Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Rosalind Franklin was a remarkable chemist who captured an image that identified the double helix of DNA in the 1950's. Her Photo 51 helped two of her male colleagues to win the Nobel Prize but Rosalind did not know this ethical overstep before she died of ovarian cancer at a young age of 37. Rosalind's life as a young woman is chronicled from England to Norway and France where she had a zest for life and demonstrated her many skills and talents. If it weren't for Rosalind, we would not know the scientific secrets of life. Her main discovery is that DNA created different patterns when it is wet versus dry. In May 1952, Rosalind's X-ray diffraction images became the important Photo 51. Let us not forget Rosalind Franklin!

Learn how to eat healthy by using the MyPyramid food model and the step-by-step sequence for cooking. This recipe book uses the five main food groups to make 3 easy recipes, 7 intermediate recipes, and 4 advanced recipes for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Kids see the tools to use when cooking the recipes by measuring ingredients and following the time needed to make the food. Bon appetite!

A family and their children travel to Paris and visit a pastry academy. The kids work with others to practice baking. When a situation arises, the kids are called to save the day by making brownies for the competition.

Explains how one fruit can come in different forms. For example oranges are displayed as juicy, halves, seeds, peels and segments. Enjoy many bright photographs of fruits, including pages that fold out to create a very interactive book.