STEM Diversity Collection

"Revelatory to young audiences in more ways than one." --Kirkus "Many STEM-for-girls biographies fan excitement over women's achievements, but this title actually brings the central scientific concept within middle-grade reach." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Selected for the New York Public Library Best of 2019 List! Movie star by day, ace inventor at night: learn about the hidden life of actress Hedy Lamarr!   To her adoring public, Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous movie star, widely considered the most beautiful woman in the world. But in private, she was something more: a brilliant inventor. And for many years only her closest friends knew her secret. Now Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu, who collaborated on Sterling's critically acclaimed picture-book biography Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, tell the inspiring story of how, during World War Two, Lamarr developed a groundbreaking communications system that still remains essential to the security of today's technology. Selected for the 2020 Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 list, compiled by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children's Book Council (CBC).  

Presents five brief biographies of Native Americans who have pursued careers in various scientific fields, including Wilfred Denetclaw Jr., Frank Dukepoo, Fred Begay, Clifton Poodry, and Jerrel Yakel.

The first installment in the "Notable Blacks" book series, We Made That!: Notable Black Inventors A - Z, spotlights over fifty gifted innovators who shaped not only Black history, but world history. From super computers to the atomic bomb, dustpans to street sweepers, Blacks have played important roles in scientific, medical, industrial and creative progress. We Made That! is another scratch at the itch of Black History.