Suzanne Slade

The inspirational story of Mary Sherman, the world's first female rocket scientist, who overcame gender barriers and many failures to succeed. Growing up in the 1920s on a dirt-poor farm in North Dakota, Mary Sherman's life was filled with chores--until she finally began school and discovered she loved to learn. Mary excelled at science, especially chemistry, and leaped at the chance to work in a laboratory during World War II designing rocket fuels. And when the US decided to enter the space race, Mary was chosen over her male colleagues to create the fuel to launch a rocket carrying America's first satellite. With courage and perseverance, Mary's hard work and calculations paid off, opening up a brand-new frontier for exploration. This STEM biography of an unsung and courageous woman in science will inspire and motivate young readers.

How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America into Space

Blast Off!

A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize A 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book A 2021 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book A 2021 Association of Library Service to Children Notable Children's Book Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) is known for her poems about “real life.” She wrote about love, loneliness, family, and poverty—showing readers how just about anything could become a beautiful poem. Exquisite follows Gwendolyn from early girlhood into her adult life, showcasing her desire to write poetry from a very young age. This picture-book biography explores the intersections of race, gender, and the ubiquitous poverty of the Great Depression—all with a lyrical touch worthy of the subject. Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize, receiving the award for poetry in 1950. And in 1958, she was named the poet laureate of Illinois. A bold artist who from a very young age dared to dream, Brooks will inspire young readers to create poetry from their own lives.

The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

Exquisite

This inspirational and dazzlin’ story of Dolly Parton—noted singer, songwriter, and humanitarian—follows her rise to fame, from her beginnings in East Tennessee to performing to thousands at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Dolly is a little girl with a BIG voice. Music fills Dolly’s heart so plumb full she has to let it out! She’ll even sing to her cornhusk dolls or a pen full of pigs. She makes her own drum from a pot and her own guitar from a broken mandolin. But what Dolly dreams of is performing for a real audience—people who would hear her sing, and applaud! And when she gets her big break at age ten, the soul-singin’ and big-dreamin’ Dolly discovers she’s scared to sing on stage in front of all those people. Will she summon up all of her courage and make it to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville? Young readers will learn about Dolly’s early history, her endless creativity, and her plucky perseverance in this entertaining picture book that’s perfect for fans of all ages.

The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton

Dazzlin' Dolly

Laura Kutner

In a small Guatemalan village with too much trash and in need of a larger school, a teacher gets an idea to build a school using the recycled trash, inspiring the whole community and others to join in.

A True Story of Recycling, Teamwork, and One Crazy Idea

The Soda Bottle School

Thomas Gonzalez

Behold the Octopus!

Booker T. Washington had an incredible passion for learning. Born a slave, he taught himself to read. When the Civil War ended, Booker finally fulfilled his dream of attending school. After graduation, he was invited to teach in Tuskegee, Alabama. Finding many eager students but no school, Booker set out to build his own school--brick by brick. An afterword gives detailed information on how the school was built.

How Booker T. Washington Built a School

With Books and Bricks

Annie s joyful exuberance and her family s whole-heartedsupport leave no doubt that her dream is within her grasp. This delightfulstory with backmatter about women astronauts encourages young readers to pursue their dreams and reach for the stars.

Astronaut Annie

2979 Days to the Moon

Countdown

Veronica Miller Jamison

How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon

Computer Called Katherine

A picture book biography of famous composer George Gershwin and a look at his famous composition Rhapsody In Blue. George Gershwin heard music all the time—at home, at school, even on New York City's busy streets. Classical, ragtime, blues, and jazz—George's head was filled with a whole lot of razzmatazz! With rhythmic swirls of words and pictures, author Suzanne Slade and illustrator Stacy Innerst beautifully reveal just how brilliantly Gershwin combined various kinds of music to create his masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue, a surprising and whirlwind composition of notes, sounds, and one long wail of a clarinet. Includes author's note, timeline, and bibliography.

George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue

The Music in George's Head

This picture book biography examines the life and career of naturalist and artist Anna Comstock (1854-1930), who defied social conventions and pursued the study of science. She pioneered a movement to encourage schools to conduct science and nature classes for children outdoors.

The Anna Comstock Story

Out of School and Into Nature

The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson--made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures--who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon! Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others--as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses--as wrong as 10-5=3. And she proved everyone wrong by zooming ahead of her classmates, starting college at fifteen, and eventually joining NASA, where her calculations helped pioneer America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon! Award-winning author Suzanne Slade and debut artist Veronica Miller Jamison tell the story of a NASA "computer" in this smartly written, charmingly illustrated biography.

A Computer Called Katherine

Mary Alice Monroe

Barbara Mariconda

Kevin Kurtz

Set Includes all 55 hardcover Sylvan Dell titles in print: Carolina's Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too!, Water Beds: Sleeping In the Ocean, Pieces of Another World, Christmas Eve Blizzard, How The Moon Regained Her Shape, Loon Chase, If A Dolphin Were A Fish, Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud, Tudley Didn't Know, Giraffe Who Was Afraid of Heights, The, Happy Birthday To Whooo?, If You Were A Parrot, One Odd Day, Turtles In My Sandbox, In Arctic Waters, ABC Safari, Turtle Summer: A Journal for my Daughter, Rainforest Grew All Around, The, Ocean Seasons, In My Backyard, Burro's Tortillas, Day in the Salt Marsh, A, Little Skink's Tail, Julie the Rockhound, My Even Day, Kersplatypus, 'Twas the Day Before Zoo Day, Best Nest, The, Animals are Sleeping, Blackberry Banquet Sort it Out! My Half Day, River Beds: Sleeping in the World's Rivers, Whistling Wings, Saturn for My Birthday, Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet, Where Should Turtle Be?, Henry the Impatient Heron, Ocean Hide and Seek, One Wolf Howls, What's New at the Zoo? An Animal Adding Adventure, Count Down to Fall, Moose and Magpie, Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls, Baby Owl's Rescue, Newton and Me, Felina's New Home: A Florida Panther Story, Little Red Bat, What's the Difference? An Endangered Animal Subtraction Story, Pandas' Earthquake Escape, Ready, Set, Wait!, Day on the Mountain, A , Fur and Feathers, Astro: The Steller Sea Lion, Champ's Story: Dogs Get Cancer Too!; Sylvan Dell Publishing will award any institution that purchases this set a 1-year eBook Site License, representing all titles. Proof of purchase necessary. The set comprises: A Day in the Salt Marsh; ABC Safari; Animals are Sleeping; Baby Owl's Rescue; Blackberry Banquet; Burro's Tortillas; Carolina's Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too!; Christmas Eve Blizzard; Count Down to Fall; Happy Birthday To Whooo?; Henry the Impatient Heron; How The Moon Regained Her Shape; If A Dolphin Were A Fish; If You Were A Parrot; In Arctic Waters; In My Backyard; Julie the Rockhound; Kersplatypus; Little Skink's Tail; Loon Chase; Moose and Magpie; Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls; My Even Day; My Half Day; Ocean Seasons; Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud; One Odd Day; One Wolf Howls; Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet; Pieces of Another World; River Beds: Sleeping in the World's Rivers; Saturn for My Birthday; Sort it Out!; The Best Nest; The Giraffe Who Was Afraid of Heights; The Rainforest Grew All Around; Tudley Didn't Know; Turtle Summer: A Journal for my Daughter; Turtles In My Sandbox; Twas the Day Before Zoo Day; Water Beds: Sleeping In the Ocean; What's New at the Zoo? An Animal Adding Adventure; Where Should Turtle Be?; Whistling Wings. All books feature a 3-5 page For Creative Minds educational section and additional Free Online Educator Resources: cross-curricular Teaching Activities, Interactive Reading Comprehension & Math Quizzes, Audio Books, and Related Websites.

Science and Math Through Literature

All Titles Set

The true story of the high-flying Harlem Globetrotters -- the team that changed basketball forever. In this book you will find one-finger ball-spinning, rapid-fire mini-dribbling, and a ricochet head shot! You will find skilled athletes, expert players, and electrifying performers -- all rolled into one! You will find nonstop, give-it-all-you've-got, out-to-win-it, sky's-the-limit BASKETBALL! You will find THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS, who played the most groundbreaking, breathtaking ball the world had ever seen. With rhythmic writing and dynamic illustrations, Swish! is a celebration of the greatness, goodness, and grit of this remarkable team.

The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters

Swish!

The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson-made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures-who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon! Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others-as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses-as wrong as 10-5=3. And she proved everyone wrong by zooming ahead of her classmates, starting college at fifteen, and eventually joining NASA, where her calculations helped pioneer America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon! Award-winning author Suzanne Slade and debut artist Veronica Miller Jamison tell the story of a NASA "computer" in this smartly written, charmingly illustrated biography.

Explore the four elements carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen that are the major building blocks of life on Earth.

Elements in Living Organisms

Where did that plastic bottle in your hand come from? And where is it going next? A plastic bottle's journey is filled with bounces, bumps, and blasts. Pack your bags, and get ready to follow it!

A Plastic Bottle's Journey

"Scientist June Almeida's skill in using the electron microscope helped identify viruses, and when she was 34 years old, she discovered the first human coronavirus"--

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