Skybound!: Starring Mary Myers as Carlotta, Daredevil Aeronaut and Scientist

2025 NSTA/CBC Best STEM Boo
2025 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Book

In this STEAM picture book, take to the skies with Mary Myers, aka “Carlotta,” an aeronaut and inventor whose careful scientific work improved balloons and our understanding of flight, weather patterns, and the atmosphere.

In the 1850s, proper young ladies were supposed to keep their feet on the ground (literally and metaphorically), but Mary dreamed of flying. Luckily, she married Carl Myers, a balloon enthusiast whose drea...