Emily Arnold McCully
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her strict mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as the long-suffering ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron while raising Ada in isolation. Tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles, mathematical conundrums, and scientific discovery that kept pace with the breathtaking advances of the industrial and social revolutions taking place in Europe....
Author
Series
Mirette books volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnamsʼ Sons
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.
4) 3, 2, 1, go!
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Told she cannot step over the line to play school with the older girls, Min builds a catapult and flies over it, instead.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This book is based on the real life of Etzel von Oeringen, known as Strongheart, whose hugely popular movies introduced Americans to the German shepherd. The breed, developed in Germany at the end of the nineteenth century, was highly intelligent, brave, and loyal, and was adoped by the German army and police. Larry Trimble, a pioneer movie director and animal trainer, was auditioning dogs to star in a movie when he first encountered Etzel in a...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Although it was not always easy for musician Franz Schubert to practice his music, he was supported immensely by his friends, who believed in his talent and wanted the world to hear his work."--
"Franz Schubert was only eleven when he auditioned for the Emperor's Choir School in Vienna, a place where everyone loved music. Franz barely spoke a word, but he sang like an angel, and his friends took to calling him "Little Mushroom" because he was small....
13) Cat jumped in!
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An inquisitive feline walks through the rooms of a house, jumping into one mess after another, before landing in the loving arms of its owner.
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