Andi Diehn
1) Mama's days
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Some days Mama is bright like the yellow part of a rainbow. Other days, Mama is flat like the scratched surface of our kitchen table. So I tell Mama a story . . . A girl tells about a misunderstood dragon as a way to understand her mother's unpredictable emotions and reveal her love for her."--
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Mary Jackson was growing up, she thought being an engineer was impossible for her. Why? After all, she was fantastic at math and science. She worked really hard to learn all she could in school. Why did this smart little girl think she couldn't be an engineer? Elementary aged readers explore America's history of segregation through the life of Mary Jackson, who overcame challenges to become the first African American women to work at NASA!...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What was the world like millions of years ago? Did early humans walk on all fours? Did giant sloths lie in trees? Did dinosaurs have feathers? Even as a young girl, Mary Leakey was fascinated by questions like these! In Fossil Huntress: Mary Leakey, Paleontologist, elementary aged children meet Mary as a girl growing up in France and visiting the site of archeological wonders, such as Pech Merle, Fond de Gaume, and La Mouthe. As an adult, Mary leaps...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What's it like to travel among the stars? What can we learn by doing science experiments in space? When Bonnie Dunbar spotted Sputnik traveling across the sky from where she stood on her family's farm, she knew that's what she wanted to do when she got older. In Space Adventurer: Bonnie Dunbar, Astronaut, readers ages 5 to 8 learn about the hard work Bonnie tackled throughout her life to make it aboard NASA's space shuttle Challenger. From planting...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
118 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Teenagers have been sighing an approximation of these words for centuries, ever since William Shakespeare had Juliet utter them from her balcony in one of the most popular plays of all time, Romeo and Juliet. Tales of love, loss, rebellion, rivalry—before there was Twilight, Warm Bodies, and The Lion King, there was Shakespeare. The characters, language, imagery, and plot elements of many books and movies...
