Hello, friends! Our book today is Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed The World, written by Susan Hood and illustrated by 13 female artists, a collection of poetry that celebrates fourteen trailblazing women. Each poem introduces us to the life and work of a remarkable young woman: Molly Williams, the first known female … Continue reading Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed The World (Susan Hood)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb And The Boston Marathon, written by Annette Bay Pimentel and illustrated by Micha Archer, the inspiring story of the first woman to compete in the famous race. Bobbi loves to run. The second her school bell rings, she’s off. Running is when she feels happy … Continue reading Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb And The Boston Marathon (Annette Bay Pimentel)
Hello, friends! Our book today is the wonderfully empowering I Am Enough, written by Grace Byers and illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo, a girl-power celebration for all shapes, sizes, and skin tones. “Like the sun, I’m here to shine,” the rhyming text begins, and each page that follows offers an affirmation of all the strength, … Continue reading I Am Enough (Grace Byers)
Hello, friends! We’re wrapping up Women’s History Month with today’s review, Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History by Vashti Harrison, a fantastic encyclopedia of inspirational black women for young bookworms. They were pilots, writers, scientists, dancers. They were astronauts, actresses, abolitionists, and spies. And each of the forty remarkable women featured in this tome … Continue reading Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History (Vashti Harrison)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Grace Hopper: Queen Of Computer Code, written by Laurie Wallmark and illustrated by Katy Wu, a wonderfully geeky and girl-powered biography of the programming pioneer. Grace always loved to try new things. As a child, she was so curious to understand how clocks worked that she dismantled every clock … Continue reading Grace Hopper: Queen Of Computer Code (Laurie Wallmark)
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