Discover the woman behind the world’s most iconic lamps in Making Light Bloom: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Lamps, by Sandra Nickel and Julie Paschkis.
Browsing: biography
Learn about the life of the father of the modern fairy tale in His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen, by Jane Yolen and Brooke Boynton-Hughes.
Frida Kahlo’s Flower Crown, by Nydia Armendia-Sánchez and Loris Lora, tells the story of Frida grew into a celebrated artist.
Learn about one of the greatest cellists of all time in The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World, by James Howe and Jack Wong.
Learn the story of how France’s Louvre Museum was redesigned and the architect who did it in The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I. M. Pei.
Little Heroes of Color, by David Heredia, introduces little ones to ten important heroes of color who have changed the world.
Magic in a Drop of Water, by Julie Winterbottom and Susan Reagan, is a biography of scientist and environmental hero Ruth Patrick, one of the first to warn about the dangers of pollution.
Learn the story of how one woman used children’s books to help heal a generation of Germany’s children after WWII Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams.
Learn about the first woman student at MIT—a pioneering environmental chemist — in The Girl Who Tested the Waters: Ellen Swallow, Environmental Scientist, by Patricia Daniele and Junyi Wu.
Learn the story of the first American woman to fly to space in I am Sally Ride, the 35th hero in the Ordinary People Change the World series by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos.