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Her story III: women from Canada's past (Her Story Ser. #No. Iii)
By Susan E Merritt. 1999
The third instalment of biographies of 14 notable Canadian women. Mostly born before the 1900s, they helped change society's attitudes…
about women. Included are athlete Bobbie Rosenfeld, ambulance driver Grace Livingston and investigative reporter Faith Fenton. Sequel to "Her story II : women from Canada's past". For junior and senior high readers. 1999.Her story: women from Canada's past (Her Story Ser.)
By Susan E Merritt. 1993
This collection of brief biographies celebrates the courage, strength and determination of the women of Canada's past. Included are biographies…
of Laura Secord, Emily Carr, Lucy Maud Montgomery and others. For Junior and Senior High readers. c1993.Thousands of women served as codebreakers in World War II, but a vow of secrecy nearly erased them from history.…
Through interviews with the surviving Code Girls, Liza Mundy brings their courageous stories to life. For senior high readers. 2018.Honor girl: [a graphic memoir]
By Maggie Thrash. 2017
Maggie has spent basically every summer of her fifteen-year-old life at the one-hundred-year-old Camp Bellflower for Girls, set deep in…
the heart of Appalachia. She's from Atlanta, she's never kissed a guy, she's into Backstreet Boys, and her long summer days are full of a pleasant, peaceful nothing--until one confounding moment. A split-second of innocent physical contact pulls Maggie into a gut-twisting love for an older, wiser, and, most surprising of all (at least to Maggie), female counselor named Erin. But Camp Bellflower is an impossible place for a girl to fall in love with another girl. When it seems as if Erin maybe feels the same way about Maggie, it's too much for both Maggie and Camp Bellflower to handle--let alone understand. For senior high readers. 2017.Fierce: how competing for myself changed everything
By Aly Raisman, Blythe Lawrence. 2017
Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No one…
could have predicted then that sixteen years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams. But it wasn't an easy road to success. In her own words, Aly shows what it takes to be a champion on and off the floor, and takes listeners on a behind-the-scenes journey before, during, and after her remarkable achievements in two Olympic Games--through her highest highs, lowest lows, and all the moments in between. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.Grace in the wilderness: after the liberation 1945-1948
By Aranka Siegal. 1998
True story of a Hungarian-Jewish teenager’s emergence from the horrors of Bergen-Belsen. Liberated from the concentration camp with her sister…
after World War II but orphaned and haunted by the memory of her ordeal, Piri Davidowitz starts a strange new phase of her life with a loving foster family in Sweden. Sequel to "Upon the Head of the Goat." Junior and Senior High. 1998.Grace Hopper: queen of computer code
By Laurie Wallmark. 2017
Who was Grace Hopper? A software tester, workplace jester, cherished mentor, ace inventor, avid reader, naval leader--AND rule breaker, chance…
taker, and troublemaker. Grace Hopper coined the term “computer bug” and taught computers to “speak English.” Throughout her life, Hopper succeeded in doing what no one had ever done before. Delighting in difficult ideas and in defying expectations, the insatiably curious Hopper truly was “Amazing Grace”, and a role model for science- and math-minded girls and boys. With a wealth of witty quotes, and richly detailed illustrations, this book brings Hopper's incredible accomplishments to life. Grades K-3. 2017.Hidden figures: young readers' edition
By Margot Shetterly. 2016
The amazing true story of four African American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments…
in our space program. Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country. For grades 3-6. 2019 Coretta Scott King Honor Book for Best Illustration. 2016.Good night stories for rebel girls 2
By Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo. 2017
This sequel to "Good night stories for rebel girls" is packed with 100 new bedtime stories, featuring the adventures of…
extraordinary women from Nefertiti to Beyoncé. The unique narrative style transforms each biography into a fairy-tale, filling the readers with wonder and with a burning curiosity to know more about each hero. Grades 3-6. 2017.Good night stories for rebel girls: 100 tales of extraordinary women
By Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo. 2016
A children's book packed with 100 bedtime stories about the life of 100 extraordinary women from the past and the…
present, illustrated by 100 female artists from all over the world. Each woman's story is written in the style of a fairy tale. Each story has a full page, full color portrait that captures the spirit of the portrayed hero. "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls" will not only be an opportunity to inspire young girls through the adventures of these unconventional women, it will also be a collection of portraits created by some of the most talented female artists of our time. Grades 3-6. 2016.Hannah Szenes: a song of light
By Maxine Schur. 1986
In 1939, Hannah Szenes left anti-semitic Hungary for a new life in Palestine. In 1943, she parachuted back into Nazi-occupied…
Yugoslavia to save the lives of other Jews. Grades 5-8. 1986.After being diagnosed with lupus at twenty-five, O'Connor spent her adult years on her mother's southern dairy farm, writing and…
raising peacocks. Many of her short stories deal with racial or religious issues. Senior High. 1994.Helen Keller: humanitarian (Great achievers)
By Lois Nicholson. 1996
Biography of Helen Keller, who became blind and deaf at nineteen months as a result of illness. Covers her birth…
in 1880 through her death in 1968. Describes her education under her private teacher Anne Sullivan, her formal schooling, and her career. Includes an introduction by Jerry Lewis. Junior and Senior High. c1996.Helen Keller (Scholastic biography)
By Margaret Davidson. 1969
This is a biography about the life of Helen Keller and how, with the commitment and lifelong friendship of Anne…
Sullivan, she learned to talk, read, and eventually graduate from college with honours. Grades P-2. 1969.Great girls: Canadian profiles of awesome athletes
By Laura Robinson, Maija Robinson. 2004
Features profiles of 17 great Canadian female athletes. Includes superstars such as hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser, speed skater/cyclist Clara Hughes,…
and up-and-coming 11-year-old athlete Sekwan Trottier, who canoes, cross-country skis, and races sled dogs. Grades 4-7. 2004.Cleopatra rules!: the amazing life of the original teen queen
By Vicky Shecter. 2012
Eleanor Roosevelt: a life of discovery
By Russell Freedman. 1997
Emily Carr (The Canadians)
By Rosemary Neering. 1975
Case files: 40 murders and mysteries solved by science
By Larry Verstraete. 2011
A killer has been caught, convicted, and sentenced, the case closed, all in 114 days. No one suspected – least…
of all the boy on death row – that it would take almost 50 years for a tiny piece of scientific evidence to answer the question: was he really the murderer? 40 amazing stories of how scientists solve crimes, reveal identities, untangle evidence, and discover the truth. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2013 Silver Birch Non-Fiction Honour Book Award. 2011.