VIP: Stacey Abrams: Voting Visionary

Get ready to fight for what's right with Stacey Abrams&nbsp;in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. Perfect for fans of the Who&nbsp;Was&nbsp;and Little Leaders series, the books in the VIP series tell the true--and amazing--stories of some of history's greatest trailblazers. Meet the VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE who changed the world! Stacey Abrams is an activist who works for fair voting rights. She's a lawyer, an author, and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, too! Experience all the exciting moments in Stacey's thrilling&nbsp;life in this exciting biography, packed with two-color illustrations and fun facts, like how the census helps everyone! Short and engaging chapters are interspersed with special lists and other information made to order to engage kids, whether they're already biography fans or "have to" write a report for school. Extras include a timeline, a bibliography, and a hall of fame of other successful African American organizers and leaders. The VIP series features inspiring adventures and fun facts about some of history's greatest trailblazers--smart, tough, persevering innovators who will inspire today's kids. Featuring underappreciated historical figures and groups, with a focus on leaders in science and technology, the nonfiction biographies in the VIP series are fun and engaging. Just looking at the cover will make kids want to learn more about these VIPs, and once they dive in they will zoom through stories that read like adventures. Each book in the VIP series allows your middle grader to experience all the exciting moments in some very important but lesser known lives. These biographies for kids age 9-12 include:&nbsp;VIP: Dr. Mae Jemison: Brave Rocketeer: Engineering Wizard;&nbsp;VIP: Mahalia Jackson: Freedom's Voice;&nbsp;and&nbsp;VIP: Lewis Latimer.

Loney, Andrea J.

History

Harpercollins

Curve & Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams

Discover the remarkable story of an orphaned Black boy who grew up to become the groundbreaking architect to the stars, Paul R. Williams. A stunning nonfiction picture-book biography from the Caldecott Honor–winning author and NAACP Image Award–nominated artist.\nAs an orphaned Black boy growing up in America in the early 1900s, Paul R. Williams became obsessed by the concept of "home." He not only dreamed of building his own home, he turned his dreams into drawings. Defying the odds and breaking down the wall of racism, Williams was able to curve around the obstacles in his way to become a world-renowned architect. He designed homes for the biggest celebrities of the day, such as Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball, and created a number of buildings in Los Angeles that are now considered landmarks.\nFrom Andrea J. Loney, the author of the Caldecott Honor Book Double Bass Blues, and award-winning artist Keith Mallett comes a remarkable story of fortitude, hope, and positivity.

Children's Books

Biographies

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Discover the remarkable story of an orphaned Black boy who grew up to become the groundbreaking architect to the stars, Paul R. Williams. A stunning nonfiction picture-book biography from the Caldecott Honor-winning author and NAACP Image Award-nominated artist. As an orphaned Black boy growing up in America in the early 1900s, Paul R. Williams became obsessed by the concept of "home." He not only dreamed of building his own home, he turned his dreams into drawings. Defying the odds&nbsp;and breaking down the wall of racism, Williams was able to&nbsp;curve&nbsp;around the obstacles in his way to become a world-renowned architect. He designed homes for the biggest celebrities of the day, such as Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball, and created a number of buildings in Los Angeles that are now considered landmarks. &nbsp; From Andrea J. Loney, the author of the Caldecott Honor Book Double Bass Blues, and award-winning artist Keith Mallett comes a remarkable story of fortitude, hope,&nbsp;and&nbsp;positivity.

<div> Good Housekeeping 2023 Kids' Book Award Winner How can Abby Baxter prove she's not a Bad Baxter, but an Awesome Abby? On Career Day, Abby Baxter's classmates are excited to learn about all the jobs adults do on the space station. But Abby has no idea what her career should be--next to her brilliant doctor parents, she always feels like a Bad Baxter. Even worse, she makes a few mistakes that cause systems on the space station to start going haywire. Can Abby untangle the mess and find her own strengths? </div>

All Systems Whoa (Volume 3) (Abby in Orbit)

Literature & Fiction

Albert Whitman & Company

About the Author\nAndrea J. Loney is an award-winning author who grew up in a small town in New Jersey. After receiving her MFA from New York University, she joined a traveling circus, then stayed in Hollywood to make movies. Now Andrea teaches computer classes at a community college while living in Los Angeles with her family and their embarrassingly spoiled pets.\nFuuji Takashi is a children's book illustrator and character designer from General Santos, Philippines. She is best known for illustrating Kailyn Lowry's first children’s book, Love Is Bubblegum, and for her work on children’s books featuring diverse characters. In her spare time, she likes cooking, singing, and taking long, peaceful walks.\nIs Abby too far ahead to see that she's left her friends behind?\nIt’s time for the first ever OASIS Space Race, a virtual reality obstacle course designed to make space’s required exercise fun. Abby and her classmate Dmitry both want to win for their age group, so much so that they don’t pay attention to the rules and accidentally get stuck in the simulation, glitching their friend Gracie’s designs. If they want to find a way out, they’re going to have to work together.

Space Race (Volume 2) (Abby in Orbit)

Blast Off! (Volume 1) (Abby in Orbit)

2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist - Juvenile Fiction 
As Abby gets used to life in space, can she keep the things that are most important to her from drifting away?\nIt's the first day of third grade, and Abby Baxter is determined not to make any mistakes. It's a little trickier than it was last year, though, because Abby is starting school on the OASIS International Space Station, where her parents are scientists. Abby is so focused on getting used to microgravity, watching her little brother, Nico, and meeting her new classmates that she almost messes up Mami’s big experiment. Can she figure out how to make things right, or is she destined to be sent back to Earth?

Is Abby too far ahead to see that she's left her friends behind? It's time for the first ever OASIS Space Race, a virtual reality obstacle course designed to make space's required exercise fun. Abby and her classmate Dmitry both want to win for their age group, so much so that they don't pay attention to the rules and accidentally get stuck in the simulation, glitching their friend Gracie's designs. If they want to find a way out, they're going to have to work together.

Although Bunnybear was born a bear, he feels more like a bunny. He prefers bouncing in the thicket to tramping in the forest, and in his heart he's fluffy and tiny, like a rabbit, instead of burly and loud, like a bear. The other bears don't understand him, and neither do the bunnies. Will Bunnybear ever find a friend who likes him just the way he is?

Bunnybear

Growing Up & Facts of Life

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VIP: Stacey Abrams: Voting Visionary

VIP: Stacey Abrams: Voting Visionary

Curve & Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams

Curve & Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams

All Systems Whoa (Volume 3) (Abby in Orbit)

Space Race (Volume 2) (Abby in Orbit)

Blast Off! (Volume 1) (Abby in Orbit)

Blast Off! (Volume 1) (Abby in Orbit)

Space Race (Volume 2) (Abby in Orbit)

Bunnybear