Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists
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Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round: My Story of the Making of Martin Luther King Day
$16.99 Add to cartThis brilliant memoir-in-verse tells the moving story of how a nation learned to celebrate a hero. Through years of protests and petition, Kathlyn’s story highlights the foot soldiers who fought to ma
- Author: Kirkwood, Kathlyn J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0358387264
- Language: English
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Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution!: The Story of the Trans Women of Color Who Made LGBTQ+ History
$19.95 Add to cartSomeday girls like us will be able to wear whatever we want. People will call us by the names we choose. They’ll respect that we are women. The cops will leave us alone and no one will go hungry.
Sylv- Author: Ellison, Joy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 19 2020
- ISBN10: 1787755304
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King Jr. (Spanish Edition)
$8.99 Read moreThis beautiful Spanish-language book, translated from the hugely popular Little People, BIG DREAMS series, can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers and those learning the language, whether at home or… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams en Español #33
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284733
- Language: Spanish
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Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
$19.99 Add to cartAs a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees w
- Author: Winter, Jeanette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0152065458
- Language: English
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Manjhi Moves a Mountain
$17.99 Read moreDashrath Manjhi used a hammer and chisel, grit, determination, and twenty years to carve a path through the mountain separating his poor village from the nearby village with schools, markets, and a ho
- Author: Churnin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: September 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1939547342
- Language: English
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Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm’s Fight for Change
$20.99 Add to cartShirley Chisholm was a natural-born fighter. She didn’t like to be bossed and she wanted things to be fair.
Brooklyn-born Shirley Chisholm was smart and ambitious. She poured her energy into whatev
- Author: Brown, Tameka Fryer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1728420083
- Language: English
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Vision: My Story of Strength
$16.95 Add to cartEver since Precious Perez was a child, she has loved to sing. Born and raised outside Boston, her family joked that she’d eventually study at Berklee College of Music. But when a high school music tea
- Series: I, Witness
- Author: Perez, Precious
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 8, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324052295
- Language: English
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Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories
$19.99 Read moreFrom surviving a plane crash in the jungle to striking against climate change, you won’t believe the incredible stories of the challenges these brave kids from around the world have overcome
Rise Up:- Author: Li, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1524855294
- Language: English
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A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin
$18.99 Read moreFor take-charge girls in the making and fans of I Dissent and Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice, this is the story of Jeannette Rankin, the first US congresswoman.
Jeannette Rankin was always a take-ch- Author: Woelfle, Gretchen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 7, 2023
- ISBN10: 1662680120
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King Jr.
$8.99 Add to cartNow in paperback! In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the inspiring minister and c… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #33
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 3, 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284083
- Language: English
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Old Enough to Make a Difference: Be Inspired by Real-Life Children Building a More Sustainable Future
$18.99 Add to cartIn social entrepreneur Rebecca Hui’s Old Enough to Make a Difference, meet 12 enterprising and inspiring kids from around the world who have started businesses to help people and the planet, featuring… [more below]
- Series: Changemakers
- Author: Hui, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 141976599X
- Language: English
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Who Was Sojourner Truth?
$6.99 Add to cartAlmost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court–and won Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was kno… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0448486784
- Language: English
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I Am Malala Yousafzai
$15.99 Read moreThe youngest ever Nobel Prize laureate, Pakistani women’s rights activist Malala Yousafzai, is the 26th hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may… [more below]
- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0593405889
- Language: English
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The Story of Sojourner Truth: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$15.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of Sojourner Truth–a story about being bold and brave for kids ages 6 to 9
Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree, was one of the most important leaders in the anti-slavery movemen- Series: The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers
- Author: Clark, Anita Crawford
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 9798886509540
- Language: English
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Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
$18.99 Add to cartJUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION – Celebrate Pride and it’s iconic rainbow flag–a symbol of inclusion and acceptance around the world– with the very first picture book to tell its remarkable and inspi… [more below]
- Author: Sanders, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 10, 2018
- ISBN10: 0399555315
- Language: English
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For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai’s Story
$9.99 Add to cartShe grew up in a world where women were supposed to be quiet. But Malala Yousafzai refused to be silent. She defied the Taliban’s rules, spoke out for education for every girl, and was almost killed f… [more below]
- Series: Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books
- Author: Langston-George, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1491465565
- Language: English
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Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader
$19.99 Read moreIda B. Wells, Voice of Truth is an inspiring picture book biography of the groundbreaking journalist and civil rights activist as told by her great-granddaughter Michelle Duster and illustrated by Cor
- Author: Duster, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 125023946X
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King Jr.
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the inspiring minister and civil rights activi… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #33
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0711245673
- Language: English
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We Have a Dream: Meet 30 Young Indigenous People and People of Color Protecting the Planet
$17.99 Read moreThirty young environmental activists share their dreams with voice of a generation Mya-Rose Craig
Indigenous people and people of color are disproportionately affected by climate change. And yet they a
- Author: Craig, Mya-Rose
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1419756664
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King Jr.: A Peaceful Leader
$5.99 Add to cartThe life of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is introduced in this early reader biography.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed it was possible to change the world with peaceful protest.
- Series: I Can Read Level 2
- Author: Albee, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: 2-Jan-18
- ISBN10: 0062432753
- Language: English
