Little leaders : bold women in black history / Vashti Harrison.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: 87 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316475112
- 0316475114
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 920.7208 H322 | Available | 33111008534030 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 920.7208 H322 | Available | 33111008684884 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world.
Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations, including:
Nurse Mary Seacole
Politician Diane Abbott
Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Singer Shirley Bassey
Bestselling author and artist Vashti Harrison pairs captivating text and beautiful illustrations as she tells the stories of both iconic and lesser-known female figures. Among these biographies, readers will find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things.
Includes bibliographical references.
Phillis Wheatley -- Sojourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Rebecca Lee Crumpler -- Mary Bowser -- Mary Eliza Mahoney -- Charlotte E. Ray -- Ida B. Wells -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Alma Woodsey Thomas -- Alice Ball -- Bessie Coleman -- Augusta Savage -- Marian Anderson -- Josephine Baker -- Mahalia Jackson -- Rosa Parks -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Mamie Phipps Clark -- Katherine Johnson -- Shirley Chisholm -- Althea Gibson -- Maya Angelou -- Nichelle Nichols -- Nina Simone -- Audre Lorde -- Raven Wilkinson -- Wilma Rudolph -- Marcelite Harris -- Angela Davis -- Octavia E. Butler -- Julie Dash -- Ruby Bridges -- Oprah Winfrey -- Gwen Ifill -- Dr. Mae Jemison -- Florence Joyner -- Lorna Simpson -- Dominique Dawes -- More little leaders.
Age 8-12.
Based on her popular Instagram posts, debut author/illustrator Vashti Harrison shares the stories of 40 bold African American women who shaped history.