Women's History Youth Books


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"A picture-book biography about Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the remarkable conservationist and naturalist who worked tirelessly to protect the Florida Everglades"--
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"Caitlin Clark was recruited to play college basketball before she even started high school. Her high school career was remarkable, and it only got stronger at the University of Iowa. Clark set records and dominated the game for four straight years as a Hawkeye. It was no surprise when she was picked first in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. From her early days to her professional career, learn all about Clark and how she's changed women's basketball...
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"Lucy Stone grew up in a world where men's voices rang out, but women swallowed their words. When her church's minister railed against women speaking in public, Lucy made up her mind that when she grew up, "if she had anything to say, she would say it!" Forced to learn to debate and give speeches in secret, Lucy used her voice to pave the way for others, becoming one of the 19th century's great advocates for women's rights and the abolition of slavery....
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"How to Love the Whole World is a powerful, poetic picture book biography about fine artist Agnes Martin and how she painted to show her love for the world from international art scholar Henry Martin and author/illustrator Shelley Hampe. Like her contemporary Georgia O'Keeffe, Agnes was deeply inspired by the New Mexican landscape and lived a solitary life there, painting what she loved. And what did Agnes love? She loved an eggshell blue sky at sunrise,...
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"Ellen Swallow found a friend in nature and a lifelong love of science as a child exploring the woods around her family's home. She was a voracious learner with an interest in chemistry, and continuing her education at the newly established Massachusetts Institute of Technology seemed a good fit. But in 1871, many believed that women belonged in the home, not in schools dedicated to the study of science. Ellen thought, why not both? She believed science...
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"From launching the first US astronauts into space to guiding rovers to Mars, [this book] introduces young dreamers to innovative women who soared to new heights in the field of aerospace and space exploration, proving that girls can do anything and go anywhere!"--
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"From the time Cristina Zenato was young, she loved the ocean and she loved sharks. She grew up to become an advocate for these incredible creatures, diving with them and removing fishing hooks from their bodies"--
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In 1894, when two men bet that a woman could never bicycle around the world, as a man had done, Annie set out to prove them wrong, despite not knowing how to ride a bike. Dressed in a long skirt, she began her journey in Boston. It wasn't easy, but Annie never gave up. Her adventure brought her attention in every place she visited along the way, and she loved it all. She told many stories--about hunting tigers, dodging bullets, socializing with royalty,...
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"In eighth grade, Amy Schneider was voted 'Most likely to appear on Jeopardy!' by her classmates. Decades later, she finally got her chance. Not only did Amy walk away with $1.3 million while captivating the world with her impressive forty-game winning streak, but she made history and won an even greater prize-the joy of being herself on national television and blazing a trail for openly queer and transgender people around the world. Now, she shares...
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"When scientist and explorer Maria Reiche visited Peru's Nazca Lines in 1941, she was immediately captivated by the larger-than-life animal carvings. But what were they, and why were they there? This STEAM nonfiction picture book for young readers reveals the story behind one of the greatest indigenous artworks in the Americas, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site."--Provided by publisher.
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"When she was little, Yayoi had an incredible vision: she saw a never-ending field of dotted flowers and felt she was melting into them. As she grew, Yayoi used art to share her experience of the world with others. She became known as the Princess of Polka Dots, amazing audiences with her dotted paintings, drawings, sculptures, and installations. This incredible story of the trailblazing contemporary artist features a fact and photo section at the...
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"From an early age, Carol Burnett developed a love for entertainment, teaching herself to "Tarzan yell" at age nine. After graduating from high school, Burnett studied theater arts and English at UCLA, which only solidified her passion for acting. She fell in love with making audiences laugh, landing her first breakthrough role in Broadway's Once Upon a Mattress. Since then, Burnett went on to perform on programs like The Garry Moore Show and Julie...
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In 1989 Oregon, Sally O'Malley is thrown out of her job and embarks on a journey to the sea, only to discover that true bravery is not about facing danger alone but about learning to rely on others.
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Tori has 11 Muses who inspire her to make her own music and takes her floating pink piano to see what might inspire others, in a reminder for readers to listen to their own Muses.
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"The biography of ecologist Ruth Patrick, who made a breakthrough discovery about biodiversity"--
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It's 1983, and American artist Joan Mitchell is in her studio outside Paris, transforming her emotions and memories into a symphony of colors and shapes. Inspired by her friend's description of an idyllic hidden valley in France, Mitchell creates 21 massive paintings-her Grande Vallée series -bursting with vibrant, energizing hues. But she doesn't paint the valley's flowers and meadows. She paints a feeling about them-abundance, freedom, liveliness-creating...
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"If Kamala can, so can I! From the newly-announced Young People's Poet Laureate comes a powerful and inspiring picture book that shares how each milestone and moment in Kamala Harris's life represents something that lies within young readers' reach, too-building community, asking for answers, learning from elders, standing up for what's right, pride, friendship, strength, and most of all-knowing that nothing is out of the reach of their future!"--...
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"When Marjorie Rice was a little girl in Roseburg, Oregon, in the 1930s, she saw patterns everywhere. Swimming in the river, her body was a shape in the water, the water a shape in the hills, the hills a shape in the sky. Some shapes, fitted into a rectangle or floor tilings, were so beautiful they made her long to be an artist. Marjorie dreamed of studying art and geometry, perhaps even solving the age-old "problem of five" (why pentagons don't fit...
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"A biography of the life of avant-garde musician, activist, and artist Yoko Ono"--
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