Laurie Wallmark
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A picture book biography of Elizebeth Friedman, a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA's first cryptology unit, includes explanations of codes and ciphers and secret messages for young readers to decode.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Much like us, dinosaurs love to have fun. Dinosaurs from all around gather together to play instruments, dance, and sing before bedtime. But soon the dinosaurs grow tired and need their rest. This is a book that's sure to have kids following the dinos' lead as they get ready to go to sleep.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This is a children's book biography of Grace Hopper, who played a prominent role in the early days of computers.--
Reveals how a woman with a passion for math and science revolutionized computer coding, defying conventions and difficult challenges along the way.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"The queen of chess, Judit Polgár, dazzled the world as a prodigy, winning tournaments, gold medals, and defeating eleven world champions, including Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen. At her peak, Judit was rated the eighth best chess player in the world. But before these tremendous successes, Judit burst onto the chess scene as a ferocious, child competitor. Beating adults by five-years-old, and winning international tournaments by age nine, Judit...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Maria Mitchell's curiosity about the night sky led her to spend hours studying the stars. She discovered a comet as a young woman, winning an award from the King of Denmark for being the first person to discover a new comet using a telescope. Now famous as "the lady astronomer," Maria went on to become a professional astronomer, an unheard of achievement for a woman in the 19th century. She was the first woman to get any kind of government job when...