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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 164 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her narcissistic mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as martyred ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron and had Ada tutored at home by some of the brightest minds. Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles, mathematical conundrums, and scientific discovery that kept pace with the breathtaking advances of the industrial and social revolutions taking place in Europe. At seventeen,...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The true story of the prolific composer and musician who wrote 1,000 pieces of music during his lifetime is told through the words of his friends, who made sure the world heard their talented friend Franz Schubert.
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books / Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
37 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Mary Wilkins Ellis, a woman pilot who flew planes for Britain's Air Transport Auxiliary during World War II and ran an airport on the Isle of Wight."--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) was not only one of the greatest astronomers who ever lived but also the first woman to be paid for her scientific work. Born the youngest daughter of a poor family in Hanover, Germany, she was scarred from smallpox, stunted from typhus, and used by her parents as a scullery maid. But when her favorite brother, William, left for England, he took her with him. The siblings shared a passion for stars, and together they...
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