Books with author Jennifer B. Lee

History s first desperate efforts to conquer the spotted beast of smallpox. The dramatic story of 2 parents who dared to fight back against the disease. After barely surviving the agony of smallpox themselves, they both flouted 18th-cent. Eur. med. tradition by borrowing folk knowledge from African slaves & Eastern women in frantic bids to protect their children. From their heroic struggles stems the modern science of immunology as well as the vaccinations should the disease ever be unleashed again. Carrell transports readers back to the early 20th-cent. to tell the tales of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu & Dr. Zabdiel Boylston: two iconoclastic figures who helped save the cities of London & Boston from the deadliest disease mankind has known. Illus.

Lucy Ladybug and Jenny Giraffe are best friends. These two friends live together on Riverside Path, and together they run a small town bakery for animal friends of all sorts. Parrots, mice, penguins, and hippos join the busy crowd of patrons. When Jesse Groundhog pops up through the floor, Jenny’s newly decorated tower cake tumbles off the table and all over Jenny. Jesse learns a harsh lesson as he helps clean up the mess he has made. Two Spots Bakery is a rhyming children’s picture book illustrated by the author’s husband, Thomas W.C. Leese.

What do the images on Maryland’s state seal stand for? How is Maryland’s state government organized? Where and why was the Star-Spangled Banner written? You can find the answers to these questions in Uniquely Maryland. This book contains all kinds of fun and fascinating facts and features that help make Maryland a one-of-a-kind place. Inside, you will also find information about Maryland’s unique state symbols. You can learn how to make crab cakes. You will find out why the Chesapeake Bay is important to Maryland. And, you will find out where the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fought.

At 17, Mackenzie Keightley is just trying to survive high school and figure out what she wants to do with her life. The nightmares and the monsters that haunted her left long ago. When the Watchers come crashing in, she realizes the monsters never really left; she just pushed them away and forgot. Now, with the mysterious Joss at her side, she has to learn how to fight them, figure out why they are back, and try to stay alive in the process.