Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot
10 best books like Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot (Matthew Clark Smith): The Undefeated, Before She Was Harriet, Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, Hello Lighthouse, Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain, Jabari Jumps, The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid, Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines, Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing, Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
The Undefeated
| Author | Kwame Alexander |
| ISBN | 1328780961 |
Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma...
Before She Was Harriet
| Author | Lesa Cline-Ransome |
| ISBN | 0823420477 |
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led hundreds to freedom on the Underground Railroad....
| Author | Margot Lee Shetterly |
| ISBN | 0062742469 |
They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a...
Hello Lighthouse
| Author | Sophie Blackall |
| ISBN | 0316362387 |
at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse.
It is built to last forever. Sending its light out to sea.
The fog rolls in, and the fog rolls out.
The waves rise and crash. The wind blows and blows...
This beautiful picture book caught my eye on the Goodreads...
| Author | Cheryl Bardoe |
| ISBN | 0316394289 |
When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him...
Jabari Jumps
| Author | Gaia Cornwall |
| ISBN | 0763678384 |
Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks...
| Author | Jeanette Winter |
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Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect’s life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter.
Zaha Hadid grew up...
| Author | Jeanne Walker Harvey |
| Author | Kay Haring |
| ISBN | 0525428194 |
This one-of-a-kind book explores the life and art of Keith Haring from his childhood through his meteoric rise to fame. It sheds light on this important artist's great...
| 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 | Laurie Wallmark |
Who was Grace Hopper? A software tester, workplace jester, cherished mentor, ace inventor,...
| Author | Jason Chin |
| ISBN | 1596439505 |
Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within its walls...
| Author | Michelle Markel |
| ISBN | 0811879224 |
| Author | Jen Bryant |
| ISBN | 0449813371 |
Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to...
| Author | Phil Bildner |
| ISBN | 0763673080 |
Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert come from completely different places and play tennis in completely different ways. Chrissie is the all-American...
The Book of Mistakes
| Author | Corinna Luyken |
| ISBN | 0735227926 |
One eye was bigger than the other. That was a mistake.
The weird frog-cat-cow thing? It made an excellent bush.
And the inky smudges......