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Strong Female Figures
25 Women Who Thought of It First
by
Jill Sherman
Call Number: JUV Q130 .S484 2019
Publication Date: 2018
Ada Lovelace
by
Diane Stanley; Jessie Hartland (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV QA29.L72 S73 2016
Publication Date: 2016-10-04
All's Faire in Middle School
by
Victoria Jamieson
Call Number: JUV PZ7.7.J36 All 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Becoming
by
Michelle Obama
Call Number: E909.O24 A3 2018
Publication Date: 2018
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor
by
Sonia Sotomayor
Call Number: JUV KF8745.S67 A3 2018c
Publication Date: 2018
ALSA Finalist for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2019
Born to fly : the first women's air race across America
by
Steve Sheinkin; Bijou Karman (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV GV759.2.P74 S54 2019
Publication Date: 2019
A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon
by
Suzanne Slade; Veronica Miller Jamison (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV QA29.J64 S53 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 2020
Coretta Scott
by
Ntozake Shange; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV E185.97.K47 S53 2009
Publication Date: 2009
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by
Helaine Becker; Dow Phumiruk (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV QA29.J64 B43 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 2019
COUNTING THE STARS: THE STORY OF KATHERINE JOHNSON, AMAZING NASA MATHEMATICIAN.
by
Lesa Cline-Ransome; Raúl ón (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV QA29.J64 C55 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 2020
Fantasically Great Women Who Make History
by
Kate Pankhurst
Call Number: JUV
Publication Date: 2018
Feather
by
Rémi Courgeon
Call Number: JUV PZ7.1.C6774 Fe 2017
Publication Date: 2017
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation On Trial
by
Susan E. Goodman; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV KF228.R56 G66 2016
Publication Date: 2016
NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book 2017
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science
by
Joyce Sidman
Call Number: JUV QL31.M53 S53 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award 2019
The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague
by
Julia Finley Mosca; Daniel Rieley (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV VM623 .M88 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life
by
Laurie Wallmark; Katy Wu (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PN2287.L36 W35 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
by
Margot Lee Shetterly; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV QA27.5 .L44 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Hillary Rodham Clinton
by
Karen Blumenthal
Call Number: JUV E887.C55 B56 2016
Publication Date: 2016
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for YA Finalist 2017
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
by
Nujood Ali; Delphine Minoui
Call Number: JUV HQ784.C55 A45 2010
Publication Date: 2010-03-02
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by
Debbie Levy; Elizabeth Baddeley (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV KF8745.G56 L48 2016
Publication Date: 2016
NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book 2017
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
by
Vashti Harrison
Call Number: JUV E185.96 .H338 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Mae among the Stars
by
Roda Ahmed; Stasia Burrington (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PZ7.1.A3449 Mae 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan
by
Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV DS389.22.Y68 W56 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Malala Yousafzai: Warrier With Words
by
Karen Leggett Abouraya; L. C. Wheatley (Illustrator)
Call Number: LC2330 .A26 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Marie Curie
by
Demi (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV QD22.C8 D46 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 2019
Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportwriter Mary Garber
by
Sue Macy; C. F. Payne (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV GV742.42.G347 M34 2014
Publication Date: 2016
Pictus Recommendations
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by
Cheryl Bardoe; Barbara McClintock (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV QA29.G468 B37 2018
ISBN: 9780316278201
Publication Date: 2018
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 2019
The Passion of Dolssa
by
Julie Berry
Call Number: JUV PZ7.B461747 Pas 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Michael L. Printz Honor Book 2017
Planting stories : the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré
by
Anika Aldamuy Denise; Paola Escobar (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV Z720.B426 D47 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Obis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for C 2020
Rise : from caged bird to poet of the people, Maya Angelou
by
Bethany Hegedus; Tonya Engel (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PS3551.N464 Z6934 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge
by
Rachel Dougherty (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV TG25.N53 D68 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 2020
Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World
by
Susan Hood; LeUyen Pham (Illustrator); Erin Robinson (Illustrator); Isabel Roxas (Illustrator); Shada Strickland (Illustrator); Melissa Sweet (Illustrator); Oge Mora (Illustrator); Selina Alko (Illustrator); Sara Palacios (Illustrator); Lisa Brown (Illustrator); Sophie Blackwall (Illustrator); Hadley Hooper (Illustrator); Emily Winfield Martin (Illustrator); Julie Morstad (Illustrator); Mora Oge (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV CT3207 .H66 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
by
Jess Keating; Marta Álvarez Miguéns (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV QL31.C56 K43 2017
Publication Date: 2017
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World
by
Chelsea Clinton; Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV E176.8 .C57 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Spring after Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement
by
Stephanie Roth Sisson (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV GE56.C37 S57 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2019
Sweet Dreams, Sarah
by
Vivian Kirkfield; Chris Ewald (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV T40.G66 K57 2019
Publication Date: 2019
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