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1) Becoming
Author
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Description
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America, she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private. A deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1080L
Physical Desc
xvii, 406 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This volume for young people is an honest and fascinating account of Michelle Obama's life led by example. She shares her views on how all young people can help themselves as well as help others, no matter their status in life. She asks readers to realize that no one is perfect, and that the process of becoming is what matters, as finding yourself is ever evolving. In telling her story with boldness, she asks young readers: Who are you, and what do...
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief biography of Michelle Obama, discussing her early life up through her studying to become a lawyer, how she met her future husband Barack Obama, and how she has lived since becoming the First Lady of the United States.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the First Lady of the United States, from her childhood in Chicago and her career as a lawyer to her marriage to Barack Obama and her initiatives in the White House.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Michelle Obama is a lawyer, a former First Lady of the United States, and someone who fights for the rights of kids like you" -- Page [4] cover.
10) Michelle Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
460L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about US First Lady Michelle Obama and how she supported healthy living. Engaging photos and easy-to read text take readers into her story. Plus, quick stats, key dates, and bolded glossary terms make it easy to zoom in even deeper. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
526 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America, she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private. A deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xii, 305 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Valerie Jarrett interviewed a promising young lawyer named Michelle Robinson in July 1991 for a job in Chicago city government, neither knew that it was the first step on a path that would end in the White House. Jarrett soon became Michelle and Barack Obama's trusted personal adviser and family confidante; in the White House, she was known as the one who 'got' him and helped him engage his public life. Jarrett joined the White House team on...
15) Michelle Obama
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Simple text and photographs describe the life of Michelle Obama--in both English and Spanish"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janes
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Michelle Obama ofrece al lector una serie de historias novedosas y reflexiones esclarecedoras sobre el cambio, los retos y el poder; incluida su convicción de que, cuando brillamos por los demás, podemos arrojar luz sobre la riqueza y el potencial del mundo que nos rodea; lo que nos permite descubrir verdades más trascendentales y nuevos caminos hacia el progreso. Partiendo de sus experiencias como madre, hija, cónyuge, amiga y primera dama,...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1170L
Physical Desc
8 books (xiii, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm), in a cloth bag ; 38 x 46 cm
Language
English
Description
"An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson's world was the South Side of Chicago, where she and her brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family's upstairs apartment and played catch in the park, and where her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, raised her to be outspoken and unafraid. But life soon took her much further afield, from the halls of Princeton,...