Laurie Wallmark – Cannonball Read 17

Two women and a whole lotta space

Sally Ride of the Little People, Big Dreams by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Journey to the Stars: Kalpana Chawla, Astronaut by Laurie Wallmark

August 29, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In the 1960s it was Space: The Final Frontier.. We have come a long way since those words first graced our eyes and ears. We put a man on the moon, we put space crafts on Mars and we put several women there, too. Women who would make history in ways other than being “the first” or almost first. Sally Ride was the first American woman, third in space. Kalpana Chawla would be the woman to represent that no matter where you come from, or […]

One little girl and a big wish

Rivka's Presents by Laurie Wallmark

July 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is 1918 and Rivka cannot wait to go to school. But she is told the night before, she must stay home as her father has the flu and her mother needs help taking care of her younger sister, while she works. The Lower East Side of New York City comes alive with how one plucky young girl finds a way to get the education she needs. She trades chores for reading and math lessons. And when her father is finally well, all her hard […]

Check and mate!

The Queen of Chess: How Judit Polgar Changed the Game by Laurie Wallmark

May 9, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My copy of The Queen of Chess: How Judit Polgar Changed the Game was an online reader copy, which I assume was missing pages (publisher description says 32 pages, my sample only had 17. Plus, there was a “missing information” feeling I had). Anyway, the bones were there and what bones! We follow Judit Polgar, a young girl who loved the game of chess. She and her sisters would complete against the men when they were kids themselves. And Judit would become one of the […]

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