Loqueleo Catalog 2019

Dennis Brindell Fradin ¿Quién fue Tomás Jefferson? Who Was Thomas Jefferson? ILLUSTRATIONS John O’Brien GR Q Presidents and First Families (U.S.) / American Revolution / Military and Wars 9781631138478 5½" x 7½" / 112 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / History Did you know that John Adams had to coax Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence? The shy Virginia statesman refused at first, but then went on to author one of our nation’s most important and inspiring documents. The third U.S. president, Jefferson was also an architect, inventor, musician, farmer, and—what is certainly the most troubling aspect of his life— also a slave owner. James Buckley, Jr. ¿Quién fue Betsy Ross? Who Was Betsy Ross? Dinah Brown ¿Quién es Malala Yousafzai? Who Is Malala Yousafzai? ILLUSTRATIONS Andrew Thomson GR R Social Activists / Middle East / School and Education 9781631134180 5½" x 7½" / 112 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography ILLUSTRATIONS John O’Brien GR P American Revolution / Courage 9781631134203 5½" x 7½" / 112 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / History Malala Yousafzai is a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014, she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Born the eighth of seventeen children in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross lived in a time when the American colonies were yearning for independence from British rule. Ross worked as a seamstress and was eager to contribute to the cause, making tents and repairing uniforms when the colonies declared war. Did she sew the first flag? That’s up for debate, but this book tells the story of a fierce patriot who certainly helped create a new nation. 126 MIDDLE GRADE READERS WWW.LOQUELEO.COM/US 3-5 Middle Grade Readers