Category Archives: Women’s history

The Van Buren Sisters vs. the Pants Police by J. F. Fox, illustrated by Anna Kwan

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Stephanie Tournas

The Van Buren Sisters vs. the Pants Police by J. F. Fox, illustrated by Anna Kwan. Kids Can Press, 2023. 9781525302480 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about … Continue reading →

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Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine: Josephine Cochrane’s Bright Invention Makes a Big Splash by Kate Hannigan, illustrated by Sarah Green

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Stephanie Tournas

Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine: Josephine Cochrane’s Bright Invention Makes a Big Splash by Kate Hannigan, illustrated by Sarah Green. Calkins Creek, 2023. 9781635926217 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book What did … Continue reading →

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The Women Who Built Hollywood by Susan Goldman Rubin

Posted on April 2, 2023 by susanh579

The Women Who Built Hollywood: 12 Trailblazers In Front and Behind the Cameras by Susan Goldman Rubin. Calkins Creek, 2023. 9781662680106 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover  Genre: Collective biography What did you … Continue reading →

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The Brilliant Calculator by Jan Lower, illustrated by Susan Reagan

Posted on March 20, 2023 by susanh579

The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America by Jan Lower, illustrated by Susan Reagan. Calkins Creek, 2023. 9781662680069  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Biography What did you like … Continue reading →

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Women: The National Geographic Image Collection

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Stephanie Tournas

Women: The National Geographic Image Collection. Edited by Susan Goldberg. National Geographic, 2023, c2019.. 9781426223198 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover What did you like about the book? Images of women over the course … Continue reading →

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We’re in This Together: A Young Readers Edition of We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders by Linda Sarsour

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Stephanie Tournas

We’re in This Together: A Young Readers Edition of We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders by Linda Sarsour. Salaam Reads, 2022. 9781534439290 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Memoir What did you … Continue reading →

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Hanged! by Sarah Miller

Posted on January 16, 2023 by susanh579

Hanged! Mary Surratt & the Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln by Sarah Miller. Random House Studio, 2022. 9780593181560 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Hardcover What did you like about the book?  In this … Continue reading →

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Cloaked in Courage by Beth Anderson, illustrated by Anne Lambelet

Posted on January 12, 2023 by susanh579

Cloaked in Courage: Uncovering Deborah Sampson, Patriot Soldier by Beth Anderson, illustrated by Anne Lambelet. Calkins Creek, 2022. 9781635926101 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre: Biography What did you like … Continue reading →

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The Girl Who Built an Ocean by Jess Keating, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter

Posted on November 25, 2022 by susanh579

The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World’s First Aquarium by Jess Keating, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter. Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. 9780593305119 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a … Continue reading →

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Anne and Her Tower of Giraffes by Karlin Gray, illustrated by Aparna Varma

Posted on November 20, 2022 by susanh579

Anne and Her Tower of Giraffes: The Adventurous Life of the First Giraffologist by Karlin Gray, illustrated by Aparna Varma. Kids Can Press, 2022. 9781525304958 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre:  Biography  Format: Hardcover … Continue reading →

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