Arkansas | Roxbury

1) N is for natural state: an Arkansas alphabet

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Shoulders, Michael

Series

Discover America State by State

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Each letter of the alphabet is represented by some historical, geographical, or cultural fact about Arkansas, accompanied by objects to find in the illustrations.

2) The girl with a mind for math: the story of Raye Montague

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This is a rhyming-text picture book about Raye Montague. After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping her greatest career accomplishment a secret for decades. Through it all, the gifted mathematician persisted-- finally gaining her well-deserved title in history: a pioneer who changed...

3) Who is Hillary Clinton?

Author

Alexander, Heather

Series

Who was-- ?

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Who Is Hillary Clinton? Readers of our New York Times best-selling series can find out now!
At age fourteen, Hillary Clinton thought it would be thrilling to become an astronaut, so she sent an application to NASA. The reply was a flat out rejection: the space program didn't take women. It was a critical moment for the young girl, one that made her realize the world she lived in needed changing and that she had better...

4) Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine

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In 1957, nine teenagers were chosen to be the first black students to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. A small group of people in Little Rock, including the governor of Arkansas, wanted to keep them out. But those nine students knew they had a right to a good education. And they would do anything to crack the wall that had kept black people and white people apart.

5) Making friends with Billy Wong

Author

Scattergood, Augusta

Series

Making Friends with Billy Wong

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Playaway/Launchpad

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In 1952 eleven-year-old Azalea is sent to Paris Junction, Arkansas, to help out her grandmother who has injured her foot, but does not really seem to want her help; Billy Wong is a Chinese-American boy whose uncle owns the local grocery store, in town to attend the "white" school, since the Chinese mission school has closed, but frustrated by the overt prejudice of the local children--and over the summer the two begin to forge a friendship.

6) The story of the Little Rock Nine and school desegregation in photographs

Author

Aretha, David

Series

The story of the civil rights movement in photographs

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"Discusses the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, including the nine African-American students that successfully integrated the Arkansas school and the controversy and crisis surrounding the event"--Provided by publisher.

7) Watermelon Party

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Cabanaw, Jasmine

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Rocky Ridge Refuge is animal sanctuary located in Arkansas and is home to animals of all kinds. Run by Janice Wolf, with the help of people who offer to transport animals for rescue and adoption, RRR takes in the toughest cases even when it seems like all hope has been lost. RRR also provides sanctuary for exotic animals, who are usually, turned away at shelters due to unsuitable facilities for exotic species. At RRR, there is Cheesecake the capybara,...