Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World Author: Susan Hood Illustrator: 13 Young Women Publisher: Harper Number of Pages: 40 Interest: Ages 5-12 Summary: Susan Hood profiles the lives of fourteen courageous, ground- breaking young women. From Nellie Bly to Frida Kahlo, from Ruby Bridges to Maya Lin to Malala Yousafzai, these young women all took risks, stood up among their peers, and blaze new trails for female activists of today.

Good Night Stories fro Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark Extraordinary Women Author: Debbie Levy Author: Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavalo Illustrator: Elizabeth Baddeley Publisher: Timbuktu Labs Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers Number of Pages: 212 Number of Pages: 40 Interest: Ages 6 - Adult Interest: Ages 5 - 12 Summary: As one reviewer notes: These are the bedtime stories we Summary: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life is profiled through a series of dissents should be reading to our daughters. The 100 women often began their beginning with her mother’s insistence that girls, too, deserved to make their extraordinary journeys as young women, inviting girls into imagining how mark in the world. Ruth disagreed, objected, differed, and protested her way onto their own interests could develop into today’s leaders. Designers, the Supreme Court, where her opinions have swayed others to think in new ways dancers, scientists, politicians, journalists, athletes and educators are all about women, immigrants, voting or the right to attend college. She fights for the represented. Each receives a double-page spread, illustration with pull things she cares about! quote and biography. The texts are compelling and brief enough that even the youngest readers, or listeners, as for just one more!

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle Author: Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo Author: Claire Nivola Publisher: Timbuktu Labs Illustrator: Clair Nivola Number of Pages: 212 Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Interest: Ages 6 - Adult Number of Pages: 32 Summary: Volume 2 of the Rebel Girls books expands the reader Interest: Ages 4 -9 experience to include notable women both is the U.S., and across our Summary: Sylvia Earle was raised in the Midwest, happily exploring nature in the planet. The books have been translated into over 30 languages, allowing field, but she truly discovered her heart when her family moved near the Gulf of young women around the world to celebrate the efforts of our peers. The Mexico and the ocean became her backyard. Life in the Ocean tells the story of collection even includes Girl Scout Troop 6000, A New York City-based Sylvia’s growing passion and how her ocean exploration and advocacy have troop for homeless girls, Every girl can find herself in these brief made her known around the world. She has dedicated her life to learning more biographies. Every boy should read them. about what she calls “the blue heart of the planet.

Malala: Activist For Girls’ Education She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World Author: Raphaele Frier Author: Chelsea Clinton Publisher: Aurelia Fronty Illustrator: Alexandra Boiger Number of Pages: 45 Publisher: Philomel Books Lexile: 840L, Interest: K-3 Number of Pages: Summary: Translated from the French.;Includes bibliographical Lexile: NC1170L references. An illustrated biography of Malala Yousafzai, a Muslim Summary: Throughout American history, there have always been women who teenage girl from Pakistan, who advocates for education of women and have spoken out for what's right, even when they have to fight to be heard. In children, and whom the Taliban attempted to assassinate on October 9, early 2017, Senator Elizabeth Warren's refusal to be silenced in the Senate 2012. ~Follett inspired a spontaneous celebration of women who persevered in the face of adversity. In this book, Chelsea Clinton celebrates thirteen American women who helped shape our country through their tenacity, sometimes through speaking out, sometimes by staying seated, sometimes by captivating an audience. They all certainly persisted. This book features- Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Clara Lemlich, Nellie Bly, Virginia Apgar, Maria Tallchief, Claudette Colvin, Ruby Bridges, Margaret Chase Smith, Sally Ride, Florence Griffith Joyner, Oprah Winfrey, Sonia Sotomayor-and one special cameo.

She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History Author: Chelsea Clinton Illustrator: Alexandra Boiger Publisher: Philomel Books Number of Pages: Lexile: AD1080L Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen women who have left their mark on world history, including Caroline Herschel, Marie Curie, Mary Verghese, and Malala Yousafzai ~from the Publisher