Guglielmo, Amy
Summary: Presents the story of Grandins "squeeze machine," describing her childhood love of building and design, as well as her sensitivities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GRASummary: In a unique collaboration with photographer and educator Wendy Ewald, eighteen immigrant teenagers create an alphabet defining their experiences in pictures and words. Wendy helped the teenagers pose for and design the photographs, interviewing them along the way about their own journeys and perspectives. America Border Culture Dreamer presents Wendy and the students' poignant and powerful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.23 EWAWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEIPollack, Pam
Summary: "Meet the man who created Alice, the Mad Hatter, and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson, a mathematician and church deacon, who taught at Oxford University. He was inspired to write his best known works, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by one of the Dean's daughters, Alice Liddell. The books were hugely successful and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARSweet, Melissa
Summary: Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White's personal letters, photos, and family ephermera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and children's book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute, a New York Times bestseller, includes an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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Summary: When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be 19 years before another woman got a chance--cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982--followed by American astronaut Sally Ride a year later. By breaking the stratospheric ceiling, these women forged a path for many female astronauts, cosmonauts, and mission...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GIBRyals, Lexi
Summary: "Misty Copeland is one of the most famous dancers in the world. But before she was dancing for millions of fans, Misty was just a young girl who loved ballet, even though she didn't look like the typical ballerina. Learn how she made it all the way to the top in this exciting level 3 biography!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLEBanks, Tyra
Summary: Shares the life lessons Tyra Banks learned from her mother and applied to her highly successful career, and how their close bond helped them to overcome many obstacles in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BANKS, TYRA BANMeltzer, Brad
Summary: This volume of ordinary people change the world features Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. She is proof that with opportunity comes justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SOTCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am SotomayorTaylor, Diane C. (Diane Carol)
Summary: Who were the artists of the Renaissance? Why do we still learn from Renaissance art? Using an inquiry-based approach, readers are introduced to the Italian Renaissance as it was experienced by five of the world's most renowned artists: Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. Readers will learn about the biographies of these Renaissance artists through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709 TAYSotomayor, Sonia
Summary: "As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the world to reach for their dreams. But what inspired her? For young Sonia, the answer was books! They were her mirrors, her maps, her friends, and her teachers. They helped her to connect with her family in New York and in Puerto Rico, to deal with her diabetes diagnosis, to cope with her father's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB SOTOMAYOR SOTLaNier, Carlotta Walls
Summary: A personal account of the nation's most famous school integration recounts the author's decision to attend Little Rock's all-white Central High and describes how subsequent events affected her family's beliefs about dedication, perseverance, and sacrifice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LANOsborne, Mary Pope
Summary: "A overview of warriors throughout history--from Ancient Greece to the Middle Ages--the equipment they used, and the most famous warriors in history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.1 OSBChambers, John
Summary: Silicon Valley visionary John Chambers shares the lessons that transformed a dyslexic kid from West Virginia into one of the world's best business leaders and turned a simple router company into a global tech titan. When Chambers joined Cisco in 1991, it was a company with 400 employees, a single product, and about $70 million in revenue. When he stepped down as CEO in 2015, he left a $47...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 658.4 CHAHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Presents twenty women in America's history who fought for men's and women's rights, including Ann Lee, Jane Adams, Alice Paul, Dolores Huerta, and Sojourner Truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HARKrull, Kathleen
Summary: "A picture-book biography on science superstar Neil deGrasse Tyson, the groundbreaking American astrophysicist whose work has inspired a generation of young scientists and astronomers to reach for the stars!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TYSOachs, Emily Rose
Summary: Offers readers an inside look into the life of Melania Trump and her plans to influence the nation as First Lady. Learn all about her journey to become First Lady and her mission to champion youth. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, critical thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, an index, an author introduction, and sources...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TRUMahin, Michael
Summary: Carlos Santana loved to listen to his father play el violín. It was a sound that filled the world with magic and love and feeling and healing--a sound that made angels real. Carlos wanted to make angels real, too. So he started playing music. Carlos tried el clarinete and el violín, but there were no angels. Then he picked up la guitarra. He took the soul of the Blues, the brains of Jazz, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MAHSummary: Thirty-one young adult authors share their own struggles with mental illness, ranging from such topics as neurodiversity and addiction to OCD and PTSD.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2018