Julie Cummins, Author . HarperCollins $16.95 (80p) ISBN 978-0-06-029138-9
Cummins's (Wings of an Artist) swiftly moving biography of this little-known female aviation pioneer may well thrill fans of both flying and firsts. At the turn of the century, most young women in Blanche Stuart Scott's place in society were
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Julie Cummins, illus. by Malene R. Laugesen. Roaring Brook, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-59643-509-4
While Amelia Earhart is a household name, Ruth Elder (1902–1977) is not. Cummins, who wrote about trailblazing women in books like Women Daredevils and Women Explorers, stitches together anecdotes about this female aviator, whose (unsuccessful)...
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Julie Cummins, Author, Roxie Munro, Author, Julia Cummins, Author Dutton Books $16.99 (46p) ISBN 978-0-525-45608-7
Munro adds to her Inside-Outside series with this portfolio of libraries located throughout this country, lavishing on each her customary affection for architectural details. Two spreads are devoted to each site; the first shows the building's...
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Julie Cummins, Author, Ted Rand, Illustrator , illus. by Ted Rand. Holt $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6467-4
Ben lives on a cattle farm and Jody lives in a melting-pot metropolis, but as Cummins (The Inside-Outside Book of Libraries) and Rand (Once Upon a Farm) see it, the ostensible differences in landscapes leave plenty of common ground. For example,...
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Julie Cummins, Author, Cheryl Harness, Illustrator , illus. by Cheryl Harness. Dutton $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-525-47948-2
The divas of derring-do featured in this roster of late-19th– and early-20th–century female boundary-breakers and record-setters will probably be unknown to readers, but their feats will awe even the X Games crowd. Cummins (Tomboy of the
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Julie Cummins, Author, Michael Allen Austin, Illustrator , illus. by Michael Allen Austin. Holiday $16.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1741-4
Once again bringing the high jinks of a lesser-known daredevil to light, Cummins (Women Daredevils: Thrills, Chills, and Frills
) chronicles the short life of early-19th-century stuntman Sam Patch. “Folks say that when he was born, he jumped...
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