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1) Becoming
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Description
"An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson's world was the South Side of Chicago, where she and her brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family's upstairs apartment and played catch in the park, and where her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, raised her to be outspoken and unafraid. But life soon took her much further afield, from the halls of Princeton,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
418 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of President Barack Obama's wife Michelle Obama, chronicling her childhood in Chicago's South Side neighborhood, her law career and her community work with the neighborhood of her youth, her family life, and her many activities and works as First Lady.
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Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations : 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Michelle Obama. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, a Salem Communications Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xviii, 302 pages, 16 pages of unnumberered plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A behind-the-scenes look at the rivalry between the Obamas and the Clintons reveals the animosity, jealousy, and competition that divides America's two most powerful political couples.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
36 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of the White House Gardens, including Michelle Obama's kitchen garden planted with help from some fifth graders at Bancroft Elementary School, in a book that provides recipes and gardening ideas.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the First Lady of the United States, from her childhood in Chicago and her career as a lawyer to her marriage to Barack Obama and her initiatives in the White House.
Publisher
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
vii, 139 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is the first study of the portraits Barack Obama (2018) and Michelle Obama (2018), their reception, and their significance. The book includes essays by historians examining the influence of the paintings and what they reveal about contemporary portraiture, particularly in relation to American and African American history and culture. The book also features interviews with the artists, transcripts of the remarks made by the Obamas at the unveiling,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Valerie Jarrett interviewed a promising young lawyer named Michelle Robinson in July 1991 for a job in Chicago city government, neither knew that it was the first step on a path that would end in the White House. Jarrett soon became Michelle and Barack Obama's trusted personal adviser and family confidante; in the White House, she was known as the one who 'got' him and helped him engage his public life. Jarrett joined the White House team on...