Astronaut, mathematician, chemist, computer programmer - 140 years ago? Yes!
Read about these 10 women in the field of science whose work made history.
You may already know this famous quote by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.: "The time is always right to do what is right." Here are 20 more quotes that are sure to inspire you, from Barack Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris, Ella Fitzgerald and more!
Visit the Remarkable Links page and look under Reading for links to all the lists, including this year's. Or just check it out here:
NIRMV 2021 Kids Recommended Reading List Kids Edition
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States Edited by Lori M. Carlson
Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away by Meg Medina
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Go With the Flow by Lynn Williams and Karen Schneeman
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
I Promise by LeBron James
Kiki & Jax: The Life-Changing Magic of Friendship by Marie Kondo
Me and My Afro by Aiden M Taylor
Moonwalk: Forever by Your Side by Meryl Davis
My Black Me: A Beginning Book of Black Poetry Edited by Arnold Adoff
The Ant and the Grasshopper by Aesop
The Little Engine That Could by Wally Piper
The Scientist and the Singer by Lisa Rose
The Seamless Universe by Kathleen Ripley Leo
The Wall by Eve Bunting
Tune in to short, free, streaming events each day during Money Smart Week by visiting moneysmartweek.org. This year’s line-up includes:
Monday, April 11 @ 1:00 p.m. CT | Spend Smart. Eat Smart.
Presented by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Tuesday, April 12 @ 1:00 p.m. CT | Credit: Build & Improve It!
Presented by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Wednesday, April 13 @ 1:00 p.m. CT | Buying or Refinancing a Home: Options & Tools
Presented by North West Housing Partnership
Thursday, April 14 @ 1:00 p.m. CT | Understanding Social Security Benefits
Presented by the Social Security Administration
A complete list of events is available on moneysmartweek.org.
NIRMV Kids invites kids of all ages to celebrate National Poetry Month! Listen to NIRMV Founder and President Darlene House read the short poem "Dandelion" and then draw a dandelion to share with NIRMV Kids
