You should meet
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1) Mae Jemison
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Series
Description
A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut.--
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). --
The story of Jean Jennings, Kay McNulty, Frances Bilas, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff, who were chosen to work on the ENIAC computer.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life and achievements of the surfer who won international fame in four Olympics and used his surfboard to save eight people from a capsized boat in California.
4) Jesse Owens
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Simon Spotlight /paperback edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherines unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASAs Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time. A section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus c areers for math lovers"--Amazon.com....
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wondered what you could do to change the world? Find out how kids are helping the environment, inventing incredible medical devices, aiding the homeless, designing apps so other kids won't ever have to eat alone in the cafeteria, and more! Learn all about what they've come up with and how their ideas are changing lives in this story of four amazing kids everyone should meet! --Publisher
9)
Kids who are saving the planet
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10)
Shirley Chisholm
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11) John Lewis
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Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the time John Lewis asked Dr. Martin Luther King to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown as teenager, he never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. Introduce readers to his concept of getting into "good trouble" in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read book"--
12)
Yayoi Kusama
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