Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines
10 best books like Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines (Jeanne Walker Harvey): Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery, Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams, Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain, The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation (Environmental Science for Kids, The Environment and You for Kids, Conservation for Kids), Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine, The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid, Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth, Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire, Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing
| Author | Sandra Neil Wallace |
| ISBN | 1481443879 |
When Ernie Barnes was growing up in North Carolina in the 1940s, he loved to draw....
| Author | Lesa Cline-Ransome |
“This lovingly crafted picture book biography centers on the incredible bond between Venus and Serena Williams…An important selection for biography and sports collections.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“Will appeal to children and...
| Author | Susan Hood |
| ISBN | 1481430955 |
Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on...
| 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...
| 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 | Heather Lang |
| ISBN | 1620916509 |
| 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 | Barb Rosenstock |
| Author | Amy Guglielmo |
| ISBN | 1481461311 |
From her imaginative childhood to her career as an illustrator, designer, and animator for Walt Disney Studios, Mary wouldn’t play by the rules. At a time when studios wanted to hire men and think in black and white, Mary painted twinkling...
| 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 | Laurie Wallmark |
Who was Grace Hopper? A software tester, workplace jester, cherished mentor, ace inventor,...
| Author | Duncan Tonatiuh |
| ISBN | 1419725327 |
Published in time for the 100th anniversary of Hernández’s birth, Danza! is the first picture book about the famous dancer and choreographer.
Danza!...
| Author | Sue Macy |
| ISBN | 1481401203 |
While sitting in the bleachers of a Soap Box Derby in the 1950s, Mary Garber overheard two African-American boys in the following exchange: “See that...
| Author | Chris Barton |
| ISBN | 1580892973 |
You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the...
| 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 | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| ISBN | 1481468243 |
You have to be taught to be second class; you’re not born that way.
Lena Horne...
| Author | Jonah Winter |
| ISBN | 1419725599 |
| Author | Barbara Herkert |
| ISBN | 1627792457 |
When young Elwyn White lay in bed as a sickly child, a bold house mouse befriended him. When the time came for kindergarten,...
| Author | Matthew Clark Smith |
| ISBN | 0763677329 |
Behold the story of Sophie Blanchard, an extraordinary woman who is largely forgotten despite her claim to being the very first female pilot in history....
| Author | Allen Say |
| ISBN | 0545927617 |
Yet, today Castle's artwork hangs in major...
| Author | Dean Robbins |
| ISBN | 0399551859 |
Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon! She handwrote...
| 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...
| Author | Gwendolyn Hooks |
| ISBN | 1620141566 |