Boy who thought outside the box : the story of video game inventor Ralph Baer [People Who Shaped Our World]by Wessels, Marcie 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 445588 Available

Dewey: 794.8092/BAges: 5-9   
Lexile: 740

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Subjects: Baer, Ralph H Video games - United States - Biography Inventors - United States - Biography Video games industry - United States - History

Summary: A picture book biography of Ralph Baer, nicknamed "The Father of Videogames," which shows how a great inventor found a way to transform the early television set into a vehicle for gaming.

Patricia's vision : the doctor who saved sight [People Who Shaped Our World]by Lord, Michelle 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 587188 Available

Dewey: 617.7092/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.4 LG Lexile: 710

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Subjects: Bath, Patricia,|d1942-2019 Ophthalmologists - Biography Women inventors - Biography African American women - Biography Eye - Surgery Lasers in surgery - History

Summary: Born in 1940s Harlem, Patricia Bath dreamed of being a doctor--even though that wasn't a career option for most women. This biography follows Dr. Bath in her quest to become an ophthalmologist and restore sight to the blind. When everyone else had given up hope, she invented a specialized laser for removing cataracts, becoming the first African American woman doctor to receive a medical patent.

Queen of physics : how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom [People Who Shaped Our World]by Robeson, Teresa 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 759090 Available

Dewey: 530.092/BAges: 5-9   
AR: 5.4 LG Lexile: 960 F&P: S

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Subjects: Wu, C. S.|q(Chien-shiung),|d1912-1997 Nuclear physicists - United States - Biography Women physicists - Biography Chinese Americans - Biography

Summary: When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split.

Song for Gwendolyn Brooks [People Who Shaped Our World]by Duncan, Alice Faye 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 295184 Available

Dewey: 811/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 3.6 LG Lexile: 660

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Subjects: Brooks, Gwendolyn,|d1917-2000 African American poets

Summary: Through her own beautiful poetry, tells the story of Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize.