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Duster, Michelle
Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth is an inspiring picture book biography of the groundbreaking journalist and civil rights activist as told by her great-granddaughter Michelle Duster and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award Honoree artist Laura Freeman. Ida B. Wells was an...
Item No. 9781250239464
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Myers, Walter Dean
An important and inspiring book. (School Library Journal starred review) Ida B. Wells worked bravely as an activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horror of lynching. An inspiration for generations of civil...
Item No. 9780060544683
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Ringgold, Faith
From a Caldecott Honor Award and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator comes a bright and offbeat picture book with a unique perspective on the story of Rosa Parks. A young girl named Marcie has a magical bus ride where the bus itself tells her the story of the mother of the Civil...
Item No. 9780689856761
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Ringgold, Faith
From a Caldecott Honor Award and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator comes a bright and offbeat picture book with a unique perspective on the story of Rosa Parks. A young girl named Marcie has a magical bus ride where the bus itself tells her the story of the mother of the Civil...
Item No. 9780689818929
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Alko, Selina
"Colors burst across each page, with layers of collage-work emphasizing the richness of Mitchell's influences and imagination. Will speak to readers just starting their own exploration of artistic expression. --Booklist (starred review) Celebrate...
Item No. 9780062671295
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Powell, Patricia Hruby
Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, Honor Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Nonfiction Honor Parent's Choice Award Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Children's Books of the Year List Bologna Ragazzi Nonfiction Honor 2014...
Item No. 9781452103143
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Grimes, Nikki
Autographed Nikki Grimes bookplate available with purchase. Discover the incredible story of a young daughter of immigrants who would grow up to be the first woman, first Black person, and first South Asian American ever elected Vice President of the United States in this moving picture book biography of Kamala Harris. When Kamala Harris...
Item No. 9781534462670
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Pinkney, Andrea Davis
2001 Coretta Scott King Honor Book Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and sparked a boycott that changed America. Harriet Tubman helped more than three hundred slaves escape the South on the Underground Railroad. Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to...
Item No. 9780547906041
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Powell, Patricia Hruby
Learn about the civil rights activist Ella Baker in this inspiring picture book from Sibert Honor winner Patricia Hruby Powell and Caldecott Honor winner R. Gregory Christie. "What do you hope to accomplish?" asked Ella Baker's granddaddy when she was still a child....
Item No. 9781534406230
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Winter, Jonah
An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family's tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a "long haul up a steep...
Item No. 9780385390286
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This 500-piece puzzle is comprised of colorful illustrated portraits of real women who have made historical impact on the world. Illustrations by Lydia Ortiz introduce children to these important people in history with images that are fun for youngsters and also realistic.
Item No. 9780735353824
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Show your feminist pride with Galison's Little Feminist Temporary Tattoo Set. Includes 40 assorted temporary tattoos featuring Rosa, Cleopatra, Frida, Ella and many more inspiring women throughout history. Packaged in a handy portfolio, all tattoos are printed with non-toxic inks.
Item No. 9780735360518
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Harrison, Vashti
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world. Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in the world's history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all...
Item No. 9780316475112
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Russell-Brown, Katheryn
Best Books, Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, School Library Journal Best of the Best Books, Chicago Public Library Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor, American Library Association (ALA) Notable Children's Book, American Library Association (ALA) Best...
Item No. 9781600608988
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Ahmed, Roda
A beautiful picture book for sharing and marking special occasions such as graduation, inspired by the life of the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison. An Amazon Best Book of the Month! A great classroom and bedtime read-aloud, Mae Among the...
Item No. 9780062651730
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Erskine, Kathryn
An inspiring picture-book biography of iconic singer and activist Miriam Makeba by National Book Award winner Kathryn Erskine. Miriam Makeba, a Grammy Award-winning South African singer, rose to fame in the hearts of her people at the pinnacle of apartheid--a brutal system of...
Item No. 9780374303013
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Napoli, Donna Jo
NAACP Image Award Nominee "In a word, stunning." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Through artful prose and beautiful illustrations, Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson tell the true story of Wangari Muta Maathai, known as "Mama Miti," who in...
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Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. When Marie was young, she was unable to go to college because she was a woman. But when she was older, her scientific...
Item No. 9781847809629
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Negley, Keith
From the award-winning creator of My Dad Used to Be So Cool and Tough Guys Have Feelings Too comes a charming picture book inspired by the true story of Mary Edwards Walker, a trailblazing 19th-century...
Item No. 9780062846792
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Judge, Lita
"Both timely and terrifying." --Gregory Macguire, New York Times-bestselling author of Wicked Pairing free verse with over three hundred pages of black-and-white watercolor illustrations, Mary's Monster is a unique and stunning biography of Mary Shelley, the...
Item No. 9781626725003
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Harvey, Jeanne Walker
The bold story of Maya Lin, the visionary artist-architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. You may be familiar with the iconic Vietnam Veterans Memorial. But do you know about the artist-architect who created this landmark? As a child, Maya Lin loved to study the...
Item No. 9781250112491
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Novesky, Amy
Like a tiny bird in a big city, Frida Kahlo feels lost and lonely when she arrives in San Francisco with her husband, the famous artist Diego Rivera. But as Frida begins to explore San Francisco on her own, she discovers the inspiration she needs to become one of the most celebrated artists of all...
Item No. 9781419715167
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Weatherford, Carole Boston
A Caldecott Honor BookA Coretta Scott King Award Winner In this award-winning book, acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and bestselling artist Kadir Nelson offer a resounding, reverent tribute to Harriet Tubman, the woman who earned the name Moses for her heroic...
Item No. 9780786851751
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Carole Boston Weatherford and Kadir Nelson
A Caldecott Honor BookA Coretta Scott King Award Winner In this award-winning book, acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and bestselling artist Kadir Nelson offer a resounding, reverent tribute to Harriet Tubman, the woman who earned the name Moses for her...
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Robert Burleigh
Award-winning author Robert Burleigh has captured Amelia Earhart's first solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932. She was only the second person to do this – and the first woman. Rich in detail, feeling and incident this is nonfiction with edge and action, a you-are-there experience made more...
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