Bøger af Tanya Lee Stone

"An inspiring nonfiction picture book about Rosalind Franklin, the groundbreaking chemist who helped discover the structure of DNA"--

This is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center. Ever since she was a little girl, Jane Addams hoped to help people in need. She wanted to live right in the middle of the roughest, poorest communities and create a place where people could go to find food, work, and help. In 1889, she bought a house in a run-down Chicago neighborhood and turned it into a settlement home, adding on playgrounds, kindergartens, and a public bath. By 1907, Hull House included thirteen buildings. And by the early 1920s, more than 9,000 people visited Jane's home each week. An inspiration to all, Jane Addams continues to be a role model to girls and women of all ages. This title has Common Core connections.

Little ones will love learning American history in Tanya Lee Stone's latest alphabet book. Rhyming couplets that flow through the alphabet help kids celebrate everything from the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence to Thomas Jefferson and Harriet Tubman!

Elizabeth Cady Stanton stood up and fought for what she believed in. From an early age, she knew that women were not given rights equal to men. But rather than accept her lesser status, Elizabeth went to college and later gathered other like-minded women to challenge the right to vote.Here is the inspiring story of an extraordinary woman who changed America forever because she wouldn't take "no" for an answer.Elizabeth Leads the Way is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.This title has Common Core connections.

A gorgeous, full-color oversized book about educating girls across the world inspired by the documentary that Entertainment Weekly says ';every mother, sister, daughter, should see, as well as the men who love and support them.' This is the right book for the present moment and perfect for fans of inspirational nonfiction such asI Am Malalaand anyone who believes that one girl can change the world.Worldwide, over 130 million girls are not in school.But one girl with courage is a revolution.Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education, created a film that chronicled the stories of nine girls in the developing world, allowing viewers the opportunity to witness how education can break the cycle of poverty.Now, award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone deftly uses new research to illuminate the dramatic facts behind the film, focusing both on the girls captured on camera and many others. She examines barriers to education in depthearly child marriage and childbearing, slavery, sexual trafficking, gender discrimination, and povertyand shows how removing these barriers means not only a better life for girls, but safer, healthier, and more prosperous communities.With full-color photos from the film, infographics, and a compelling narrative,Girl Risingwill inspire readers of all ages to join together in a growing movement to help change the world.A Junior Library Guild SelectionBank Street Best Children's Books of the Year ';A moving account of hardships and triumphs that is bound to inspire future activists, this is a devastating but crucial read.' Kirkus Reviews, StarredAdditional Praise for the Film:';Delivers . . . tangible hope that the world can be healed in a better future.' Meryl Streep';Girl Risingstands as a testament to the power of information.' The Los Angeles Times

P is for PassoverOr Pesach, some say,We celebrate freedomOn this holidayIn this new shaped alphabet book, families will enjoy learning about Passover! Every page contains a letter of the alphabet along with sweet, rhyming text that corresponds with each letter. And as an added bonus, at the end of the book is the complete story of Passover. This is a perfect introduction to the holiday!

As a boy, Alexander 'Sandy' Calder was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older and became an artist, his fiddling led him to create wire sculptures. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences.