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Shirley Chisholm dared : the story of the first black woman in congress / written by Alicia D. Williams ; illustrated by April Harrison.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Anne Schwartz Books, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593123683
  • 0593123689
  • 9780593123690
  • 0593123697
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "An inspiring picture book biography about Shirley Chisholm"--Summary: "Meet Shirley, a little girl who asks way too many questions! After spending her early years on her grandparents' farm in Barbados, she returns home to Brooklyn and immediately makes herself known. Shirley kicks butt in school; she breaks her mother's curfew; she plays jazz piano instead of classical. And as a young adult, she fights against the injustice she sees around her, against women and black people. Soon she is running for state assembly...and winning in a landslide. Three years later, she is on the campaign trail again, as the first black woman to run for Congress. Her slogan? "Fighting Shirley Chisholm--Unbought and Unbossed!" Does she win? You bet she does." -- Amazon.com.
List(s) this item appears in: Women's Biographies (Kids) | Women's History Month (Youth) | Juneteenth
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Biography CHISHOLM S. W721 Available 33111010587752
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography CHISHOLM S. W721 Available 33111010525430
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's Biography CHISHOLM S. W721 Available 33111008216976
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning illustrator.

Meet Shirley, a little girl who asks way too many questions! After spending her early years on her grandparents' farm in Barbados, she returns home to Brooklyn and immediately makes herself known. Shirley kicks butt in school; she breaks her mother's curfew; she plays jazz piano instead of classical. And as a young adult, she fights against the injustice she sees around her, against women and black people. Soon she is running for state assembly...and winning in a landslide. Three years later, she is on the campaign trail again, as the first black woman to run for Congress. Her slogan? "Fighting Shirley Chisholm--Unbought and Unbossed!" Does she win? You bet she does.

"An inspiring picture book biography about Shirley Chisholm"--

"Meet Shirley, a little girl who asks way too many questions! After spending her early years on her grandparents' farm in Barbados, she returns home to Brooklyn and immediately makes herself known. Shirley kicks butt in school; she breaks her mother's curfew; she plays jazz piano instead of classical. And as a young adult, she fights against the injustice she sees around her, against women and black people. Soon she is running for state assembly...and winning in a landslide. Three years later, she is on the campaign trail again, as the first black woman to run for Congress. Her slogan? "Fighting Shirley Chisholm--Unbought and Unbossed!" Does she win? You bet she does." -- Amazon.com.

Ages 4-8 Schwartz & Wade Books.

Grades K-1 Schwartz & Wade Books.

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