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(0)Mara Rockliff
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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This true story follows the story of Beatrice Shilling, a woman whose ingenuity, persistence, and mechanical expertise helped Britain win World War II.
"Beatrice Shilling wasn't quite like other children. She could make anything. She could fix anything. And when she took a thing apart, she put it back together better than before. When Beatrice left home to study engineering, she knew that as a girl she wouldn't be quite like the other engineers--and...
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Language
English
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"In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York City in a little yellow car, embarking on a bumpy, muddy, unmapped journey ten thousand miles long. They took with them a teeny typewriter, a tiny sewing machine, a wee black kitten, and a message for Americans all across the country: Votes for Women! The women's suffrage movement was in full swing, and Nell and Alice would not let anything keep them from spreading the word about...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Corita Kent (1918-1986) was a visual artist, art teacher, and Catholic nun whose work was revolutionary and is widely revered. In her classroom, she encouraged her students to see the ordinary as extraordinary and make art from the so-called commonplace around them. She embodied this in her own work-making screen prints and collage that celebrated the values and themes of hope, love, justice, and peace. This picture book biography approaches Corita's...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Ever since she was a young girl, Lil Hardin played music with a beat. She jammed at home, at church, and even at her first job in a music store. At a time when women's only place in jazz was at the microphone, Lil earned a spot playing piano in Chicago's hottest band.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"Life was harsh in the town of Bialystok, particularly for a Jewish boy like Leyzer Zamenhof. But Leyzer thought he knew the reason for the anger and distrust. With every group speaking a different language, how could people understand each other? Without understanding, how could there be peace? Zamenhof had an idea: a "universal" second language everyone could speak. But a language that would be easy to learn was not easy to invent, especially when...
10) Next to an ant
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A child compares the size of various items and discovers that she is the tallest of all. Includes suggested learning activities.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Meet Alice Guy-Blaché. She made movies--some of the very first movies, and some of the most exciting. Blow up a pirate ship? Why not? Crawl into a tiger's cage? Of course! Leap off a bridge onto a real speeding train? It will be easy! Driven by her passion for storytelling, Alice saw a potential for film that others had not seen before, allowing her to develop new narratives, new camera angles, new techniques, and to surprise her audiences again...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Fairy Tale land experiences a topsy-turvy transformation where classic stories become mixed up and makes Prince Charming climb a beanstalk, Cinderella kiss a frog, and Rapunzel's nose grow every time she tells a lie.