Enjoy these wonderful titles about those women who have persevered! Caroline's Comets: A True Story by Emily Arnold McCully Danza! by Amalia Hernandez and El Ballet Folklorico de Mexico The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon by Frances Poletti & Kristina Yee Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Walmark Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot by Matthew Clark Smith Martina & Chrissie: the Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports by Phil Bildner Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines, Designer of the Vietnam Veterans M e morial by Jeanne Walker Harvey Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G vs. Inequality by Jonah Winter Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity by Sarah Suzuki The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson
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Here are some great titles about women who have impacted history! Awesome Women Who Changed History: Paper Dolls illustrated by Carol Del Angel Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics by Margarita Engle Fight Like a Girl: 50 Feminists Who Changed the World by Laura Barcella Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo More Girls Who Rocked the World: Heroines for Ada Lovelace to Misty Copeland by Michelle Roehm McCann Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls by Tonya Bolden Rad American Women A-Z by Kate Schatz She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the Wor ld by Chelsea Clinton This Little Trailblazer: A Girl Power Primer by Joan Holub Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, & Rebels by Linda Skeers Enjoy!
Have you heard rumors that baby carrots are dipped in chlorine? Here's what parents need to know about the safety of these kid-friendly veggies and whether they really are soaked in chemicals. By Sally Kuzemchak/ Parents Magazine They're one of the kid-friendliest vegetables around, yet there are still plenty of parents who wonder whether baby carrots actually "count" as a veggie —and plenty of wild rumors flying around the internet about whether there's something subpar (or even risky) about them. I talked to the folks at Bolthouse Farms , one of the largest farming companies that specialize in carrots, to get the truth. Here's what you need to know: Myth: Baby carrots aren't "real" carrots. Baby carrots are indeed carrots. Compared to the larger carrots they produce, Bolthouse Farms uses a different seed for growing baby carrots. The variety is especially sweet, grows longer and narrower, and has a small core. This carrots are...
More parents are now choosing to homeschool instead of sending their children to public or private schools. Learn more about the homeschooling movement and what's involved when parents educate their kids at home. By Jamie Martin/ Parents Magazine Why do parents choose to homeschool? In what regions are homeschools most popular? Homeschooling is a progressive movement around the country and the world, in which parents choose to educate their children at home instead of sending them to a traditional public or private school . Families choose to homeschool for a variety of reasons, including dissatisfaction with the educational options available, different religious beliefs or educational philosophies, and the belief that children are not progressing within the traditional school structure. The homeschooling movement began growing in the 1970s, when some popular authors and researchers, such as John Holt and Dorothy and Raymond Moore, started writing about educational reform....
The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) announced the 2018 winners today of the Mathical Book Prize, which recognizes outstanding fiction and literary nonfiction for youth ages 2-18. The committee chose Award Winners in the three youngest age categories in 2018 (Pre-K, Grades 1-2, Grades 3-5), and made Honor Book selections in all five age categories (also Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12). "We are trying to engage kids in the power and beauty of mathematics - power in that we want to give them confidence to consider and solve arithmetic, spatial, logical, structural, algebraic problems; beauty in that math can be employed to better understand and appreciate the wonders of nature and also human artistic expression, for example in fine art and music," said Roger Strauch, MSRI board chair and chair of The Roda Group, a Berkeley venture capital firm. A committee of PreK-12 teachers, librarians, mathematicians, early childhood experts, and others selects the prize, ...
The Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults is We Are Okay by Nina LaCour. Four Printz Honor Books also were named: The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman The winner of the Coretta Scott King Award recognizing African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults is: Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson Three King Honor books also were named: Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas The King Illustrator Award winner is Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets illustrated by Ekua Holmes, written by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderly and Marjory Wentworth. Two King Illustrator Honor Books also were nam...
The John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly Three Newbery Honor books also were named: Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson Come check one out!