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Lena Blackburn wanted to be a famous baseball player. He didn't have the skills, but still stuck with it. He became a coach who found a special mud along the Delaware River that MLB still uses for "dirtying" the new baseballs. His mud is in the baseball hall of fame.

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Ansel Adams was an "antsy" kid who was always told to go outside. He loved nature and on a visit to Yosemite he was given a camera. He loved to take pictures of nature and made that his life work.

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The True Story of the puppeteer of Macy’s parade
By Melissa Sweet

The story of Tony Sarg, an inventive child who built marionettes. Macy's asked him to make puppets for their windows, which led to him making puppets for a new parade they were holding.  In an attempt to create puppets that everyone would be able to see he created the idea of the floats we see in the current parades.

Very fun and creative story, inspires creativity and creation. Would be a great story to inspire students.

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Rachel Carson, author, environmentalist 

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Rachel Carson, author, environmentalist 

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Author of, Silent Spring, a controversial book, of its time, that exposed the dangers of chemicals on the living world.

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A little boy's dream is to speak like everyone else.....he stutters badly. The only time he does not stutter is when he speaks to animals. He grows up to be an animal activist. He does not stutter when speaking on their behalf.

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A story about a little girl named Jane who loved nature and animals
. She would dream , hope and wonder(with her stuffed chimp named Jubilee?) about living with and helping animals in Africa. Does her dream true? Who is ... Me... Jane?
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Young Amelia is a dreamer. She builds her own roller coaster which leads to her dream of flying her own plane. Everyone she meets says, "You can't do that!" Yet she proves them all wrong and becomes one of the world's first women pilots. It will leave readers inspired to follow their dreams!

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As a child he was interested in fossils. He read about fantastic discoveries other people made and decided he wanted to make a great discovery. He worked very hard and was the first man to discover and name the T Rex.

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The story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Sylvia Earle was a biologist and botanist. She developed a love for what she calls "the blue heart of the planet" when her family moves to Florida and she discovered the Gulf of Mexico in her backyard.

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The story of Horace Pippin and his perseverance to become the artist he was meant to be.

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The story of Elizabeth Blackwell and her determination to become the first female doctor, inspiring other women to pursue their passion as well.

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About the life of Horace Pippin. He was an artist that drew everyday scenes from a young age with
whatever he could find. Eventually
becoming a painter.

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Lena Blackburne dreamed of being a Major League Baseball player and even dreamed of the Hall of Fame. He played multiple positions and coached. When baseballs were new they were too slick. He discovered that mud when rubbed on the ball and dried work to unsliced the balk. The "mud" is in the Hall of Fame.

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The story of Michael Jordan. He thought he wasn't tall enough to play, but in the end he realized that all he really needed to play bball was determination, practice and hard work.

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The story of Chuck Ealey. He is famous for being a quarterback. He overcame poverty and racism to accomplish his goal.

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A young boy named Carl has a strong curiosity about stars. He sets out to the library and finds a book about the stars which triggers a wonderful domino effect of curiosity. His passion for the stars and cosmos leads to a future in space exploration and teaching the world about his discoveries!

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*The story of racing legend Louise Smith
A girl grew up in a time when women had certain roles they were supposed to fit into. Louise never usually did what she was supposed to. She found herself wanting to drive cars and would race cars despite society frowning upon it. She often wrecked the cars she drove but also won races and the respect of many people! Louise persevered in accomplishing and pursuing her dream despite the challenges she faced.
Louise raced all over and was the first woman elected to the international motorsports hall of fame!

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Mattie grew up constantly creating and inventing. She ended up working at a factory. She ends up creating a machine to create paper bags that stand up on a flat base and when she goes to patent it, she finds out her idea has been stolen. She has to go to court and fight for her patent. She ended up opening her own Paper Bag Company and was referred to as the "Lady Edison".

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A young boy in a small Mexican village falls in love with the piano and all the sounds it can make. His musical development went from playing piano on the radio to creating sound effects with an orchestra, and finally using these sound effects to create an all new musical genre, space aged sound!

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Pele wanted to play soccer more than anything. He always worked on his skills (getting him into trouble for not focusing on school). He worked hard to help his team & had phenomenal skills.

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On a Beam of Light... A Story of Albert Einstein

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On a Beam of Light... A Story of Albert Einstein

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The definition of a genius is one who spends all his days doing what they love.....imagining, wondering, figuring and thinking....sounds like we are all pure GENIUS:) and our children also!

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Queen of the Diamond - the Lizzie Murphy Story

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Queen of the Diamond - the Lizzie Murphy Story

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In this story, Lizzie grows up playing baseball with her brothers and shows her family and friends that she has a real talent for it. Eventually she ends up playing professional baseball for 17 years and always made sure she earned the same pay as the men on the team.

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Star Stuff by Carl Sagan. This book depicts the young Carl Sagan, a boy who loved reading about outer space and dreaming about what one might find there. He longed to travel there himself. This dream of his spurred him on to study science in college and w ork as a scientist. His childhood desire to travel into space manifested itself in him sending space crafts bearing Earthly messages into our Solar System and galaxy. He went on to inspire others to love science and space as well. 

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Star Stuff by Carl Sagan. This book depicts the young Carl Sagan, a boy who loved reading about outer space and dreaming about what one might find there. He longed to travel there himself. This dream of his spurred him on to study science in college and w ork as a scientist. His childhood desire to travel into space manifested itself in him sending space crafts bearing Earthly messages into our Solar System and galaxy. He went on to inspire others to love science and space as well. 

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Melba was born in the 1920's in Kansas City and was surrounded by music. At the age of seven she decided she wanted to create her own music with a trombone. Her mom bought the instrument for her despite her size and gender. Over the years, Melba persevered (despite many obstacles) to become one of America's renowned musicians.

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Paul's whole life related to numbers. He didn't like rules or basic life skills so as long as he turned everything into a math problem he was able to survive.

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Hanson Gregory was a cook as a young man on a ship. His first attempt at making pastries was not successful. The center of the fried dough was undercooked and heavy. On his next attempt, he used the top of the pepper shaker to remove the middle of the pastry. The result was a delicious doughnut! This is a nice illustration of the growth mindset!

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Now Leo:  The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci

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Now Leo:  The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci

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The famous inventor, scientific, engineer, and artist Leonardo da Vinci had written about and journaled many ideas that were inspired by his studies of nature and the world around him. These ideas have lead to inventions by many inventors that know today. The

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This story is about a girl named Lizzie Murphy who was a talented athlete but her passion was to be a professional baseball player. At a young age,she practiced with her brother. Later, she joined
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