Barbara McClintock
1) Cinderella
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella never gives in to hostility or revenge. Instead, this sweet heroine remains steadfast in her kind, gentle ways and eventually her virtue is rewarded when she meets and marries a prince with the help of her fairy godmother. Cinderella even forgives her stepsisters and finds suitable nobleman for them and they were very sorry for what they had done.
2) Dahlia
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Charlotte does not like dolls, until she receives a special doll from her aunt and they become good friends.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When a young girl finds a mysterious, discarded book of martial arts poses, she ignores the warning printed in bold inside its cover: DO NOT ATTEMPT THESE FORMS WITHOUT AN EXPERIENCED TEACHER! She decides to attempt them herself . . . but is shocked to find that doing so conjures real animals right into her home! The chaos escalates as she releases a leopard, a snake, and a dragon, each creature larger and more destructive than the last. It is only...
7) Vroom!
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Follows a young girl's imaginary journey as she zooms in a race car past fields and forests to faraway lands before returning home to her own safe bed.
10) Our Abe Lincoln
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Rhythmic verse tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's life, from his childhood in the wilderness of Illinois to his famous achievements as president"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A biography of Sophie Germain, who grew up during the French Revolution and followed her dream of studying mathematics, becoming the first woman to win a grand prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences and changing the world with her discoveries"--
When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him under a male pen name came from...
12) House of dolls
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Madison Blackberry's dolls--Wildflower, Rockstar, and Miss Selene--have lives that she envies, with their beautiful clothes and warm, cozy house, while she is lonely most of the time.
14) Where's Mommy?
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
While trying to keep their friendship a secret from their mothers, a human girl and a mouse make a surprising discovery.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Quick! If you don't move fast, you're going to miss him -- there he goes-- Randolph Caldecott, future famous illustrator. His sketchbook is full of hurly-burly; wild weather, frisky animals and people so sprightly they can barely hold on to the pages. But in the 1850s, there are no children's books like that. Not yet. Many are published, but their pictures look still, full of pretty poses and cluttered scenery. No one has imagined how much fun an...
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