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Abraham Lincoln

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Abraham Lincoln 🎧

Defender of a Nation

Abraham Lincoln grew up to become the 16th president of the United States. He was born into a humble background, and as a boy had...

By Kathryn Erskine

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Benjamin Franklin

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts, Science

Benjamin Franklin

Let the Experiment Be Made

Ben Franklin’s extraordinary life still inspires us today. As a young man he sought adventure, became a skilled and successful printer, an inventor, an author,...

By Fran Cannon Slayton

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Chief Standing Bear

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Chief Standing Bear

Fight for His Homeland

Standing Bear grew up where the Niobrara and Missouri rivers meet. He and his Ponca tribe members fished and hunted, sang and danced, and watched...

By Patricia Morris Buckley

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Dolores Huerta

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Dolores Huerta

Songs of Justice

As a child, Dolores Huerta loved to sing. As an adult, she continued to raise her voice—speaking, chanting, and singing—for the rights of farm workers...

By Beth Kephart

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The Gold Rush

Adventures in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

The Gold Rush

Shifting Sands and Dreams of Gold

Thirteen-year-old Liam and eleven-year-old Delia are running out of time, money, and options. Their mother died onboard the ship that carried them from Boston to...

By Jilanne Hoffmann

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Harriet Tubman

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Harriet Tubman 🎧

The Day of Jubilee

To escape the lands where one is enslaved and gain freedom takes unimaginable courage. To turn around and face those same lands and enslavers time...

By Glenda Armand

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Jackie Robinson

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Jackie Robinson 🎧

An All-Around Athlete Who Broke the Color Line in Baseball

No matter which sport he tried his hand at, Jackie Robinson was a star. And he did not just play for himself, he made his...

By Dionna L. Mann

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Tales from Asia

Collection of Tales

History & Geography, Language Arts

Tales from Asia

The ten stories in this book are from different parts of Asia, the largest continent in the world. Asia is made up of many countries,...

By Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan

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The Tang Dynasty

Adventures in History

History & Geography

The Tang Dynasty 🎧

The Prophecy of Empress Wu

The Tang Dynasty is powerful and prosperous. Indeed, China is experiencing a golden age of expansion, invention, and culture. But for Di Lingyi (and for...

By Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan

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Trail of Tears

Adventures in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Trail of Tears

Walking the Narrow Path

One step. Then another and another. They have to keep walking through the snow, the rain, the mud, and the bitterly cold winds that blow....

By Leslie Stall Widener

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War of 1812

Adventures in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

War of 1812 🎧

Flames in the Sky

The United States has been at war with Great Britain for more than two years. When British soldiers finally descend on the capital city of...

By Hilary Echols

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