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Author
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Groundbreaking American pilot Amelia Earhart is the 2nd hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. Amelia Earhart refused to accept no for an answer; she dared to do what no one had ever done before, and became the first woman to fly a plane all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. This biography follows her from childhood to her first flying lessons and onward to her multi-record-breaking career as a pilot....
Author
Series
Little People Big Dreams volume 27
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Part of the best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series,�Stephen Hawking�tells the inspiring story of the brilliant physicist and author.
4) Alan Turing
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Part of the best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series,�Alan Turing�tells the inspiring story of the�father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
Author
Series
Little People Big Dreams volume 74
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
From the best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Florence Nightingale tells the story of the nurse and healthcare reformer.
7) Nikola Tesla
Author
Series
Little People Big Dreams volume 77
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
From the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Nikola Tesla, the scientist and inventor whose groundbreaking inventions we continue to use today. Since he was a young boy growing up in the Austrian Empire, Nikola was fascinated by science and numbers. His teachers knew he had a brilliant mind, but Nikola's irregular routines and fondness for playing cards meant that he was kicked...
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Brought to you by Puffin. "A wonderful non-fiction book . . . The layout of the book is fun, with many pictures, and small blurbs of extra information." - Goodreads reviewer Hannah Lightning In 1969 history was made when the first humans stepped on the moon. Back on earth, one woman was running the numbers that ensured they got there and back in one piece. As a child, Katherine Johnson loved maths. She went on to be one of the most important people...
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Have you ever found something mysterious? Something you had no idea what it was but you had this feeling it was important, that it held a secret? Mary Anning was a fossil hunter, scouring the cliffs and seashores of Lyme Regis for strange rocks and shells. Monstrous marine reptiles and dinosaurs had once reigned the land and seas here millions of years ago, disappearing only to leave mysterious traces for humans to puzzle over. Mary's fossils paved...
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