Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge
By: Rachel Dougherty
4.02
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
On a warm spring day in 1883 , a woman rode across the Brooklyn Bridge with a rooster on her lap. …
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1. Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
By: Melissa Sweet , Michelle Markel
5.00
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
When Clara Lemlich arrived in America, she couldn't speak English. She didn't know that young women… read more
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2. This Is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration
By: James E. Ransome , Jacqueline Woodson
3.00
Format: 108 pages, Hardcover
The story of one family's journey north during the Great Migration starts with a little girl in Sou… read more
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3. Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing
By: Lucy Knisley , None
3.51
Format: 352 pages,
Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and ho… read more
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4. The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle
By: Simone Shin , Jude Isabella
4.14
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
In this unique nonfiction picture book, the main character is a bicycle that starts its life like s… read more
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5. Stand Straight, Ella Kate
By: Kate Klise , M. Sarah Klise
4.00
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Ella Kate Ewing was born in 1872. She started out small, but she just kept on growing. Soon she was… read more
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6. Madeline
By: Ludwig Bemelmans
4.00
Format: 112 pages,
Madeline is one of the best-loved characters in children's literature. Set in picturesque Paris, th… read more
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7. The Last Mapmaker
By: Christina Soontornvat
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more
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"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker
8. We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish (Penelope Rex, #3)
By: Ryan T. Higgins
4.30
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Penelope Rex faces her biggest (and fishiest) fear in this companion to the #1 New York Times best-… read more
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9. An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.63
Format: 56 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author of The Undefeated , Kwame Alexander, pens … read more
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10. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
4.48
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. The… read more
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11. We Are the Gardeners
By: Joanna Gaines
4.28
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Our journey as gardeners started with one small potted plant, but things did not go as planned. Tur… read more
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"Dad says that every hard thing we choose to do MAKES US BRAVER for the next time."-Joanna Gaines, We Are the Gardeners
"Turns out, trying something new isn't always easy, but sometimes, it's the hardest work that leads to the greatest reward."-Joanna Gaines, We Are the Gardeners
"Some say that a garden just grows from seeds, but we think it grows from trying and failing and trying again. A garden is hard work, but so is most of the good, important stuff in life."-Joanna Gaines, We Are the Gardeners
12. When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left
By: Marc Colagiovanni
4.38
Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition
From #1 New York Times bestselling creator Peter H. Reynolds and talented debut author Marc Colagio… read more
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13. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
By: Margot Lee Shetterly
4.44
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more
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14. Mae Among the Stars
By: Roda Ahmed
4.24
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by the life of the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison. When L… read more
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15. Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes "the French Chef"
By: Alex Prud'Homme
4.19
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
How did Julia Child become one of America's most celebrated and beloved chefs? Her great-nephew rev… read more
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16. When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, the Father of US Rocketry
By: Kristen Fulton
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Blast off with this picture book biography about Robert Goddard, the inventor of US rocket science!… read more
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17. Breaking Waves: Winslow Homer Paints the Sea
By: Robert Burleigh
3.70
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
When Winslow Homer watches the sea, he studies it patiently, making sure to notice every detail bef… read more
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18. Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge
By: Rachel Dougherty
4.02
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
On a warm spring day in 1883 , a woman rode across the Brooklyn Bridge with a rooster on her lap. … read more
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- picture books
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19. Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane
By: Kirsten W. Larson
4.34
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
This picture book biography explores both the failures and successes of self-taught engineer Emma L… read more
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20. A Place Called America: A Story of the Land and People
By: Jennifer Thermes
4.32
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
Through the lens of the land that has come to be known as America, award-winning picture book creat… read more
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21. How Emily Saved the Bridge: The Story of Emily Warren Roebling and the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
By: Frieda Wishinsky
3.93
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
The Brooklyn Bridge, the iconic suspension bridge that connects Manhattan and Brooklyn, was complet… read more
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