Social Activists
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Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
$19.99 Read moreAs 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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My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story
$19.99 Add to cartA moving, beautifully illustrated true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II–from the iconic Star Trek actor, activist, and auth… [more below]
- Author: Takei, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0593566351
- 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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Who Was Nelson Mandela?
$5.99 Add to cartAs a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in pri… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 09 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479338
- Language: English
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Planting Peace: The Story of Wangari Maathai
$12.95 Add to cartA bold and brightly colored illustrated biography of Wangari Maathai who founded the Green Belt Movement and was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
This picture book tells the insp- Author: Hooks, Gwendolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1623717604
- Language: English
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Illegally Yours Ilegalmente Tuyo (Spanish Edition): La Comedia de Mi Vida
$18.99 Add to cartMientras crec?a, los padres de Rafa no quer?an que se sintiera diferente porque, como su mam? le dijo: “Los sue?os no deben tener fronteras”. Pero cuando intent? sacar su licencia de conducir en su te
- Author: Agustin, Rafael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0063209950
- Language: Spanish
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Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality /]csarah McBride
$19.00 Add to cart“A brave, powerful memoir” (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activist elected as the first openly transgender state senator in U.S. history
“T… [more below]- Author: McBride, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1524761486
- Language: English
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Who Was Ida B. Wells?
$6.99 Add to cartThe story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous Black female journalist in nineteenth-century America.
Born into slavery in 1862, Ida- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Fabiny, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0593093356
- Language: English
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Warren and Bill: Gates, Buffett, and the Friendship That Changed the World
$30.00 Read moreFrom the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour, and The Two Popes comes the fascinating account of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett’s friendship–one of the most
- Author: McCarten, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0063037793
- 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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Sissy: A Coming-Of-Gender Story
$18.00 Add to cartTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“Transformative … If Tobia aspires to the ranks of comic memoirists like David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling, Sissy succeeds.” —The New York Times Book Review (A Paperback Row Pi- Author: Tobia, Jacob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 735218846
- 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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We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance
$17.99 Add to cartLinda Sarsour, co-organizer of the Women’s March, shares an “unforgettable memoir” (Booklist) about how growing up Palestinian Muslim American, feminist, and empowered moved her to become a globally r… [more below]
- Author: Sarsour, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 2, 2021
- ISBN10: 1982105178
- Language: English
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Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy Takemoto Mink and the Fight for Title IX
$19.99 Add to cartThe only picture book biography about unsung hero Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first Asian American woman elected to Congress.
From a young age, Patsy Takemoto Mink learned that striving for goals came wit
- Author: Bryant, Jen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0062957228
- 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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Project Pawsome: Saving Shelter Pets One Bow Tie at a Time
$17.99 Read moreHeartwarming pet adoption stories and practical activism advice from award-winning teen social entrepreneur and shelter animal advocate, Sir Darius Brown.
When Sir Darius Brown was eight years old, h- Series: Our Tomorrow
- Author: Brown, Sir Darius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1684620708
- Language: English
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Fannie Lou Hamer: The Courageous Woman Who Marched for Dignity
$14.99 Add to cartRead the true story of Fannie Lou Hamer, a Civil Rights activist who courageously stood up for the vulnerable and contended for the rights of unborn children.
Living in Mississippi, “Mother Hamer” left
- Series: Do Great Things for God
- Author: Ellis, K. a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1784989436
- Language: English
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Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
$23.00 Add to cart“She fought a lonely and almost single-handed fight, with the single-mindedness of a crusader, long before men or women of any race entered the arena; and the measure of success she achieved goes far
- Series: Negro American Biographies and Autobiographies
- Author: Wells, Ida B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 13, 2020
- ISBN10: 022669142X
- 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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