|aBorrowed names : |bpoems about Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and their daughters / |cJeannine Atkins.
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|a1st ed.
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|aNew York : |bHenry Holt, |c2010.
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|a209 p. : |bill. ; |c22 cm.
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|aAs a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book,and the two created the beloved Little House series. Sarah Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wanted everything to be different for her own daughter,A'Lelia. Together they built a million-dollar beauty empire for women of color. Marie Curie became the first person in history to win two Nobel prizes in science. Inspired by her mother, Irene too became a scientist and Nobel prize winner. Borrowed names is the story of these extraordinary mothers and daughters.
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|aCurie, Marie--1867-1934--Juvenile poetry.
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|aWalker, C. J.(Madam,)--1867-1919--Juvenile poetry.
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|aWilder, Laura Ingalls--1867-1957--Juvenile poetry.
Vivid, compelling poems tell the stories of three daughters and their remarkable mothers whose work in literature, business and science changed the world.