Tonatiuh, Duncan
Summary: Illustrations and text describe how the Mixtecs create painted manuscripts, or codices, that reflect their way of life and document their history, science, land tenure, tribute, and sacred rituals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TONDuncan, Alice Faye
Summary: Most people know Coretta Scott King as the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader. Coretta's march on freedom road made her a great leader, too. Alice Faye Duncan blends poetry and prose to follow Coretta from a challenging childhood in segregated Alabama, to music training in Boston, to her brave years as a wife, mother, and activist fighting for equal rights and her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek Books 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB KING DUNRockliff, Mara
Summary: This true story follows the story of Beatrice Shilling, a woman whose ingenuity, persistence, and mechanical expertise helped Britain win World War II.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021