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A Perfect Fit - How Lena Lane Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion by Mara Rockliff; Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
29.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Discover how the Lane Bryant clothing brand changed the way we buy clothes forever by celebrating bodies of all shapes and sizes in this inclusive picture book biography of a Lithuanian immigrant with a brilliant eye for fashion and business. With stunning artwork from Sibert medalist Juana Martinez-Nea ...Show more
Anything But Ordinary Addie : The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic by Mara Rockliff
24.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
Be astonished and dazzled by the true story of Adelaide Herrmann, the Queen of Magic! Some girls are perfectly happy never doing anything out of the ordinary. But Addie was anything but ordinary. She longed for thrills and excitement! At a time when a young lady appearing onstage was considered most un ...Show more
Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles by Mara Rockliff
24.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
The author of "Mesmerized" delivers another fascinating glimpse into history, this time the story of two brave suffragists on a trek across America to spread the word: Votes for Women! In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York City in a little yellow car, embarking on a bumpy, ...Show more
Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope by Mara Rockliff; Zosia Dzierzawska (Illustrator)
24.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
Meet the boy who made up his own language -- and brought hope to millions. Once there was a town of many languages but few kind words. Growing up Jewish in Bialystok, Poland, in the late 1800s, young Leyzer Zamenhof was surrounded by languages: Russian, Yiddish, German, Polish, and many others. But ...Show more
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France by Mara Rockliff
27.95 AUD
Category: Childrens
Discover how Benjamin Franklin's scientific method challenged a certain Dr. Mesmer's mysterious powers in a whimsical look at a true moment in history. "The day Ben Franklin first set foot in Paris, France, he found the city all abuzz. "Everyone" was talking about something new--remarkable, thrilling, a ...Show more
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France by Mara Rockliff
14.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
"Together, Rockliff and Bruno make the scientific method seem exciting, and kids interested in science and history will likely be, well, mesmerized." -- Booklist (starred review) When American inventor Benjamin Franklin arrives in Paris, he is upstaged by a compelling and enigmatic figure: Dr. Mesmer. I ...Show more
The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer by Mara Rockliff
27.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
This true story of a woman whose brilliance and mechanical expertise helped Britain win World War II is sure to inspire STEM readers and fans of amazing women in history.Beatrice Shilling wasn’t quite like other children. She could make anything. She could fix anything. And when she took a thing apart, ...Show more
The Grudge Keeper by Mara Rockliff
26.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books
No one in the town of Bonnyripple ever kept a grudge. No one, that is, except old Cornelius, the Grudge Keeper. Ruffled feathers, petty snits, minor tiffs and major huffs, insults, umbrage, squabbles, dust-ups, and imbroglios-the Grudge Keeper received them all, large and small, tucking each one caref ...Show more
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