Fresh Reads, Honest reviews, Educator-approved
Jason Reynolds’ Stamped (For Kids) transforms tough history into an engaging and empowering read. Through humor, honesty, and storytelling, it teaches young readers how racism began and how to challenge it today. A must-read for classrooms focused on empathy, equity, and truth.
Marissa Moss brings to life the inspiring story of physicist Lise Meitner, the woman who discovered nuclear fission but refused to help create the atomic bomb. This engaging biography highlights Meitner’s courage, intellect, and moral conviction as she defied sexism and anti-Semitism to change the world.
How Victorian male doctors used false science to argue that women were unfit for anything but motherhood—and the brilliant doctor who defied them. After Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school, more women demanded a chance to study medicine.
When did we start learning the scientific secrets of life? Step back to the Islamic Golden Age, when scholars ask questions about life science and medicine that will establish those fields. Chart a path through the Renaissance, as Leonardo da Vinci dissects cadavers by candlelight to learn human anatomy firsthand.
She loved numbers, defied injustice, and helped launch a man to the moon. A Computer Called Katherine is an inspiring, beautifully illustrated story of brilliance, courage, and breaking barriers.