Días de Descubrimiento (Discovery Days) ¿Quién cuenta?

La ratita Tecla deja su casa en la gran ciudad para visitar a su amiga Flora, que vive en una hermosa pradera. Las dos esperan pasárselo a lo grande, pero Tecla descubrirá pronto que el campo no es un lugar tan tranquilo como parece a primera vista.

As they say, necessity is the mother of invention, and this book introduces readers to 14 women who invented very useful, helpful items. They include Chicago native Margaret Wilcox who invented the car heater, Indiana native Marion O'Brien Donovan who invented disposable diapers, Pennsylvania native Stephanie Kwolek who invented Kevlar, and Austria-born actress Hedy Lamar whose secret communications systems led to the creation of WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS.

Follows the life and career of the French scientist who proved the existence of germs and their connection with diseases.

An American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor Picture Book Mary Golda Ross designed classified airplanes and spacecraft as Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work. Cherokee author Traci Sorell and Métis illustrator Natasha Donovan trace Ross's journey from being the only girl in a high school math class to becoming a teacher to pursuing an engineering degree, joining the top-secret Skunk Works division of Lockheed, and being a mentor for Native Americans ...