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739624
Ellen takes flight : the life of astronaut Ellen Ochoa [Big words series]by Rappaport, Doreen 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2023)


Publication Date: 09/19/2023

BTSB #: 739624 Available

Dewey: 629.45/BAges: 6-10   
AR: 5.5 MG F&P: S

Subjects: Ochoa, Ellen Women astronauts - United States - Biography Astronauts - United States - Biography Latinos (U.S.) - Biography


Summary: A biography of astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center Ellen Ochoa.


24.48 *

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868623
Giraffe math by Swinburne, Stephen R. 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2023)


Publication Date: 08/22/2023

BTSB #: 868623 Available

Dewey: 513.2/NAges: 4-8   
F&P: P

Subjects: Arithmetic Giraffes


Summary: Told through the voice of Twiga the giraffe, this picture book shares knowledge about giraffes through math, using measurements, graphs, fractions, time, elemental geometry, and percentages.


23.78 *

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341809
Hidden systems : water, electricity, the internet, and the secrets behind the systems we use every day by Nott, Dan 

Paperback(Random House Graphic, 2023)


Publication Date: 03/14/2023

BTSB #: 341809 Available

Dewey: 600/NAges: 12-16   


Subjects: Science - History - Comic books, strips, etc Engineering - History - Comic books, strips, etc Technology - History - Comic books, strips, etc


Summary: This nonfiction science graphic novel takes readers on a journey from how the most essential systems were developed to how they are implemented in our world today and how they will be used in the future.


14.75 *

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863627
How to spacewalk : step-by-step with shuttle astronauts by Sullivan, Kathy 

Paperback(MIT Kids Press, 2023)


Publication Date: 06/04/2024

BTSB #: 863627 Available

Dewey: 629/NAges: 7-9   
F&P: V

Subjects: Astronauts Space shuttles Outer space - Exploration


Summary: Thrilling guide to preparing for and doing a real spacewalk with the first American woman to walk in space.


7.37 *

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863630
How to spacewalk : step-by-step with shuttle astronauts by Sullivan, Kathy 

BTSB Prebound(MIT Kids Press, 2023)


Publication Date: 06/06/2023

BTSB #: 863630 Available

Dewey: 629/NAges: 7-9   
F&P: V

Subjects: Astronauts Space shuttles Outer space - Exploration


Summary: Thrilling guide to preparing for and doing a real spacewalk with the first American woman to walk in space.


24.48 *

872686
Jerry changed the game! : how engineer Jerry Lawson revolutionized video games forever by Tate, Don 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023)


Publication Date: 08/29/2023

BTSB #: 872686 Available

Dewey: 794.8092/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 5.3 LG

Subjects: Lawson, Jerry,|d1940-2011 Video games - History Video game designers - United States - Biography Electrical engineers - United States - Biography African American engineers - Biography


Summary: Explores how Jerry Lawson, a Black engineer, revolutionized the video game industry by building a brand new kind of video game console--one that allowed players to switch out video game cartridges instead of buying new consoles for each individual video game. He also founded Video Soft, Inc., the first African American owned video game company in the country.


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418284
Josephine and her dishwashing machine : Josephine Cochrane's bright invention makes a big splash by Hannigan, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2023)


Publication Date: 03/14/2023

BTSB #: 418284 Available

Dewey: 609.2/NAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 810 F&P: T

Subjects: Cochrane, Josephine Garis,|d1839-1913 Dishwashing machines - History Women inventors - United States - Biography


Summary: A picture book biography about Josephine Garis Cochrane, the brains behind one of the world's most-used kitchen appliances.


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580357
Masked hero : how Wu Lien-Teh invented the mask that ended an epidemic by Liu, Shan Woo 

BTSB Prebound(MIT Kids Press, 2023)


Publication Date: 10/10/2023

BTSB #: 580357 Available

Dewey: 614/NAges: 4-8   
F&P: T

Subjects: Wu, Liande,|d1879-1960 Physicians - Biography Epidemics


Summary: Who created the N95 mask? Meet Dr. Wu Lien-teh, defeater of the Manchurian plague--in a story authored by his great-granddaughter, an emergency physician who relied on his life-saving invention during a pandemic a century later.


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304124
Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion : a true story by Eggers, Dave 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2023)


Publication Date: 06/06/2023

BTSB #: 304124 Available

Dewey: 979.6/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.7 LG F&P: O

Subjects: Miller, Annie,|d1871-1941 Farmers - Biography Mansions Moving


Summary: John "Minnie" Moore built a mine in Idaho and sold it to Englishman Henry Miller. Henry married a local named Annie and built her a mansion, hence the "Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion." After Henry died and Annie was hoodwinked, she and her son took to raising pigs in the yard, but the town wanted those pigs out. Who could have guessed that Annie and her crew would remove the whole mansion instead--rolling it away slowly on logs--while she and her son were still living in it?


24.48 *

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Never give up : Dr. Kati Kariko and the race for the future of vaccines by Dadey, Debbie 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2023)


Publication Date: 03/07/2023

BTSB #: 254023 Available

Dewey: 572.092/BAges: 5-10   
AR: 5.5 LG F&P: W

Subjects: Kariko, Katalin Biochemists - Biography Hungarian Americans - Biography


Summary: This picture book biography introduces Hungarian American biochemist Katalin Kariko, who played a critical role in developing the mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. Follow the journey of Katalin (Kati) Kariko from her childhood in rural Hungary.


25.88 *

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339536
Plague-busters! : medicine's battles with history's deadliest diseases by Fitzharris, Lindsey 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2023)


Publication Date: 10/10/2023

BTSB #: 339536 Available

Dewey: 614.5/NAges: 8-12   


Subjects: Plague - History Epidemics - History Diseases


Summary: This book delves into several illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations. Each chapter explores the history of a specific disease, detailing the symptoms, cures, and medical breakthroughs that it spawned.


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421043
Rooting for plants : the unstoppable Charles S. Parker, black botanist and collector by Harrington, Janice N. 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2023)


Publication Date: 08/29/2023

BTSB #: 421043 Available

Dewey: 580/BAges: 7-10   
Lexile: 970 F&P: W

Subjects: Parker, Charles S.,|d1882-1950 Botanists - Biography African Americans - Biography Botany


Summary: 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).


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481479
Santiago saw things differently : Santiago Ramon y Cajal, artist, doctor, father of neuroscience by Iverson, Christine 

BTSB Prebound(MIT Kids Press, 2023)


Publication Date: 11/14/2023

BTSB #: 481479 Available

Dewey: 612.75/BAges: 5-9   
F&P: V

Subjects: Ramon y Cajal, Santiago,|d1852-1934 Artists - Biography Neuroscientists - Biography


Summary: Santiago Ramon y Cajal's father, the village doctor, wants Santiago to be a doctor. He discourages his willful son's love and aptitude for art. But drawing and painting are as necessary to Santiago as breathing, so when his father confiscates his art supplies, the boy finds a way to draw in secret. He draws on doors, gates, and walls, and to the neighbors, his drawings are a nuisance. Art helps him discover what no one else could--branching connections within the nervous system.


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612644
Sew sister : the untold story of Jean wright and NASA's seamstresses by Matich, Elise 

BTSB Prebound(Tilbury House Publishers, 2023)


Publication Date: 10/03/2023

BTSB #: 612644 Available

Dewey: 500/CAges: 7-10   
Lexile: 1070

Subjects: Wright, Jean (NASA Seamstress) United States.|bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration - Biography Sewing Aerospace engineering Women - Biography


Summary: Specialized quilts, two inches thick, covered the space shuttles and protected the astronauts from deadly heat and radiation. Jean Wright was one of the eighteen "Sew Sisters" who crafted these thermal blankets, mostly by hand, with incredible precision and skill.


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