Social Activists
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Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller
$18.99 Read moreThis Big Words book from an award-winning author tells the courageous life story of Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation.
As a child in Oklahoma, Wilma Mankiller experienced- Series: Big Words #10
- Author: Rappaport, Doreen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1484747186
- Language: English
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Quien Es Malala Yousafzai?
$12.95 Add to cartMalala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner … [more below]
- Series: Quien Fue? / Who Was?
- Author: Brown, Dinah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1631134183
- Language: Spanish
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Mother Teresa
$15.99 Read morePart of the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Mother Teresa, along with her message of love and charity.
Agnes (later to become Mother Teresa) was- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #17
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 31 2018
- ISBN10: 1786032309
- Language: English
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Who Was the Voice of the People?: Cesar Chavez: A Who HQ Graphic Novel
$7.99 Add to cartDiscover the story behind Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike in this moving graphic novel — written by award-winning author Terry Blas and illustrated by Ignatz-nominated cartoonist Mar Julia. … [more below]
- Series: Who HQ Graphic Novels
- Author: Blas, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0593224493
- Language: English
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Someday Is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-Ins
$17.95 Read more“Not only does this book highlight an important civil rights activist, it can serve as an introduction to child activism as well as the movement itself. Valuable.” –Kirkus Reviews starred review
“Rel- Author: Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 1633224988
- Language: English
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Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World
$11.99 Add to cart“Each poem and illustration shines with a personality all its own.” —Shelf Awareness (starred review)
“This book has definitely made an impact on my life.” –Kitt Shapiro, daughter of Eartha Kitt
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- Author: Hood, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0062741721
- Language: English
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Once I Was You — Adapted for Young Readers: Finding My Voice and Passing the Mic
$18.99 Add to cart“When Maria speaks, I’m ready to listen and learn.” –Lin-Manuel Miranda
Emmy Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa has created a brand-new, unique version of her adult memoir, w- Author: Hinojosa, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1665902809
- Language: English
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The Story of John Lewis: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$10.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of John Lewis–a story for kids 6 to 9 about fighting for a better world
John Lewis was a civil rights leader and United States congressman who never stopped speaking up for justice,- Series: Story of
- Author: Leslie, Tonya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 1638788448
- Language: English
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Wilma Mankiller
$15.99 Read moreIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to be elected as Principal Chief of t… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #84
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 711271208
- Language: English
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MartÒs Song for Freedom: Martà Y Sus Versos Por La Libertad
$19.95 Read moreA bilingual biography of Jos? Mart?, who dedicated his life to the promotion of liberty-abolishment of slavery, political independence for Cuba, and intellectual independence from colonialism for all
- Author: Otheguy, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 17 2017
- ISBN10: 0892393750
- Language: Spanish
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Who Was Coretta Scott King?
$6.99 Add to cartThe wife of Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King was a civil rights leader in her own right, playing a prominent role in the African American struggle for racial equality in the 1960s.
Here’s a- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Herman, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0451532619
- Language: English
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Who Was Cesar Chavez?
$6.99 Read moreLearn more about Cesar Chavez, the famous Latino American civil rights activist.
When he was young, Cesar and his Mexican American family toiled in the fields as migrant farm workers. He knew all too- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Rau, Dana Meachen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1101995602
- Language: English
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Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
$9.99 Add to cartA paperback picture book based on the true story of Wangari Maathai, an environmental and political activist in Kenya and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
As a young girl growing up in Kenya,- Author: Winter, Jeanette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 31 2018
- ISBN10: 1328869210
- Language: English
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Journey: My Story of Migration
$16.99 Add to cartWhen Luis Onofre Valencia was five years old, his father lost his business and was forced to leave Mexico for the United States to find work. Devastated, Luis and his family struggled to keep afloat.
- Series: I, Witness
- Author: Valencia, Luis Onofre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1324052317
- Language: English
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Resistance: My Story of Activism
$7.95 Add to cartBorn in Brooklyn, New York, to Haitian immigrants, Frantzy Luzincourt has dedicated his life to service and the empowerment of youth voices. When he was fifteen, Frantzy became the founding president
- Series: I, Witness
- Author: Luzincourt, Frantzy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1324052538
- Language: English
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The Untold Story of Sylvia Mendez: School Desegregation Pioneer
$31.32 Read moreYou probably know that the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case was an important part of ending segregation in schools. But it wasn’t the only one. In 1947, Mendez v. Westminster helped end segregati
- Series: First But Forgotten
- Author: Gonzales, Leticia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 1669005046
- Language: English
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You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
$19.99 Read moreMake way for Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
It’s RBG like you’ve never seen her before!
Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young re
- Author: Robbins, Dean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1338767674
- Language: English
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Malala Speaks Out
$14.99 Read moreMalala Yousafzai was denied education when the Taliban took control of her town in Pakistan. She decided to speak up, despite the danger it put her in. Her story is the story of many girls.
When Malal
- Series: Speak Out #2
- Author: Fons Duocastella, Clara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 76
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1773069160
- Language: English
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We Move the World
$19.99 Read moreAn inspiring and empowering picture book about the small things kids do that have the potential to change the world
Meet some of the world’s most beloved movers, shakers, scientists, activists, dream
- Author: Lavelle, Kari
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 0062916858
- Language: English
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Coretta Scott
$9.99 Add to cartMultiple starred reviews greeted this amazing collaboration between Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson. As Booklist put it: “Poet and painter have joined forces to offer an indelible, emotional expressio
- Author: Shange, Ntozake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 27 2011
- ISBN10: 0061253669
- Language: English
