Adler, David A

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Jackie Robinson

he was the first
1989
Traces the life of the talented and determined athlete who broke the color barrier in major league baseball in 1947 by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The purple turkey and other Thanksgiving riddles

1986
An illustrated collection of humorous riddles on a Thanksgiving Day theme.

Mama played baseball

2003
Young Amy helps her mother to get a job as a player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League while Amy's father is serving in the army during World War II.

Hiding from the Nazis

1997
The true story of Lore Baer who as a four-year-old Jewish child was placed with a Christian family in the Dutch farm country to avoid persecution by the Nazis.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

free at last
1986
A biography of the Baptist minister who worked unceasingly for his dream of a world without hate, prejudice, or violence, and was assassinated in his attempt to attain it.

A picture book of Helen Keller

1990
A brief biography of the woman who overcame her handicaps of being both blind and deaf.

Thomas Jefferson

father of our democracy
1987
An account of Jefferson's life highlighting his many accomplishments as governor, architect, gardener, inventor, and President.

America's champion swimmer

Gertrude Ederle
2000
Describes the life and accomplishments of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel and a figure in the early women's rights movement.

A picture book of Florence Nightingale

1992
Traces the life of the nineteenth-century English woman who followed her calling to work in hospitals and improve the conditions under which the sick were treated.

Cam Jansen and the mystery of flight 54

1999
Fifth grade sleuth Cam Jansen and her friend Eric combine wits to solve the disappearance of a young French girl.

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