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Blast off into space and get to know Mae Jemisonthe first African-American woman to ever go to spacewith this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people you should meet.Meet Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut! Did you know before Mae was an astronaut, she went to medical school and joined the Peace Corps? But she never forgot her childhood dream to travel to outer space. So in 1985 she applied to NASAs astronaut training program. On September 12, 1992, Mae flew into space with six other astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour and made historyjust like you can if you follow your dreams! A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus a fun timeline filled with interesting trivia facts about space! With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so much fun!

Get to know Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist known for her extensive use of polka dots and for her infinity installations, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people “you should meet!”Meet Yayoi Kusama. When Yayoi Kusama was a little girl, she told her parents she wanted to be an artist. Her parents forbade her and tore up her drawings. But that didn’t stop her. When she couldn’t afford art supplies, she used old paper sacks and mud to create her art. Eventually, she convinced her parents to let her go to art school and study painting. In 2006, she became the first Japanese woman to receive the Praemium Imperiale. It is one of the highest honors given by the Japanese imperial family. Ten years later, she received the Order of Culture, another prestigious award given to people who make important contributions to Japanese culture. Today, she is one of the most famous artists in the world.

Get to know some of the many women who have changed history with this value pack featuring six fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Reads that are part of a series of biographies about people “you should meet!”Get to know a Supreme Court Justice, some of the first women computer programmers, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater, the first African American woman elected to Congress, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, and the first female African American astronaut with these six books in the You Should Meet series! A special section at the back of each book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus fun trivia facts on ballet, computer programming, and more! With the You Should Meet series, learning about influential people has never been so much fun! This paperback value pack includes: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Women Who Launched the Computer Age Misty Copeland Shirley Chisholm Roberta Gibb Mae Jemison

Get to know some of the many groundbreaking and legendary women in US soccer in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people “you should meet!”Read about some amazing and unstoppable women who changed soccer in America like Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Briana Scurry, Trinity Rodman, and Mia Hamm. This book also includes a history of women’s soccer in America and a summary of all four historic World Cup wins.