Summary: Inspired by She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up, and rose up against the odds. This collection includes the first eight biographies in the series.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 SHE

Gillespie, Marcia.

Summary: An observation of Maya Angelou's life as well as her myriad interests and accomplishments by longtime friends Marcia Ann Gillespie and Richard Long, and her niece Rosa Johnson Butler.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818.5409 ANG

Goodavage, Maria

Summary: Goodavage delivers the incredible story of K-9 hero Lucca and the U.S. Marine handlers who fought alongside her through two bloody wars.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 956.7044 GOO

Shriver, Maria.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sound Ideas 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 646.7 SHR

Carr, Nicholas G.

Summary: Describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind", from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer. The technologies we use to find, store, and share information can literally reroute our neural pathways. Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, the author makes a convincing case that every information...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2010

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 612.8 CAR

Sidman, Joyce

Summary: Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 921 Merian 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 921 MER