Girls can! : smash stereotypes, defy expectations, and make history! / by Marissa Sebastian, Tora Shae Pruden and Paige Towler.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Washington, DC : National Geographic, [2020]Description: 143 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781426339011
- 1426339011
- 9781426339004
- 1426339003
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Get ready to smash stereotypes, overcome odds, and achieve your goals! This powerful book combines biographical profiles on amazing women, myth-busting science, advice on achieving great things, and exclusive interviews to prove that girls really can do anything!
Have you ever heard someone say "Girls can't do that"? Get ready to put that idea to rest once and for all. Fantastic photographs and an eye-catching design pair with riveting, diverse tales of both famous and little-known women who made their mark in leadership, sports, the arts, the sciences, and more. Advice, calls to action, and exclusive interviews with great role models--such as Oprah Winfrey, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Roxanne Gay, Emma Gonzalez, Nancy Pelosi, Jane Goodall, and more--will challenge you to be yourself and empower you to change the world, too! Get a glimpse of the history, origins, and inaccuracies of outdated criticisms and gender myths, and learn how women across the world are making waves and shaping the future in every field.
Leadership. Girls can lead! ; Gallant gals -- Sports & adventure. Girls can play sports! ; Broader beauty ; Ridiculous myths & laws -- Literature & the arts. Girls can be artists! ; Well-written women ; Girls who geek out -- Science & math. Girls can do math! ; Inventions by women -- Changing the world. Girls can change the world! ; Boys can too! -- Questions for discussion.
Leadership : Girls Can Lead! - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - Cleopatra - Mary Barra - Indra Nooyi - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro -- Gallant Gals - Nancy Pelosi - Christiane Amanpour - Elizabeth I - Wu Zetian - Julia Aurelia Zenobia - Yaa Asantewaa - Melinda Gates - Ellen Pao - Benazir Bhutto - Kristine Tompkins ---- Sports & Adventure : Girls Can Play Sports! - Serena Williams - Katherine Sui Fun Cheung - Bessie Coleman - Marina Elliott -- Broader Beauty - All-American Girls Professional Baseball League - Tegla Loroupe - Caster Semenya -- Ridiculous Myths & Laws : Junko Tabei - Alex Morgan - Sylvia Earle - Billie Jean King - Simone Biles - Angela Mao - --- Literature & The Arts : Girls Can Be Artists! - Frida Kahlo - Enheduanna - Edmonia Lewis -- Well-Written Women - Phillis Wheatley - Oprah Winfrey -- Girls Who Geek Out - Erika Larsen - Zaha Hadid - Maria Tallchief - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Roxane Gay - Guan Daosheng - Nina Simone - Ellen DeGeneres ---- Science & Math : Girls Can Do Math! - Madam C.J. Walker - Valentina Tereshkova - Hypatia - Katherine Johnson -- Inventions by Women - Villanueva del Mundo - Gitanjali Rao - Jennifer Doudna - AshadeVos - Sara Josephine Baker - Isabella Aiona Abbott - Kakani Katija - Marie Curie ---- Five Changing The World : Girls Can Change the World! - Malala Yousafzai - Susan B. Anthony - Sojourner Truth - Amani Ballour - Tarana Burke - Manuela Saenz y Aizpuru -- Clean Up the Planet - Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera - Alicia Garza - Tara Houska - The Trung Sisters - Adjany Costa - Dominique Goncalves -- Boys Can, Too!.
"Book about girls who have achieved remarkable feats, meant to empower today's girls"-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 10 and up National Geographic Kids.
Grades 4-6 National Geographic Kids.