Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon
10 best books like Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon (Annette Bay Pimentel): Let the Children March, Drawn Together, Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery, The Day You Begin, Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13, Carmela Full of Wishes, What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, Blue, The Rabbit Listened, Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse
| Author | Monica Clark-Robinson |
| ISBN | 0544704525 |
I couldn't go to their schools.
I couldn't drink from their water fountains.
There were so many things I couldn't do.
In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to...
Drawn Together
| Author | Minh Lê |
| ISBN | 1484767608 |
| Author | Sandra Neil Wallace |
| ISBN | 1481443879 |
When Ernie Barnes was growing up in North Carolina in the 1940s, he loved to draw....
The Day You Begin
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| ISBN | 0399246533 |
There will be times when you walk into a room
and...
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
| Author | Helaine Becker |
| ISBN | 1250137527 |
You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 moon landing. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo...
Carmela Full of Wishes
| Author | Matt de la Pena |
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
| Author | Chris Barton |
| ISBN | 1481465619 |
Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, Barbara Jordan...
Blue
| Author | Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
| ISBN | 1626720665 |
There’s the soft blue of a baby’s cherished blanket, the ocean blue of a romp in the waves, the chilly blue of a cold winter’s walk in the snow, and the true blue of the bond that exists between children and animals.
In this simple, sumptuously illustrated...
The Rabbit Listened
| Author | Cori Doerrfeld |
With its spare, poignant text and irresistibly sweet illustrations, The Rabbit Listened is a tender meditation on loss.
When something terrible happens, Taylor doesn't know where to turn. All the animals are sure they...
Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse
| Author | Marcy Campbell |
| ISBN | 0735230374 |
But Chloe does NOT believe him. Adrian Simcox lives in a tiny house. Where would he keep a horse? He has holes in his shoes. How would he pay for a horse?
The more Adrian talks about...
| Author | Kate Messner |
| ISBN | 1452133506 |
One coral gamete to start a colony
One person to make a difference
One idea to change the world
The ongoing efforts to save and rebuild the world's coral reefs--with hammer and glue, and grafts of newly grown coral--are the living legacy of Ken Nedimyer.
Kate...
| Author | Barb Rosenstock |
| ISBN | 0316393827 |
On June 6, 1930, engineer Otis Barton and explorer Will Beebe dove into the ocean inside a hollow metal ball of their own invention called the Bathysphere.
They knew...
The King of Kindergarten
| Author | Derrick Barnes |
| ISBN | 1524740748 |
The morning sun blares through your window like a million brass trumpets.It sits and shines behind your head--like a crown. Mommy says that today, you are going to be the King of Kindergarten!
Starting kindergarten...
| Author | Patricia Valdez |
| ISBN | 0399557261 |
Back in the days of long skirts and afternoon teas, young Joan Procter entertained the most unusual party guests: slithery and scaly ones, who turned over teacups...
| Author | Kerascoët |
| ISBN | 1524769568 |
| Author | Idan Ben-Barak |
| ISBN | 1760293059 |
| Author | Barry Wittenstein |
| ISBN | 1632895579 |
This is the evolution of what we now know as our go to bandage. They even...
Star Wars: Are You Scared, Darth Vader?
| Author | Adam Rex |
| ISBN | 1484704975 |
A Piglet Named Mercy
| Author | Kate DiCamillo |
| ISBN | 0763677531 |
Mr. Watson and Mrs. Watson live ordinary lives. Sometimes their lives feel a bit too ordinary. Sometimes they wish something...