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Tillie the Terrible Swede: How One Woman, a Sewing Needle, and a Bicycle Changed History

10 best books like Tillie the Terrible Swede: How One Woman, a Sewing Needle, and a Bicycle Changed History (Sue Stauffacher): Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer’s Historic Boston Marathon, The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs, Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary, What Miss Mitchell Saw, Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery, Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine, Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear, Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles, The Secret Subway, Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero

Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer’s Historic Boston Marathon
AuthorKim Chaffee
ISBN1624146546
I remember seeing the iconic photos of race officials in the 1967 Boston marathon trying to stop Kathrine Switzer and pull her numbers off. Obviously I thought that was ridiculous, but not having read the full story, I also assumed that it had been against the rules for a woman to run. Turns out, nope! Kathrine...
The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs
AuthorFiona Robinson
ISBN1419725513
A gorgeous picture book biography of botanist and photographer Anna Atkins--the first person to ever publish a book of photography

After losing her mother very early in life, Anna Atkins (1799–1871) was raised by her loving father. He gave her a scientific education, which was highly unusual...
Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary
AuthorVicki Conrad
ISBN1632172224
Just Like Beverly follows the life of beloved children's author Beverly Cleary from her early years in Oregon to her career as a successful writer who wrote stories, including the wildly popular Ramona and Henry Huggins series, for kids just like her.

As a young girl, Beverly Cleary struggled...
What Miss Mitchell Saw
AuthorHayley Barrett
ISBN1481487590
Discover the amazing true story of Maria Mitchell, America’s first professional female astronomer.

Every evening, from the time she was a child, Maria Mitchell stood on her rooftop with her telescope and swept the sky. And then one night she saw something unusual—a comet no one had ever...
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
AuthorSandra Neil Wallace
ISBN1481443879
Discover the true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes—a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generations—with this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

When Ernie Barnes was growing up in North Carolina in the 1940s, he loved to draw....
Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine
AuthorHeather Lang
ISBN1620916509
On November 19, 1916, at 8:25 a.m., Ruth Law took off on a flight that aviation experts thought was doomed. She set off to fly nonstop from Chicago to New York City. Sitting at the controls of her small bi-plane, exposed to the elements, Law battled fierce winds and numbing cold. When her engine ran out of...
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
AuthorLindsay Mattick
ISBN0316324906
Before there was Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. In 1914, during World War I, Captain Harry Colebourn, a Canadian veterinarian on his way to serve with cavalry units in Europe, rescued a bear cub in White River, Ontario. He named the bear Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg,...
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
AuthorPatricia Valdez
ISBN0399557261
For fans of Ada Twist: Scientist comes a fascinating picture book biography of a pioneering female scientist--who loved reptiles!

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...
The Secret Subway
AuthorShana Corey
From an acclaimed author and a New York Times Best Illustrated artist comes the fascinating, little-known—and true!—story of New York City’s first subway.

New York City in the 1860s was a mess: crowded, disgusting, filled with garbage. You see, way back in 1860, there were no subways,...
Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero
AuthorMarissa Moss
ISBN0810997355
This fast-paced, high-energy picture book tells the true story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who at age nineteen disguised herself as a man in order to fight in the Civil War. She took the name Frank Thompson and joined a Michigan army regiment to battle the Confederacy. Sarah excelled as a soldier and nurse...
Mary, Who Wrote Frankenstein
AuthorLinda Bailey
ISBN1770495592
The story of the girl behind one of the most well-known novels -- and monsters -- ever, perfectly timed for the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein.

How does a story begin? Sometimes it begins with a dream, and a dreamer. Mary is one such dreamer, a little girl who learns to read...
The Lost Forest
AuthorPhyllis Root
ISBN0816697965
The story of a forest “lost” by a surveying error—and all the flora and fauna to be found there

A forest, of course, doesn’t need a map to know where to grow. But people need a map to find it. And in 1882 when surveyors set out to map a part of Minnesota, they got confused, or tired and cold (it...
Kate Warne, Pinkerton Detective
AuthorMarissa Moss
ISBN1939547334
When Kate Warne applied for a job with the Pinkerton Agency, Pinkerton assumed she wanted to cook or clean, but he agreed to try her out as an agent. Assigned to a tough case with high stakes, Warne went undercover and not only found the stolen money, she got almost all of it returned. The Adams Express Case...
The Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney
AuthorAlice B McGinty
ISBN1524768316
An empowering, inspiring--and accessible!--nonfiction picture book about the eleven-year-old girl who actually named the newly discovered Pluto in 1930.

When Venetia Burney's grandfather reads aloud from the newspaper about a new discovery--a "ninth major planet" that has yet to...
You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood
AuthorAimee Reid
ISBN1419736175
A heartwarming picture book that celebrates the work of Mister Rogers and carries on his legacy of kindness
 
Mister Rogers is one of the most beloved television personalities, but before he was the man who brought us Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was just little Freddie Rogers. Though...
How the Cookie Crumbled: The True (and Not-So-True) Stories of the Invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie
AuthorGilbert Ford
Well, I had never really thought about how the best cookie in the world was created but well. Here's the story of how! I love the story and the illustrations- and the cookies too! The author, who mercifully did NOT write her children's book in verse, added some cute sayings in her writing style such as: "she...
The Eye That Never Sleeps: How Detective Pinkerton Saved President Lincoln
AuthorMarissa Moss
ISBN1419730649
From award-winning author Marissa Moss comes the first children’s book about Allan Pinkerton, one of America’s greatest detectives. Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln, but few know anything about the spy who saved him! Allan Pinkerton’s life changed when he helped the Chicago Police...
Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet
AuthorCurtis Manley
ISBN1250155339
A Junior Library Guild Selection

“The illustrations, suffused with glowing light, are dynamically varied, including a colorful double-page spread of the Milky Way galaxy, panels carrying information, [and] fanciful visions of other worlds… Thorough backmatter includes books,...
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