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Series: Sing with Me: The Story of Selena Quintanilla Hardcover Diana López 9780593110959 $23.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jul 20, 2021

An exuberant picture book celebrating the life and legacy of Selena Quintanilla, beloved Queen of Tejano music.From a very early age, young Selena knew how to connect with people and bring them together with music. Sing with Me follows Selena’s rise to stardom, from front-lining her family’s band at rodeos and quinceañeras to performing in front of tens of thousands at the Houston Astrodome. Young readers will be empowered by Selena’s dedication—learning Spanish as a teenager, designing her own clothes, and traveling around the country with her... + Read More
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Series: She Persisted She Persisted: Virginia Apgar Paperback Sayantani DasGupta 9780593115787 $7.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Apr 06, 2021

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!There weren’t many women who tried to become doctors when Virginia Apgar went to medical school—but she didn’t let that stop her. After a professor discouraged from becoming a surgeon, she became an anesthesiologist instead and created the famous Apgar test to check the health of newborn babies. It’s a test that’s still used in hospitals across the world to... + Read More
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Series: Who Was? Board Books Who Is Jane Goodall?: A Who Was? Board Book Board book Lisbeth Kaiser 9780593223420 $10.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 2 - 4 Mar 30, 2021

The latest addition to the Who HQ program: board book biographies of relevant and important figures, created specifically for the preschool audience!The #1 New York Times Bestselling Who Was? series expands into the board book space, bringing age-appropriate biographies of influential figures to readers ages 2-4.The chronology and themes of Jane Goodall’s meaningful life are presented in a masterfully succinct text, with just a few sentences per page. The fresh, stylized illustrations are sure to captivate young readers and adults alike. With a... + Read More
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Series: Wonder Women of Science: How 12 Geniuses Are Rocking Science, Technology, and the World Hardcover Tiera Fletcher 9781536207347 $25.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 15, 2021

What does it take to be a STEM genius? Check out these exciting, highly readable profiles of a dozen contemporary women who are on the cutting edge of scientific research.Searching the cosmos for a new Earth. Using math to fight human trafficking. Designing invisible (and safer) cars. Unlocking climate-change secrets. All of this groundbreaking science, and much more, is happening right now, spearheaded by the diverse female scientists and engineers profiled in this book. Meet award-winning aerospace engineer Tiera Fletcher and twelve other sci... + Read More
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Series: My Little Brave Girl Hardcover Hilary Duff 9780593300725 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Mar 23, 2021

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERActress, singer, and mother Hilary Duff offers a beautiful and inspiring picture book about bravery and love—a perfect mother-daughter read-aloud! The world is big, my little brave girl. It’s all here for you. A poetic text encourages girls to reach higher, dream bigger, and approach the world with their hearts wide open. This love letter to little girls was inspired by Hilary Duff’s own experience as a mother as she considered all the ways her daughter had to be brave even as an infant. With lush illustrati... + Read More
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Series: Who HQ Now Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Paperback Kirsten Anderson 9780593226407 $6.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Mar 16, 2021

The inspiring story of the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, told in the new Who HQ Now format for trending topics.On June 26, 2018, twenty-eight-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a bartender from New York City, became the youngest woman ever elected to serve on Congress. Her win shocked the political world and she became a celebrity overnight. Soon, everyone knew her by her initials: AOC. As soon as she was sworn into office, AOC became a vocal champion for healthcare for all and the fight against climate change. This exciting story de... + Read More
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Series: Unbound A Woman's Guide to Power Hardcover Kasia Urbaniak 9780593084519 $36.00 SELF-HELP Mar 09, 2021

The ultimate guide to owning your power—and mastering how to use it.How can so many women feel “good and mad” yet still reluctant to speak up in a meeting or difficult conversation? Why do women often feel like they’re too much—and, at the same time, not enough? What causes us, at the most critical moments in our lives, to freeze?Kasia Urbaniak teaches power to women—and her answers to these questions may surprise you. Based on insights from her experiences as a dominatrix, her training to become a Taoist nun, and the countless women she has ta... + Read More
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Series: She Persisted She Persisted: Sally Ride Paperback Atia Abawi 9780593115930 $7.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Mar 02, 2021

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well.In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Atia Abawi, readers learn about the am... + Read More
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Series: Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers Hardcover Michelle Obama 9780593303740 $24.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 10 Mar 02, 2021

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Michelle Obama’s worldwide bestselling memoir, Becoming, is now adapted for young readers.Michelle Robinson was born on the South Side of Chicago. From her modest beginnings, she would become Michelle Obama, the inspiring and powerful First Lady of the United States, when her husband, Barack Obama, was elected the forty-fourth president. They would be the first Black First Family in the White House and serve the country for two terms. Growing up, Michelle and her older brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their fam... + Read More
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Series: G My Name Is Girl A Song of Celebration from Argentina to Zambia Hardcover Dawn Masi 9780593304044 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Feb 23, 2021

Skip right into this joyful, diverse, alphabetic picture book celebrating girls around the world.A, my name is ALBA and my sister’s name is AYELÉN. We come from ARGENTINA and we are ADVENTUROUS.Girls from 26 different countries—Argentina to Zambia—are beautifully and thoughtfully represented in this A to Z tribute to global girlhood. Children will enjoy reading about each girl’s name, empowering character trait, and country, while learning how we are all connected.Globally-minded kids can also find the countries on a map at the back of the book... + Read More
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Series: Scoop! The Unauthorized Biography Taylor Swift Issue #10 Paperback Jennifer Poux 9780593224946 $7.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Feb 16, 2021

A new series of unauthorized biographies on the world’s biggest names and rising stars in entertainment, sports, and pop culture! Complete with quizzes, listicles, trivia, and a full-color pull-out poster of the star, this is the definitive collection to get the full Scoop! and more on your favorite celebrities.Taylor Swift. Where to begin?Has made Time’s 100 most influential people in the world list. Three times…so far…Holds six Guinness book of world Records. Yes, six. Has won 10 Grammy Awards. Go on…Oh, and an Emmy!So, what could possibly be... + Read More
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Series: The Leaf Detective How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest Hardcover Heather Lang 9781684371778 $24.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Feb 09, 2021

2022 Green Earth Book Award WinnerNCSS Septma Clark Award, Elementary Level HonoreeNSTA/CBC Best STEM BookJunior Library Guild SelectionJohn Burroughs Association Riverby Award Honorable Mention, Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing AwardThis picture book biography tells the story of Meg Lowman, a groundbreaking female scientist called a “real life Lorax” by National Geographic, who was determined to investigate the marvelous, undiscovered world of the rainforest treetops. Meg Lowman was always fascinated by the natural world above her head — the col... + Read More
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Series: What Are Little Girls Made Of? Hardcover Jeanne Willis 9781536217339 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Feb 04, 2021

Think you know your nursery rhymes? Then think again! In this witty reworking of some nursery rhymes, Georgie Porgie doesn’t dare to make the girls cry, Little Bo-Peep’s sheep are all present and accounted for, thank you, and it’s a female doctor, of course, who fixes Humpty Dumpty. With the combination of clever rhymes and charming, witty illustrations, this remixed nursery rhyme collection is the perfect gift book for any child (or adult!), to read aloud or enjoy alone.
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Series: She Persisted She Persisted: Claudette Colvin Paperback Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780593115848 $7.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Feb 02, 2021

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!Before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin made the same choice. She insisted on standing up—or in her case, sitting down—for what was right, and in doing so, fought for equality, fairness, and justice.In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome, rea... + Read More
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Series: Who Was? Who Was Catherine the Great? Paperback Pam Pollack 9780399544309 $7.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Feb 02, 2021

Learn how a Prussian princess grew up to be Russia’s longest-ruling female leader!Born in 1729, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbs was never supposed to come to power. But at age sixteen, she married the heir to the Russian throne. By 1762, Sophie, known now as Catherine, overthrew her immature and incompetent husband, Peter III, to lead the nation. Catherine became the sole ruler of Russia.This exciting Who Was? title explores how Catherine was able to turn Russia into one of the great powers of Europe by expanding its borders, helping improve it... + Read More
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Series: Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators Hardcover Claudia Friddell 9781684373505 $24.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Feb 02, 2021

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade BookNCSS Septma Clark Award, Elementary Level HonoreeBank Street College of Education Best Book of the YearLed by twenty-five-year-old Grace Banker, thirty-two telephone operators — affectionately called “Hello Girls” back in the US — became the first female combatants in World War I.Follow Grace Banker’s journey from her busy life as a telephone switchboard trainer in New York to her pioneering role as the Chief Operator of the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators in the battlefields of France. With... + Read More
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Series: The Aquanaut Hardcover Jill Heinerth 9780735263635 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jan 19, 2021

Written by an award-winning aquanaut and with art by a #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator, this inspiring picture book encourages readers to explore their world, build their self-esteem and imagine what they can do and become when they grow up.When I was young, the world seemed too dangerous. Everything was too hard. I was too young. Places were too far away. But that was okay because I had a big imagination…Through beautiful, spare text, Jill Heinerth tells her story about a girl who feels too young, too little and too far away from her... + Read More
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Series: Dream Big! How to Reach for Your Stars Paperback Abigail Harrison 9780593116753 $17.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 10 Jan 19, 2021

From Astronaut Abby, the dynamic founder of The Mars Generation, comes a book about dreaming big, reaching for the stars, and making a plan for success!From the age of four, Abigail Harrison knew she wanted to go to space. At age eleven, she sat down and wrote out a plan—not just for how to become an astronaut, but how to be the first astronaut to set foot on Mars. With a degree in biology, internships at NASA, and a national organization founded to help kids reach for the stars themselves, Astronaut Abby is well on her way to achieving her dre... + Read More
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Series: Little Golden Book My Little Golden Book About Frida Kahlo Hardcover Silvia Lopez 9780593175422 $5.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Jan 12, 2021

Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography all about the Mexican artist Frida Khalo! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers!This Little Golden Book captures the essence of Frida Kahlo for the youngest readers. From overcoming illness, to being one of only a handful of girls at her school in Mexico, to having her paintings hanging in museums, this is an inspiring read for future trailblazers and their parents! Features informative text and colorful illustrations inspired by Frida’s own artwork.Read all th... + Read More
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Series: Kate the Chemist The STEM Night Disaster Hardcover Kate Biberdorf 9780593116616 $17.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Jan 12, 2021

The third installment of the Kate the Chemist series that shows kids that everyone can be a scientist! Perfect for fans of the Girls Who Code series.Kate’s school is having their first-ever STEM Night and the prizes are incredible! Kate is determined to win and comes up with the perfect experiment. But as she and her best friend, Birdie, start preparing, they find that Kate’s project keeps getting messed up. Will Kate be able to use her science know-how to find out who is behind the STEM night sabotage? And will she fix her project before it’s ... + Read More
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Series: She Persisted She Persisted: Harriet Tubman Paperback Andrea Davis Pinkney 9780593115664 $7.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Jan 05, 2021

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!Born enslaved, Harriet Tubman rose up to become one of the most successful, determined and well-known conductors of the Underground Railroad. With her family’s love planted firmly in her heart, Harriet looked to the North Star for guidance—and its light helped guide her way out of slavery. Her courage made it possible for her to help others reach freedom to... + Read More
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Series: Playing to Win How Althea Gibson Broke Barriers and Changed Tennis Forever Paperback Karen Deans 9780823448531 $10.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Jan 05, 2021

A new and updated edition of the picture book about the woman called “The Jackie Robinson of tennis.”Although stars like Serena Williams cite Althea Gibson as an inspiration, Gibson’s story is not well-known to many young people today. Growing up tough and rebellious in Harlem, Althea took that fighting attitude and used it to go after her goals of being a tennis champion, and a time when tennis was a game played mostly by wealthy white people in country clubs that excluded African Americans. In 1956, she became the first Black American to win ... + Read More
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Series: DC Icons Series Black Canary: Breaking Silence Hardcover Alexandra Monir 9780593178317 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Dec 29, 2020

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES! DC Icons continues with the first-ever YA origin story of superhero Black Canary, from the internationally bestselling author Alexandra Monir. In this thrilling novel, Dinah Lance’s voice is her weapon. And in a near-future world where women have no rights, she won’t hesitate to use everything she has—including her song—to fight back. Dinah Lance was eight years old when she overheard the impossible: the sound of a girl singing. It was something she was never meant to hear—not in her lifetime and not in ... + Read More
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Series: Who Was? Board Books Who Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg?: A Who Was? Board Book Board book Lisbeth Kaiser 9780593222744 $10.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 2 - 4 Dec 08, 2020

Introducing the latest addition to the Who HQ program: board book biographies of relevant and important figures, created specifically for the preschool audience!The #1 New York Times Bestselling Who Was? series expands into the board book space, bringing age-appropriate biographies of influential figures to readers ages 2-4.The chronology and themes of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s meaningful life are presented in a masterfully succinct text, with just a few sentences per page. The fresh, stylized illustrations are sure to captivate young readers and a... + Read More
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Series: Little Golden Book My Little Golden Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hardcover Shana Corey 9780593172803 $7.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Dec 01, 2020

Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography all about the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers!This Little Golden Book is a compelling introduction to an inspiring woman, written for the youngest readers. From a young age, Ruth Bader Ginsburg knew that she wanted to fight for girls and women to have equal rights. She studied and worked very hard and became just the second woman—and the first Jewish woman—to be a United States Supreme Court Justice. This is... + Read More
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Series: Finding My Voice Hardcover Marie Myung-Ok Lee 9781641291972 $21.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Dec 01, 2020

The groundbreaking Own Voices YA classic from Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee, reissued with a new foreword from Wicked Fox author Kat Cho. Seventeen-year-old Ellen Sung just wants to be like everyone else at her all-white school. But hers is the only Korean American family in town, and her classmates in Arkin, Minnesota, will never let her forget that she’s different. At the start of senior year, Ellen finds herself falling for Tomper Sandel, a football player who is popular and blond and undeniably cute…and to her surprise, he fall... + Read More
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Series: This Is Your Time Hardcover Ruby Bridges 9780593378526 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 10 Nov 10, 2020

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • CBC KIDS’ BOOK CHOICE AWARD WINNERCivil rights icon Ruby Bridges—who, at the age of six, was the first black child to integrate into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans—inspires readers and calls for action in this moving letter. Her elegant, memorable gift book is especially uplifting in the wake of Kamala Harris making US history as the first female, first Black, and first South Asian vice president–elect. Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your T... + Read More
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Series: The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World Hardcover Lucinda Robb 9781536210330 $22.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 12 Oct 27, 2020

Do you have a cause you’re passionate about? Take a few tips from the suffragists, who led one of the largest and longest movements in American history. The women’s suffrage movement was decades in the making and came with many harsh setbacks. But it resulted in a permanent victory: women’s right to vote. How did the suffragists do it? One hundred years later, an eye-opening look at their playbook shows that some of their strategies seem oddly familiar. Women’s marches at inauguration time? Check. Publicity stunts, optics, and influencers? They... + Read More
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Series: Were I Not A Girl The Inspiring and True Story of Dr. James Barry Hardcover Lisa Robinson 9781984849052 $23.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Oct 20, 2020

This unique picture book biography tells the story of Dr. James Barry, born female, who lived as a man from age 18 to his death.Like other girls of her time, Margaret Bulkley didn’t go to school. She wouldn’t grow up to own property, be a soldier, a doctor, or hold any job other than perhaps maid or governor—such was a girl’s lot in 19th century England. And was she comfortable born in a girl’s body? We will never know. What we do know is that at the age of 18, she tugged off her stockings and dress, cut her red-gold curls, and vanished. In ... + Read More
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Series: She Persisted She Persisted Around the World 13 Women Who Changed History Board book Chelsea Clinton 9780593204146 $13.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 0 - 3 Oct 20, 2020

The companion to Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger’s #1 New York Times bestseller, She Persisted. Perfect for tiny activists, mini feminists and little kids who are ready to take on the world. Now abridged as a board book for our youngest feminists and activists!Women around the world have long dreamed big, even when they’ve been told their dreams didn’t matter. They’ve spoken out, risen up and fought for what’s right, even when they’ve been told to be quiet. Whether in science, the arts, sports or activism, women and girls throughout history ... + Read More
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Series: Mary Seacole: Bound for the Battlefield Hardcover Susan Goldman Rubin 9780763679941 $23.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Oct 13, 2020

The life of pioneering Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole gets its dramatic due in a sweeping and stunning biography.Mary Seacole spent much of her life on the front lines of the Crimean War, ministering to the wounded, caring for soldiers, and making her mark on the world of medicine. This fascinating biography honors Mary Seacole’s life, from her childhood in Kingston, Jamaica, and her encounters with racist Americans to her treatment of cholera patients in Panama and her bitter run-in with Florence Nightingale, who declined to work with her in Crim... + Read More
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Series: A Hopeful Heart Louisa May Alcott Before Little Women Hardcover Deborah Noyes 9780525646235 $24.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Oct 06, 2020

How did Little Women—the beloved literary classic and inspiration for Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed feature film adaptation—come to be? This stunning biography explores the unique family and unusual circumstances of literary icon Louisa May Alcott. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. How did these cherished characters come to be? Louisa May Alcott, the author of one of the most famous “girl” books of all time, was anything but a well-mannered young lady. A tomboy as well as a ravenous reader, Louisa took comfort in fictional characters that were as passionate a... + Read More
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Series: Who Was? Who Was Nellie Bly? Paperback Margaret Gurevich 9781524787530 $7.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Oct 06, 2020

Get ready to journey around the world with Nellie Bly—one of America’s first investigative journalists. Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman had no idea that the open letter she’d written to a local newspaper in Pittsburgh in 1885 would change her life forever. The editor of the paper was so impressed with her writing, that he offered her a job! She’d later change her name to Nellie Bly and work as an investigative reporter in New York City.Known for her extraordinary and record-breaking trip around the world and her undercover investigation of a mental i... + Read More
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Series: Wild Girl: How to Have Incredible Outdoor Adventures Hardcover Helen Skelton 9781536212860 $25.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 06, 2020

Get outdoors and have amazing real-life adventures with an inspirational guide from adventurer, world-record breaker, and British TV personality Helen Skelton.From kayaking the length of the Amazon to biking to the South Pole and running an ultramarathon across the Namib desert, Helen Skelton shares the stories of her most daring feats of endurance and grit in some of the world’s most extreme wildernesses—overcoming challenges, embracing her fears, and finding the positives in the toughest situations. Alongside each exciting account are ideas f... + Read More
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Series: Bunheads Hardcover Misty Copeland 9780399547645 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Sep 29, 2020

The first in a series of picture books inspired by prima ballerina and author Misty Copeland’s own early experiences in ballet.From prima ballerina and New York Times bestselling author Misty Copeland comes the story of a young Misty, who discovers her love of dance through the ballet Coppélia—a story about a toymaker who devises a villainous plan to bring a doll to life.Misty is so captivated by the tale and its heroine, Swanilda, she decides to audition for the role. But she’s never danced ballet before; in fact, this is the very first day of... + Read More
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Series: Love Is Powerful Hardcover Heather Dean Brewer 9781536201994 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Sep 08, 2020

A little girl carries a big message—and finds it thrillingly amplified by the rallying crowd around her—in an empowering story for the youngest of activists.Mari raised her sign for everyone to see.Even though she was small and the crowd was very big,and she didn’t think anyone would hear,she yelled out. Mari is getting ready to make a sign with crayon as the streets below her fill up with people. “What are we making, Mama?” she asks. “A message for the world,” Mama says. “How will the whole world hear?” Mari wonders. “They’ll hear,” says Mama,... + Read More
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Series: Who HQ Now Who Is Greta Thunberg? Paperback Jill Leonard 9780593225677 $6.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 01, 2020

The inspiring story of a young Swedish schoolgirl who sparked a worldwide revolution, told in a new Who HQ Now format for trending topics.When she was just fifteen years old, Greta Thunberg knew she wanted to change the world. With a hand-painted sign that read “School strike for the climate” in Swedish, Greta sat alone on the steps of the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on climate change. Her one-person strike would soon spark a worldwide movement. This exciting story details the defining moments in Greta’s childhood that led up... + Read More
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Series: Baby Feminists: 25 Postcards for Change Cards Libby Babbott-Klein 9780593202210 $13.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Aug 04, 2020

Twenty-five postcards featuring your favorite feminists as babies--perfect for helping get out the vote in the 2020 election!Before these feminists inspired the world, they were . . . babies! These adorable and inspiring postcards feature pioneers like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Frida Kahlo, and Nelson Mandela. This beautifully packaged set of twenty-five postcards features text and art from both Baby Feminists and Baby Feminists Too. Seamlessly removable from their glue binding, the postcards are full-color on both sides, include facts about the ico... + Read More
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Series: Pirate Queen: The Legend of Grace O'Malley Paperback Tony Lee 9781536200201 $17.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 Aug 04, 2020

A captivating retelling of the story of Grace O’Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland, and her struggle to protect the friends, family, and country that she loved.A true daughter of the fearsome O’Malley clan, Grace spent her life wishing to join the fight to keep Henry VIII’s armies from invading her homeland of Ireland — only to be told again and again that the battlefield is no place for a woman. But after English conspirators brutally murder her husband, Grace can no longer stand idly by. Leading men into battle on the high seas, Grace O’Mall... + Read More
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Series: A Woman's Place Inside the Fight for a Feminist Future Paperback Kylie Cheung 9781623174842 $22.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jul 21, 2020

A fearless primer on the feminism we need now: tactics for advancing reproductive justice, promoting intersectionality, and pushing back against patriarchal systems of oppressionToo loud. Too shrill. Too far. Too much. Despite the systematic chipping away at our voices, autonomy, and rights, women who demand more—or even just enough—continue to be pushed aside, talked over, and dismissed. From unbridled online abuse to the unspoken societal rules that dictate who can express anger, when you’re a feminist the personal is political…and it’s time ... + Read More
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Series: The Emotional Load And Other Invisible Stuff Paperback Emma 9781609809560 $25.95 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Jul 21, 2020

The author of The Mental Load returns with more “visual essays which are transformative agents of change.”After the success of The Mental Load, Emma continues in her new book to tangle with issues pertinent to women’s experiences, from consent to the “power of love,” from the care and attentiveness that women place on others’ wellbeing and social cohesion, and how it constitutes another burden on women, to contraception, to the true nature of gallantry, from the culture of rape to diets, from safety in public spaces to retirement, along with so... + Read More
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Series: He Must Like You Hardcover Danielle Younge-Ullman 9780735265691 $21.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Jul 14, 2020

An authentic, angry, and surprisingly funny and romantic novel about sexual harassment, from the award-winning author of Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined.Libby's having a rough senior year. Her older brother absconded with his college money and is bartending on a Greek island. Her dad just told her she's got to pay for college herself, and he's evicting her when she graduates so he can Airbnb her room. A drunken hook-up with her coworker Kyle has left her upset and confused. So when Perry Ackerman, serial harasser and the most handsy customer... + Read More
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Series: Revolutions How Women Changed the World on Two Wheels Paperback Hannah Ross 9780593083604 $24.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Jun 09, 2020

A history and analysis of women’s cycling—beginning with its origins as a political statement and feminist act—that chronicles notable cyclists and groups around the world in hopes of inspiring more women to take up space on the road and elsewhere.Both a history of women’s cycling and an impassioned manifesto, Revolutions challenges a male-dominated narrative that has long prevailed in cycling and writing about cycling. Author Hannah Ross highlights the story of extraordinary women cyclists and all-female cycling groups from around the world an... + Read More
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Series: Goddesses and Heroines Women of Myth and Legend Hardcover Xanthe Gresham-Knight 9780500651919 $25.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jun 09, 2020

Illustrated stories from around the world that celebrate female characters in ancient myths and legends.Goddesses and Heroines tells the tales of inspirational female characters from ancient myth and legend which all too often go untold. Performance storyteller Xanthe Gresham-Knight draws on original texts and lends renewed relevance to stories from cultures around the world. We meet the youthful Aphrodite, the girl who created the world through imagination and sheer willpower; Hecate, the math whiz whose political drama on Mount Olympus saw he... + Read More
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Series: What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About #MeToo Essays on Sex, Authority & the Mess of Life Hardcover Joann Wypijewski 9781788738057 $35.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jun 02, 2020

An exquisite examination of a sexual culture in crisisWhat if we took sex out of the box marked “special,” either the worst or best thing that a human person can experience, and considered it within the complexity of reality? In this extraordinary book, despite longstanding tabloid-style sexual preoccupations with monsters and victims, shame and virtue, JoAnn Wypijewski does exactly that. From the HIV crisis to the paedophile priest panic, Woody Allen to Brett Kavanaugh, child pornography to Abu Ghraib, Wypijewski takes the most famous sex pani... + Read More
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Series: Fortunes of Feminism From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis Paperback Nancy Fraser 9781788738576 $25.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Mar 31, 2020

Nancy Fraser’s powerful new book documents the “movements of feminism” and the shifts in the feminist imaginary since the 1970s.Fraser follows the history of feminism from the ferment of the New Left, during which “Second Wave” feminism emerged as a struggle for women’s liberation alongside other social movements, to its emersion in identity politics following the decline of its initial utopian energies. Alongside this detailed history, Fraser recognizes the need for a reinvigorated feminist radicalism to respond to the crisis in neoliberalism.... + Read More
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Series: Burn It Down! Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution Hardcover Breanne Fahs 9781788735384 $39.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Mar 24, 2020

A comprehensive collection of feminist manifestos, chronicling rage and dreams from the nineteenth century to the present dayA landmark collection spanning two centuries and four waves of feminist activism and writing, Burn It Down! is a testament to what is possible when women are driven to the edge. The manifesto—raging, demanding, quarreling and provocative—has always been central to feminism, and it’s the angry, brash feminism we need now. Collecting over seventy-five manifestos from around the world, Burn It Down! is a rallying cry and a c... + Read More
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Series: The Seedling That Didn't Want to Grow Hardcover Britta Teckentrup 9783791374291 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Mar 24, 2020

This story about a reluctant seedling packs a powerful message about the benefits of being different.It's early spring and below the earth's surface seeds are just starting to sprout. One by one they stretch through the dirt and towards the sun, extending their shoots and leaves and growing tall. All except for one seedling, who isn't quite ready. Each page of this gentle but powerfully evocative book demonstrates how some of us are different. As most of the seeds transform into strong flowers, they block out the sun from the one left behind. B... + Read More
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Series: Citizen Woman An Illustrated History of the Women's Movement Hardcover Jane Gerhard 9783791385303 $54.00 HISTORY Mar 23, 2020

The first illustrated history to celebrate women's struggle for equality around the globe.One hundred years ago American women fought for and won an equal voice at the ballot box with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. This happened thanks to the unrelenting activism of women in the US and around the rest of the world, who shifted the notion of women's suffrage from fringe idea to reality. Although that was a huge achievement, successive generations of global activists have had to combat enormous gaps in women's rights that have cont... + Read More
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Series: The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness A Memoir Hardcover Sarah Ramey 9780385534079 $36.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 17, 2020

"A best memoir of 2020" —BookPageThe darkly funny memoir of Sarah Ramey’s years-long battle with a mysterious illness that doctors thought was all in her head—but wasn’t. A revelation and an inspiration for millions of women whose legitimate health complaints are ignored.In her harrowing, defiant, and unforgettable memoir, Sarah Ramey recounts the decade-long saga of how a seemingly minor illness in her senior year of college turned into a prolonged and elusive condition that destroyed her health but that doctors couldn't diagnose or treat. Wor... + Read More
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Series: The XX Brain The Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease Hardcover Lisa Mosconi PhD 9780593083116 $36.00 HEALTH & FITNESS Mar 10, 2020

“In The XX Brain, Lisa meticulously guides us in the ways we can both nourish and protect ourselves, body and mind, to ensure our brains remain resilient throughout our lives.”—from the foreword by Maria ShriverThe first book to address cognitive enhancement and Alzheimer’s prevention specifically in women—and to frame brain health as an essential component of Women’s Health.In this revolutionary book, Dr. Lisa Mosconi, director of the Women’s Brain Initiative at Weill Cornell Medical College, provides women with the first plan to address the u... + Read More
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Series: Fight Like a Girl Hardcover Sheena Kamal 9780735265554 $21.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Mar 10, 2020

The Beauty of the Moment meets Exit, Pursued by a Bear. Award-winning thriller writer Sheena Kamal delivers a kick-ass debut YA novel that will have fans crying out for more.Love and violence. In some families they’re bound up together, dysfunctional and poisonous, passed from generation to generation like eye color or a quirk of smile. Trisha’s trying to break the chain, channeling her violent impulses into Muay Thai kickboxing, an unlikely sport for a slightly built girl of Trinidadian descent. Her father comes and goes as he pleases, his pre... + Read More
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Series: Rise Up! The Art of Protest Hardcover Jo Rippon 9781623541507 $22.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Mar 03, 2020

Celebrate the right to resist!Human rights belong to every single one of us, but they are often under threat. Developed in collaboration with Amnesty International, Rise Up! encourages young people to engage in peaceful protest and stand up for freedom. Photographs of protest posters celebrate the ongoing fight for gender equality, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, refugee and immigrant rights, peace, and the environment.
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Series: Folktales for Fearless Girls The Stories We Were Never Told Hardcover Myriam Sayalero 9780593115220 $33.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Feb 25, 2020

Heroines save the day in this empowering collection of folktales from around the world, perfect for fans of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Curses to be broken. Riddles to be solved. Kings’ favor to be won. These are the standard stories we’ve heard in folktales and fables for as long as we can remember—challenges faced and overcome by princes and knights in shining armor. In Folktales for Fearless Girls, though, we see a different set of heroes charge across the page. In fact, we see heroines.Wily women and clever girls, valiant queens and... + Read More
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Series: Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There Hardcover Tara Schuster 9780525509882 $36.00 SELF-HELP Feb 18, 2020

Brutally honest, often hilarious, hard-won lessons in learning to love and care for yourself from a former vice president at Comedy Central who was called “ahead of her time” by Jordan Peele“You’re going to want Tara Schuster to become your new best friend.”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed“Compelling, persuasive, and useful no matter where you are in your life.”—Chelsea Handler, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Life Will Be the Death of MeBy the time she was in her late twenties, Tara Schuster was a rising ... + Read More
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Series: The Genius of Women From Overlooked to Changing the World Hardcover Janice Kaplan 9781524744212 $36.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Feb 18, 2020

What is genius? How is it defined, why is it important—and why do NINETY PERCENT of Americans still, in 2019, think that geniuses are more likely to be men? New York Times bestselling journalist Janice Kaplan dives in, both to explore why and figure out how to make change happen.As long as the word genius has existed it’s been narrowly defined and understood. Surveys show that when anyone, male or female, is asked to name a genius, the answers are predictable—Albert Einstein. Leonardo Da Vinci. Steve Jobs. But when the same group of people are ... + Read More
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Series: Women Win the Vote! 19 for the 19th Amendment Hardcover Nancy B Kennedy 9781324004141 $25.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Feb 11, 2020

A bold new collection showcasing the trailblazing individuals who fought for women’s suffrage, honoring the Nineteenth Amendment’s centennial anniversary.On August 18, 1920, women in the United States secured their right to vote with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Their fight for suffrage took decades of campaigning and marching, protesting and picketing, speeches and imprisonments. Millions of women across the country gave their all to achieve victory. From Lucretia Mott, who stoked the first flames of the suffrag... + Read More
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Series: Women Artists A to Z Hardcover Melanie LaBarge 9780593108727 $25.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Feb 11, 2020

An empowering and educational alphabet picture book about women artists, perfect for fans of Rad American Women A-Z.How many women artists can you name? From Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe, to Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and Xenobia Bailey, this lushly illustrated alphabet picture book presents both famous and underrepresented women in the fine arts from a variety of genres: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and more. Each spread features a simple line of text encapsulating the creator’s iconic work in one word, such as “D is for Dots” ... + Read More
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Series: The Wrong Kind of Women Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood Hardcover Naomi McDougall Jones 9780807033456 $35.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Feb 04, 2020

A brutally honest look at the systemic exclusion of women in film—an industry with massive cultural influence—and how, in response, women are making space in cinema for their voices to be heard.Generation after generation, women have faced the devastating reality that Hollywood is a system built to keep them out. The films created by that system influence everything from our worldviews to our brain chemistry. When women’s voices are excluded from the medium, the impact on society is immense. Actor, screenwriter, and award-winning independent fi... + Read More
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Series: Witches The Transformative Power of Women Working Together Paperback Sam George-Allen 9781612198347 $23.99 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jan 28, 2020

A celebration of the revolutionary potential of women working with other women, and a powerful statement about myths like the “cool girl” or the “catty workplace”Covens. Girl Bands. Ballet troupes. Convents. In all times and places, girls and women have come together in communities of vocation, of necessity, of support. In Witches, Sam George-Allen explores how wherever women gather, magic happens. Female farmers change the way we grow our food. Online beauty communities democratize skin-care rituals. And more than any other demographic, it’s t... + Read More