Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
by Pam Munoz Ryan
On a spring night in 1933, two friends sneak out from a dinner party to find some excitement. Not an uncommon story -- unless the friends are Amelia Earhart, pioneering female pilot, and Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady of the USA, and their adventure is to commandeer a plane and fly from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore! (from A Mighty Girl)
On a spring night in 1933, two friends sneak out from a dinner party to find some excitement. Not an uncommon story -- unless the friends are Amelia Earhart, pioneering female pilot, and Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady of the USA, and their adventure is to commandeer a plane and fly from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore! (from A Mighty Girl)
Frida
by Jonah Winter
As a young girl, Frida Kahlo's father taught her the beauty of the brush and color. Bedridden from polio as a child, then in a body cast after a terrible bus accident at age 18, Frida Kahlo was able to spin her grief and pain into glorious works of art. Author Jonah Winter tells the tale of this outside the box thinker, while artist Ana Juan captures the color and beauty of Frida's work in her illustrations.
As a young girl, Frida Kahlo's father taught her the beauty of the brush and color. Bedridden from polio as a child, then in a body cast after a terrible bus accident at age 18, Frida Kahlo was able to spin her grief and pain into glorious works of art. Author Jonah Winter tells the tale of this outside the box thinker, while artist Ana Juan captures the color and beauty of Frida's work in her illustrations.
Seeds of Change
by Jen Cullerton Johnson
Wangari is a young girl in Kenya. She is curious, and hardworking, and loves nature. Although most young girls in Kenya do not go to school, Wangari is allowed to go- and her mind blossoms! She loves science, and works hard, and is sent to the United States to study. She returns to Kenya and uses her knowledge and compassion to promote the rights of her countrywomen and to help save the land, one tree at a time. This is the story of Wangari Maathai, the first African woman, and environmentalist, to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
