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This beautifully illustrated New York Times bestseller introduces readers of all ages to 40 women who changed the world. An important book for all ages, Little Leaders educates and inspires as it relates true stories of forty trailblazing black women in American history. Illuminating text paired with irresistible illustrations bring to life both iconic and lesser-known female figures of Black history such as abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash. Among these biographies, readers will find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things - bold women whose actions and beliefs contributed to making the world better for generations of girls and women to come. Whether they were putting pen to paper, soaring through the air or speaking up for the rights of others, the women profiled in these pages were all taking a stand against a world that didn't always accept them. The leaders in this book may be little, but they all did something big and amazing, inspiring generations to come.… (more)
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I do have mixed feelings about this one though - the language seemed a bit uneven (at one point discussing the work of one of the Hidden Figures, she mentions 'trajectory' and I revised the age I thought it must be aimed at upwards. I found the idea of 'little leaders' a bit too saccharine for me, and would have liked a wider geographic representation beyond the US and UK.
But I'm not the intended audience, and if it gets kids thinking about history, as well as wider choices, then of course that's fantastic.