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“Rosa was not the first person to fight these laws, and it wasn't even her first time (she had been arrested previously for defying bus rules). But her protest ignited a reaction that caught the attention of the whole country“

This book contains beautiful illustrations accompanied by facts about each woman and their lives. Being broken up into 40 individual one-page biographies this story would easily offer a teacher the opportunity to share one or two stories with their class at a time. These mini biographies could potentially act as introductions for further potential research about the women. Each individually are perfect examples of fast-moving narratives.

This piece of children‘s literature was the debut book for author Vashti Harrison. This book features a collection of 40 biographies focusing on trailblazing black women in our world's history. This book educates and inspires readers as it retells the true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all gender and racial societal expectations. This book was awarded to The Amelia Bloomer Book List in 2018.

This book contains beautiful illustrations accompanied by facts about each woman and their lives. Being broken up into 40 individual one-page biographies this story would easily offer a teacher the opportunity to share one or two stories with their class at a time. These mini-biographies could potentially act as introductions for further potential research about women. Each individual are the perfect example of a fast-moving narratives.

This piece of children‘s literature was the debut book for author Vashti Harrison. This book features a collection of 40 biographies focusing on trailblazing black women in our world's history. This book educates and inspires readers as it retells the true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all gender and racial societal expectations. This book was awarded to The Amelia Bloomer Book List in 2018.

This book contains beautiful illustrations accompanied by facts about each woman and their lives. Being broken up into 40 individual one-page biographies this story would easily offer a teacher the opportunity to share one or two stories with their class at a time. These mini biographies could potentially act as introductions for further potential research about the women. Each individually are perfect examples of fast-moving narratives.

This piece of children‘s literature was the debut book for author Vashti Harrison. This book features a collection of 40 biographies focusing on trailblazing black women in our world's history. This book educates and inspires readers as it retells the true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all gender and racial societal expectations. This book was awarded to The Amelia Bloomer Book List in 2018.

The kids once again loved being a part of the #blitsy exchange during Black History Month. The entire package was so thoughtful @Chelleo - tell your eldest thank you!!

Modern Mrs. Darcy strikes again! Such a great list complied and plenty I will add to my #tbr. Black History needs to be celebrated 365 days a year! Not just (the shortest month of the year) February.

https://modernmrsdarcy.com/books-celebrate-black-history-month/?fbclid=IwAR1eHMk...

#blackhistorymonth #everydayisblackhistorymonth #modernmrsdarcy

Just donated this super cute and educational book to our daycare.

This amazing swap is open for sign ups! Check out @Chelleo to join!

Harrison portrays influential women in black history in her B, Amelia Boomer Book list award winning work. Beautiful illustrations accompany facts about these women, which will help to engage young readers. I originally read this book digitally, but loved it so much that I had to order this and one other to add to my classroom library stash- highly recommended for elementary classrooms! This book would do tell in a IR setting.

Loved reading this book aloud to my daughters. 📚

5/5 for this one! I really enjoyed this. It was a recommendation in my book club and I‘m so glad I read it. It‘s empowering and so moving. I highly recommend this.

I had to read this one before it went to to the Little Free Library for Black History Month ❤️

Heading to the post today to get this in the mail! Thanks for organizing this swap @Chelleo , I am really looking forward to this one. #blitsyswap

Litsy is THE best place to discover new books, new authors, new ideas and new perspectives. And swaps are an excellent way to dig deeper and get to know another a Litten and enjoy great books! So excited again for this one 🥳🥳🥳🥳#blitsyswap

I first saw this book at Barnes and Nobles and it immediately grabbed my attention! This book could be a bit content heavy for the younger grade levels, but it speaks about very important and influential women of our history and would be a great addition to any classroom library! I know students will be drawn towards the fun illustrations, as well as, the stories of these women! A great book to utilize in a history or social studies lesson.

Written And Illustrated by Vashti Harrison
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This B picture book is an amazing book About bold and strong women throughout the world's history that helped change things and exceeded their expectations. I believe that this book would be best used in the classroom as an IR.
UDL: Remote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation (9.1)
ESOL: Encourage self-talk (positive thinking)

Little Leaders Bold Women in Black History would be a great biography book to add to your classroom library. Readers can learn about Sojourner Truth, Bessie Coleman, Ruby Bridges, and many other African American women in history.
This book was awarded the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Children's in 2018.
This book would be great for literature circles when students can collaborate with each other.
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I found this NF book fascinating and really good for elementary students' research. During black history month (and during the rest of the school year) this book could help students learn important facts about bold women of our culture. This book could be a great RA or to use IR for research purposes. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This is a beautiful NF book that covers the history of some very impactful women in black history! So important to bring this into your classroom to emphasize diversity and inclusion, while highlighting and naming these women so our students know who they are and what they did! It would be great to be utilized as a RA and read a page each day so the students can fully grasp the biography of each women and understand the impact a person can have.

This lovely NF book by Vashti Harrison, illustrator of Hair Love, is an amazing way to teach students about important female figures in Black history. This book was awarded the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lit. Work. It would be great for a RA and a resource can be found here UDL 8.3 which fosters collaboration and community would work amazing with this book. #UCFLAE3414SP20

Okay it‘s finally time. I‘m opening this slowly! #BHMSwap #BlitsyHistoryMonthSwap and it‘s pretty!! @Chrissyreadit

Rest in Heaven Katherine Johnson 😇

Definitely a book series that I will be reading to both our little guy and baby girl when they are a bit older. Little guy is 3 years old right now and these are still a bit to old for him but hopefully in a year or two these will be books we can pull out for bedtime reading.

#Bold #ReallyRandomFebruary #ChildrensBooks #RaisingReaders #BedtimeBooks

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Oh my goodness - thank you so much ♥️ Both are beautiful. Only a week to go to opening day 👏🏼

#BHMswap #blitsyhistorymonthswap2020

I received my #blistyhistorymonthswap #BHMSwap package today @Chrissyreadit thanks!! Now the waiting begins! @Chelleo

I‘m sending mine out to my match tomorrow!

Forgot to take a photo again but #blitsyswap #bhmswap #blackhistorymonthswap was sent today. Had to send via Parcelforce as went above 2kg! Hopefully it won't #disappear before it arrives at its destination! #reallyrandomfebruary @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620 @Chelleo

“ I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change.”

I enjoyed this book because it inspires kids to be everyday heroes!

Biography. The author does a great job in representing woman of color who are lesser known. These everyday woman are exemplified through the biographies to children as both hero‘s and role models. The authors use of animation picture would be relatable to children of younger ages as the text may be a little bit more challenging. The author also uses quotes from these women.

#GratefulReads Day 29: This #BlackInTheTitle nonfiction is perfect for #WomenReadWomen2019. While there were familiar names included in this compilation of mini-biographies such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Wilma Rudolph, Rosa Parks – among others; there were also a few unknown-to-me formidable females. My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-kb9

This book has multiple people's biographies in it. I read the one about Harriett Tubman. It is a great example of a biography because it shows why Harriett is such an important person from our history and what happened in the underground railroad. It can help children grasp why the railroad was so important to slaves.

I would use this as a reference in my classroom for my students because it includes a lot of biographies of black women.

“Harriett was always looking to help other people.“

Just realized I forgot to do my #TIL yesterday. Phillis Wheatley was taken from her home in Africa when she was 8 on the slaving ship, the Phillis 😢.

She traveled to England to publish her first book, making her the first African American woman poet to be published. She corresponded with George Washington and Voltaire.

She was freed in 1767 but struggled with poverty for the rest of her life because she couldn‘t find a US publisher.

#NFNov

This covers 40 black women who were pioneers. Each woman has one page explaining her life and then a full page illustration of her.

The entires are inspiring although some are a bit heartbreaking. The illustrations are charming. Also, I liked that the book was arranged chronologically as it helped making connections. The back includes a list of 12 more women she wanted to include.

#NFNov #Litsypartyof1 #MrBook1inaMillion #24B4Monday

“She went on to encourage African Americans to fight on behalf of the Union in the Civil War, for former salves to be given places to live, and for desegregation of streetcars.”

Books like this are so valuable because they teach kids that everyone has the power to change the world no matter the hand they‘re dealt in life. I‘ll absolutely have this in my classroom.

This book is so important to show the value and hard work that women put it to change the world. I love the illustrations and descriptions given for each women. This is such a powerful book.

This B graphic novel is a great addition to any classroom library. Representing ALL of your students in your classroom library is so important. Leaving this book in your classroom library and letting students read this independently allows for individual choice, UDL principle 7.1. It also allows students to want to read this type of book and possible get interested in books other than modern fantasy.

I loved this collection of biographies of black women in American history. The short biographies gave a great starting point for learning about these women and the accompanying illustrations were adorable.

My only complaint is the lack/erasure of queer women. Trailblazers like Marsha P. Johnson and Miss Mayor deserved a spot in this collection as well. ALL black girls should be able to see themselves in collections like these.

Yay it came. @ladyneverwhere #BlitsyHistoryMonth @Chelleo