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Taking Off

Emily Arnold McCully

Witness the true story of how Mary Wilkins Ellis' childhood passion for flying led to an exciting career in the air, written and illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist.

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A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America

Emily Arnold McCully

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, son of Sacagawea and a French fur-trapper, lives in two worlds: the civilized world of his godfather, William Clark, and the frontier world beyond St. Louis. Troubled…

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Our Little Mushroom: A Story of Franz Schubert and His Friends

Emily Arnold McCully

Although it was not always easy for musician Franz Schubert to practice his music, he was supported immensely by his friends, who believed in his talent and wanted the world…

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The Ballot Box Battle

Emily Arnold McCully

Opening in the autumn of 1880, the tale of a young girl’s act of bravery, inspired by the great Elizabeth Cady Stanton who fought for women’s right to vote. Illustrated…

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1, 2, 3, Pull!

Emily Arnold McCully

Min wants to be in Ann’s show, and after building a crane to remove the tree that has fallen on the stage, she gets her chance.

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Caroline’s Comets: A True Story

Emily Arnold McCully

Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and the first woman to be paid as a scientist. –

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Taking Off: Airborne with Mary Wilkins Ellis

Emily Arnold McCully

A biography of Mary Wilkins Ellis, a woman pilot who flew planes for Britain’s Air Transport Auxiliary during World War II and ran an airport on the Isle of Wight…

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Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor

Emily Arnold McCully

Mattie Knight could make almost anything. At just 12 years old, Mattie designed a metal guard to prevent shuttles from shooting off textile looms and injuring workers. With charming pen-and-ink…

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Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business–and Won!

Emily Arnold McCully

The only biography of the pioneering investigative journalist Ida M. Tarbell for YA readers, lavishly illustrated with archival photographs and prints.

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Late Nate in a Race

Emily Arnold McCully

At the park, Nate doesn’t want to race, but with Mom’s encouragement, he enters one and wins. Children will relate to Nate’s fears and applaud his courage to try something…

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Sam and the Big Kids

Emily Arnold McCully

The older children tell Sam he is too small to play with them, but when they need help Sam saves the day.

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Pete Won’t Eat

Emily Arnold McCully

Pete refuses to eat a new dish Mom has made for his lunch, but finally relents. In addition to enjoying the meal, Pete learns the benefits of keeping an open…

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Little Ducks Go

Emily Arnold McCully

Six little ducks are whisked down a storm drain, and it’s up to Mother Duck to get them safely back home in this adorable story from a Caldecott-winning artist.

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Pete Makes a Mistake

Emily Arnold McCully

Distracted by his friends, Pete the pig forgets to give Gert an invitation to Rose’s party.

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Caroline’s Comets: A True Story

Emily Arnold McCully

Young readers learn about Victorian-era scientist Caroline Herschel, the first woman to discover a comet.

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Pete Likes Bunny

Emily Arnold McCully

Pete likes Bunny, the new girl in his class; and despite teasing from classmates, Bunny likes Pete too –

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Min Makes a Machine

Emily Arnold McCully

Min wants to play, but Ann and Bess say it’s too hot. Using a pipe, a tube, and some glue, Min makes an Archimedes screw, a device that draws water…

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Little Ducks Go

Emily Arnold McCully

Six little ducks are whisked down a storm drain, and it’s up to Mother Duck to get them safely back home in this adorable story from a Caldecott-winning artist.

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Los patitos pasean

Emily Arnold McCully

Originally published in English as Little ducks go, part of the I like to read series –Title page verso.

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She Did It!: 21 Women Who Changed The Way We Think

Emily Arnold McCully

Meet the bold women who dared to make a difference in this gorgeous, carefully researched collection of profiles by Caldecott Medalist Emily Arnold McCully.

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3, 2, 1, Go!

Emily Arnold McCully

Told she cannot step over the line to play school with the older girls, Min builds a catapult and flies over it, instead.

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Picnic

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First published in 1984, this wordless story by the Caldecott Medalist about a little mouse who is lost and found again is updated with new illustrations, a larger trim size…

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Dreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer

Emily Arnold McCully

This illuminating biography reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain’s most infamous Romantic poet, became the world’s first computer programmer and is now recognized as a pioneer and prophet…

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Mirette on the High Wire

Emily Arnold McCully

Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother’s boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of…

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