Download or read book My Mom Our Mayor written by Oscar Perez and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oscar's mom ran for mayor of their town and won! Read his observations about her time in office. What did she accomplish? How did it make Oscar feel?
Download or read book Mom for Mayor written by Nancy Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon learning that the city has sold his neighborhood park to developers, fifth-grader Eric Clark determines to help his community by getting his mother elected mayor.
Download or read book My Mom Our Mayor Teacher s Guide written by Benchmark Education Co., LLC Staff and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common Core Edition of Teacher's Guide for corresponding title. Not for individual sale. Sold as part of larger package only.
Download or read book Mommy is the Mayor written by Letitia Clark and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mommy is the Mayor is a narrative about a city mayor's role. Seen through the eyes of children, it opens up the world to convey the impact local government has on their everyday lives. The book touches on the need for representation through the diverse illustrations and the demonstration of role modeling for children of color. Mommy is the Mayor hopes to inspire an interest in serving at the local level, raising awareness about the importance of running for office, while exploring non-traditional roles in government for diverse populations.
Download or read book My Mother the Mayor Maybe written by Pat Kibbe and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1981 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Dorothy Pinkerton agrees to run for mayor of Cranberry Falls, her children, especially ten-year-old B.J., do all they can to help her win.
Download or read book The Book of Unknown Americans written by Cristina Henríquez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning novel of hopes and dreams, guilt and love—a book that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American and "illuminates the lives behind the current debates about Latino immigration" (The New York Times Book Review). When fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera sustains a terrible injury, the Riveras leave behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion events that will have profound repercussions for everyone involved. Here Henríquez seamlessly interweaves the story of these star-crossed lovers, and of the Rivera and Toro families, with the testimonials of men and women who have come to the United States from all over Latin America.
Download or read book Bomber s Moon written by Archer Mayor and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The murder of a small-time drug dealer snowballs into the most complex case ever faced by Joe Gunther and his VBI team. It is said a bright and clear bomber’s moon is the best asset to finding one’s target. But beware what you wish for: What you can see at night can also see you. Often with dire consequences. Bomber's Moon is Archer Mayor’s latest entry in the Joe Gunther series and it may just be his best yet. Two young women form the heart of this tale. One, an investigative reporter, the other a private investigator. Uneasy allies from completely different walks of life, they work together—around and sometimes against Joe Gunther and his VBI cops—in an attempt to connect the murders of a small town drug dealer, a smart, engaging, fatally flawed thief, and the tangled, political, increasingly dark goings on at a prestigious prep school. While Gunther and the VBI set about solving the two murders, Sally Kravitz and Rachel Reiling combine their talents and resources to go where the police cannot, from working undercover at Thorndike Academy, to having clandestine meetings with criminals for their insider’s knowledge of Vermont’s unexpectedly illicit underbelly. But there is a third element at work. A malevolent force, the common link in all this death and chaos, is hard at work sowing mayhem to protect its ancient, vicious, very dark roots.
Download or read book Race Still Matters written by Yuya Kiuchi and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays debunking the notion that contemporary America is a colorblind society. More than half a century after the civil rights era of the mid-1950s to the late 1960s, American society is often characterized as postracial. In other words, that the country has moved away from prejudice based on skin color and we live in a colorblind society. The reality, however, is the opposite. African Americans continue to face both explicit and latent discriminations in housing, healthcare, education, and every facet of their lives. Recent cases involving law enforcement officers shooting unarmed Black men also attest to the reality: the problem of the twenty-first century is still the problem of the color line. In Race Still Matters, contributors drawn from a wide array of disciplines use multidisciplinary methods to explore topics such as Black family experiences, hate crimes, race and popular culture, residual discrimination, economic and occupational opportunity gaps, healthcare disparities, education, law enforcement issues, youth culture, and the depiction of Black female athletes. The volume offers irrefutable evidence that race still very much matters in the United States today. Yuya Kiuchi is Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University and the author of Struggles for Equal Voice: The History of African American Media Democracy, also published by SUNY Press.
Download or read book The Three Mothers written by Anna Malaika Tubbs and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tubbs' connection to these women is palpable on the page — as both a mother and a scholar of the impact Black motherhood has had on America. Through Tubbs' writing, Berdis, Alberta, and Louise's stories sing. Theirs is a history forgotten that begs to be told, and Tubbs tells it brilliantly." — Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther, and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary women who raised them. In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised and shaped some of America's most pivotal heroes. A New York Times Bestsellers Editors' Choice An Amazon Editor's Pick for February Amazon's Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2021 One of theSkimm's "16 Essential Books to Read This Black History Month" One of Fortune Magazine's "21 Books to Look Forward to in 2021!" One of Badass Women's Bookclub picks for "Badass Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2021!" One of Working Mother Magazine's "21 Best Books of 2021 for Working Moms" One of Ms. Magazine's "Most Anticipated Reads for the Rest of Us 2021" One of Bustle's "11 Nonfiction Books To Read For Black History Month — All Written By Women" One of SheReads.com's "Most anticipated nonfiction books of 2021" Berdis Baldwin, Alberta King, and Louise Little were all born at the beginning of the 20th century and forced to contend with the prejudices of Jim Crow as Black women. These three extraordinary women passed their knowledge to their children with the hope of helping them to survive in a society that would deny their humanity from the very beginning—from Louise teaching her children about their activist roots, to Berdis encouraging James to express himself through writing, to Alberta basing all of her lessons in faith and social justice. These women used their strength and motherhood to push their children toward greatness, all with a conviction that every human being deserves dignity and respect despite the rampant discrimination they faced. These three mothers taught resistance and a fundamental belief in the worth of Black people to their sons, even when these beliefs flew in the face of America’s racist practices and led to ramifications for all three families’ safety. The fight for equal justice and dignity came above all else for the three mothers. These women, their similarities and differences, as individuals and as mothers, represent a piece of history left untold and a celebration of Black motherhood long overdue.
Download or read book Mom What s a Mayor written by Monique Owens and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fun, informative, and colorfully illustrated book, promotes civil literacy and teaches children about the government, its structure and how to be involved in the political process
Download or read book Mayor Helen Boosalis written by Beth Boosalis Davis and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a 1950s housewife and League of Women Voters volunteer who spearheaded the city of Lincoln's switch to a "strong mayor" form of government, Helen Boosalis (1919-2009) never anticipated that she herself would one day be that strong mayor and chief executive of Nebraska's capital city. Helen Boosalis's story, told by her daughter, Beth Boosalis Davis, is that of a true pioneer of women in politics. The daughter of Greek immigrants, Boosalis achieved national prominence as the first woman president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and as an outspoken advocate for economically distressed cities facing President Reagan's "new federalism." Winning the Democratic nomination for governor of Nebraska in 1986, Helen Boosalis ran against Kay Orr in the first gubernatorial contest between two women in U.S. history. The interwoven tales of conflict and challenge, from the mayor's office to the campaign trail, combine personal insight into one woman's trailblazing political history with a compelling memoir of a half century of public service and private devotion shared by two remarkable women, mother and daughter. Listen to an interview with Helen Boosalis and Beth Boosalis Davis on AARP's Radio Prime Time show.
Download or read book By the Seat of Our Pants written by Mary Anne Tegge Brunton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By The Seat of Our Pants humorously takes the reader on the many and varied travel adventures experienced by the author, Mom, and her husband, Dad. From the vicious seas of Alaskan salmon fishing to the wandering streets and villages in Europe, the reader will experience the Devils Highway, New Years Eve in France and the Christmas Markets in Germany. You will learn about bare-bosom sunbathing and bull fighting in Spain and on to many adventures in Italy and France. But most importantly to know, they were lost most of the time. Her back of map-reading skills assured them of lost and misguided travels. They rarely had hotel reservations thus were always subject to sleeping in the back of the car or running out of gas. Fortunately, they never did, but were mighty close a few times.
Download or read book Nothing written by Nica Lalli and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With humor, wit, and poignant insight, Lalli recounts her mishaps and misadventures with religion from early childhood into her adult years. A sensitively written story that offers hope, humor, and reason to millions of Americans who feel alienated in an ever more religiously polarized nation.
Download or read book Linked written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestseller Gordon Korman Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's the only Jewish girl in the whole town, everyone's treating her more like an outsider than ever. The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further. The closer Link, Michael, and Dana get to the truth, the more there is to face-not just the crimes of the present, but the crimes of the past. With Linked, Gordon Korman, the author of the acclaimed novel Restart, poses a mystery for all readers where the who did it? isn't nearly as important as the why?
Download or read book Fashion Girl 3 0 written by Roby Graham and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daphne Sandra Bates daughter and granddaughter of the previous Fashion Girls becomes the third woman to be called Fashion Girl. Follow Miss Bates as she learns how to be a superheroine, her trials and tribulations, her presentation to the world, her first mission and a final battle with her mother that will make it a must read story. For mature readers over 18 years of age.
Download or read book Life Observed written by Manuel Mayor and published by . This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LOVE'S SIMPLICITY is the author's first book of poems, inspired by her mother's seventy-fourth birthday celebration. It expresses the thoughts of the heart from many experiences and situations. It also contains expressions of thoughts for different occasions birthdays, weddings, bereavement, etc. This book is to inspire those who have dreams they wanted to pursue but hesitated, letting those dreams fade away. It is never too late to pursue those dreams or ambitions. Every day is a new day and a new beginning and the author plans to pursue every moment to express her thoughts in her own way, even in a poem.
Download or read book Reflections from McNally s Mirror written by GlenCantrellRaymondFernandezTonyAiello and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1896, Andrew McNally dreamed of Country Gentleman Estates in LaMirada, California. His dream did not come to pass as he planned, but in theearly 1950s the area developed and young families moved here from all overand found it really was a dream place to live and raise a family.In 2003 when Tony and a group of equally dedicated people started the LaMirada Blog, it soon became obvious that there were many others out therewilling to share their varied stories. When these three got together, Tony, Glenand Raymond, they realized these fantastic memories needed to be put downin print for posterity, not out there getting lost in cyberspace.Thus, Reflections from McNally's Mirror was born and you are holdingthose personal stories in your hands.
