Rockliff, Mara

"A picture book biography of tennis champion and social activist Billie Jean King"--Provided by the publisher.

Jody is entranced when her father wakes her up late one night and drives out into the country, promising to show her "pieces of another world." Includes facts about meteors and meteor showers.

A whimsical depiction of a true moment in history describes how the innovative American Founding Father used the scientific method to discern the practices of a famous Parisian magician. By the award-winning author of Me and Momma and Big John.

Discover how Benjamin Franklin's scientific method challenged a certain Dr. Mesmer's mysterious powers in a whimsical look at a true moment in history.

A child compares the size of various items and discovers that she is the tallest of all.

"Meet Alice Guy-Blach?. She made movies--some of the very first movies, and some of the most exciting! Blow up a pirate ship? Why not? Crawl into a tiger's cage? Of course! Leap off a bridge onto a real speeding train? It will be easy! Driven by her passion for storytelling, Alice saw a potential for film that others had not seen before, allowing her to develop new narratives, new camera angles, new techniques, and to surprise her audiences again and again. With daring and vision, Alice Guy-Blach? introduced the world to a thrilling frontier of imagination and adventure, and became one of filmmaking's first and greatest innovators"--Provided by publisher.

"[Tells] the story of 'Hot Miss Lil' Hardin Armstrong, legendary jazzpianist, composer, and bandleader--and a female pioneer on the music stage."--Amazon.

"Traces the story of dancer-turned-magician's assistant Adelaide Herrmann, placing her achievements against a backdrop of period conventions about women in the arts and her determination to continue her work after the death of her husband."--OCLC.

Tells of the difficult journey of two women who set out across America in 1916 to win the right to vote for women.

A stirring picture book biography about a forgotten hero of the American Revolution who rose to the occasion and served his country, not with muskets or canons, but with gingerbread!.