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Robbins, Dean

Summary: Introduces the woman mathematician whose childhood love of numbers led to her prestigious education and contributions at NASA while explaining how her handwritten codes proved essential throughout numerous space missions.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Van Vleet, Carmella

Summary: Shares the story of renowned astronaut and distinguished scientist Kathryn Sullivan, describing how she defied the conventions of her childhood to pursue interests previously limited to boys and how she became the first woman to walk in space.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2016

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

Calkhoven, Laurie

Summary: True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J STEM Calkhoven

Shulman, Mark

Summary: "Benjamin Franklin has been called one of the most accomplished and influential Americans in history, and his role in shaping the United States has had a lasting impact that is still felt today. Franklin's research into topics as varied as electricity, meteorology, demography, and oceanography were as wide-ranging and important as his travels, which took him across the globe as a diplomat."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Press, an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group 2020

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Freedman, Russell.

Summary: An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2013

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FRANKLIN FRE

Guglielmo, Amy

Summary: Presents the story of Grandins "squeeze machine," describing her childhood love of building and design, as well as her sensitivities.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018

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Byrd, Robert.

Summary: Presents a detailed tribute to the life and work of the Founding Father that augments parchment-style spreads with artwork, facts, and quotes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2012

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

Rosen, Michael J.

Summary: While his father unsuccessfully apprentices him to a joiner, a shoemaker, and turner, Benjamin experiments with wooden paddles as flippers and a kite, to his time as a printer⁰́₉s apprentice. "Young Benjamin Franklin wants to be a sailor, but his father won't hear of it. The other trades he tried bored him through and through. But each time he fails to find a career, he took some important bit...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020

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

Levy, Dana Alison

Summary: "Scientists who collect microbes from surfers' skin, who use radar sensors to gather data miles away, who combat inequality by pushing for cleaner air policies. Each with their own story, all working to make life better for future generations. Celebrated author Dana Alison Levy profiles 16 people, all studying different elements of the earth's landscape, animals, and climate, who defy...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023

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

Contents: Sparks fly -- Books and dreams -- A boy named silence -- Home away from home -- Taking care of business -- The good citizen -- Ben's great adventrue -- Home for good -- Talking about Franklin -- Benjamin Franklin's key dates.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FRANKLIN SAT

Isaacson, Walter

Summary: "When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and found a book on her bed. It was The Double Helix, James Watson's account of how he and Francis Crick had discovered the structure of DNA, the spiral-staircase molecule that carries the genetic instruction code for all forms of life. This book guided Jennifer Doudna to focus her studies not on...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA 921 DOU

Osborne, Mary Pope

Summary: Following their adventure with Benjamin Franklin, Jack and Annie want to learn more about the Founding Father and search out facts about his life and accomplishments, including his electricity kite-flying experiment and his most famous inventions.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019

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Meltzer, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am Grandin

Summary: A look at the life of the amazing inventor and scientist.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB EDISON DEM

Krensky, Stephen.

Summary: A beginning biography of young Ben Franklin who loves doing experiments and cannot wait to test out his latest idea involving a kite!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2002

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KRE

Mosca, Julia Finley

Summary: When young Temple was diagnosed with autism, no one expected her to talk, let alone become one of the most powerful voices in modern science. Yet, the determined visual thinker did just that. Her unique mind allowed her to connect with animals in a special way, helping her invent groundbreaking improvements for farms around the globe! The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Innovation Press 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J STEM Mosca

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB GRADIN MOS

Slade, Suzanne

Summary: Chronicles the life of the first female rocket scientist who, chosen to create the fuel to launch a rocket carrying America's first satellite, broke gender barriers and overcame many challenges to succeed.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2022

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

Krull, Kathleen

Summary: "Kathleen Krull sheds new light on the Benjamin Franklin--who considered science his true calling in life, not nation building--in this perceptive, fair-minded portrait."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Adler, David A.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2001

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Harness, Cheryl.

Summary: Presents a life of the American statesman who was a diplomat, postmaster, inventor, and revolutionary and played an integral part in the founding of the nation through his great writings and communication skills.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2005

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 FRA

Mara, Wil.

Summary: Founding Father Benjamin Franklin is one of the most extraordinary human beings to have ever lived. One of Americas greatest statesman, Franklin was also a scientist, an inventor, and a printera man who always worked to make life better for his fellow citizens. The well-organized chapters help students identify key details while the photographs, timelines and other text features encourage...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015

Copies Available at East Bay

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

Fradin, Dennis B.

Summary: A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, publisher, inventor, scientist, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2002

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRA

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 Fra

Slade, Suzanne

Summary: Describes the friendship between the two inventors and how Thomas Edison's advice to the young Henry Ford inspired Ford to work on his automobiles until he came up with an inexpensive, reliable version which became the Model T.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2015

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Brown, Monica

Summary: A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

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