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Shaking things up : 14 young women who changed the world / by Susan Hood ; illustrated by Selina Alko, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Hadley Hooper, Emily Winfield Martin, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Sara Palacios, LeUyen Pham, Erin K. Robinson, Isabel Roxas, Shadra Strickland, and Melissa Sweet.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Harpercollins Children's Books, [2018]Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062699459
  • 0062699458
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: In this book, you will find Mary Anning, who was just thirteen when she unearthed a prehistoric fossil. You’ll meet Ruby Bridges, the brave six-year-old who helped end segregation in the South. And Maya Lin, who at twenty-one won a competition to create a war memorial, and then had to appear before Congress to defend her right to create. And those are just a few of the young women included in this book. Readers will also hear about Molly Williams, Annette Kellerman, Nellie Bly, Pura Belprè, Frida Kahlo, Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne, Frances Moore Lappè, Mae Jemison, Angela Zhang, and Malala Yousafzai—all whose stories will enthrall and inspire. This book was written, illustrated, edited, and designed by women and includes an author’s note, a timeline, and additional resources. With artwork by notable artists including Selina Alko, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Hadley Hooper, Emily Winfield Martin, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Sara Palacios, LeUyen Pham, Erin Robinson, Isabel Roxas, Shadra Strickland, and Melissa Sweet.
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 NonFiction 920.72 H777 Available 33111008545168
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 920.72 H777 Available 33111008697928
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"Well-behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Fresh, accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces fifteen revolutionary young women, who, through determination and perseverence, sparked change in the world. A forty page picture book for kids 5-8 is perfect for biography day or for surveying the past hundred years of feminism. Each accomplished woman and her short, lyrical biography has been matched with work from an award-winning illustrator. Caldecott winner, Sophie Blackall takes on heroic World War II spies, Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne; Selina Alko is matched with the brave Malala Yousafzai; New York Times bestselling Emily Winfield Martin is paired with the inventor of the controversial one-piece bathing suit, Annette Kellerman; and Shadra Strickland introduces America's first known female firefighter, Molly Williams.

WHO ARE THESE WOMEN

First female firefighter, MOLLY WILLIAMS

British paleontologist, MARY ANNING, who discovered a complete dinosaur fossil at age 12

Undercover journalist and around-the-world-traveler, NELLIE BLY

First Puerto Rican Librarian hired in NYC, PURA BELPRÈ

Arrested for wearing the one-piece bathing suit she invented, ANNETTE KELLERMAN

Beloved Mexican painter who suffered from Polio, FRIDA KAHLO

WWII spies who parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, EILEEN AND JACQUELINE NEARNE

First African American child to integrate Jim Crow South's schools, RUBY BRIDGES

Author of Diet for a Small Planet, introducing vegetarianism, FRANCES MOORE LAPPÈ

First African American Astronaut, MAE JEMISON

Chinese architect and designer of Vietnam Memorial, MAYA LIN

Ground breaking photographer of Native American people, MAKITA WILBUR

Chinese teen who pioneered cancer research at age 17, ANGLEA ZHANG

Survivor and activist for girls' education, MALALA YOUSAFZAI

Shaking Things Up will include a foreword by a prominent feminist; an author's note from award-winning author Susan Hood; a timeline, and additional resources. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to an organization that promotes girls' education.

Illustrators include: Selina Alko, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Hadley Hooper, Emily Winfield Martin, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Sara Palacios, LeUyen Pham, Erin Robinson, Isabel Roxas, Shadra Strickland, and Melissa Sweet.

"Illustrated by 13 extraordinary women"-cover.

Ages 5 and up.

In this book, you will find Mary Anning, who was just thirteen when she unearthed a prehistoric fossil. You’ll meet Ruby Bridges, the brave six-year-old who helped end segregation in the South. And Maya Lin, who at twenty-one won a competition to create a war memorial, and then had to appear before Congress to defend her right to create. And those are just a few of the young women included in this book. Readers will also hear about Molly Williams, Annette Kellerman, Nellie Bly, Pura Belprè, Frida Kahlo, Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne, Frances Moore Lappè, Mae Jemison, Angela Zhang, and Malala Yousafzai—all whose stories will enthrall and inspire. This book was written, illustrated, edited, and designed by women and includes an author’s note, a timeline, and additional resources. With artwork by notable artists including Selina Alko, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Hadley Hooper, Emily Winfield Martin, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Sara Palacios, LeUyen Pham, Erin Robinson, Isabel Roxas, Shadra Strickland, and Melissa Sweet.

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