Helaine Becker
1) You Can Read
Presented in light-hearted, rib-tickling verse that's perfect for reading aloud, You Can Read sings...
An inspiring story of Zheng Yi Sao, the real-life pirate queen who took control of her life — and the South China seas — in the early 19th century.
The most powerful pirate in history was a woman who was born into poverty in Guangzhou, China, in the late 1700s. When pirates attacked her town and the captain took a liking to her, she saw a way out. Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share
...An engaging picture book biography of a groundbreaking female mathematician.Emmy Noether is not pretty, quiet or good at housework—all the things a girl of her time is expected to be. What she is, though, is brilliant at math. And when she grows up, she skirts the rules to first study math at a university and then teach it. She also helps to solve of the most pressing mathematical and physics problems of the day. And though she doesn't get
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