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Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
271 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Description
This book is a pictorial guide by Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States, that describes how she and her daughters planted a vegetable garden on the White House's South Lawn as part of an initiative to raise awareness about childhood obesity. In February 2010, she launched Let's Move!, a nationwide initiative to address the epidemic of childhood obesity by bringing healthier food into schools and communities, and encouraging kids to be...
3) Becoming
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 29
Formats
Description
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America, she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private. A deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily...
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xiii, 242 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.
Description
Evaluates the First Lady's emergence as a style icon and her growing influence on a changing American understanding of etiquette and femininity, in an illustrated account that also tours the cultural contributions of previous First Ladies.
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
A picture-book biography of the first African-American first lady that features lyrical text and illustrations that are a tribute to a woman who has worked hard and achieved great things.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 29 cm
Description
"This book is based on the viral photograph of African American toddler Parker Curry, who, during a visit to the National Portrait Gallery, became mesmerized by Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama, who she thought was a queen. One rainy afternoon, Parker's mother (co-author Jessica Curry) makes the suggestion that they visit the museum, little sister Ava in tow. At the museum, they see Parker's friend Gia and her mother. The three girls dance...
10) Michelle
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
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.
13) Michelle Obama
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Description
"Young Michelle grew up on the South Side of Chicago in a close-knit family. She loved school, achieving A's, and worked hard to blaze trails at the universities of Princeton and Harvard. Then, at the beginning of her legal career, she met Barack Obama. As first lady, she used her platform to advocate for women and girls and continues to inspire many with her powerful voice, and best-selling books. This empowering book features stylish and quirky...
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