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Anything-but-ordinary Addie : the true story of Adelaide Herrmann, queen of magic
\"Some girls are perfectly happy never doing anything out of the ordinary. But Addie was anything but ordinary: she longed for thrills and excitement. At a time when a young lady appearing onstage was considered most unusual, Addie defied convention and became a dancer. And when she married the world-famous magician Herrmann the Great, she knew she had to be part of his show\"--Amazon.com.
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Around America to win the vote : two suffragists, a kitten, and 10,000 miles
\"In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York City in a little yellow car, embarking on a bumpy, muddy, unmapped journey ten thousand miles long. They took with them a teeny typewriter, a tiny sewing machine, a wee black kitten, and a message for Americans all across the country: votes for women\"--Amazon.com.
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Billie Jean! : how tennis star Billie Jean King changed women's sports
\"A picture book biography of tennis champion and social activist Billie Jean King\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Doctor Esperanto and the language of hope
\"Life was harsh in the town of Bialystok, particularly for a Jewish boy like Leyzer Zamenhof. But Leyzer thought he knew the reason for the anger and distrust. With every group speaking a different language, how could people understand each other? Without understanding, how could there be peace? Zamenhof had an idea: a \"universal\" second language everyone could speak. But a language that would be easy to learn was not easy to invent, especially when even his own father stood between him and his dream. Yet when at last in 1887 \"Doctor Esperanto\" sent his words into the world, a boy's idea became a community that spread across the globe.\"--Book jacket.
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Signs of hope : Sister Corita's revolutionary art
\"Corita Kent (1918-1986) was a visual artist, art teacher, and Catholic nun whose work was revolutionary and is widely revered. In her classroom, she encouraged her students to see the ordinary as extraordinary and make art from the so-called commonplace around them. She embodied this in her own work-making screen prints and collage that celebrated the values and themes of hope, love, justice, and peace. This picture book biography approaches Corita's life from the point of view of one of her students. From this lens, readers get a sense of what it might have been like to be in the classroom with her-her energy, her inspiring presence, her own fascinations. Paired with this view are illustrations from award-winning artist Melissa Sweet in Corita's style-screen prints and collage-that adorn the pages with splashes of Corita's own words and wisdom\"-- Provided by publisher.
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