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Caroline's Comets - A True Story by Emily Arnold McCully
Category: Education
Born the youngest daughter of a poor family in Hanover, Germany, Caroline was scarred from smallpox, stunted from typhus, and used by her parents as a scullery maid. But when her favorite brother, William, left for England, he took her with him. The siblings shared a passion for stars, and together they ...Show more
Dreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer by Emily Arnold McCully
Category: Education
This illuminating biography reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain's most infamous Romantic poet, became the world's first computer programmer. Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her strict mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as the long-suffering ...Show more
Kate's Light - Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse by Elizabeth Spires; Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator)
Category: Education
The heroic true story of one of the Eastern seaboard's first woman lighthouse keepers, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist. Living in the isolated Robbins Reef Lighthouse, overlooking turn-of-the-century New York Harbor, Kate Walker spent her life minding the light, keeping passing ships from running a ...Show more
Marvelous Mattie : How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor by Emily Arnold McCully
Category: Picture Books
With her sketchbook labeled My Inventions and her father's toolbox, Mattie could make almost anything toys, sleds, and a foot warmer. When she was just twelve years old, Mattie designed a metal guard to prevent shuttles from shooting off textile looms and injuring workers. As an adult, Mattie invented t ...Show more
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