Jonah Winter

"To become the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice, the unsinkable Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to overcome countless injustices. Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1930s and '40s, Ginsburg was discouraged from working by her father, who thought a woman's place was in the home. Regardless, she went to Cornell University, where men outnumbered women four to one. There, she met her husband, Martin Ginsburg, and found her calling as a lawyer. Despite discrimination...

"Discover the true story of a man who lived alone in the mountains with a hobby of measuring snowfall that led to groundbreaking data tracking in climate change studies"--

Told entirely in birdsong, peeks behind the curtain into the glorious musicality of birds. Includes information about birds in the cast.

In Bobville, everyone is named Bob and everything is exactly the same--until one day when one Bob decides to be a Bruce.

A boy remembers his father's stories about life in East Texas during the Great Depression.

"Follow a sad little fact who is locked away for telling the truth. In its underground prison, it meets other facts, all hidden away because they could not lie. Finally, with the help of a few skillful fact-finders, the facts are set free"--

Traces the life and baseball career of the legend, discussing the records he set and some he still holds.

The story of Mother Jones, an Irish immigrant who was essential in the fight to create child labor laws. Well into her sixties, Mother Jones had finally had enough of children working long hours in dangerous factory jobs, and decided she was going to do something about it. The powerful protests she organized earned her the name "the most dangerous woman in America." And in the Children's Crusade of 1903, she lead one hundred boys and girls on a glorious...

"In this unusual ... picture book that riffs on the language and rhythms of old New Orleans ... picture book biographer Jonah Winter ... turns his focus to one of America's early jazz heroes"--Amazon.com.

An introduction to the life of Hildegard of Bingen, who lived in a time when women were expected only to obey--not to have visions or speak about them. Yet she did speak, and through her courage became one of the greatest mystics and composers of the medieval age.