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A Bad Boy Can be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone
Category: Children's
Josie, Nicolette and Aviva are three very different girls who all meet the same bad boy with an irresistible knack for getting into their blood and under their skin. Each is sure that she can keep a cool head about him, but how much are they really in control? A critical and word-of-mouth success in the ...Show more
Amelia Earhart by Tanya Lee Stone
Category: Children's History | Series: DK Biography (Paperback)
With more than 100 full-color photographs and illustrations and detailed sidebars, this entry in DK's acclaimed Biography series celebrate a pioneer who changed how the world is viewed: aviatrix Amelia Earhart. Supports the Common Core State Standards.
Elizabeth Leads the Way["Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote"] by Tanya Lee Stone; Rebecca Gibbon (Illustrator)
Category: Non-Fiction
Elizabeth Cady Stanton stood up and fought for what she believed in. From an early age, she knew that women were not given rights equal to men. But rather than accept her lesser status, Elizabeth went to college and later gathered other like-minded women to challenge the right to vote.Here is the inspir ...Show more
Remembering Rosalind Franklin - Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA by Tanya Lee Stone; Gretchen Ellen Powers (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Educational
★ "[A] compelling introduction to an extraordinary scientist." --Booklist, starred review ★ "Poignant ... Enlightening .... students with an appreciation for learning about lesser-known historical figures and an interest in science will find inspiration in Franklin's resilience. Remember Rosalind? Sh ...Show more
Sandy's Circus by Tanya Lee Stone
Category: Picture Books
As a boy, Alexander 'Sandy' Calder was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older and became an artist, his fiddling led him to create wire sculptures. One day, Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling b ...Show more
The House That Jane Built - A Story about Jane Addams by Tanya Lee Stone; Kathryn Brown (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
This is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center. Ever since she was a little girl, Jane Addams hoped to help people in need. She wanted to live right in the middle o ...Show more
Who Says Women Can't Be Computer Programmers?: The Story of Ada Lovelace by Tanya Lee Stone
Category: Children's Educational
The daughter of 19th-century poet Lord Byron, Ada was tutored in science and mathematics from a very early age. Armed with the fundamentals of math and engineering, she came into her own as a woman of ideas--equal parts mathematician and philosopher. Full color.x 11.
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stone; Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Educational
In the 1830s, when a girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Career options were few. Certainly no women were doctors. But Elizabeth refused to accept the common beliefs that women weren't smart enough to be doctors. Illustrations.
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stone
Category: Children's | Series: Christy Ottaviano Books
In the 1830s, when a brave and curious girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Some women could be teachers or seamstresses, but career options were few. Certainly no women were doctors. But Elizabeth refused to accept the common beliefs that women we ...Show more
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