Calkins Creek

This YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judge, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama,...

For take-charge girls in the making and fans of I Dissent and Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice, this is the story of Jeannette Rankin, the first US congresswoman. Jeannette Rankin was always a...

This thrilling title for young readers blends science, history, and medical mysteries to tell the story of the assassination and ultimately horrible death of President James Garfield. James Abram...

Author: Gretchen WoelflePublisher: Calkins CreekPublication Date: Oct 04, 2016Number of Pages: 240 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 162979306XISBN-13: 9781629793061

The inspirational story of Mary Sherman, the world's first female rocket scientist, who overcame gender barriers and many failures to succeed. Growing up in the 1920s on a dirt-poor farm in North...

Author: Alex Prud'hommePublisher: Calkins CreekPublication Date: Feb 08, 2022Number of Pages: 40 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1635923239ISBN-13: 9781635923230

Author: Mara RockliffPublisher: Calkins CreekPublication Date: January 02, 2018Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1629795550ISBN-13: 9781629795553

The remarkable story of Deborah Sampson, a woman who fought in the American Revolution disguised as a man?and who ends up finding her true identity and purpose in life. Deborah Sampson didn?t like...

From the award-winning author/illustrator team behind Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop Who was Coretta Scott King? Her black-veiled image at the funeral of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...

This inspirational and dazzlin? story of Dolly Parton?noted singer, songwriter, and humanitarian?follows her rise to fame, from her beginnings in East Tennessee to performing to thousands at the...

Author: Barb RosenstockPublisher: Calkins CreekPublication Date: March 01, 2016Number of Pages: 40 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 162979208XISBN-13: 9781629792088

Convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union against the United States, Ethel Rosenberg shares the story of her beliefs, loves, secrets, betrayals, and injustices in this...

Author: Alice Faye DuncanPublisher: Calkins CreekPublication Date: Jan 11, 2022Number of Pages: 64 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1684379792ISBN-13: 9781684379798

Author: Louise BordenPublisher: Calkins CreekPublication Date: Nov 02, 2021Number of Pages: 224 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1684379059ISBN-13: 9781684379057

This lyrical picture book explores the birth of Black America, focusing on the little-known men and women who fought for justice and for an America where freedom truly rang for all. We?re familiar...

High-flying history is brought to life in this suspenseful story of an unknown and daring pilot named Jack Knight, who in 1921 flew his biplane straight into a blizzard over America's heartland and...

This revealing biography of a pioneering photojournalist and social reformer Jacob Riis shows how he brought to light one of the worst social justice issues plaguing New York City in the late...

Celebrate the inventor of the dishwasher in this inspiring STEM/STEAM picture book biography about Josephine Garis Cochrane, the brains behind one of the world's most-used kitchen appliances. Many...

? A NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book ? An ILA Children's Book Award Nonfiction Honor ? Winner of Bank Street College of Education's Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for excellence in nonfiction...

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968Author: Alice Faye DuncanPublisher: Calkins CreekPublication Date: August 28, 2018Number of Pages: 40 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

This behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the classic and beloved picture book Make Way for Ducklings will captivate young artists, writers, readers, and animal lovers alike. While writing and...

Author: Kate HanniganPublisher: Calkins CreekPublication Date: Feb 15, 2022Number of Pages: 40 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1684373778ISBN-13: 9781684373772

Author: Beth AndersonPublisher: Calkins CreekPublication Date: Feb 01, 2022Number of Pages: 48 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1644720574ISBN-13: 9781644720578

Join Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs on their pioneering camping trips during the early 1900s in this energetic and entertaining nonfiction picture-book adventure...

Meet Charles S. Parker, an unsung yet trailblazing Black scientist who made major contributions to the fields of botany (the study of plants) and mycology (the study of fungi) in this inspiring...

? A NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book Here is the story of how the Statue of Liberty got its pedestal when Joseph Pulitzer, a Jewish immigrant and famous newsman, created one of the first...

Author: Selene CastrovillaPublisher: Calkins CreekPublication Date: Jan 04, 2022Number of Pages: 40 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1635925827ISBN-13: 9781635925821

Astronaut Alan Shepard's mission: Fly to the moon. Study it in more detail than ever before. Hit a golf ball in low gravity. But how far? Find out in this engaging STEM/STEAM picture book. In 1971,...

Hidden Figures meets Rosie Revere, Engineer in this STEM/STEAM picture book about Edith Clarke, the innovator who solved an electrical mystery and built the first graphing calculator?from paper! Long...

2022 Green Earth Book Award Winner NSTA/CBC Best STEM Book John Burroughs Association Riverby Award Honorable Mention, Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award This picture book biography tells the story...