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Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
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Hide books by the same authorPlanting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai (Frances Foster Books)
Claire A. Nivola · 32 pages
Me...Jane
Patrick McDonnell
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
Miranda Paul · 32 pages
Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred. The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. Some bags were burned, leaving behind a terrible smell. Some were bur
Here Comes the Garbage Barge!
Jonah Winter
In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the east coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo.
Anything But Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic
Mara Rockliff
Some girls are perfectly happy never doing anything out of the ordinary. But Addie was anything but ordinary. She longed for thrills and excitement! At a time when a young lady appearing onstage was considered most unusual, Addie defied convention and became a dancer. And when she married the world-famous magician Herrmann the Great, she knew she had to be part of his show. Addie wanted toshock an
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
Michelle Markel
An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the unfair working conditions in New York's garment district.
At the Waterworks
Joanna Cole · 39 pages
Facts, fun and wacky humor abound when Senorita Carola takes her students on a field trip to the waterworks in this Spanish language edition of The magic school bus at the waterworks.
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
Duncan Tonatiuh · 40 pages
Presents the life of the Mexican artist, who became famous for his drawings of skeletons in multiple everyday poses which have become identified with the Mexican Day of the Dead.
Pocahontas
Ingri d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire · 44 pages
A simple biography of the proud Indian princess who saved the life of John Smith, married an Englishman, and went to England where she met the Queen.
She Persisted
Chelsea Clinton · 80 pages
"A nonfiction picture book compilation of the stories of 13 American women who persisted in overcoming obstacles and changing the world"--Provided by publisher. "Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted. Through
Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei
Peter Sis · 37 pages
Describes the life and work of the courageous man who changed the way people saw the galaxy, by offering objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe.
Me, Frida
Amy Novesky · 32 pages
Artist Frida Kahlo finds her own voice and style when her famous husband, Diego Rivera, is commissioned to paint a mural in San Francisco, California, in the 1930s and she finds herself exploring the city on her own.
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell (Christy Ottaviano Books)
Tanya Lee Stone
The Story of Ruby Bridges
Robert Coles · 32 pages
For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.
The Noisy Paint Box
Barb Rosenstock · 33 pages
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmAD630L Lexile
I am Abraham Lincoln
Brad Meltzer · 40 pages
Focusing on a character trait that makes the featured role model heroic, this book shows how Abraham Lincoln always spoke up about fairness. Abraham Lincoln always spoke up about fairness and thus led the country to abolish slavery. This simple biography follows him from childhood to the presidency, including the Civil War and his legendary Gettysburg Address.
Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace
Jen Cullerton Johnson · 40 pages
"A biography of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a female scientist who made a stand in the face of opposition to women's rights and her own Greenbelt Movement, an effort to restore Kenya's ecosystem by planting millions of trees"--Provided by publisher.
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
Kathryn Gibbs Davis · 40 pages
Capturing an engineer's creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world's most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris wheel. Capturing an engineer's creative vision and mind for detail, this biography sheds light on how the American inven
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
Laurie Wallmark · 38 pages
Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine.
Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton
Meghan Mccarthy · 48 pages
In the 1930s most girls were happy playing with dolls. But one girl, Betty Skelton, liked playing with airplanes, watching them fly around outside, and even flying airplanes herself! She lived for an adventure—in the air, the water, and on land—and nothing could stop her, especially not being a girl. When Betty Skelton was young there weren’t many women flying airplanes or racing cars, but she
Snowflake Bentley
Jacqueline Briggs Martin · 32 pages
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters
Barack Obama · 40 pages
"In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America's