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Who Was Her Own Work of Art?: Frida Kahlo
Who Was Her Own Work of Art?: Frida Kahlo
by Terry Blas & Who HQ; illustrated by Ashanti Fortson

Discover how Mexican painter Frida Kahlo becomes one of the greatest artistic voices in the world as she travels from Mexico to New York City for her first-ever solo exhibition, setting the art world aflame

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Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson
Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson
by Ann E. Burg; illustrated by Ms. Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)

Through the eyes of her family and friends we see the young Rachel as she explores nature and overcomes obstacles to write about harmful chemical practices and launch the global environmental movement. Written in blank verse.

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Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes
Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes
by Tracey Baptiste; illustrated by Shauna J. Grant

Introduces readers to two brave Black women who stood up against segregation, setting in motion the Montgomery Bus Boycott and showing the nation how positive change can start with a single defiant act

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Born Reading: 20 Stories of Women Reading Their Way into History
Born Reading: 20 Stories of Women Reading Their Way into History
by Kathleen Krull & Virginia Loh-Hagan; illustrated by Aura Lewis

Once books change their brains, girls change history. Discover the foundation of reading that empowered some of the world's most influential women in this collection of 20 biographies

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Dear Rebel: 145 Women Share Their Best Advice for the Girls of Today
Dear Rebel: 145 Women Share Their Best Advice for the Girls of Today
by Rebel Girls

145 trailblazing women share their best advice for the girls of today. Through letters, poems, essays, and more, they tackle topics like overcoming obstacles, discovering passions, and dreaming big

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Girls to the Front: 40 Asian American Women Who Blazed a Trail
Girls to the Front: 40 Asian American Women Who Blazed a Trail
by by Niña Mata

Meet 40 trailblazing Asian American women in American history, in a nonfiction anthology with biographical text and appealing portraits that bring life to heroes, role models and everyday women who did extraordinary things.

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Make Your Mark: The Empowering True Story of the First Known Black Female Tattoo Artist
Make Your Mark: The Empowering True Story of the First Known Black Female Tattoo Artist
by Jacci Gresham & Sherry Fellores; illustrated by David Wilkerson

A picture book autobiography celebrating the life, trials, and trailblazing victories of Jacci Gresham, the first Black woman tattoo artist in the United States

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The First Woman Cherokee Chief: Wilma Pearl Mankiller
The First Woman Cherokee Chief: Wilma Pearl Mankiller
by Patricia Morris Buckley; illustrated by Aphelandra Messer

The story of how Wilma Pearl Mankiller challenged gender norms introduced by settlers and become the first woman Cherokee Chief

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Wildflower Emily: A Story About Young Emily Dickinson
Wildflower Emily: A Story About Young Emily Dickinson
by Lydia Corry

Emily Dickinson, one of America’s greatest and most original poets of all time, was known as a famous recluse whose withdrawal from society became legendary, but this book introduces a new side of Emily that reveals her as the powerful, adventurous and jo

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The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements
The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements
by Kai Naima Williams; illustrated by Anastasia Magloire Williams

Intimately chronicles the experiences and lessons, hardships and victories, and people and places that shaped Yuri's life and influenced her activism.

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