Discover the story of Vivien Thomas, a pioneer of children’s heart surgery and trailblazer for Black people, in A Doctor at Heart, by Joan Schoettler and Steffi Walthall.
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Learn the story of a cellist whose love of music and nature amazed the world in Beatrice and the Nightingale, by Patricia Newman and Isabelle Follath.
Delve into influential author Judy Blume’s childhood in Otherwise Known as Judy the Great: A Poetic Ode to Judy Blume, by Selina Alko.
Uncover the truth about the women who married Henry VIII in The Six Queens of Henry VIII, by Honor Cargill-Martin and Jaimee Andrews.
The most decorated gymnast of all time, joins the ranks of the Ordinary People Change the World picture book biography series in I Am Simone Biles, by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos.
In Sole Survivor, Norman Ollestad tells the story of how as a sixth-grader he survived a deadly mountainside plane crash during a snowstorm.
Discover the story of a pioneering geologist in Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites, by Sandra Neil Wallace and Nancy Carpenter.
Get to know the artist behind Smile, Sisters and Guts in Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier.
Learn more about Wicked’s two leading ladies in two new picture books: Spotlight on Cynthia Erivo and Spotlight on Ariana Grande
Discover how Lillian B. Disney helped shape the Disney legacy as a cartoon artist and innovator in The Woman Behind the Magic, by Brittany Richman and Joanie Stone.