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Courage Has No Color, the True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone
Category: Accessories
They became America's first black paratroopers. Why was their story never told? Sibert Medalist Tanya Lee Stone reveals the history of the Triple Nickles during World War II. World War II is raging, and thousands of American soldiers are fighting overseas against the injustices brought on by Hitler. Bac ...Show more
Sandy's Circus by Tanya Lee Stone
Category: Education
As a boy, Alexander 'Sandy' Calder was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older and became an artist, his fiddling led him to create wire sculptures. One day, Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling b ...Show more
The House That Jane Built - A Story about Jane Addams by Tanya Lee Stone; Kathryn Brown (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
This is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center. Ever since she was a little girl, Jane Addams hoped to help people in need. She wanted to live right in the middle o ...Show more
Who Says Women Can't Be Computer Programmers?: The Story of Ada Lovelace by Tanya Lee Stone
Category: Education
The daughter of 19th-century poet Lord Byron, Ada was tutored in science and mathematics from a very early age. Armed with the fundamentals of math and engineering, she came into her own as a woman of ideas--equal parts mathematician and philosopher. Full color.x 11.
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stone; Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator)
Category: Education
In the 1830s, when a girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Career options were few. Certainly no women were doctors. But Elizabeth refused to accept the common beliefs that women weren't smart enough to be doctors. Illustrations.
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