Marjorie Priceman
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
An introduction to the life and achievements of the first American female doctor describes the limited career prospects available to women in the early nineteenth-century, the opposition Blackwell faced while pursuing a medical education, and her pioneering medical career that opened doors for future generations of women.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how some of Paris's famous artists and writers, such as Pablo Picasso, Max Jacob, and Guillaume Apollinaire, spend their day before preparing to attend a party at Gertrude Stein's apartment.
5) Cold snap
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A cold snap has everyone in the town of Toby Mills feeling down, until the mayor's wife thinks of a way to warm things up again.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The day before Christmas, everyone in Jose's neighborhood seems grumpy, including his mother who is homesick for Puerto Rico, but when he and his parents return from the pizzeria where they borrowed an oven to cook their roast, the heavenly aroma reminds those they pass of all they have to celebrate.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of nine brief stories from the author's first book, including such titles as "The Hippopotamus's Car," "The Melting Ice-cream Cone," and "The Black Crayon."
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Known as "The Enchantress of Numbers" by many inventors and mathematicians of the 19th century, Ada Lovelace is recognized today as history's first computer programmer. Her work was an inspiration to such famous minds as Charles Babbage and Alan Turing. This is her story"--