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86 years: the legend of the Boston Red Sox
Par Melinda R Boroson. 2005
The Boston Red Sox had won five World Series by 1918. Then Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees, and…
every year afterward the Red Sox lost. Until 2004. Here is the story of the baseball team's history and spectacular comeback. For grades 4-7 and older readersGo, team, go!
Par John R. Tunis. 1991
When one player from the overconfident team, the previous year's champions, is expelled for gambling and the other four are…
penalized for breaking training, they angrily quit the basketball varsity and leave the inferior B team defending the school's recordJulie Krone, a winning jockey (Taking part books)
Par Dorothy M Callahan. 1990
Nothing stopped Sophie: the story of unshakable mathematician Sophie Germain
Par Cheryl Bardoe. 2018
Biography of Sophie Germain (1776-1831), who grew up during the French Revolution and followed her dream of studying mathematics. In…
1816 she was the first woman to win a grand prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences for her work on vibrations. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades 2-4. 2018Hoop dreams
Par Paul R. Walker. 1995
Two fourteen-year-old boys from Chicago dream of becoming NBA stars. For five years, they struggle to turn their playground skills…
into basketball mastery. Based on the documentary film. For grades 4-7. 1995Dreaming in code: Ada Byron Lovelace, computer pioneer
Par Emily Arnold McCully. 2019
Reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain's most famous Romantic poet, became, by some accounts, the first computer programmer.…
Raised in isolation and tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles and mathematical conundrums that led to future computer programming concepts. For grades 5-8. 2019When sparks fly: the true story of Robert Goddard, father of US rocketry
Par Kristen Fulton, Diego Funck. 2018
Presents the life and accomplishments of scientist Robert Goddard. Describes his many attempts at building (and exploding) different types of…
rockets in his quest for space travel. For grades K-3. 2018How we got to now: six innovations that made the modern world
Par Steven Johnson. 2018
Kid scientists: true tales of childhood from science superstars (Kid Legends)
Par David Stabler. 2018
Unusual yet true stories from the childhoods of notable scientists, including Albert Einstein, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Katherine Johnson. A…
young Rachel Carson was instructed by her mother to catch--not kill--the bugs in the house and free them outside. For grades 3-6. 2018Game changers: the story of Venus and Serena Williams
Par Lesa Cline-Ransome. 2018
Shares the story of Venus and Serena Williams, sisters and tennis stars. Discusses their special relationship as sisters and best…
friends, their constant training as children, and their incredible success in professional tennis. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2018My weird school daze: Books 1-4 (My weird school daze #4)
Par Dan Gutman. 2009
Books one through four, written between 2008 and 2009, featuring the third-grade adventures of A. J. and his friends from…
the My Weird School series. Includes Mrs. Dole Is out of Control!, Mr. Sunny Is Funny!, Mr. Granite Is from Another Planet!, and Coach Hyatt Is a Riot!. For grades 2-4. 2009Kid athletes: true tales of childhood from sports legends
Par David Stabler. 2015
Highlights unusual yet true stories from the childhoods of superstar athletes. A young Peyton Manning learned to tango for a…
school play; and Danica Patrick was scared of a lot of things growing up, except race-car driving. For grades 4-7. 2015Listen up!: Alexander Graham Bell's talking machine (Step Into Reading)
Par Monica Kulling. 2007
The mystery of Darwin's frog
Par Martha L Crump. 2013
Describes Charles Darwin's 1834 discovery of an unusual type of frog on Lemuy Island in southern Chile and scientists' efforts…
decades later to understand why one male specimen was full of tadpoles. Includes glossary, resources, and a primer on efforts to save the species from extinction. For grades 5-8. 2013Ben Franklin: his wit and wisdom from A-Z
Par Alan Schroeder. 2011
Brothers at bat: the true story of an amazing all-brother baseball team
Par Steven Salerno, Audrey Vernick. 2012
Recounts the 1938 formation of a semi-pro baseball team by the twelve Acerra boys in their New Jersey hometown. Describes…
the team's disbanding when six brothers went off to fight in World War II, and its revival after their return. For grades K-3There goes Ted Williams: the greatest hitter who ever lived
Par Matt Tavares. 2012
Biography of Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox slugger. Recounts his early years as an awkward youth, his rise to…
All-Star status in 1941, and his military service during World War II and the Korean War. Covers his return to baseball as Player of the Decade. For grades 2-4. 2012Short biography of William Powell (1916-2009), who in 1948 was the first African American to build, own, and open a…
golf course--the Clearview Golf Club--for everyone, regardless of race. Discusses his childhood ambitions, hard work, service in the U.S. Army, and family life. For grades 2-4. 2012Traces the history of rocketry from its Chinese origins to the International Space Station and profiles key scientists such as…
Wernher von Braun. Explains the scientific principles that allow satellite launches to overcome Earth's gravity. Recaps the space race and space shuttle program. For grades 5-8. 2010