Mara Rockliff
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
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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.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Publication Date
[2018]
Language
English
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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
Publication Date
2024.
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
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Discover how the Lane Bryant clothing brand changed the way we buy clothes forever by celebrating bodies of all shapes and sizes in this inclusive picture book biography of a Lithuanian immigrant with a brilliant eye for fashion and business"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography of Frieda Caplan, the produce pioneer who changed the way Americans eat by introducing exciting new fruits and vegetables, from baby carrots to blood oranges to kiwis"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A stirring picture book biography about a forgotten hero of the American Revolution who rose to the occasion and served his country, not with muskets or canons, but with gingerbread!"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Jefferson was wild about numbers. He was constantly counting, measuring, and observing things that caught his interest. He loved sharing his discoveries and reading the discoveries of others. But when a famous Frenchman published a book about America, Jefferson was appalled: all the information in the book was wrong. The author insisted that America was a wretched, dismal place, where birds could not sing, dogs could not bark, and everything...
Author
Language
English
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Elections & Politics for Kids
Resources for Young People
V is for VOTE! (WPL-Youth)
Women's History Month
Resources for Young People
V is for VOTE! (WPL-Youth)
Women's History Month
Description
"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
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Banned Books - Kids
Good Sports (WPL-Youth)
Women's History Month - Youth
Women's History Month: Kids (March 2023)
Good Sports (WPL-Youth)
Women's History Month - Youth
Women's History Month: Kids (March 2023)
Description
"A picture book biography of tennis champion and social activist Billie Jean King"-- Provided by publisher.
14) Next to an ant
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
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
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of dancer-turned-magician's assistant Adelaide Herrmann, placing her achievements against a backdrop of period conventions about women in the arts and her determination to continue her work after the death of her husband.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication 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...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In 1931 Cameroon, young Kedi is upset to learn that children in her American teacher's village of New York are going hungry because of the Great Depression, and she asks her mother, neighbors, and even the headman for money to help. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Publication Date
[2018]
Language
English
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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
Publication Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Little John is proud of his mother's work as a stonecutter for a cathedral called "Big John," but struggles to understand the importance of spending so much time on one stone that no one will know Momma cut. Includes a history of New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.



