Awesome book! Beautiful and inspirational! I really enjoyed this book. The artwork was phenomenal and is a great place to start to get young readers interesting in empowering woman. I liked that Chin-Lee used the women's first names/given names rather than their family names for each letter. Thi...
written by Cynthia Chin-Lee, illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy There's an interesting variety of men represented in this book. Lots of artists and peacemakers. It's also very diverse. I enjoyed this book. I wish Ama had Amelia to Zora too, but I'll just have to check that one out from the ...
Farmer's book was the basic set of historical facts on where Valentine's Day originated. Farmer debunks the old idea that this Catholic holiday was connected to an earlier Roman festival. She cites 'recent research', but the book has no source notes or bibliography to credit her sources. Unfortunate...
Wonderful collection of imaginative and informative poems about all things elephant. Lovely illustrations.
If for nothing else, I loved the variety of women selected. Yes, Amelia Earhart is included, but so is Frida Kahlo, Nawal El Sadaarvi, and even Oprah Winfrey. Page design is lovely. Includes selected bibliography for further study and exploration on the profiled women.
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