abcreads: Every Hero Has a Story

Our Summer Reading Program, Every Hero Has a Story, is winding down! The last day to participate is Saturday, July 25th. We hope you and your family have enjoyed yourselves! Don't forget to fill out our Customer Survey and let us know how we're doing!

The theme for each year's Summer Reading Program is different, but we've particularly enjoyed this one. Merriam-Webster defines a hero as a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities; a person who is greatly admired. Who are your heroes? We grew up on stories of Helen Keller's triumph over adversity; Eleanor Roosevelt's outspokenness and activism ; Amelia Earhart's derring-do. "Every Hero Has a Story" has included its fair amount of superheroes and the like; but we still enjoy celebrating everyday acts of courage.

If you would like to continue celebrating heroes after July 25th, we have some items in the catalog you might enjoy! Or, just let us know in the comments who your heroes are.

Adults

Wildlife Heroes: 40 Leading Conservationists and the Animals They Are Committed to Saving by Julie Scardina and Jeff Flocken [eBook]

Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar toChurchill and de Gaulle by Paul Johnson

Autism Heroes: Portraits of Families Meeting the Challenge by Barbara Firestone [eBook]

Dog Heroes: Saving Lives and Protecting America by Jen Bidner

Young Adult

Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics by Kathryn J. Atwood [eBook]

Women Heroes of World War II : 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue by Kathryn J. Atwood

Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Defiance, and Rescue by Susan Casey

Kids

War Heroes: Voices From Iraq by Allan Zullo

Heroes For All Times: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #51- High Time For Heroes by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce [eBook]

On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck

Portraits of Jewish American Heroes by Malka Drucker