Mary McLeod Bethune

A Life of Resourcefulness

From the Series Pull Ahead Books — Biographies

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

How did Mary McLeod Bethune solve problems? How did she make life better for other people? What did Mary do to help African Americans gain equal rights? Read this book to discover the answers!

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978-0-7613-4031-7
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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction
Copyright 2008
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand Pull Ahead Books
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2008-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 2.6
Reading Counts! Points 1.0
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007040, JNF007110, JNF007120
Dewey 370.92
Graphics 1-color illustrations, Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 6.25 x 7
Lexile 490
Guided Reading Level O
ATOS Reading Level 3.2
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 118828
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Reviewed, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and Timeline

Author: Kristin Sterling

Kristin Sterling is an elementary teacher who loves to write books for children. She has written several nonfiction books for Lerner Publishing Group, including books in the What's the Weather Like? and Colors Everywhere series. Kristin lives in Lino Lakes, Minnesota, with her sweet husband and two mischievous cats.

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Pull Ahead Books — Biographies

Help kids honor world heroes with this beginning biography series. Conversational text introduces young readers to figures with lives of true character. The simple, easy-to-follow text is supported with illustrations and photographs on each spread. View available downloads →

Reviews

MultiCultural Review

“This series presents young children with brief biographies of no­table men and women throughout world history. Each biography highlights a positive quality of the person and is told with photos and simple sentences in large font for easy comprehension.”
MultiCultural Review