Celebrate Women's History - Kids Edition

Updated February 27, 2024
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Colors of awesome! 24 bold women who inspired the world
Chen, Eva, 1980- author.
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From presidential candidate Kamala Harris' iconic white pantsuit to Judy Garland's ruby slippers to Mamie Johnson's blue baseball uniform, powerful and inspiring women from throughout history have proved that "awesome" comes in all colors! A Is for Awesome provided an...
A is for awesome! 23 iconic women who changed the world
Chen, Eva, 1980- author.
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Why stick with plain old A, B, C when you can have Amelia (Earhart), Malala, Tina (Turner), Ruth (Bader Ginsburg), all the way to eXtraordinary You--and the Zillion of adventures you will go on? Instagram superstar Eva...
Daisy saves the day
Hughes, Shirley, 1927- author, illustrator.
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Beloved author-illustrator Shirley Hughes portrays the life of a young scullery maid in 1911 England as she stumbles and scrabbles toward her true place in life. Daisy Dobbs has a mother and little twin brothers, but she lives far from them, serving as a maid in a big house owned...
Spies Mary Bowser
Jones, Kyandreia
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Choose Your Own Adventure SPIES: Mary Bowser by Kyandreia Jones puts YOU in the shoes of real-life Civil War heroine, Mary Bowser. 9-12 year old readers will join an organized ring of women who spy in plain sight to help the Union during the Civil War. Choose Your Own Adventure SPIES: Mary Bowser is...
Abigail Adams, pirate of the Caribbean
Sheinkin, Steve
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WARNING: DO NOT BELIEVE THE STORY YOU'RE ABOUT TO READ. Well, you can believe some of it. There is some real history. But also hijinks. Time travel. And famous figures setting off on adventures that definitely never happened--till now. Time is getting twisted, and it's up...
The international day of the girl celebrating girls around the World
Humphreys, Jessica Dee
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The UN designated October the 11th as the International Day of the Girl, a day to increase awareness of problems that affect girls around the world and to encourage progress toward gender equality. 9 stories inspired by the real-life experiences of girls from all over the globe bring to light the...
The A-Z of wonder women
Lin, Yvonne
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Celebrate historic and contemporary Wonder Women from around the world, from Ada Lovelace to Zaha Hadid! Highlighting notable and inspiring women from across the globe and throughout time, The A-Z of Wonder Women features biographies of trailblazers and groundbreakers,...
Rebel girls lead 25 tales of powerful women.
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Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women celebrates the incredible and inspiring stories of 25 women leaders in politics, business, sports, activism, and more, all written in fairy tale form. It is part of the award-winning Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series. Reach for...
Sea queens women pirates around the world
Yolen, Jane.
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"In 1963 Jane Yolen released a book called PIRATES IN PETTICOATS, because the idea of women as pirates fascinated her--but there wasn't much information about these women who made their livelihoods plundering on the high seas. Scholars have dug up a bounty of new information since then, and Jane,...
She's on the money
Hall, Andrea
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How 15 women left their mark on the world--and on our money. Queen Cleopatra had coins made with her face on them. Japan put writer Ichiyō Higuchi on the 5,000 yen note more than 100 years after her death. And Eva Perón was the first Argentine woman on...
Hidden figures the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space
Lee Shetterly, Margot
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The uplifting, amazing true story--a New York Times bestseller! This edition of Margot Lee Shetterly's acclaimed book is perfect for young readers. It's the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space...
A girl's bill of rights
Mucha, Amy B.
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"I have the right to be bold, and mighty, and LOUD!" In a world where little girls must learn to stand tall, A Girl's Bill of Rightsboldly declares the rights of every woman and girl: power, confidence, freedom, and consent. Author Amy B. Mucha and illustrator Addy Rivera...
The breadwinner
Ellis, Deborah, 1960- author.
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The Breadwinner brings to life an issue that has recently exploded in the international media -- the reality of life under the Taliban. Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because he has a foreign education, her father is...
Chasing freedom the life journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, inspired by historical facts
Grimes, Nikki
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Nikki Grimes offers a glimpse into the inspiring lives of Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Tubman, with breathtaking illustrations by Michele Wood!What if Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sat down over tea to reminisce about their extraordinary lives? What would they recall of their triumphs and...

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