In this book, Michelle Obama remembers her ancestors fondly and discusses how she uses them as role models. (Her great-great-grandfather was a slave on a rice plantation in South Carolina.) Growing up, she excelled at every school she went to, including Princeton and Harvard Law School. While working at a Chicago law firm, she met Barrack. Her family felt they were a perfect match in strength and character. But being a lawyer was not fulfilling. Her goal was to improve the world she lived in. She took on several other positions with various institutions to find her calling. After she married, she kept true to her heart and made sure family came first. She and Barrack are proof that if you work hard for your dreams, you can achieve them.

Reviewed by: rn

Date read: 2/25/2011

ISBN-10: 0547249411

ISBN-13: 9780547249414

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If we didn't have money, how many loaves of bread would a baker need to trade for a house? What would a dancer trade for a car? Money Madness talks all about money. What it is, how we use it, and why so many people want it. The history of trade is covered from the self-sufficient hunter/gatherers through the barter system and up to our modern day system of bills and coins.

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 10/12/2010

ISBN-10: 0823414744

ISBN-13: 9780823414741

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The date is July 16, 1969. Responding to President John F. Kennedy's challenge to put a man on the moon before the decade is out, NASA has been preparing for this day. Three astronauts, Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin, have been preparing, too. Each step is rousingly described as the three men strap into the tiny space module, through Armstrong's 'giant leap,' to splash-down and the men's safe return to their families. This story of the United States' first flight to the moon is poetically told.

Awards nominated: Monarch Award Nominee 2012

Reviewed by: vverscaj

Date read: 4/15/2011

ISBN-10: 141695046X

ISBN-13: 9781416950462

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My Baseball Book is a perfect introduction to the game of baseball. The book is full of baseball terminology, such as the rules of play, the gear, and the field layout. A youngster will learn all the basics they need to know in order to enjoy watching an older brother or sister play or to play themselves. The illustrations are colorful diagrams that add to the main text of the book and have helpful labels telling a child what the objects in the picture are (such as a batting helmet or a baseball diamond). Gail Gibbons narrates a fictitious baseball game, highlighting how all the terms and rules come together. While a child who has a basic understanding of baseball already could easily navigate this book, if a child is new to the game, an adult should probably read with them and embellish the text and diagrams. Set up perfectly for quizzing a child on objects in the pictures.

Reviewed by: mkl

Date read: 8/12/2009

ISBN-10: 0688171370

ISBN-13: 9780688171377

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This is not your normal biography. This is Gary Paulsen, the man who wrote Hatchet, telling his own life story. But instead of just giving us boring dates, he tells about his dogs, and how they touched his life. The dogs took care of him, kept him out of trouble, and even saved his life. This man is crazy! Just ask his dogs. You won't want to put this book down.

Similar books: Other books about Gary Paulsen's life: Guts and How Angel Peterson Got His Name

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0385325703

ISBN-13: 9780385325707

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