Incredible lives for young readers
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A bird or two: a story about Henri Matisse
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Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
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The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time"--Amazon.com.
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Fur, fins, and feathers: Abraham Dee Bartlett and the invention of the modern zoo
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Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A memorable, inspiring introduction to a groundbreaking figure in STEM history. Growing up in southern India during British rule, Srinivasa Ramanujan was fascinated by numbers: they made patterns only he could see. Soon he spent as much time as he could in the world of mathematics, exploring concepts and trying to publish his ideas. In 1914, twenty-six-year-old Ramanujan sailed to England to work with the acclaimed mathematician G.H. Hardy. Cambridge...