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Yes We Will: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country by Kelly Yang

Yes We Will: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country

Kelly Yang

The Day Madear Voted by Don Tate, Wade Hudson

The Day Madear Voted

Don Tate, Wade Hudson

Looking at Lincoln by Maira Kalman, Maira Kalman

Looking at Lincoln

Maira Kalman, Maira Kalman

Smart About the Fifty States by Jon Buller, Maryann Cocca-Leffler, Joan Holub, True Kelley, Susan Saunders

Smart About the Fifty States

Jon Buller, Maryann Cocca-Leffler, Joan Holub, True Kelley, & more...

We the Kids by David Catrow, David Catrow

We the Kids

David Catrow, David Catrow

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Nikkolas Smith, Renée Watson

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

Nikole Hannah-Jones, Nikkolas Smith, Renée Watson

I am Teddy Roosevelt by Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos

I am Teddy Roosevelt

Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos

I am George Washington by Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos

I am George Washington

Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos

I am Martin Luther King, Jr. by Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos

I am Martin Luther King, Jr.

Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos

Red, White, and Blue by John Herman, Robin Roraback

Red, White, and Blue

John Herman, Robin Roraback

Main Street by Britt Hawthorne, Tiffany Jewell, David Wilkerson

Main Street

Britt Hawthorne, Tiffany Jewell, David Wilkerson

She Persisted: Harriet Tubman by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint

She Persisted: Harriet Tubman

Andrea Davis Pinkney, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian & more...

Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz, Tomie dePaola

Shh! We're Writing the Constitution

Jean Fritz, Tomie dePaola

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz, Margot Tomes

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

Jean Fritz, Margot Tomes

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz, Margot Tomes

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

Jean Fritz, Margot Tomes

Grades 4-7
The River Between Us by Richard Peck

The River Between Us

Richard Peck

Arrow Over the Door by Joseph Bruchac, James Watling

Arrow Over the Door

Joseph Bruchac, James Watling

Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run by Michael Hemphill, Tom Angleberger

Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run

Michael Hemphill, Tom Angleberger

Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone

Blood on the River

Elisa Carbone

Poison in the Colony by Elisa Carbone

Poison in the Colony

Elisa Carbone

Alexander Hamilton #2 by Ann Hood

Alexander Hamilton #2

Ann Hood

From Slave Ship to Freedom Road by Julius Lester, Rod Brown

From Slave Ship to Freedom Road

Julius Lester, Rod Brown

To Be a Slave by Julius Lester, Tom Feelings

To Be a Slave

Julius Lester, Tom Feelings

Ben's Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick, Wendell Minor

Ben's Revolution

Nathaniel Philbrick, Wendell Minor

Lifting as We Climb by Evette Dionne

Lifting as We Climb

Evette Dionne

Indigenous America by Jennifer Sabin, Liam McDonald, Doug Kiel

Indigenous America

Jennifer Sabin, Liam McDonald, Doug Kiel

The Legacy of Jim Crow by Jennifer Sabin, Clarence A. Haynes, David Ikard

The Legacy of Jim Crow

Jennifer Sabin, Clarence A. Haynes, David Ikard

The Founders Unmasked by Jennifer Sabin, Christopher Sebastian Parker

The Founders Unmasked

Jennifer Sabin, Christopher Sebastian Parker

What Is a Presidential Election? by Douglas Yacka, Who HQ

What Is a Presidential Election?

Douglas Yacka, Who HQ

Who Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?: Rosa Parks by Who HQ, Insha Fitzpatrick, Abelle Hayford, Hanna Schroy

Who Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?: Rosa Parks

Who HQ, Insha Fitzpatrick, Abelle Hayford, Hanna Schroy

Where Is the White House? by Megan Stine, David Groff, Who HQ

Where Is the White House?

Megan Stine, David Groff, Who HQ

What Is the Women's Rights Movement? by Deborah Hopkinson, Who HQ, Laurie A. Conley

What Is the Women's Rights Movement?

Deborah Hopkinson, Who HQ, Laurie A. Conley

What Is the Declaration of Independence? by Jerry Hoare, Michael C. Harris, Who HQ

What Is the Declaration of Independence?

Jerry Hoare, Michael C. Harris, Who HQ

What Is the Constitution? by Patricia Brennan Demuth, Tim Foley, Who HQ

What Is the Constitution?

Patricia Brennan Demuth, Tim Foley, Who HQ

What Is Juneteenth? by Who HQ, Manuel Gutierrez, Kirsti Jewel

What Is Juneteenth?

Who HQ, Manuel Gutierrez, Kirsti Jewel

Who Was Thomas Jefferson? by John O'Brien, Dennis Brindell Fradin, Who HQ

Who Was Thomas Jefferson?

John O'Brien, Dennis Brindell Fradin, Who HQ

What Is the Supreme Court? by Jill Abramson, Gregory Copeland, Who HQ

What Is the Supreme Court?

Jill Abramson, Gregory Copeland, Who HQ

What Was Reconstruction? by Sherri L. Smith, Tim Foley, Who HQ

What Was Reconstruction?

Sherri L. Smith, Tim Foley, Who HQ

What Is Congress? by Jill Abramson, Who HQ, David Malan

What Is Congress?

Jill Abramson, Who HQ, David Malan

What Is the Civil Rights Movement? by Sherri L. Smith, Tim Foley, Who HQ

What Is the Civil Rights Movement?

Sherri L. Smith, Tim Foley, Who HQ

A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar

A Seed in the Sun

Aida Salazar

Grades 8-12
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, Susan Buckley, PJ Loughran

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, Susan Buckley, PJ & more...

All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen

All You Have to Do

Autumn Allen

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (Young Readers Adaptation) by David Treuer, Sheila Keenan

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (Young Readers Adaptation)

David Treuer, Sheila Keenan

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