Calkhoven, Laurie

Stubby, a Boston terrier, is scrounging for food in the streets of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1917 when he is adopted as a mascot by the 102nd Infantry Regiment and finds himself on the way to France and the trenches of World War I where he soon learns to save his soldiers by alerting them to impending gas attacks, and eventually is awarded a medal by General Pershing.

A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut, includes information on her early aspirations to become a scientist, her career in NASA, and how she uses her fame to encourage others in astronautics.

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.). --.

Born in Shanghai, China, in 1936, Judy is an English pointer who finds her place on a English gunboat patrolling the Yangtze River, battling pirates, contending with the Japanese occupiers, and protecting her human shipmates--until they all end up in a Japanese prison camp in Sumatra at the beginning of World War II, where every day is a struggle to survive.

Text and illustrations look at the life of African American ballet dancer Misty Copeland.

Text and photographs look at how animals aided the military on land, by air, and at sea.

"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"--OCLC.

Text and illustrations look at the life of African American ballet dancer Misty Copeland.

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.

"A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut"--Provided by publisher.