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Grrrl Power (in Juvenile/YA Non-Fiction)
Want to read up on awesome women doing awesomer things? Look no further! The ladies in these books will inspire you with their courage, wit, know-how, and audacity. For readers 12 and under.
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Girls who rocked the world : heroines from Joan of Arc to Mother Teresa
McCann, Michelle Roehm, 1968- |
13 women artists children should know
Bettina Schèumann ; [translated from the German by Jane Michael]. |
Here we are
edited by Kelly Jensen. |
Another YA pick but it may be accessible to the slightly younger set.
33 things every girl should know about women's history
edited by Tonya Bolden. |
This pick is solidly in the YA demographic but I had to add it just because.
Fight like a girl
by Laura Barcella ; with illustrations by Summer Pierre. |
YA. Very current. I would say the majority of the women are from the US but overall it's pretty inclusive.
Girls star
by Shelley Tougas, consultant ; Victoria Sturtevant, PhD, director of film and media studies, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. |
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