collage illustrations.
Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship
![Abraham Lincoln Comes Home](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805075291.jpg?itok=2C9n9Iq4)
Luke and his father travel by buggy to pay respects to the train carrying the assassinated Abraham Lincoln from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois. Evocative text and illustration are well-researched to capture the period from a child’s point of view.
Abraham Lincoln Comes Home
![Abe's Honest Words](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1423104080.jpg?itok=lOP29ZZq)
A straightforward overview of Lincoln’s life is punctuated by Lincoln’s words and commanding images. Additional resources for further reading and research are included as are sources used in this unforgettable book.
Abe’s Honest Words
![Abe Lincoln Remembers](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060511079.jpg?itok=xwOGJjsM)
Before leaving for Ford’s Theater, Abraham Lincoln reflects on his life — his accomplishments and disappointments. Realistic illustrations reflect the serious tone of this unusual glimpse of the 16th President.
Abe Lincoln Remembers
![Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/037583768X.jpg?itok=mT8zIDZz)
Drama abounds in what might have happened if Austin Gollaher had not pulled the young Abraham Lincoln from a swollen Kentucky creek that day in 1816. This engaging tale was inspired and expanded from a real event noted by the author.
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale
![Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1416912681.jpg?itok=rAaD2Jwp)
The basic life and accomplishments of Abraham Lincoln are introduced in free verse and detailed illustrations in an open format. A concluding note provides additional information.
Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
![The Storyteller's Candle](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0892392223.jpg?itok=tEZWaZYy)
This is the story of librarian Pura Belpré, told through the eyes of two young children who are introduced to the library and its treasures just before Christmas. Lulu Delacre’s lovely illustrations evoke New York City at the time of the Great Depression, as well as the close-knit and vibrant Puerto Rican community that was thriving in El Barrio during this time. Bilingual Spanish-English text.
The Storyteller’s Candle
![Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangara Maathai](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374399182.jpg?itok=9wkLHbj2)
Wangari Maathai’s native Kenya was a changed land, literally blowing away because its trees and growth had been destroyed. Rather than complain, she started a reforestation effort for which she was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Handsome illustrations combine with crisp text to tell the story of one person’s impact.
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangara Maathai
![Art from Her Heart](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399242198.jpg?itok=4d9NCLt1)
Self-taught artist Clementine Hunter used paint and canvas to record life in the rural south. Her work was first hung on a clothesline, much later in galleries. This attractive picture book biography concludes with an author’s note and actual images by Hunter.
Art from Her Heart
![Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580891314.jpg?itok=yemTZpd2)
Not all pirates did their dirty work on the sea and not all of them were men. The stories in history and lore of the Sea Queens are presented in an evocative format with bold illustrations, separating fact from fiction.
Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World
![Sandy's Circus: A Story about Alexander Calder](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0670062685.jpg?itok=oRIE6IM6)
Alexander Calder — Sandy — had a vivid imagination and a fascination with the circus; his sketches of the circus became 3-dimensional. Vivid illustrations combine with an informal text to introduce a man whose art continues to inspire and intrigue.
Sandy’s Circus: A Story about Alexander Calder
![Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689858086_0.jpg?itok=9WT9stPR)
This fact and fun-filled look at female contributions to the American Revolution provides a serious but lighthearted introduction to a range of known and unknown women. Affable illustrations include thought and speech bubbles.
Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution
![Ghosts of the White House](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689848927.jpg?itok=faU2ebIR)
The ghost of George Washington introduces Sara to other presidential ghosts.
Ghosts of the White House
![George Washington, Spymaster](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1426300417.jpg?itok=zMjukJ1P)
Espionage played an important role in defeating the British, as is demonstrated in this cleverly-formatted, intriguing book.
George Washington, Spymaster
![Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Life](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689865449.jpg?itok=kbYiG-N0)
The life and times of Eleanor Roosevelt are presented chronologically as though one is examining a scrapbook. Much like the approach the author uses for other historical figures, this look at Eleanor is almost intimate, certainly thorough, and compelling.
Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt’s Life
![My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez / Me llamo Gabito](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0873589084.jpg?itok=W6HJzOoa)
As she did in My Name Is Celia/Me llamo Celia, Monica Brown tells the story of young Gabriel García Márquez’s life in this bilingual picture book. Brown also provides children with a simple introduction to magical realism by showing how young Gabriel’s surroundings and imagination merged in fantastic ways, fostering his creativity and building the foundation for the legendary characters and stories he would later create. Beautiful illustrations complement the lyrical text.
My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez / Me llamo Gabito
![What to Do About Alice?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439922313.jpg?itok=rJcuQhd5)
What must it be like to live in the White House, especially if you’re not at all like other children of your time? Read about Alice — Theodore Roosevelt’s oldest child — and her unconventional approach to life in the White House.
What to Do About Alice?
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George Washington is well known not only as the first President of the United States, but also for his legendary dental problem. The rhyming countdown (as GW heads toward no teeth at all) introduces an historical figure with humor, verve, and real (if unusual) information.
George Washington’s Teeth
![She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0618852999.jpg?itok=EFSE31Br)
Most of us have heard of Helen Keller, but few have heard of Laura Bridgman. Left blind and deaf in her childhood in the 1830’s, Bridgman attended school and taught Helen’s teacher, Annie Sullivan, to fingerspell.
She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer
![Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805079947.jpg?itok=Bz4WWucZ)
John’s music began when he listened to the music in his childhood. Semi-abstract illustrations vivify sound-filled poetry, together introducing a boy who would grow up to become the great John Coltrane.