Stephen Krensky
1) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
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.
2) Clara Barton
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Nellie Bly wasn't always Nellie Bly. First she was Elizabeth Cochrane, a shy girl from Cochran's Mill, Pennsylvania. All her life Elizabeth had been told, 'girls can't do this' and 'girls can't do that.' But Elizabeth didn't believe it...so one day she set out to prove it..."