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Pieces of Another World

By: Mara Rockliff

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Pieces of Another World

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A father and child travel through the unfamiliar world of the night to watch a meteor shower.

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0976494329

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Mesmerized

How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France

By: Mara Rockliff

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Mesmerized

How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France

By: Mara Rockliff

“Together, Rockliff and Bruno make the scientific method seem exciting, and kids interested in science and history will likely be, well, mesmerized.” — Booklist (starred review) When American inventor Benjamin Franklin arrives in Paris, he is upstaged by a compelling and enigmatic figure: Dr. Mesmer. In elaborately staged shows, Mesmer has Parisians believing he can control a magic force that changes the taste of water, cures illness, and controls thoughts! Can Ben Franklin’s approach of observing, hypothesizing, and testing get to the bottom of Mesmer’s tricks? A rip-roaring, lavishly illustrated peek into a fascinating moment in history shows the development of the scientific method — and reveals the amazing power of the human mind.

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Candlewick Press

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1536220582

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Get Real

What Kind of World are YOU Buying?

By: Mara Rockliff

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Get Real

What Kind of World are YOU Buying?

By: Mara Rockliff

Can you change the world with your wallet? You already do. In this frank, teen-friendly manifesto, Mara Rockliff reveals what you're really buying when you spend your money on a cell phone, a cheap t-shirt, or fast food -- and shows the way to better choices, both for people and the planet. Start seeing the world for real, and discover how you can make a difference. You've got buying power -- now let's see you change the world for good! GET REAL has been selected as an Honor Book in the Nonfiction category for the 2011 Green Earth Book Award.

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Running Press Kids

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076244648X

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9780762446483

Sweet Justice

Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

By: Mara Rockliff

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Sweet Justice

Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

By: Mara Rockliff

An inspiring picture-book biography about the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956, from an award-winning illustrator. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library Georgia Gilmore was cooking when she heard the news Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrested--pulled off a city bus and thrown in jail all because she wouldn't let a white man take her seat. To protest, the radio urged everyone to stay off city buses for one day: December 5, 1955. Throughout the boycott--at Holt Street Baptist Church meetings led by a young minister named Martin Luther King, Jr.--and throughout the struggle for justice, Georgia served up her mouth-watering fried chicken, her spicy collard greens, and her sweet potato pie, eventually selling them to raise money to help the cause. Here is the vibrant true story of a hidden figure of the civil rights movement, told in flavorful language by a picture-book master, and stunningly illustrated by a Caldecott Honor recipient and seven-time Coretta Scott King award-winning artist.

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Random House Studio

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1524720666

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Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope

By: Mara Rockliff

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Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope

By: Mara Rockliff

Meet the boy who made up his own language — and brought hope to millions. Once there was a town of many languages but few kind words. Growing up Jewish in Bialystok, Poland, in the late 1800s, young Leyzer Zamenhof was surrounded by languages: Russian, Yiddish, German, Polish, and many others. But the multiethnic Bialystok was full of mistrust and suspicion, and Leyzer couldn’t help but wonder: If everyone could understand each other, wouldn’t they be able to live in peace? So Zamenhof set out to create a new language, one that would be easy to learn and could connect people around the world. He published a book of his new language and signed it Dr. Esperanto — “one who hopes.” Mara Rockliff uses her unique knack for forgotten history to tell the story of a young man who saw possibility where others saw only barriers, while Polish illustrator Zosia Dzierzawska infuses every scene with warmth and energy, bringing the story of Esperanto to life.

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Candlewick

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0763689157

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Try It!

How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat

By: Mara Rockliff

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How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat

By: Mara Rockliff

Meet fearless 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—in this brightly illustrated nonfiction picture book! In 1956, Frieda Caplan started working at the Seventh Street Produce Market in Los Angeles. Instead of competing with the men in the business with their apples, potatoes, and tomatoes, Frieda thought, why not try something new? Staring with mushrooms, Frieda began introducing fresh and unusual foods to her customers—snap peas, seedless watermelon, mangos, and more! This groundbreaking woman brought a whole world of delicious foods to the United States, forever changing the way we eat. Frieda Caplan was always willing to try something new—are you?

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Simon and Schuster

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153446008X

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Me and Momma and Big John

By: Mara Rockliff,William Low

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Me and Momma and Big John

By: Mara Rockliff,William Low

A tale inspired by a true story follows the experiences of Little John, who along with his sisters excitedly anticipates the completion of a latest sculpture by his mother, a stonecutter at the Big John cathedral.

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0763643599

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My Heart Will Not Sit Down

By: Mara Rockliff

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My Heart Will Not Sit Down

By: Mara Rockliff

When Kedi hears about America's Great Depression from her teacher, her heart will not sit down. Men and women are unable to find work. Children are going hungry. In her teacher's village of New York City, people are starving because they do not have money to buy food. But can one small girl in Africa's Cameroon like Kedi make a difference all the way across the great salt river in America? Inspired by true events, Mara Rockliff's gorgeous and accessible text matched with Ann Tanksley's vibrant and warm illustrations bring to life the remarkable story of one child's vision, passion, and dedication to make the world a better place.

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Knopf Books for Young Readers

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0375987282

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9780375987281

The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

By: Mara Rockliff

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The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

By: Mara Rockliff

A picture book presentation of the life of Beatrice Shilling, a woman whose ingenuity, persistence, and mechanical expertise helped Britain win World War II.

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1536212520

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Around America to Win the Vote

Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles

By: Mara Rockliff

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Around America to Win the Vote

Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles

By: Mara Rockliff

“This high-spirited picture book, as engaging as it is informative, follows the women on their journey. . . . A delightful way to introduce two fascinating historical figures.” — Booklist (starred review) In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York City in a little yellow car, embarking on a bumpy, unmapped journey ten thousand miles long. They took with them a typewriter, a sewing machine, a wee black kitten, and a message for Americans all across the country: Votes for Women! Braving blizzards, deserts, and naysayers, the two courageous friends made their way through the cities and towns of America to further their cause. One hundred years after Nell and Alice set off on their trip, Mara Rockliff revives their spirit in a lively and whimsical picture book, with exuberant illustrations by Hadley Hooper bringing their inspiring historical trek to life.

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Candlewick Press

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1536246301

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Anything But Ordinary Addie

The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic

By: Mara Rockliff

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Anything But Ordinary Addie

The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic

By: Mara Rockliff

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.

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0763668419

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The Busiest Street in Town

By: Mara Rockliff

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The Busiest Street in Town

By: Mara Rockliff

Agatha Walker does not want to live on the busiest street in town!Rushmore Boulevard is the busiest street in town—until Agatha May Walker decides to do something about it. Armed with a batch of Sweet and Spicy ginger snaps, a wingback chair, a card table, and a Parcheesi set, Agatha and her best friend, Eulalie Scruggs, take to the street to reclaim it from the noisy cars, motorcycles, and giant trucks that rumble by all day long. Can these lifelong friends convince their neighbors to stop and smell the honeysuckle, listen to the mariachi band, and best of all, sample the Sweet and Spicy ginger snaps?In this charming picture book about slowing down, a laid-back attitude is the best kind. So sit for a spell and give it a whirl!

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Knopf Books for Young Readers

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0375985522

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Signs of Hope

The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent

By: Mara Rockliff

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Signs of Hope

The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent

By: Mara Rockliff

Signs of Hope is a picture book biography of groundbreaking artist, teacher, and Catholic nun Corita Kent from critically acclaimed author Mara Rockliff, with stunning full-color art from Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet. Let Corita teach you how to see the world in a whole new way! Sister Corita Kent, the “pop art nun,” burst onto the 1960s art scene with splashes of color and ad slogans transformed into messages of love, hope, peace, and justice. The art world would never be the same—and neither would the young people whose lives she changed. Join Corita’s students as they learn how to look at the world around them through an artist’s eyes. With Corita, work is play, imagination means adventure, and there is no line between life and art. Told with joy and energy by award-winning author Mara Rockliff and spectacularly illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet, Signs of Hope brings a revolutionary artist’s teachings—still fresh, still inspiring—to a new generation. As Corita told her students, “Be ready to see what you haven’t seen before!”

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Abrams

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1647009499

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All at Once Upon a Time

A Picture Book

By: Mara Rockliff

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All at Once Upon a Time

A Picture Book

By: Mara Rockliff

An unexpected and wholly original fractured fairy tale by award-winning author Mara Rockliff, with a hilarious visual narrative from illustrator Gladys Jose—All at Once Upon a Time is a fantastic picture book read-aloud that will have listeners giggling ever after Once upon a time (now, tell me if you’ve heard this one before) locked away up in a tower, lived a princess with the longest . . . NOSE? Fairy Tale Land has gotten a shake-up. All the stories are happening at once and . . . not exactly as they used to, once upon a time! Climbing a beanstalk takes an unexpected twist, Little Red Riding Hood’s basket is bursting with an unusual gift for an out-of-the-ordinary grandmother, and Rapunzel’s nose grows longer every time she tells another whopping fib! With a surprise on every page, readers will love trying to guess what happens next.

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Gingerbread for Liberty!

How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution

By: Mara Rockliff

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Gingerbread for Liberty!

How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution

By: Mara Rockliff

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!

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0544130014

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9780544130012

Chik Chak Shabbat

By: Mara Rockliff

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Chik Chak Shabbat

By: Mara Rockliff

Celebrate Shabbat, community, and diverse traditions with this lyrical tale, illustrated with a lively and whimsical touch. When Goldie Simcha doesn’t joyfully throw open her door to welcome everyone in to her apartment for a meal of her famous cholent, her neighbors wonder what could be wrong. Little Lali Omar knocks on the door to 5-A, only to learn that Goldie was feeling too sick on Friday to cook, and everyone knows you can’t make cholent in a hurry, right away, chik chak! But it just isn’t Shabbat without cholent. What can her neighbors do to save the day? In an uplifting story that warms more than your heart, Chik Chak Shabbat offers a cholent recipe that keeps Goldie’s sharing spirit alive.

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Candlewick

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0763655287

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Next to an Ant

By: Mara Rockliff

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Next to an Ant

By: Mara Rockliff

All Rookie Readers actively engage young readers, encouraging language development, building fluency, and promoting independent reading. By targeting a skill, like learning about repetitive text, young readers are building fundamental reading skills with the help of fun, lively, colorfully illustrated stories.

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Children's Press(CT)

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0516268309

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Try It!

How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat

By: Mara Rockliff

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How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat

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Beach Lane Books

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1534460071

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Gingerbread for Liberty!

How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution

By: Mara Rockliff

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Gingerbread for Liberty!

How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution

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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!

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Get Real

What Kind of World are YOU Buying?

By: Mara Rockliff

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What Kind of World are YOU Buying?

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Speaking for Ourselves

Conversations on Life, Music, and Autism

By: Michael B. Bakan,Mara Chasar,Graeme Gibson,Elizabeth J. Grace,Zena Hamelson,Dotan Nitzberg,Gordon Peterson,Maureen Pytlik,Donald Rindale,Amy Sequenzia

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Speaking for Ourselves

Conversations on Life, Music, and Autism

By: Michael B. Bakan,Mara Chasar,Graeme Gibson,Elizabeth J. Grace,Zena Hamelson,Dotan Nitzberg,Gordon Peterson,Maureen Pytlik,Donald Rindale,Amy Sequenzia

Since the advent of autism as a diagnosed condition in the 1940s, the importance of music in the lives of autistic people has been widely observed and studied. Articles on musical savants, extraordinary feats of musical memory, unusually high rates of absolute or perfect pitch, and the effectiveness of music-based therapies abound in the autism literature. Meanwhile, music scholars and historians have posited autism-centered explanatory models to account for the unique musical artistry of everyone from Béla Bartók and Glenn Gould to Blind Tom Wiggins. Given the great deal of attention paid to music and autism, it is surprising to discover that autistic people have rarely been asked to account for how they themselves make and experience music or why it matters to them that they do. In Speaking for Ourselves, renowned ethnomusicologist Michael Bakan does just that, engaging in deep conversations--some spanning the course of years--with ten fascinating and very different individuals who share two basic things in common: an autism spectrum diagnosis and a life in which music plays a central part. These conversations offer profound insights into the intricacies and intersections of music, autism, neurodiversity, and life in general, not from an autistic point of view, but rather from many different autistic points of view. They invite readers to partake of a rich tapestry of words, ideas, images, and musical sounds that speak to both the diversity of autistic experience and the common humanity we all share.

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Oxford University Press

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0190855835

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Pieces of Another World

By: Mara Rockliff

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Pieces of Another World

By: Mara Rockliff

A father and child travel through the unfamiliar world of the night to watch a meteor shower.

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Arbordale Publishing

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The Grudge Keeper

By: Mara Rockliff

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The Grudge Keeper

By: Mara Rockliff

How do you resolve a grudge? Take it to the Grudge Keeper! But be careful not to accumulate too many. No one in the town of Bonnyripple ever kept a grudge. No one, that is, except Cornelius, the Grudge Keeper. Ruffled feathers, petty snits, minor tiffs and major huffs, insults, umbrage, squabbles, dust-ups, and imbroglios—the Grudge Keeper received them all, large and small, tucking each one carefully away in his ramshackle cottage. Gradually the grudges accumulate as Minnie Fletcher’s goat eats Elvira Bogg’s prizewinning petunias, Sylvester Quincy snags the schoolmaster’s toupee, and Big Otto stomps on Lily Belle’s feet during the spring fling. One night the wind rises, flinging together the people and their grudges, scrambling the squabbles with the quibbles and piling the lows blows and the high dudgeon together. And where is Cornelius?

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Holiday House

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All at Once Upon a Time

A Picture Book

By: Mara Rockliff

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A Picture Book

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Jefferson Measures a Moose

By: Mara Rockliff

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Jefferson Measures a Moose

By: Mara Rockliff

The author of Mesmerized shares another comical true tale of a Founding Father using science to defeat ignorance and stop the spread of false information. 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 and everyone was puny and weak. Thomas Jefferson resolved to set the record straight — with numbers — and prove to the world that the new nation was worthy of investment. But how do you show that a country is plentiful in an age when photography hasn’t been invented yet? Mara Rockliff, master of children’s nonfiction, details another little-known moment in math and natural history, illustrated with humor by prolific artist S. D. Schindler and accompanied by extensive back matter and an informative author’s note.

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Sweet Justice

Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

By: Mara Rockliff

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Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Random House Studio

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The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

By: Mara Rockliff

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The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

By: Mara Rockliff

This true story of a woman whose brilliance and mechanical expertise helped Britain win World War II is sure to inspire STEM readers and fans of amazing women in history. 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 she wasn’t. She was better. Still, it took hard work and perseverance to persuade the Royal Aircraft Establishment to give her a chance. But when World War II broke out and British fighter pilots took to the skies in a desperate struggle for survival against Hitler’s bombers, it was clearly time for new ideas. Could Beatrice solve an engine puzzle and help Britain win the war? American author Mara Rockliff and British illustrator Daniel Duncan team up for a fresh look at a turning point in modern history—and the role of a remarkable woman whose ingenuity, persistence, and way with a wrench (or spanner) made her quite unlike anyone else. An author’s note and a list of selective sources provide additional information for curious readers.

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1536225673

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Billie Jean!

How Tennis Star Billie Jean King Changed Women's Sports

By: Mara Rockliff

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Billie Jean!

How Tennis Star Billie Jean King Changed Women's Sports

By: Mara Rockliff

A fun and inspiring picture book biography of tennis legend and women's rights activist Billie Jean King. From award-winning author Mara Rockliff and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Elizabeth Baddeley comes this extraordinary picture book about one little girl who loved sports and grew up to be one of the greatest and best-known tennis players of all time. Anything Billie Jean did, she did it ALL THE WAY. When she ran, she ran fast. When she played, she played hard. As a top women's tennis player, Billie Jean fought for fairness in women's sports, and when she faced off against Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes, the most famous tennis match in history, she showed the world that men and women--and boys and girls--are equal on and off the court.

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Penguin

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0525517790

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The Grudge Keeper

By: Mara Rockliff

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Mesmerized

How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France

By: Mara Rockliff

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How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France

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Born to Swing

Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz

By: Mara Rockliff

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Born to Swing

Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz

By: Mara Rockliff

Here is the story of "Hot Miss Lil" Hardin Armstrong, legendary jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader--and a female pioneer on the music stage. 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. She went on to achieve fame as a bandleader and composer, and "swung" with many of the greatest early jazz musicians, including her husband, Louis Armstrong. Award-winning author Mara Rockliff and acclaimed illustrator Michele Wood brilliantly capture the rhythms and passions of this jazz pioneer and legend whose music and story deserve to be heard. This biography contains strong back matter which includes archival images, further information about Lil, a list of some of her songs and recordings, a timeline, an author's note, and a bibliography.

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Astra Publishing House

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1629795550

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A Perfect Fit

How Lena “Lane” Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion

By: Mara Rockliff

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A Perfect Fit

How Lena “Lane” Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion

By: Mara Rockliff

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. With stunning artwork from Sibert medalist Juana Martinez-Neal. Lena came to America with nothing but a dream—and an exceptional ability to drape and snip and stitch. She never used a pattern or a tape measure, but every dress she sewed turned out to be a perfect fit. Then, one day, a customer presented her with a new challenge. Could she design a stylish, comfortable gown for a body shape that did not meet the current standards of fashion? Lena took the challenge. Under the company name Lane Bryant, she became famous for flattering and modish clothing designed for all different shapes and sizes. The world of fashion would never be the same.

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0358683270

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Jefferson Measures a Moose

By: Mara Rockliff

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Signs of Hope

The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent

By: Mara Rockliff

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The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent

By: Mara Rockliff

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The Busiest Street in Town

By: Mara Rockliff

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By: Mara Rockliff

Best friends Agatha May Walker and Eulalie Scruggs, who live on opposite sides of busy Rushmore Boulevard, inspire their neighbors to come together and make their street a much more pleasant place.

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