Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)

"Meet 40 trailblazing women who broke barriers of race and gender to pave the way for future generations. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History is important, timely, and written in style that kids will enjoy. " - Seira Wilson, Amazon Editor A NEW YORK TIMES INSTANT BESTSELLER!A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!This beautifully illustrated New York Times bestseller introduces readers of all ages to 40 women who changed the world. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #272727} An important book for all ages, Little Leaders educates and inspires as it relates true stories of forty trailblazing black women in American history. Illuminating text paired with irresistible illustrations bring to life both iconic and lesser-known female figures of Black history such as abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash. Among these biographies, readers will find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things - bold women whose actions and beliefs contributed to making the world better for generations of girls and women to come. Whether they were putting pen to paper, soaring through the air or speaking up for the rights of others, the women profiled in these pages were all taking a stand against a world that didn't always accept them. The leaders in this book may be little, but they all did something big and amazing, inspiring generations to come.

  • ASIN: 0316475114
  • ISBN: 0316475114
  • Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

A Girl Named Rosa: The True Story of Rosa Parks (American Girl: A Girl Named)

A Girl Named Rosa: The True Story of Rosa Parks (American Girl: A Girl Named)

The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, but how did she come to be so brave? A Girl Named Rosa describes the defining moments that made up her childhood and adolescence with full-color illustrations throughout. In addition to stories and facts about Rosa's upbringing and accomplishments, the book includes a timeline and a glossary, plus a profile of a noteworthy and contemporary American girl following in Rosa's monumental footsteps to stand up for equal rights, even in the face of adversity.

  • ASIN: 1338193074
  • ISBN: 1338193074
  • Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.

Haunted: A Novel

Haunted: A Novel

  • ASIN: B000FCK40O
  • Manufacturer: Anchor

Smart About the Fifty States: A Class Report (Smart About History)

Smart About the Fifty States: A Class Report (Smart About History)

The kids in Ms. Brandt's class create a special report on the United States of America, with each child doing research on ten states. There's a double-spread map of the whole U.S. and a page for every state jam-packed with trivia, interesting facts, handwritten captions, and jokes. At the end of the book is a map showing how the United States grew over time, a spread on the presidents and what states they hailed from, as well as a "bibliography" of books the kids used in their research. Written by a team of well-known author/artists, this 64-page Smart About History book is a great guide for kids.

  • ASIN: 0448431319
  • ISBN: 0448431319
  • Brand: Grosset & Dunlap
  • Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap

South of Broad: A Novel

South of Broad: A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage” (The Washington Post) by the celebrated author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini   Leopold Bloom King has been raised in a family shattered—and shadowed—by tragedy. Lonely and adrift, he searches for something to sustain him and finds it among a tightly knit group of outsiders. Surviving marriages happy and troubled, unrequited loves and unspoken longings, hard-won successes and devastating breakdowns, as well as Charleston, South Carolina’s dark legacy of racism and class divisions, these friends will endure until a final test forces them to face something none of them are prepared for.   Spanning two turbulent decades, South of Broad is Pat Conroy at his finest: a masterpiece from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds.   Praise for South of Broad   “Vintage Pat Conroy . . . a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage.”—The Washington Post   “Conroy remains a magician of the page.”—The New York Times Book Review   “Richly imagined . . . These characters are gallant in the grand old-fashioned sense, devoted to one another and to home. That siren song of place has never sounded so sweet.”—New Orleans Times-Picayune   “A lavish, no-holds-barred performance.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution   “A lovely, often thrilling story.”—The Dallas Morning News   “A pleasure to read . . . a must for Conroy’s fans.”—Associated Press

  • ASIN: 0385344074
  • ISBN: 0385344074
  • Brand: Dial Press
  • Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperbacks

Willful Creatures

Willful Creatures

"Contemporary fairy tales, cushioned by goofy humor and a deep tenderness for her characters, that aren't always as dark or as sinister as they initially appear." --The New York Times Book ReviewAimee Bender’s Willful Creatures conjures a fantastical world in which authentic love blooms. This is a place where a boy with keys for fingers is a hero, a woman’s children are potatoes, and a little boy with an iron for a head is born to a family of pumpkin heads. With her singular mix of surrealism, musical prose, and keenly felt emotion, Bender once again proves herself to be a masterful chronicler of the human condition.

  • ASIN: 0385720971
  • ISBN: 0385720971
  • Manufacturer: Anchor

Knockemstiff

Knockemstiff

  • ASIN: 076792830X
  • ISBN: 076792830X
  • Brand: Pollock, Donald Ray
  • Manufacturer: Anchor

Number9Dream: A Novel

Number9Dream: A Novel

  • ASIN: B0012SMGOC
  • Manufacturer: Random House

No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)

No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)

In No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy simultaneously strips down the American crime novel and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines.

  • ASIN: 0307387135
  • ISBN: 9780307387134
  • Brand: McCarthy, Cormac
  • Manufacturer: Vintage

Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way: A Novel

Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way: A Novel

  • ASIN: B0151V70HS
  • Manufacturer: Thomas Dunne Books