BIOGRAPHIES
AEROSPACE
First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers by Shea, George and Bolognese, Don
The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation (Landmark Books) by Reynolds, Quentin
First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane by Busby, Peter and Craig, David
The Wright Sister by Maurer, Richard
African-American Aviators: Bessie Coleman, William J. Powell, James Herman Banning, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., General Daniel James Jr. (Capstone Short Biographies) by Jones, Stanley P. and Tripp, L. Octavia
Fly, Bessie, Fly by Joseph, Lynn and Buchanan, Yvonne – Book about Bessie Coleman, aviator
Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman by Borden, Louise, and Kroeger, Mary Kay
Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator (Childhood of Famous Americans) by Gormley, Beatrice and Henderson, Meryl
Johannes Kepler: And the New Astronomy (Oxford Portraits in Science) by Voelkel, James R.
Scientist and Astronaut, Sally Ride (American Women in Science Biographies Series) by Menzel, Marian, and Verheyden-Hilliard, Mary Ellen
ANTHROPOLOGY
My Life with the Chimpanzees by Goodall, Jane
Dian Fossey: Befriending the Gorillas by Freedman, Suzanne
Among the Orangutans: The Birute Galdikas Story (The Great Naturalists) by Gallardo, Evelyn
The Leakeys: Uncovering the Origins of Humankind (Great Minds of Science) by Poynter, Margaret
Margaret Mead: Anthropologist (American Women of Achievement) by Ziesk, Edra and Horner, Matina
ASTRONOMERS
American Astronomers: Searchers and Wonders by Camp, Carole Ann
Mr. Halley and His Comet by Dahlquist, Teresa
Edwin Hubble: Discoverer of Galaxies by Datnow, Claire L.
What Are You Figuring Now? A Story About Benjamin Banneker by Feris, Jeri The story of a black farmer who participated in the survey of Washington, DC. He is also famous for writing a very accurate almanac
1 Galileo by Fisher, Leonard Everett
Edmund Halley, the Man and His Comet by Heckart, Barbara Hooper
Rooftop Astronomer: A Story About Maria Mitchell (Creative Minds) by McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino and Mitchell, Hetty
Galileo and the Universe by Parker, Steve
Starry Messenger: A Book Depicting the Life of a Famous Scientist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher, Physicist Galileo Galilei by Sis, Peter
Rocket Man: The Story of Robert Goddard by Streissguth, Tom
Clyde Tombaugh and the Search for Planet X by Wetterer, Margaret K. An illustrated biography of the astronomer who discovered Pluto.
BOTANISTS
The Man Who Planted Trees by Giono, Jean The story of Elzeard Bouffie,r who dedicated his life to turning a barren area of Southern France into a forest.
Here a Plant, There a Plant, Everywhere a Plant, Plant! A Story of Luther Burbank by Quakenbush, Robert He developed a spineless cactus, the white blackberry, and the Russett Burbank potato.
Plant Hunters by Whittle, Tyler A book about botanists who traveled throughout the world in search of plants. (For high-level readers)
CHEMISTRY
Antoine Lavoisier: Founder of Modern Chemistry (Great Minds of Science) by Yount. Lisa
Linus Pauling: And the Chemistry of Life (Oxford Portraits in Science) by Hager, Thomas, and Hager, Tom
ENVIROMENTAL SCIENTISTS
First Book of American Conservationists by Anderson, Peter
A Man Named Thoreau by Burleigh, Robert
Muir of the Mountains by Douglas, William O.
Great Lives: Nature and the Environment by Faber, Doris, and Faber, Harold
The Tarantula in My Purse : and 172 Other Wild Pets by George, Jean Craighead
Of Things Natural, Wild, and Free: A Story about Aldo Leopold by Lorbiecki, Marybeth
2 Listening to Crickets: A Story about Rachel Carson by Ransom, Candice F.
GENETICS
Gregor Mendel: And the Roots of Genetics (Oxford Portraits in Science) by Edelson, Edward
Oswald Avery and the Story of DNA (Unlocking the Secrets of Science) by Severs, Vesta- Nadine and Whiting, Jim
Barbara McClintock: Pioneering Geneticist (Unlocking the Secrets of Science) by Tracy, Kathleen
GEOLOGY
Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists by Atkins, Jeannine, and Conner, Paula
Pioneers of Geology: Discovering Earth's Secrets (Lives in Science) by Carruthers, Margaret W. and Clinton, Susan
Women in Earth Science Careers (Capstone Short Biographies) by Kahn, Jetty
INVENTORS
Women Invent: Two Centuries of Discoveries That Have Shaped Our World by Casey, Susan
Thomas A. Edison: Young Inventor (Childhood of Famous Americans Series.) by Guthridge, Sue and Wook, Wallace
Leonardo Da Vinci for Kids: His Life and Ideas by Herbert, Janis and Sabbeth, Carol
Steve Wozniak, Inventor of the Apple Computer by Kendall, Martha E.
Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer by Leonardo, Robert Byrd
A Pocketful of Goobers: A Story About George Washington Carver by Mitchell, Barbara and Hanson, Peter E.
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Schanzer, Rosalyn
African American Inventors by Sullivan, Otha Richard
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women by Thimmesh, Catherine
MICROBIOLOGISTS
Pasteur's Fight Against Microbes (Science Stories Series) by Birch, Beverley, and Birmingham, Christian
Great Lives: Medicine by Curtis, Robert
Microbe Hunters by de Kruif, Paul
Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster: The Search for the Smallpox Vaccine by Marrin. Albert
3 Louis Pasteur: Young Scientist by Sabin, Francene
Louis Pasteur: Disease Fighter by Smith, Linda Wasmer
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek: First to See Microscopic Life (Great Minds of Science) by Yount. Lisa
ORNITHOLOGISTS
John James Audubon: American Artist by Anderson, Peter
Birds in the Bushes: A Story about Margaret Morse Nice by Dunlap, Julie
John James Audubon by Kastner, Joseph and Abrams, Harold N.
PALEONTOLOGISTS
American Dinosaur Hunters by Aaseng, Nathan
Dragon in the Rocks: A Story Based on the Childhood of the Early Paleontologist, Mary Anning by Day, Marie
Fossil Feud: The Rivalry of the First American Dinosaur Hunters by Holmes, Thom and Messner, Julian
Dinosaur Hunters by Jones, John R. and McMullan, Kate H.
The Riddle of the Dinosaur by Wilford, John Noble
PHYSICS
Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity (Barrons Solution Series) by Cwiklik, Robert
Albert Einstein: Young Thinker (The Childhood of Famous Americans Series) by Hammontree, Marie and Doremus, Robert
Michael Faraday Father of Electronics by Ludwig, Charles
Stephen Hawking: Revolutionary Physicist (Great Achievers: Lives of the Physically Challenged) by McDaniel, Melissa and Callahan, John F.
The Ocean of Truth: The Story of Sir Isaac Newton by McPherson, Joyce and Crisp, Ted
Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein by McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino
Niels Bohr: Physicist and Humanitarian (Great Minds of Science) by Pasachoff, Naomi E.
Stephen Hawking: Understanding the Universe (Picture-Story Biographies) by Sakurai, Gail
Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radium (Barrons Solution Series) by Steinke, Ann E.
OCEANOGRAPHY
Robert Ballard: Oceanographer Who Discovered the Titanic (People to Know) by Hill, Christine
4 Jacques Cousteau and the Undersea World (Explorers of New Worlds) by King, Roger
Meet My Grandmother: She's a Deep-Sea Explorer (Grandmothers at Work) by McElroy, Lisa Tucker and Benjamin, Joel
Eugenie Clark: Adventures of a Shark Scientist by Schwartz, Joyce R. and Butts, Ellen R.
TECHNOLOGY
Internet Pioneers: The Cyber-Elite (Collective Biographies) by French, Laura
Tim Berners-Lee and the Development of the World Wide Web (Unlocking the Secrets of Science) by Gaines, Ann G.
Raymond Damadian and the Development of MRI (Unlocking the Secrets of Science) by Kjelle, Mary Lou Morano and Kielle, Marylou
Stephen Wozniak and the Story of Apple Computer (Unlocking the Secrets of Science) by Riddle, John and Whiting, Jim
Bill Gates: Computer King (Gateway Biographies) by Sherman, Josepha
Marc Andreessen and the Development of the Web Browser (Unlocking the Secrets of Science) by Tracy. Kathleen
William Hewlett: Pioneer of the Computer Age (Unlocking the Secrets of Science) by Tracy, Kathleen and Tracy, Kathy
Mathematician and Computer Scientist, Caryn Navy (Verheyden-Hilliard, Mary Ellen. American Women in Science Biography.) by Verheyden-Hilliard, Mary Ellen and Rom, Holly Meeker
Chester Carlson and the Development of Xerography (Unlocking the Secrets of Science) by Zannos, Susan
Edward Roberts and the Story of the Personal Computer (Unlocking the Secrets of Science) by Zannos, Susan
Godfrey Hounsfield and the Invention of Cat Scans (Unlocking the Secrets of Science) by Zannos, Susan
ZOOLOGISTS AND NATURALISTS
Aldo Leopold: American Ecologist (First Books) by Anderson, Peter
Carl Linnaeus: Father of Classification by Andreson, Margaret Jean
Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the Everglades (Earth Keepers Book) by Bryant, Jennifer and Raymond, Larry
My Family and Other Animals by Durrell, Gerald
Earthkeepers: Observers and Protectors of Nature by Keene, Ann T.
5 Batman: Exploring the World of Bats by Pringle, Laurence
Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey by Schaller, George B. and Matthews, Tom L.
The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin: Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker by Sis, Peter
Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection (Barrons Solution Series) by Skelton, Renee
MISCELLANEOUS
A Weed Is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver by Aliki
Talking With Adventurers: Conversations With Christina Allen, Robert Ballard, Michael Blakey, Ann Bowles, David Doubilet, Jane Goodall, Dereck & Beverly Joubert by Cummings, Pat and Cummings, Linda,
The Longitude Prize by Dash, Joan and Petricic, Dusan
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Lasky, Kathryn and Hawkes, Kevin
The New York Public Library Amazing Scientists: A Book of Answers for Kids by The New York Public Library and Callan, Jim
Hispanic-American Scientists (American Profiles) by Oleksy, Walter G.
Native American Scientists: Fred Begay, Wilfred F. Denetclaw Jr., Frank C. Dukepoo, Clifton Poodry, Jerrel Yakel (Capstone Short Biographies) by St. John, Jetty
Extraordinary Women Scientists (Extraordinary People) by Stille, Darlene R.
Scientist and Physician, Judith Pachciarz (An American Women in Science Biography) by Verheyden- Hilliard, Mary Ellen and Stanier, Linda
Asian-American Scientists (American Profiles Series) by Yount, Lisa
Black Scientists (American Profiles Series) by Yount, Lisa
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