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Ordinary people change the worldMeltzer, Brad
Summary: "A biography of Marie Curie, the physicist and chemist who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am CurieMeltzer, Brad
Summary: "This picture book biography focuses on critically acclaimed talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who used her struggles in childhood as motivation to become "Queen of All Media.""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WINCopies Available at Interlochen
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Summary: Uses Jane Goodall's life to teach young readers to care for all living creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2019
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Summary: " We can all be heroes. That's the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer When Helen Keller was very young, she got a rare disease that made her deaf and blind. Suddenly, she couldn't see or hear at all, and it was hard for her to communicate with anyone. But when she was six years old, she met someone who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I Am KellerMeltzer, 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 SotomayorMeltzer, Brad
Summary: Profiles the legendary country music artist, reading advocate, and philanthropist who has sent over one hundred fifty million free books to children through her Imagination Library, and describes the hardships she overcame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am PartonMeltzer, Brad.
Summary: Recounts Rosa Parks' daring effort to stand up for herself and other African Americans by helping to end segregation on public transportation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I Am ParksMeltzer, Brad
Summary: "Billie Jean King is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Read about this amazing woman athlete in the seventeenth picture book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am KingMeltzer, Brad
Summary: "A biography of Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist leader who played a key role in helping enslaved people escape via the Underground Railroad."--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I Am TubmanMeltzer, Brad
Summary: Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of seventeen for speaking out against injustice even when it was terrifying to do so. She was an ordinary Muslim girl who wanted to attend school, and she refused to stop protesting for her rights even after being attacked by a powerful group in Pakistan who wanted women to remain in the shadows. She continues to fight for women's rights and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2022
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Summary: "A biography of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who served as a translator for the Lewis and Clark Expedition."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SACMeltzer, Brad
Summary: Tells the story of Frida Kahlo, the renowned Mexican painter and activist. After surviving a bus crash, she made her mark in art history for her unique way of looking at the world and integrating her own image and life into her paintings. -- adapted from Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: The littlest readers can learn about Rosa Parks in this board book version of the New York Times bestselling Ordinary People Change the World biography. This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. In this new board book format, the very youngest readers can learn about one of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD MELMeltzer, Brad
Summary: Shines a spotlight on American scientist Temple Grandin, whose experience being on the autism spectrum has informed her advocacy and her work as an animal behaviorist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023