James Haskins

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1) Bound for America: the forced migration of Africans to the New World

Author

Pub. Date

1999

Lexile measure

1220L

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including their capture, branding, conditions on slave ships, shipboard mutinies, and arrival in the Americas.

2) The day Fort Sumter was fired on: a photo history of the Civil War

Author

Pub. Date

1995

Physical Desc

96 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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The course of the Civil War from Bull Run and on to Reconstruction is documented with photographs in this book which considers not just military maneuvers and politics but also the war's effect on women, Blacks, and children.

3) Rosa Parks: my story

Author

Lexile measure

970L

Language

English

4) Count your way through Russia

Author

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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Presents the numbers one through ten in Russian, using each number to introduce concepts about the Soviet Union and Russian culture.

5) Champion: the story of Muhammad Ali

Author

Pub. Date

2002

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Language

English

Description

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A biography of Muhammad Ali, from his childhood in Louisville, Kentucky, his legendary boxing career, and his conversion to Islam and opposition to the war in Vietnam, to his appearance at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta.

6) The day Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot: a photo history of the civil rights movement

Author

Pub. Date

1992

Lexile measure

1140L

Physical Desc

96 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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Presents the history of the civil rights movement through pictures, newspaper clippings, and text, from colonial times to 1991, framed within the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.

7) I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr

Author

Pub. Date

1992

Edition

[Millbrook Press library ed.]

Physical Desc

111 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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Presents the life, words, and principles of the noted civil rights worker through extensive quotations from his speeches and writings.

8) Count your way through the Arab world

Author

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm

Language

English

Description

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Uses Arabic numerals from one to ten to introduce concepts about Arab countries and Arab culture.

9) Count your way through China

Author

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm

Language

English

Description

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Presents the numbers one through ten in Chinese, using each number to introduce concepts about China and Chinese culture.

10) African beginnings

Author

Pub. Date

1998

Lexile measure

1210L

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm

Language

English

11) Count your way through Africa

Author

Pub. Date

1989

Physical Desc

22 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Language

English

12) The March on Washington

Author

Pub. Date

1993

Edition

1st ed.

Lexile measure

1200L

Physical Desc

xiii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

13) Lena Horne

Author

Pub. Date

1983

Physical Desc

160 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 23 cm

Language

English

14) Thurgood Marshall: a life for justice

Author

Pub. Date

1992

Physical Desc

163 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

15) Queen of the blues: a biography of Dinah Washington

Author

Pub. Date

1987

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

239 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : photographs ; 22 cm

Language

English

16) George McGinnis: basketball superstar

Author

Pub. Date

1978

Physical Desc

128 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Language

English

17) The Statue of Liberty, America's proud lady

Author

Pub. Date

1986

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

18) Black dance in America: a history through its people

Author

Pub. Date

1990

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

19) Amazing grace: the story behind the song

Author

Pub. Date

1992

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

20) Winnie Mandela: life of struggle

Author

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

179 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm

Language

English