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Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama's First Presidential Seder - To Be Autographed 3/9
Michelson, Richard
The true story of how a small Seder dinner on the campaign trail inspired Barack Obama to bring the tradition into the White House and host the first ever Presidential Passover celebration.

In 1800, President John Adams held the first formal Christmas dinner at
the newly built White...

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$18.99
Black & White
Larry Dane Brimner
In the nineteen fifties and early sixties, Birmingham, Alabama, became known as Bombingham. At the center of this violent time in the fight for civil rights, and standing at opposite ends, were Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor. From his pulpit, Shuttlesworth agitated for...
Item No. 9781590787663
$16.95
Crossing on Time
Macaulay, David

David Macaulay, co-creator of the international bestseller The Way Things Work, brings his signature curiosity and detailing to the story of the steamship in this meticulously researched and stunningly illustrated book.

Prior to the 1800s, ships crossing the Atlantic...

Item No. 9781596434776
$24.99
Freedom School, Yes!
Littlesugar, Amy

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In 1964's Freedom Summer, one girl sees that nothing--not hatred, not fear, not anything else--can stand in the way of her learning about the world.

Jolie has a lot to be scared about since the new Freedom School teacher, Annie, came to town. Bricks thrown through windows in the dead of...

Item No. 9780399230066
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Freedom Song
Sally M. Walker

Henry “Box” Brown’s ingenious escape from slavery is celebrated for its daring and originality. Throughout his life, Henry was fortified by music, family, and a dream of freedom. When he seemed to lose everything, he forged these elements into the song that sustained him through the careful...

Item No. 9780060583101
$17.99
Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World
Thermes, Jennifer
From their earliest evolution to the invention of the "horseless carriage," author-illustrator Jennifer Thermes's picture book captures how--for much of human history--horses powered the world!

For thousands of years, horses and humans lived, worked, and played together,...

Item No. 9781419749452
$18.99
I'll Pass For Your Comrade
Silvey, Anita

The Civil War has been studied, written about, even sung about for generations. Most people know that it was a conflict between North and South, Unionists and rebels, blue and gray. We recognize the names of Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee. Many people know about Clara...

Item No. 11287
$17.00
Love in the Library
Tokuda-Hall, Maggie
"A powerful must-read."--Booklist (starred review)

Set in an incarceration camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII and based on true events, this moving love story finds hope in heartbreak.

To fall in love is already a gift. But to...

Item No. 9781536204308
$18.99
Marching for Freedom
Partridge, Elizabeth
An inspiring look at the fight for the vote, by an award-winning author

Only 44 years ago in the U.S., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was leading a fight to win blacks the right to vote. Ground zero for the movement became Selma, Alabama.

Award-winning author Elizabeth Partridge leads you...

Item No. 9780670011896
$19.99
My Country Tis of Thee
Murphy, Claire Rudolf

More than any other, one song traces America's history of patriotism and protest.

Everyone knows the words to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." What most don't realize is that this iconic song has been a beacon of change for hundreds of years. Generations of protesters and civil rights pioneers...

Item No. 9780805082265
$17.99
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (paperback)
Hopkinson, Deborah

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Illus. in full color. As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of a
reunion with her Momma, who lives on another plantation--and even of running
away to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the Underground
Railroad. In a flash of inspiration, Clara sees how...

Item No. 9780679874720
$3.98
The Bell Rang
Ransome, James E
Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019

A young slave girl witnesses the heartbreak and hopefulness of her family and their plantation community when her brother escapes for freedom in this brilliantly...

Item No. 9781442421134
$17.99
The Case for Loving: Fight for Interracial Marriage
Alko, Selina
"I support the freedom to marry for all. That's what Loving, and loving, are all about." -- Mildred Loving, June 12, 2007

For most children these days it would come as a great shock to know that before 1967, they could not marry a person of a race different from their own. That was the year...
Item No. 9780545478533
$18.99
The Great Migration: Journey to the North
Greenfield, Eloise

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We were one family among the many thousands. Mama and Daddy leaving home, coming to the city, with their hopes and their courage, their dreams and their children, to make a better life.

In this beautiful collection of poems and collage artwork, award winners...

Item No. 9780061259210
$7.98
The Mary Celeste (Paperback) - Autographed
Stemple, Heidi E y

To Be Personalized by Heidi E.Y. Stemple

In this spooky book from the nonfiction An Unsolved Mystery from History picture book series, set off on the high seas to a ghost ship left completely abandoned and adrift on the waves.

The Mary Celeste was discovered adrift on the open sea by another ship in 1872--with no sign of...

Item No. 9780689851223
$7.99
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Silent Witness: True Story of the Civil War
Friedman, Robin

At the beginning of the Civil War, Lula McLean's family home in Manassas, Virginia, is taken over by the Confederate army and used as its headquarters. Forced to flee by the oncoming Union army, Lula and her family and her favorite rag doll move south to a small village called Appomattox Court...

Item No. 9780547014364
$7.99
The Voice That Challenged a Nation
Russell Freedman

"A voice like yours," celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini told contralto Marian Anderson, "is heard once in a hundred years." This insightful account of the great African American vocalist considers her life and musical career in the context of the history of civil rights in this country....

Item No. 9780618159765
$18.00
Tuttle's Red Barn - Hardcover
Richard Michelson
In 1632, John Tuttle set sail from England to Dover, New Hampshire. There he set up a farm on seven acres of land. From those humble beginnings the Tuttle family story became America’s story.

As the Tuttles passed down the farm, along the way they witnessed the settlement and expansion of New...

Item No. 9780399243547
$16.99
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Masssacre
Weatherford, Carole Boston

Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards for Author and Illustrator

A Caldecott Honor Book

A Sibert Honor Book

Longlisted for the National Book Award

A Kirkus Prize Finalist

...
Item No. 9781541581203
$17.99
We Also Served: True Stories of Brave Animals in the Military - To Be Autographed 2/18
McGill, Erin

Free Erin McGill mini art print and autographed bookplate with purchase, while supplies last.

Discover the true feats of hero dogs, horses, birds and more with this animal book for kids ages 6-8

History is full of incredible untold tales of courageous animals. We Also Served tells the inspiring stories of the amazing bravery and loyalty displayed by animals...

Item No. 9781728271118
$18.99
We Are Human Animals
Haine, Rosie
A resonant reflection on what it means to be human, in the prehistoric past and today.

Since the early days of our history, we have been human animals. Thousands of years ago, in paleolithic times, we got up with the sun each morning. The seasons were our calendar, and everything we ate...

Item No. 9780802856012
$18.99
When You Grow Up to Vote
Markel, Michelle

Eleanor Roosevelt's book on citizenship for young people now revised and updated for a contemporary audience.

In the voice of one of the most iconic and beloved political figures of the twentieth century comes a book on citizenship for the future voters of the twenty-first...

Item No. 9781626728790
$19.99
Who Put the B in Ballyhoo?
Carlyn Beccia
Before the days of TV, DVDs, and video games, there was the circus. When it came to town, businesses and schools would shut down. Folks would gather round, for there, right in front of their eyes, was drama, action, and intrigue. There was the grace ofthe bareback rider, the daring of the...
Item No. 9780618717187
$16.00
Minor Book Plate & Yankee Doodle America - Hardcover
Wendell Minor

If you traveled the roads of colonial America, colorful hand-painted signs would greet you when you came across an inn or tavern, and inside, folks would be gathered to eagerly share the news of the day.Wendell Minor invites us on just such a journey through America in the days of its struggle...

Item No. 9780399240034
$16.99
Yankee Doodle America - Autographed Hardcover

If you traveled the roads of colonial America, colorful hand-painted signs would greet you when you came across an inn or tavern, and inside, folks would be gathered to eagerly share the news of the day.Wendell Minor invites us on just such a journey through America in the days of its struggle...

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