Barbara McClintock
1) Vroom!
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Follows a young girl's imaginary journey as she zooms in a race car past fields and forests to faraway lands before returning home to her own safe bed. --
2) Dahlia
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Charlotte does not like dolls, until she receives a special doll from her aunt and they become good friends.
5) Cinderella
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A biography of Sophie Germain, who grew up during the French Revolution and followed her dream of studying mathematics, becoming the first woman to win a grand prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences and changing the world with her discoveries"--
8) The mitten
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the traditional tale of how a boy's lost mitten becomes a refuge from the cold for an increasing number of animals.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
While Mary, a girl whose family lives in a big house, is learning things at school, a young mouse whose family lives in a small house within the big one is learning the same things at her school, and when the two eventually meet they become friends.
15) The five forms
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When a young girl finds a mysterious, discarded book of martial arts poses, she ignores the warning printed in bold inside its cover: DO NOT ATTEMPT THESE FORMS WITHOUT AN EXPERIENCED TEACHER! She decides to attempt them herself, but is shocked to find that doing so conjures real animals right into her home! The chaos escalates as she releases a leopard, a snake, and a dragon, each creature larger and more destructive than the last.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When Adèle and Simon visit their Aunt Cécile in New York City, she takes them on a train trip around the United States, but from Boston to San Francisco to Washington, D.C., Simon keeps losing his belongings, despite his sister's reminders. Includes facts about the places they visit.