Mao Tse-tung and his China
Albert Marrin
Traces the life of the revolutionary who led the struggle to make China a Communist nation in 1949 and unleashed the horror of the Cultural Revolution in the mid-1960's.
Read Time: ~5.3 hr
Our children can soar
by Michelle Cook (2012)
About this book
Highlighting key figures in the African American fight for equality, this book symbolically takes readers through a people's history, from George Washington Carver to Jackie Robinson and from Rosa Parks to Barack Obama.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreOur children can soar Lead Character
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