Tanya Lee Stone
Author
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
"Barbie is one of the most famous dolls in the world. She has represented fifteen different nationalities. She's stepped into the always-fashionable shoes of more than one hundred twenty careers. She has been studied, celebrated, criticized, and played for more than half a century. And she has unquestionably influenced generations of people, especially young women--whether that influence has been positive or negative depends on whom you ask. Part...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life and achievements of the first American female doctor describes the limited career prospects available to women in the early nineteenth-century, the opposition Blackwell faced while pursuing a medical education, and her pioneering medical career that opened doors for future generations of women.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1090L
Physical Desc
147 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape, any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
37 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring nonfiction picture book about Rosalind Franklin, the groundbreaking chemist who helped discover the structure of DNA." -- provided by the publisher
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
As a boy, Sandy was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older he started creating wire sculptures. Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
IG 1040L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides information about ten famous national monuments: the White House, Washington Monument, Statue of Liberty, Mesa Verde National Park, Mount Rushmore, Cabrillo National Monument, Lincoln Memorial, George Washington Carver National Monument, Jefferson Memorial, and Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
228 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva all get mixed up with a senior boy who can talk them into doing almost anything he wants. In a blur of high school hormones and personal doubt, each girl struggles with how much to give up and what ultimately to keep for herself.