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Author
Lexile measure
1230L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amelia Earhart captured the hearts of the nation after becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1928. And her disappearance on an around-the-world flight in 1937 is an enduring mystery.
Based on ten years of research, East to the Dawn provides a richly textured portrait of Earhart in all her complexity. It's the perfect complement to the October 2009 movie Amelia, starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, and Ewan McGregor.
Author
Language
English
Description
""Don't take women when you go exploring!" In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, the president of the Explorers Club, told hundreds of female students at Barnard College that women and exploration could never mix. He obviously didn't know a thing about either... The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the women who broke apart the stuffy men's club and founded the Society of Woman Geographers (SWG), and how some key members-including Blair...
Author
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
"Keith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout who worked for a dry cleaner in Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama housewife; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at the constraints of her blue blood family's expectations; and Louise Thaden, the mother of two young kids who got her start selling coal in Wichita, Kansas....
Author
Series
Lexile measure
GN 680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She piloted many record-breaking flights, became an author, advised engineers, taught college students, and defended women's rights. And then, somewhere in the South Pacific, she disappeared on an attempted flight around the world.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Amelia Earhart in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Rental exclusive [edition].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
History is larger than life, and twice as funny, in this monumental comedy sequel. Larry Daley is a former night watchman at the Museum of Natural History, where the exhibits come to life after dark. Now Larry's nocturnal friends are being retired to the archives of the Smithsonian Institution, luring him back for a hilarious, all-out battle against museum misfits who plan to take over the Smithsonian, and the world.
11) Daring Amelia
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
440L
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Presents the life of the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
15) Amelia Earhart
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations, color maps, portraits, genealogical table ; 25 cm.
Language
English
16) Amelia Earhart
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Access is provided to Deerfield Public Library cardholders through Gale eResources. Click the link to access full-text information about this topic from the news, magazines, academic journals, primary sources and trustworthy websites. May also include videos, images and audio.
Author
Series
Time twisters volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Amelia Earhart accidentally time travels back to ancient Greece, Abby and her stepbrother, Doc, must persuade her to return to her own time and finish her solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rise, rise, my little pilot. So soon you will be running. Whatever your dream is, chase it. Your greatest flight is coming.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
ix, 118 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Amelia Earhart's life - as a child, a woman, and a pilot - and describes the search for her missing plane.
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