Presents the life of Barack Obama, including his childhood in the United States and abroad, careers as a community organizer and lawyer, and his election as the forty-four president in 2009.
Nellie Bly was known as an investigative reporter, but what about before that? Find out what happened when Bly was younger, and what she did that made her famous later on..
how Hank Greenberg became a star on and off the field
Krensky, Stephen
"A story about the baseball player Hank Greenberg: how he balanced his love of baseball with his Jewish heritage, and how he stood up for his beliefs"--Provided by the publisher.
On April 15, 1947, Matt Romano and his father watch the Brooklyn Dodgers season-opener, during which Jackie Robinson, a twenty-eight-year-old rookie, breaks the "color line" that had kept black men out of Major League baseball.
"Pins and Needles may look alike, but these best friends sure don't act the same. Pins is very brave. Needles is scared of most everything around him. One day, Pins has a scary dream and won't come out of his house. If Pins is scared by the dream, then Needles will be terrified! Can Needles find the courage to talk to his friend about his dream and convince Pins to come out and play?"--Back cover.