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TELL THEIR STORIES: There has been a rise of picture book biographies recently. Reiniger is a natural fit for this treatment: She's a female pioneer who's not as well-known as she should be.AUTHOR BACKLIST: Robinson is finding her stride with picture book biographies about female artists and scientists. Ada's Ideas received solid sales and multiple foreign deals. The Bluest of Blues was a Junior Library Guild selection and ALA Notable Book, an...

A gorgeous picture book biography of botanist and photographer Anna Atkins--the first person to ever publish a book of photography, 1843's "Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions." Full color.x 12.

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As recently as the 1920s, the lack of great female writers was often considered evidence of women's inferiority. Virginia Woolf disagreed. Her 1929 essay argues that creativity is impossible without privacy and freedom from financial worries, and throughout history, women have had neither therefore, no tradition of great female writing existed.

Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), Tochter des Dichters Lord Byron und einer Mathematikerin, beschäftigt sich schon früh mit Mathematik. Das fantasievolle Mädchen begeistert sich für die technischen Erfindungen der Industrialisierung und lernt mit 16 Charles Babbage kennen, den Erfinder der »Analytical Machine«. Für diesen Vorläufer des modernen Computers entwickelt Ada ein komplexes Programm und gilt so als erste Programmiererin der Welt. Diese Bilder...

All day, Whale swims through the ocean, wearing a poster advertising the big upcoming art exhibition. He visits the eel who wriggles abstract patterns in the sand, the squid who paints with ink, and the hammerhead shark who builds sculptures from salvage. Whale sees his friends' confidence and creativity and wishes he could be an artist too, but he doesn't know what to make and insists he's too ungainly to create art. Then one day, with the un...

A picture book biography of mathematician Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, by the award-winning author/illustrator Fiona Robinson

Fiona Robinson¿is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. She is the author of¿Globalizing Care: Ethics, Feminist Theory¿and¿International Relations, and numerous journal articles on ethics, gender, and human rights in world politics.

Applying feminist ethics to a comprehensive reworking of the theory of human security, addressing such issues as poverty, health, environment, conflict and peace building

The author of "The Useful Moose: A Truthful, Moose-full Tale" is back with a laugh-out-loud picture book about an animal chorus that celebrates individual (and unexpected) interests. Full color.

When the National Animal Chorus gathers to perform works of Mr. Herbert Timberteeth, the performance doesn't go exactly as planned. With all the mayhem, will the show still go on? This hilarious picture book delivers a subtle message about stereotyping that kids, who are so often pigeon-holed themselves, will appreciate.

A compelling portrait of a woman who saw the potential for numbers to make art!

Fast-paced, full-color, and divided into short, easy-to-read chapters, this is a wonderful graphic novel for younger readers, offering a seamless transition between picture books and novels. On the 3:23 Express to Whiska City, five unlikely friends meet and decide to form a detective agency. There is Jenny the wise donkey, Roger the gourmet dung beetle, Priscilla the theatrical penguin, Slingshot the hyperactive sloth, and Bluebell, the shy b...

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