Kids Book Index
Tiera Fletcher, Ginger Rue
Engaging portrayals of twelve extraordinary women and their accomplishments in engineering, computer game development, climate science, and more. Colorful full-page portraits, photographs, and diagrams.
Fearless World Traveler: Adventures of Marianne North, Botanical ArtistLaurie LawlorHer technique of painting specimens in their natural environment was groundbreaking. The legendary Charles Darwin was among her many supporters.Laurie Lawlor deftly chronicles North's life, from her restrictive childhood to her wild world travels to the opening of the Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens to her death in 1890.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Health Fred & Marjorie: A Doctor, a Dog, and the Discovery of InsulinDeborah KerbelWe now call this substance insulin, and its lifesaving discovery was an impactful milestone in medical science. Banting and his assistant, Charles Best, worked together in a small lab to test the theory with street dogs.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
World in Between: Based on a True Refugee StoryKenan, Susan ShapiroCo-written by a New York Times best-selling author, this moving story of a Muslim boy's exile from war-torn Bosnia to the United States offers a riveting refugee saga.Twelve to FourteenLexile 769LATOS 4.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details