"I remember the day I lost my spirit." So begins the story of Gertrude Simmons, also known as Zitkala-Ša, which means Red Bird. Born in 1876 on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota, Zitkala-Ša willingly left her home at age eight to go to a boarding school in Indiana. But she soon found herself caught between two worlds―white and Native American. At school she missed her mother and her traditional life, but Zitkala-Ša found joy in music classes. "My wounded spirit soared like a bird as I practiced the piano and violin," she wrote. Her talent grew, and when she graduated, she became a music teacher, composer, and performer. Zitkala-Ša found she could also "sing" to help her people by writing stories and giving speeches. As an adult, she worked as an activist for Native American rights, seeking to build a bridge between cultures. The coauthors tell Zitkala-Ša’s life by weaving together pieces from her own stories. The artist's acrylic illustrations and collages of photos and primary source documents round out the vivid portrait of Zitkala-Ša, a frightened child whose spirit "would rise again, stronger and wiser for the wounds it had suffered."

Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist

Children's Books

Capaldi, Gina

Pearce, Q.L.

Biographies

Carolrhoda Books ®

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Civil War : Garments, History, Legends, and Lore

Rockman, Alan

History

Frank Schaffer

A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero

This story reveals the remarkable life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, or "Beckoning," who was kidnapped from his Yavapai tribe and sold as a slave. Adopted by an Italian photographer in 1871 and renamed Carlos Montezuma, the young boy traveled throughout the Old West, bearing witness to the prejudice against and poor treatment of Native Americans. Carlos eventually became a doctor and leader for his people, calling out for their rights. Gina Capaldi's exquisite paintings bring to life excerpts from Dr. Carlos Montezuma's own letters describing his childhood experiences. The culminating portrait provides an inventive look back into history through the eyes of a Native American hero.

The 2016 presidential election will be taught from grades 4 to 12, and this book provides a thorough civics lesson for students Race to the White House contains everything children need to make learning about the elections an easy, exciting, and meaningful experience. It includes up-to-date information from the most recent 2012 election and explores the lessons from the unusual and historic 2000 election, including its implications for the future. Also addressed in the book are the changes in the number of state representatives and in the electoral votes. Timely, informative, and intriguing, this valuable resource and activity book will help students think, learn, and grow about the political system in which they live.

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Rife, Douglas M.

Education & Reference

Garlic+press

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An interactive history book! Follow the events of the Revolutionary War-from the Boston Tea Party through the Treaty of Paris. Every important battle is brought to life in this illustrated, fact-filled guide to the war that made a nation. With historically accurate letters written as if from real people, gatefolds that conjure the magnitude of the events, and interactive lift-the-flaps, this is a perfect first book for kids curious about American History!

Letters for Freedom: The American Revolution

Innovative Kids

Letters for Freedom!? provides historically accurate letters and interactive components that puts kids right in the thick of history. This high-interest series details key events in America's fight for Freedom. With lift flaps, gatefolds, sliding tabs, letters to open and pamphlets to unfold, this series offers a delightfully interactive way to learn history. The past comes alive with this jam-packed, interactive book that puts history in context as it describes every moment of the Civil War, from its causes to its consequences. With flaps, gatefolds, pull-tabs and removable letters that provide a first-person account of history as it's happening, there is no better way to learn everything there is to know about the war that almost divided, and eventually united, a nation.

Letters for Freedom: The Civil War

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Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist

Civil War : Garments, History, Legends, and Lore

A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero

Race to the White House: Electing the President

Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist

A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero

Native Americans: Customs, Costumes, Legends & Lore

Africa Customs: Costumes, Legend and Lore

Letters for Freedom: The American Revolution

Letters for Freedom: The Civil War