Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=7825&browse=true&N=3+6654+7859 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1508965 On George Washingtons seventh birthday, he does chores, misbehaves, and dreams of a day when his birthday will be celebrated by all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554733 When Stosh travels back in time to 1941 in hopes of preventing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II, he meets Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Includes notes about Williams life and career. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684424 Young Marvin loves music and playing the piano but does not like practicing pieces by people named Ludwig or Wolfgang, until he receives valuable advice from his father on the day of a big audition. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522515 Narrates the tale of twelve-year-old Charles Dickens who, despite poverty and long hours of factory work, still has time to discover and share the stories of other residents of 1824 London. Includes authors note about Dickens life and some of the books he wrote. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1477707 Retells, in tall-tale fashion, how Levi Strauss went to California during the Gold Rush, saw the need for a sturdier kind of trouser, and invented jeans. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1262546 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1193233 Recently orphaned and destitute, seventeen-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a ladys maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria becomes Queen of England. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1113837 In eighteenth-century France, Marie-Antoinette rails against the rules of etiquette that govern her life even as she tries to fulfill her greatest obligation, giving birth to the next king, but she finds diversion in spending money on clothing, parties, and gambling despite her familys warnings and the whispers of courtiers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=886324 From the whippoorwills call on the first day of spring through the first snowfall, Edna and members of her family gather fruits, berries, and vegetables from the fields, garden, and orchard on their Virginia farm and turn them into wonderful meals. Includes facts about the life of Edna Lewis, a descendant of slaves who grew up to be a famous chef, and five recipes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351770 As a testament to his courage, Jackie Robinsons daughter shares memories of him, from his baseball career to the day he tests the ice for her, her brothers, and their friends. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=570516 Beginning in 1490, Anacaona keeps a record of her life as a possible successor to the supreme chief of Xaragua, as wife of the chief of Maguana, and as a warrior battling the first white men to arrive in the West Indies, ravenous for gold. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=551619 In 1848, Rosetta, the nine-year-old daughter of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, becomes the only Black student at Miss Tracys Female Seminary in Rochester, New York, and while the students are pleased she is there, the faculty is not. Includes facts about Frederick and Rosettas lives.