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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
Language
English
Formats
Description
Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints a revealing and intimate portrait of the most dynamic couple in politics today: Michelle, the highly organized, sometimes intimidating, list-making pragmatist; and Barack, the introspective political charmer who shoots for the stars. Michelle's story carries all the achievements and lingering pain of the post-civil rights era. She grew up on the south side of Chicago, in a neighborhood rocked by white flight....
4) The meaning of Michelle: 16 writers on the iconic First Lady and how her journey inspires our own
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. From her first moments on the public stage, she has challenged traditional American notions about what it means to be beautiful, to be strong, to be fashion-conscious, to be healthy, to be First Mom, to be a caretaker and hostess, and to be partner to the most powerful man in the world. As Hillary Clinton has said, admiringly about Michelle Obama, our soon to be ex-First Lady exemplifies...
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
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive portrait of the First Lady describes her working-class upbringing on Chicago's South Side, her education at Princeton and Harvard during the racially charged 1980s, and her marriage to the future forty-fourth president.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 326 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
One of America's bestselling pop-culture and current-events authors reveals the inside story of the First Couple, in this biography of the history-making family.
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the summer afternoon in 1989 when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed the future First Lady, Michelle Robinson, on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
Author
Series
Description
Michelle Obama grew up on the south side of Chicago. After her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Michelle worked to better the lives of others. When she met Barack Obama, she was already a trailblazing lawyer and activist. As an advocate for women, girls and those less fortunate, she became a powerful First Lady.
10) Michelle Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, an imprint of the Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Michelle Obama grew up on the south side of Chicago. After her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Michelle worked to better the lives of others. When she met Barack Obama, she was already a trailblazing lawyer and activist. As an advocate for women, girls and those less fortunate, she became a powerful First Lady.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1170L
Physical Desc
109 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A collection of striking and intimate photographs of Michelle Obama, coupled with personal reflections and behind-the-scenes stories from official White House photographer and New York Times bestselling author of Chasing Light, Amanda Lucidon, presented in a deluxe format for young readers."--Provided by publisher.
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
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xxx, 210 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Michelle Obama played a large and influential role in her husband's campaign, and is certain to do the same thing during his presidency. Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope examines, for the first time, her astonishing career, from her undergraduate years at Princeton, where she majored in African Studies, to her continuing education at Harvard Law School, where she obtained a Juris Doctor degree.
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xviii, 302 pages, 16 pages of unnumberered plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Delves into [what Klein sees as] the rocky relationship between the Obamas and the Clintons ... [positing] just how deep the rivalry between the Obamas and the Clintons runs, with details on closed-door meetings buttressed by hundreds of interviews"--Amazon.com.
They are the two most powerful Democratic families in the country-- allies by circumstance, rivals in fact, and enemies by personal animosity. Klein delves into what he sees as the rocky...
16) Michelle Obama
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.
17) Michelle Obama
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of Michelle Obama, including her childhood, her career in law and community service, her public and private life, and her role as First Lady.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
151 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Michelle Obama grew up on Chicago's South Side, and while the world outside her door was chaotic and ever-changing, her family provided a stable environment in which she could grow and flourish. This look at Michelle Obama's life and the turning points that shaped her shows how a girl from a working class background could rise to become one of the most influential women of her day. But this is more than a straight chronological retelling. This book...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
391 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A remarkable history of First Lady Michelle Obama's mixed ancestry as well as a portrait of America itself in an epic and inspiring family saga.
Author
Lexile measure
AD 650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This book is based on the viral photograph of African American toddler Parker Curry, who, during a visit to the National Portrait Gallery, became mesmerized by Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama, who she thought was a queen. One rainy afternoon, Parker's mother makes the suggestion that they visit the museum, little sister Ava in tow. At the museum, they see Parker's friend Gia and her mother. The three girls dance through the halls of the...