Lakin, Patricia

Summary: From a young age Albert Einstein was curious and very smart. But that didn't mean life was easy for him. In fact, being so smart sometimes made things harder for him! Read all about his life, and why Albert Einstein is known as the genius of the twentieth century.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2005

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LAK

Lakin, Patricia

Summary: A brief biography of the woman who overcame her shyness to become a teacher, a nurse during the Civil War, and founder of the American Red Cross.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2004

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LAK

Lakin, Patricia

Summary: Profiles Amelia Earhart, who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and who disappeared during her attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2003

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LAK

Lakin, Patricia

Summary: Tap-happy Glenn was inspired and taught by the Father of the Modern Steel Drum, Ellie Mannette. This book gives a step-by-step glimpse at Glenn’s creative process for making and tuning pans—from start to finish—with love and care. It also features a timeline and history detailing how the passion of generations of determined people from Trinidad gave birth to this percussion instrument. Charts,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 786.8 LAK