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Stem Biographies for Kids
When Sparks Fly
Meet Robert Goddard, the father of US Rocketry. Kids will be inspired to learn that he began experimenting as a child.
Kristen Fulton
Nothing Stopped Sophie
Even though Sophie Germain's parents took away her candles and sent her to bed, she kept working and eventually became the first woman to win a grand prize from the Academy of Sciences. Her formula is the foundation of modern day architecture.
Cheryl Bardoe
Tony Buzzeo
When Sue Found Sue
Sue Hendrickson, avid diver and paleontologist, unearthed Sue the T.rex in South Dakota, but her career finding things really began as a curious child.
Fossil Huntress
Learn about what it takes to be a paleontologist with this early grades biography of Mary Leakey. Travels as a child filled her with curiosity and drew her to paleontology.
Katie Mazeika
Zoë Tucker
Greta and the Giants
Learn about the fight against climate change let by teen Greta Thunburg. While this isn't a true biography, learn about her mission for protecting our planet in an early grades accessible format as Greta protests the giants who cut down trees.
Barb Rosenstock
Prairie Boy
As a child Frank Lloyd Wright was fascinated by shapes. See how he used that excitement to turn the world of architecture on its head.
Hayley Barrett
As Maria Mitchell examined the night sky from her telescope as a child she saw a comet no one had ever seen. Learn all about America's first professional astronomer in this beautiful picture book.
What Miss Mitchell Saw
Stephanie Roth Sisson
Spring After Spring
Environmentalist Rachel Carson spent her early years examining the patterns in nature and eventually paved the way for the modern environmental movement.
Rachel Dougherty
Secret Engineer
Beautifully illustrated and full of bridge building science, Secret Engineer tells the story of Emily Roebling. Stepping in to help design the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband was bedridden with decompression illness, she was much more than just his caretaker.
Peggy Thomas
Full of Beans
After World War II, Henry Ford wanted to support farmers. He went on a quest to find ways to use soybeans. From clothes to car parts explore the innovative ways the nation's most famous automaker used soybeans.
Franck Prevot
Wangari Maathai
Nobel Peace laurett, Wangari Maathai was raised to care for her family beneath the watchful eye of Mount Kenya. Follow her travels in this book as she fights for social justice and environmental protections.
Laban Carrick Hill
When the Beat was Born
Watch Jamaican immigrant Clive Campbell transform himself into DJ Kool Herc in the Brooklyn streets. Not only did gangs stop fighting to breakdance, but a new culture was invented: modern hip-hop.
John Herrington
Mission to Space
Chickasaw Nation member John Herrington shares what it takes to become an astronaut. Filled with personal photos, a glossary of Chickasaw vocabulary, and an insider's look at space training. Herrington's pride in his heritage and enthusiasm for space comes alive within these pages.
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