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A fascinating look at Ada Lovelace, the pioneering computer programmer and the daughter of the poet Lord Byron.
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Questioneers volume 3.
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4.9 stars
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Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
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Amazing Grace (Picture books) volume 1.
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5 stars
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Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is African-American, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
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A fictionalized account of the night Amelia Earhart flew Eleanor Roosevelt over Washington, D.C. in an airplane.
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5 stars
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Working in a big house owned by two refined ladies to support her mother and brothers, a young scullery maid in early-twentieth-century England borrows books and dreams of a better life before saving her employers from a kitchen fire.
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Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
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Presents the life of the twelfth-century ruler, who became the queen of France and then England, who was an active participant in many of the rivalries between the royal houses of the period, and was the mother of ten children, including Richard the Lionhearted.
A biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was crowned Queen of France at the age of fifteen and, a few years later, married King Henry II of England and, leading a force of her own, accompanied...
9. Extra yarn
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With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.
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4 stars
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A biographical novel in verse of three different girls in three different time periods who grew up to become groundbreaking scientists.
11. Firebird
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American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.
12. Frida
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Illustrations and simple text help chronicle the life of artist Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo, discussing how she learned to paint, how painting saved her life, and why her paintings are so unique.
Simple biography of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.
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"Biographical poems about the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo"--Provided by publisher, verso t.p.
14. Gabby Douglas
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Discusses the life of the Olympian, including her family, how she started in gymnastics, and her Olympic success.
Although she's just 4 feet, 11 inches tall, Gabby Douglas made a larger-than-life impact on the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Gabby dominated the gymnastics all-around competition with her flawless execution and amazingly high flips, winning gold by a landslide. In early 2012, this pint-sized powerhouse was ready to quit gymnastics for...
15. The gardener
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A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
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Presents the life of the African activist who grew up in rural poverty, went on to receive an education in the United States, and returned to her country of Zimbabwe to rebuild her childhood school.
"The true story of a little girl who made an imposible dream achievable" --
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Expanded and revised, this new edition of the best-selling book celebrates the ingenious inventions of women throughout time. As inspiring as they are fascinating, these stories empower readers to imagine, to question, to experiment, and then to go forth ... and invent.
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When Grace discovers that there has never been a female U.S. president, she decides to run for school president.
19. Helen Keller
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Describes the life of the celebrated author and activist for people with disabilities, chronicling her achievements and the challenges she faced along the way.
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Presents the life of the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.