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Just Like Beverly written by Vicki Conrad, illustrated by David Hohn (J 813.54 CLEARY CONRAD) "A beautifully illustrated children's biography of Beverly Cleary, from her roots in Portland to her years as a librarian and a children's book writer." Click here for this book from the Richland Public Library. Here are some other children's book biographies we have about authors. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Cynthia Rylant by Jill C. Wheeler (J 813.54 RYLANT WHEELER)
• Judy Blume by Jill C. Wheeler (J 813.54 BLUME WHEELER); or click here for the e-book on Libby/Overdrive
• Pam Muñoz Ryan by Jill C. Wheeler (J 818.5409 RYAN WHEELER)
• Rick Riordan e-book by Jill C. Wheeler, available from Hoopla
• Yuyi Morales e-book by Jill C. Wheeler, available from Hoopla; or click here for the e-book from Libby/Overdrive

Hedy Lamarr's Double Life written by Laurie Wallmark, illustrated by Katy Wu (J 791.4302 LAMARR WALLMARK) "Hedy Lamarr became a movie legend, but her true loves were always science and engineering. During World War II, Hedy collaborated with another inventor on an innovative technology called frequency hopping. It was designed to prevent the enemy from jamming torpedo radio signals and commanding weapons to go off course. Frequency hopping is still used today to keep our cell phone messages private and defend our computers from hackers." Click here for this book from the Richland Public Library, or click here for the e-book from Libby/Overdrive. Here are some other children's book biographies we have about inventors. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Girls and Young Women Inventing: Twenty True Stories About Inventors Plus How You Can Be One Yourself by Frances A. Karnes et al. (J 604.82 KARNES)
• Hooray for Inventors! by Marcia Williams (J 609.22 WILLIAMS)
• Who Invented Home Video Games? Ralph Baer by Mary Kay Carson (J 794.8092 BAER CARSON)
• Who Invented Television? Philo Farnsworth by Mary Kay Carson (J 621.388 FARNSWOR CARSON)
• YouTube: How Steve Chen Changed the Way We Watch Videos by Celicia Scott (J 384.558 CHEN SCOTT)

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver written by Gene Barretta, illustrated by Frank Morrison (J 630.92 CARVER BARRETTA) "Gene Barretta's moving words and Frank Morrison's beautiful paintings tell the inspiring life and history of George Washington Carver, from a baby born into slavery to celebrated botanist, scientist, and inventor. His passion and determination are the seeds to this lasting story about triumph over hardship--a tale that begins in a secret garden." Click here for this book from the Richland Public Library. Here are some other children's book biographies we have about scientists. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code e-book by Laurie Williams, available from Libby/Overdrive; or click here for a different e-book about her from Hoopla
• Lives of the Scientists audiobook by Kathleen Krull (J 509.22 KRULL); also available here as an e-book from Hoopla and here as an audiobook from Libby/Overdrive
• Native American Scientists: Fred Begay, Wilfred F. Denetclaw Jr., Frank C. Dukepoo, Clifton Poodry, Jerrel Yakel by Jetty St. John (J 509.2273 ST. JOHN)
• Stephen Hawking: Master of the Cosmos by Robert Snedden (J 539.092 HAWKING SNEDDEN)
• Women In Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky (J 509.22 IGNOTOFS); also available here as an e-book from Libby/Overdrive and here as an audiobook from Hoopla

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer written by Traci Sorrell, illustrated by Natasha Donovan (J 629.1092 ROSS SORELL) "Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Air Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work." Click on the blue text for the version you want.

• Book from the Richland Public Library
• Audiobook from Hoopla
• Read-along movie from Hoopla
• Movie from Hoopla

Here are some other children's book biographies we have about engineers and inventors. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Jerome Lemelson, the Man Behind Industrial Robots by Lucia Raatma (J 621.3092 LEMELSON RAATMA)
• Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor by Emily Arnold McCully (J 609.2 KNIGHT MCCULLY)
• Nicola Tesla: A Spark of Genius by Carol Dommermuth-Costa (J 621.3092 TESLA COSTA)
• Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge by Rachel Dougherty (J 624.2309 ROEBLING DOUGHERT)
• Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak: Geek Heroes Who Put the Personal In Computers by Mike Venezia (J 004.0922 JOBS VENEZIA)

Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakeable Mathematician Sophie Germain written by Cheryl Bardoe, illustrated by Barbara McClintock (J 610.92 GERMAIN BARDOE) "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." Ages 4-8. Click here for this book from the Richland Public Library. Here are some other children's book biographies we have about mathematicians. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Ada Lovelace by Nancy F. Castaldo (J 510.92 LOVELACE CASTALDO)
• The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan by Amy Alznauer (J 510.92 RAMANUJA ALZNAUER); also available here as an audiobook from Hoopla
• Maryam's Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani by Megan Reid (J 510.92 MIRZAKHA REID)
• Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics by Laurie Wallmark (J 510.92 KOWALEVS WALLMARK)
• Sir Isaac Newton, Overlord of Gravity by Angela Royston (J 530 NEWTON ROYSTON)

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman (J 595.7092 MERIAN SIDMAN) "Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery, in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself." Click on the blue text for the version you want.

• Book from the Richland Public Library
• E-book from Libby/Overdrive
• E-book from Hoopla
• Audiobook from Hoopla

Here are some other children's book biographies we have about naturalists. Click on the blue text for more information.

• The Boy Who Drew Birds: The Story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davies (J 598.092 AUDUBON DAVIES)
• Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World-Traveling Bug Hunter by Christine Evans (J 595.7092 CHEESMAN EVANS); or click here for the e-book from Hoopla
• Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists by Jeannine Atkins (J 508.0922 ATKINS)
• John James Audubon by Joseph Kastner (J 598.2092 AUDUBON KASTNER)
• The Tarantula In My Purse: And 172 Other Wild Pets by Jean Craighead George (J 639.9092 GEORGE)

Women In Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World written and illustrated by Rachel Ignotofsky (J 704.042 IGNOTOFS) "Illustrated profiles of 50 pioneering female artists, from the 11th century to today." Click here for this book from the Richland Public Library, or click here for the e-book from Libby/Overdrive. Here are some other children's book biographies we have about artists. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Colorful Dreamer: The Story of Artist Henri Matisse by Marjorie Blain Parker (J 759.4 MATISSE PARKER)
• Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing by Kay Haring (J 741.092 HARING HARING)
• Louise Borgeois by María Isabel Sánchez Vegara (J 730.92 BOURGEOI SANCHEZ); also available here as an e-book from Hoopla
• Marc Chagall by Mike Venezia (J 709.2 CHAGALL VENEZIA)
• You Should Meet Yayoi Kusama by May Nakamura (J 709.2 KUSAMA NAKAMURA)