Sports Superstars for Black History is a collection of 10 mini biographies of elite athletes.
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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.
Learn about the inspiring life of a pioneering journalist in Ida B. Wells: Journalist, Advocate & Crusader for Justice, by Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Candace Buford.
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.
Learn about the scientist who headed the Manhattan Project in Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb, the young readers edition of American Prometheus, by Eric Singer.
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.
The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape, by Amy Alznauer and Anna Bro, explores art and geometry through the life and lens of an amateur mathematician.
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.