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Austria Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827 Composers Compositeurs Autriche Biographies Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Facteurs de pianos Autriche Biographies Ouvrages pour la jeunesse MUSIC / History & Criticism Piano makers Rankin, Jeannette 1880-1973 Streicher, Nannette 1769-1833 Women SuffrageWoelfle, Gretchen
Summary: "Jeannette Rankin was always a take-charge girl. Whether taking care of horses or her little brothers and sisters, Jeannette knew what to do and got the job done. That's why, when she saw poor children living in bad conditions in San Francisco, she knew she had to take charge and change things. But in the early twentieth century, women like Jeannette couldn't vote to change the laws that failed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RANSolnit, Rebecca
Summary: "A fresh take on George Orwell as a far more nature-loving figure than is often portrayed, and a dazzlingly rich meditation on roses, gardens, and the value and use of beauty and pleasure in the face of brutality and horror. "In the spring of 1936 a man planted roses." That man was George Orwell, shortly before he went off to fight against fascism in Spain. Today, those rosebushes are still...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ORWELL, GEORGE SOLLawlor, Laurie
Summary: "This picture book biography chronicles the lifelong friendship that began in adolescence between Ludwig van Beethoven and master piano maker Nannette Streicher emphasizing her support for him and his work and his influence on the many innovations she made to piano construction"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023