Emily Arnold McCully
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Formats
Description
This illuminating biography reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain's most infamous Romantic poet, became the world's first computer programmer.
Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her strict mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as the long-suffering ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron while raising Ada in isolation. Tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles,
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Formats
Description
Discover the nineteenth-century woman who became one of America’s first investigative journalists in this “lively” biography (Booklist, starred review).
A YALSA-ALA Finalist for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction
Born in 1857 and raised in oil country, Ida M. Tarbell became widely known for her series of articles on the Standard Oil Trust—a complicated business...
A YALSA-ALA Finalist for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction
Born in 1857 and raised in oil country, Ida M. Tarbell became widely known for her series of articles on the Standard Oil Trust—a complicated business...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Description
A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.
12) Little ducks go
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Mother Duck is on the run trying to keep her ducklings safe.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Description
Mattie Knight loved to make things ranging from a foot warmer for her mother or toys for her older brothers. Or, when she was 12, a metal guard to prevent shuttles from shooting off looms and hurting workers. Later, Mattie invented a machine that could cut and glue the square-bottomed paper bags we still use today. Meet the woman known as "the Lady Edison."
16) 3, 2, 1, go!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Description
Told she cannot step over the line to play school with the older girls, Min builds a catapult and flies over it, instead.
18) Picnic
Author
Pub. Date
c1984
Edition
1st ed.
Description
A little mouse gets lost on the way to a family picnic.
20) Old Home Day
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Description
The story of the growth of a New Hampshire village from pre-history to the bicentennial celebration of its founding.