Amelia to Zora

Amelia to Zora
Author: Cynthia Chin-Lee
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1607341786

Profiles the lives of twenty-six women who, through their acts and deeds, helped shape and change the world during their lifetime, including pilot Amelia Earhart and anthropologist Zora Neal Hurston.

Shout Your Abortion

Shout Your Abortion
Author: Amelia Bonow
Publisher: PM Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2018-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1629635901

Following the U.S. Congress’s attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, the hashtag #ShoutYourAbortion became a viral conduit for abortion storytelling, receiving extensive media coverage and positioning real human experiences at the center of America’s abortion debate for the very first time. The online momentum sparked a grassroots movement that has subsequently inspired countless individuals to share their abortion stories in art, media, and community events all over the country, and to begin building platforms for others to do the same. Shout Your Abortion is a collection of photos, essays, and creative work inspired by the movement of the same name, a template for building new communities of healing, and a call to action. Since SYA’s inception, people all over the country have shared stories and begun organizing in a range of ways: making art, hosting comedy shows, creating abortion-positive clothing, altering billboards, starting conversations that had never happened before. This book documents some of these projects and illuminates the individuals who have breathed life into this movement, illustrating the profound liberatory and political power of defying shame and claiming sole authorship of our experiences. With Roe vs. Wade on the brink of reversal, the act of shouting one’s abortion has become explicitly radical, and Shout Your Abortion is needed more urgently than ever before.

Zora!

Zora!
Author: Judith Bloom Fradin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0547006950

A biography of African American author Zora Neale Hurston.

Akira to Zoltan

Akira to Zoltan
Author: Cynthia Chin-Lee
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1607340313

Learn about some men who overcame obstacles to make the world a better place.

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart
Author: Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2018-03-15
Genre: Air pilots
ISBN: 9781786032515

This board book version of Amelia Earhart--an international bestseller from the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series--introduces the youngest dreamers to the world-famous aviation pioneer. When Amelia was young, she liked to imagine she could stretch her wings and fly away like a bird. As a grown woman, she set a new female world record for flying up to 14,000 feet. She also flew across the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, and eventually undertook the most dangerous mission of all: to fly all the way around the world. Babies and toddlers will love to snuggle as you read to them the engaging story of this fascinating icon, and will also enjoy exploring the stylish and quirky illustrations of this sturdy board book on their own. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling series of books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games, and other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!

The Vespertine

The Vespertine
Author: Saundra Mitchell
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-03-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9780606247917

During the summer of 1889, Amelia travels to Baltimore to live with her wealthy cousin and to find a husband, but soon after her arrival she begins having strange visions of the future that put everything at risk

Annie's Life in Lists

Annie's Life in Lists
Author: Kristin Mahoney
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2020-06-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524765120

For Annie, lists are how she keeps her whole life in order. And there is a lot to keep track of! Do you love Anastasia Krupnik, Ramona Quimby, and the Penderwicks? Then you will love Annie! Annie's a shy fifth grader with an incredible memory and a love of making lists. It helps her keep track of things when they can seem a little out of control, like her family, her friends, and her life in a new place. Annie has: 1. An incredible memory (really, it's almost photographic) that can get her in trouble. 2. A brother who is mad at her because he thinks she is the reason they had to move to Clover Gap, population 8,432. 4. A best friend who she is (almost) certain will always be her best friend. 5. New classmates, some of whom are nicer than others. 6. A rocky start finding her place in her new home. From the author of The 47 People You'll Meet in Middle School, Annie's Life in Lists finds that even amid the chaos of everyday life, it's important to put things in order. "Perfect for anyone who's ever worried about starting a new school, saying the wrong thing, dying of embarrassment, or losing a best friend. I loved getting to know Annie through her lists!" --Kelly Jones, author of Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer

The Elementals

The Elementals
Author: Saundra Mitchell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547853149

In 1917, Kate Witherspoon, who has lived a bohemian life with her artist parents, goes to Los Angeles where she meets crippled midwestern farm boy Julian Birch, another runaway, and together they realize they have the ability to triumph over death and time.

The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts

The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts
Author: Soraya Palmer
Publisher: Catapult
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2024-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1646222180

“Mothers never die. Children love to resurrect us in they stories.” Folktales and spirits animate this lively and unforgettable coming-of-age tale of two Jamaican-Trinidadian sisters in Brooklyn grappling with their mother’s illness, their father's infidelity, and the truth of their family's past Sisters Zora and Sasha Porter are drifting apart. Bearing witness to their father’s violence and their mother’s worsening illness, an unsettled Zora escapes into her journal, dreaming of being a writer, while Sasha discovers sex and chest binding, spending more time with her new girlfriend than at home. But the sisters, like their parents, must come together to answer to something more ancient and powerful than they know—and reckon with a family secret buried in the past. A tale told from the perspective of a mischievous narrator, featuring the Rolling Calf who haunts butchers, Mama Dglo who lives in the ocean, a vain tiger, and an outsmarted snake, The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts is set in a world as alive and unpredictable as Helen Oyeyemi’s. Telling of the love between sisters who don’t always see eye to eye, this extraordinary debut novel is a celebration of the power of stories, asking, What happens to us when our stories are erased? Do we disappear? Or do we come back haunting?