Library Loot ~ April 24-30

E. L. Konigsburg holding The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place in the dust jacket she painted.

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place ~ by E. L. Konigsburg, 2004, YA fiction

"I Prefer Not To."  That's Margaret Rose Kane's response to every activity she's asked to participate in at the summer camp to which she's been exiled while her parents are in Peru.  So Margaret Rose is delighted when her beloved uncles rescue her from Camp Talequa, with its uptight camp director and cruel cabinmates, and bring her to stay with them at their wonderful house at 19 Schuyler Place.   But Margaret Rose soon discovers that something is terribly wrong at 19 Schuyler Place.  People in their newly gentrified neighborhood want to get rid of the three magnificent towers the uncles have spent forty-five years lovingly constructing of scrap metal and shards of glass and porcelain.  Margaret Rose is outraged, and determined to strike a blow for art, for history, and for individuality and — no one is more surprised than Margaret Rose at the allies she finds for her mission.

Me...Jane ~ by Patrick McDonnell, 2011, children's (biography), 9/10

In his characteristic heartwarming style, Patrick McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee named Jubilee.  As the young Jane observes the natural world around her with wonder, she dreams of "a life living with and helping all animals," until one day she finds that her dream has come true.  One of the world's most inspiring women, Dr. Jane Goodall is a renowned humanitarian, conservationist, animal activist, environmentalist, and United Nations Messenger of Peace.  In 1977 she founded the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), a global nonprofit organization that empowers people to make a difference for all living things.  With anecdotes taken directly from Jane Goodall's autobiography, McDonnell makes this very true story accessible for the very young — and young at heart.  This is a Caldecott Honor Book.

Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women ~ by CatherineThimmesh, 2000, children's (history)

In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have come up with ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better.  Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie).  What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?  From Sybilla Masters, the first American woman with a documented invention (although the patent had to be in her husband's name), to twelve-year-old Becky Schroeder, who in 1974 became the youngest girl to receive a patent, this book tells the stories of the obstacles these women faced and their remarkable victories.

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