Monica Kulling
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Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Description
Shares the life of Nikola Tesla, including his innovations in the field of alternating current technology, his conflict with Thomas Edison, and his partnership with George Westinghouse.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Presents an introduction to the life and achievements of Alexander Hamilton, including his early years as an orphan in the West Indies, his role in the Revolutionary War and his contributions as America's first secretary of the treasury.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm.
Description
A portrait of the inventor of the Zamboni ice-resurfacing machine recounts how the co-owner of a 1940s skating rink spent nine years designing and building machines that he hoped could safely and quickly shave down pits and grooves on ice.
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It's Alice's birthday! But her friend Gertrude seems to have forgotten. No matter, Alice goes out and enjoys her day just the same. A beautiful spring afternoon in Paris - what could be better? Little does she know that her dear friend has a few surprises up her sleeve.While Alice spends the day walking around Paris - riding a carousel in the park and watching a puppet show - Gertrude turns her attention to the kitchen. She is determined to make a...
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The Tweedles are back and ready to take another exuberant swing at going modern. When their neighbors the Hamms announce that they've "gone online" by buying a telephone, Mama excitedly follows suit. But will the lure of the telephone be too much of a distraction for this sweetly old-fashioned family? Fresh from their adventure with their new electric car, Mama decides that the family needs a telephone to keep up with the changing times, and daughter...
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Grant Wood believed that to be a real artist, he had to live in Paris. But once he got there, he realized that to be a great painter he needed to return to the people and places-and even animals-that he knew and loved the best.Inspired by the life of artist Grant Wood, this is the sensitively imagined story of the great American painter and a cow named Tillie. Skillfully mixing fact with fiction, Monica Kulling's text explores the making of an artist,...
9) Little women
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
106 p. ; 20 cm.
Description
A simplified retelling of the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.
10) Aunt Pearl
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Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has invited her to come live with her family. Six-year-old Marta is happy to meet her aunt, who takes her out to look for treasure on garbage day, and who shows her camp group how to decorate a coffee table with bottle caps. But almost immediately, Pearl and Rose start to clash - over Pearl's belongings crammed into the house, and over Rose's household rules....
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 pages.
Description
"It's not fair." Susan B. Anthony was very concerned about fairness and equality for women and girls in America. She knew it wasn't fair to pay a woman less than a man for the same job. She knew it wasn't fair not to allow women to vote in elections. In fact, it was illegal for women to vote. But she felt so strongly, she voted in an election--and was arrested--anyway. Young readers will learn about young Susan B. Anthony and how she grew up to become...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
48 pages cm.
Description
Hamilton, the musical, is igniting American history fever in adults and kids--especially about the central figures of the play. Kids clearly want to know more, and this companion to early reader Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father will fill the void. Eliza Hamilton was so much more than just Alexander Hamilton's wife. She was a spirited girl who grew up to be a strong woman with a big heart and amazing strength of character. She rescued...