Books for Women's History Month
Celebrate Women's History Month and share some books about amazing women like:
'Amelia & Eleanor Go For A Ride" by Pam Munoz-Ryan
"Seven Brave Women" by Betsy Gould Hearne
"Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure" by Don Brown
"If A Bus Could Talk: TheRosa Parks Story" by Faith Ringgold.
Minnesota's Storyline Theme for this month is "Strong Girls & Women". Each week we have many, many wonderful stories to choose from, but can only pick 4 or 5.Here are some of the other fantastic stories (fiction and non-fiction) about Strong Girls & Women:
1.Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth
2.Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
3.Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin (WWII)
4.Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Runner
5.Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer
6.Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories
7.Shooting for the Moon: The Amazing Life and Times of Annie Oakley
8.Edna (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
9.Eleanor (A biography of young Eleanor Roosevelt)
10.Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride (AmeliaEarhart & Eleanor Roosevelt)
11.Dirt on Their Skirts: The Story of the Young Women Who Won the World Championship (baseball)
12.Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa
13.Penelope Jane: A Fairy's Tale
14.Sheila Rae, The Brave
15.Christina Katerina, and the Time She Quit the Family
16.The Princess and the Pea (adaptation by Alain Vaes)
17.Helga's Dowry: A Troll Love Story
18.The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
19.Annie Bananie
20.Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale
21.Miss Rumphius
22.Hattie and the Wild Waves
23.Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon
24.The Recess Queen
25.Bimwili & the Zimwi
26.Ramona Quimbly, Age 8 (chapter book)
27.The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (chapter book, young adults)
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