Seedlings Braille Books for Children. - Barack Obama out of many, one

For Jack and Nate, who helped pull the lever
S.C.
For my mom and dad,
two great Americans quiet heroes.
I love you.
J.B. Text copyright 2009 by Shana Corey Illustrations copyright 2009 by James Bernardin All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House ChildrensBooks, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York. Step into Reading, Random House, and the Random House colophon areregistered trademarks of Random House LLC. This work contains brief excerpts from the following speeches made byBarack Obama: Wesleyan University Commencement AddressMay 25, 2008 / Middletown, CT (). Photo credit: Pool/Getty Images () Visit us on the Web! www.stepintoreading.com Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us atrandomhouse.com/teachers Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Corey, Shana. 1st ed. p. cm. cm.

A Step 3 book. ISBN 978-0-375-86339-4 (trade pbk.) ISBN 978-0-375-96339-1(lib. bdg.) 1. Obama, BarackJuvenile literature. 2.PresidentsUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. 3.

Racially mixedpeopleUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. I. Bernardin, James, ill. II. Title. v3.1

We all have stories each and every one of us. v3.1 We all have stories each and every one of us.

This is one of those stories. It is a story of a skinny little boy with a funny name and how he became part of Americas history. Youve probably heard of him. His name is Barack Obama. And he grew up to be the forty-fourth president of the United States of America. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.

It was a time when not everyone believed black people and white people should have the same rights. Barack would help change that. Baracks mother, Ann, was white. She was from Kansas. His father was black. He was from Kenya.

Barack was named after his father. When Barack was two years old, his father moved far away. Barack and his mother lived with his grandpa, Gramps, and his grandma, Toot.
Barack listened to his mothers stories and imagined the father he did not know. Hawaii was a wonderful place for a little boy. Barack played at the beach. He went spearfishing with Gramps. He went spearfishing with Gramps.

And wherever he went, he saw many people of all different colors. In 1967, Baracks mother remarried. He and his mother moved to Indonesia. It was an adventure! A pet ape swung in the trees right in Baracks backyard. Two baby crocodiles swam in a nearby pond. Barack and his friends played soccer and caught crickets.

Best of all, Barack had a new baby sister named Maya. But there were sad things, too. When Barack looked in magazines, he didnt see anyone like him. No one at school looked like him either. Barack felt different. And when he looked around, Barack saw that many people were sick. And when he looked around, Barack saw that many people were sick.

Many people were hungry. Baracks mother tried to help. But she could not help everyone. Baracks mother thought education was very important. She brought home books and speeches for him to read. Every morning, she woke him up early to study.

Sometimes he complained. But his mother made him listen. She taught him the values she believed in fairness, honesty, and hard work. Most of all, she taught him that all people are the same inside.