From the acclaimed team of Dean Robbins and Sean Rubin comes a unique story about a little girl and the genius who lived next door -- Albert Einstein!On Mercer Street, two neighbors studied math.Adelaide Delong tried to multiply three times four.Albert Einstein tried to understand how numbers could explain everything in the universe.When Adelaide gets a new neighbor, she is fascinated by this so-called mathematical...

Make way for Martin Luther King, Jr.!It’s Martin Luther King, Jr., like you’ve never seen him before!Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, engaging comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to a trailblazer of the civil rights movement. The fourth book in an exciting nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Martin Luther King Jr. focuses on Martin's lifelong mission to ensure that African Americans gained their constitutiona...

Inspiring stories of celebrities and locals who made their presence known in WisconsinDiscover intriguing true tales of legends and trailblazers with Wisconsin connections who left their mark on the world, including the Beatles, Georgia O’Keeffe, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Harrison Ford, Joni Mitchell, Abraham Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey, Bob Dylan, Jackie Robinson, Orson Welles, and many more. Marvel at Elvis Presley’s miracle on the streets of Madison, applaud the award-win...

How did the first people explore the land they lived on? How did civilizations expand their boundaries and chart courses into new lands? Learn about the history of cartography across cultures in this ode to mapmaking through the ages.Join history's first mapmakers as they explore the wonders of the world! In these pages, you’ll find the tools ancient people used to depict their surroundings, methods different cartographers developed to survey new lands, and how we’...

Make way for Malala Yousafzai!It's Malala Yousafzai like you've never seen her before!Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, engaging comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an activist and trailblazer. The third book in the exciting You Are a Star nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Malala Yousafzai focuses on Malala's lifelong mission to bring educational equality and justice to all—especially young girls...

Make way for Jane Goodall!It's Jane Goodall like you've never seen her before!Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, engaging comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an scientific trailblazer. The second book in an exciting new nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Jane Goodall focuses on Jane's lifelong mission to understand the chimpanzees, and protect the planet.Hatem Aly's spot-on comic illustrati...

A true story from one of the Women of NASA!Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and how many back). She loved studying algebra and geometry and calculus and using math to solve problems in the outside world.Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon! She handwrote code that would allow the spacecraft’s computer to solve any problems it might encounter. Apollo 8. Apollo 9. Apollo 10. Apo...

New York City’s desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture-book tribute to the history of mambo and Latin jazz.Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together . . . until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the ...

Make way for Ruth Bader Ginsburg!It's RBG like you've never seen her before!Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, engaging comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an American trailblazer. The first book in an exciting new nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg focuses on Ruth's lifelong mission to bring equality and justice to all. Sarah Green's spot-on comic illustrations bring this icon ...

Gear up for this high-powered picture book biography about Kitty O'Neil, the stuntwoman and racecar driver who broke the women's land speed record!Kitty O'Neil was a force to be reckoned with. She became deaf as a child, and grew up loving sports and action. Kitty jumped, ran, raced, and swam, all while learning to read lips and communicating through sign language. Eventually, Kitty took a job as a stuntwoman, doing the most dangerous job on set and even filming st...

Dr. Jonas Salk finds the cure for polio in this inspiring, educational, and timely nonfiction picture book.Jonas Salk wasn't seen as a brave hero—not at first. As a child he was quiet and unassuming, but Jonas dreamed of tikkun olam, the Jewish phrase for “healing the world.” He saw the polio virus strike his city, and he knew that with determination and hard work, he could be the one to stop its spread. So he grew up to study medicine, ultimately...

Murder and Revenge Rock a Sleepy Minnesota Community Average people get entangled in web of crime and love in new book When a troubled young mother is violently murdered, everyone becomes a suspect in A Choice of Love (published by iUniverse), the debut novel by Dean Robbins. Philip Cellars lives a quiet life in the sleepy town of Eagleview, a suburb to Minnesotas Twin Cities. Harsh winters and an introverted nature keep Philip mostly to himself, but the one constant in his life is Kelly W...