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Marshall, Linda Elovitz

Summary: "The fascinating story of Marie Curie and her sister Bronia, two trailblazing women who worked together and made a legendary impact on chemistry and healthcare as we know it"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MAR

Barton, Chris

Summary: "A picture book biography on Alton Yates, a Black man who served in the Air Force in the 1950s and contributed to key research on flight safety for pilots and passengers. After returning home, Alton dedicated his life to standing against Jim Crow and fighting for racial equality"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAR

Hale, Christy

Summary: "The story of the 1931 Lemon Grove incident, in which Mexican families in southern California won the first school desegregation case in United States history. Told in Spanish and English. Includes a corrido (ballad), and information about the people involved and events leading up to and after the court case ruling"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 379.2 HAL

Hannigan, Kate

Summary: "Celebrate the inventor of the dishwasher in this inspiring STEM/STEAM picture book biography about Josephine Garis Cochrane, the brains behind one of the world's most-used kitchen appliances."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COC

Friddell, Claudia

Summary: "Led by twenty-five-year-old Grace Banker, thirty-two telephone operators -- affectionately called Hello Girls back in the US -- became the first female combatants in World War I. Follow Grace Banker's journey from her busy life as a telephone switchboard trainer in New York to her pioneering role as the Chief Operator of the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators in the battlefields of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAN

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