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Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (cheifly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces the woman mathematician whose childhood love of numbers led to her prestigious education and contributions at NASA while explaining how her handwritten codes proved essential throughout numerous space missions.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"Journey to the Moon on the Apollo 12 mission with astronaut and artist Alan Bean! As a boy, Alan wanted to fly planes. As a young navy pilot, Alan wished he could paint the view from the cockpit. So he took an art class to learn patterns and forms. But no class could prepare him for the beauty of the lunar surface some 240,000 miles from Earth. In 1969, Alan became the fourth man and first artist on the moon. He took dozens of pictures, but none...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Five girls played together in the Smith Sisters Orchestra: Irene on trombone, Erma on vibraphone, Edwina on trumpet, Mildred on violin, and Lila on saxophone. But what of the littlest sister? When Viola's time came, almost every instrument was taken...except one. When she first sat behind a drum kit, she lost the beat, made a terrible racket, and had more fun than she'd ever had before. Viola took to the road with her family, learned from the greats,...
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Series
You are a star volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's RBG like you've never seen her before! Using a mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an American trailblazer. The first book in an exciting new nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg focuses on Ruth's lifelong mission to bring equality and justice to all. Sarah Green's spot-on comic illustrations bring this icon to life, and engaging backmatter instructs...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Scientist, environmentalist, and activist Jane Goodall is an inspiration. But before she became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Jane was just a little girl in England who dreamed of making important discoveries."--
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