Women

A warm and inviting picture book portrait of African American culinary legend Edna Lewis, who brought Southern cooking to New York CityEdna Lewis loved to cook. Growing up on a farm in Freetown, Virginia, she learned the value of fresh, local, seasonal...

The true life stories of six little-known fierce ancient warrior queens are told with humour and vivid detail by an award-winning writer. For young readers seeking to be inspired by stories of strong women, this riveting book shines a light on six...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593172803Author Shana CoreyFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

Who needs a Prince Charming when you're busy running the world?Do you know about the fierce and fearsome pirate who dared to challenge the Queen of England? Or the Indian daughter of a slave who became a warrior queen? And what about the Hungarian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647396824Author Joan Marie GalatFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

Throughout history, women have been told that they couldn't achieve their dreams, no matter how hard they tried. Women athletes have faced their own unique set of challenges, across countless sports and levels of play. In this third She Persisted book,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547906041Author Andrea Davis PinkneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Clarion BooksPublisher Clarion BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 264mm *...

Nancy Pearl loved books and spent so much time in her school library that her grade school classmates teased her, calling her "library girl." When she discovers her neighbourhood public library is open on Saturday, she begins the adventure of her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784987466Author Laura WickhamFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint The Good Book CompanyPublisher The Good Book CompanyWeight(grams) 302gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593377185Author Nadine EpsteinFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

The ultimate empowering gift for kids 4 to 8 years old!Featuring 10 empowering hardcover easy readers, this treasury shares 100 tales about extraordinary women and girls from all around the world.To create the Little Library, Rebel Girls has chosen 100...

This is the inspiring story of Wangari Maathai, women's rights activist and one of the first environmental warriors. Overcoming great obstacles, Wangari began the Green Belt Movement in Kenya in the 1960s, which focused on planting trees, environmental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593564196Author Christy WebsterFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

This board book version of Georgia O'Keeffe - from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series - introduces the youngest dreamers to this great artist who broke boundaries. As a child, little Georgia viewed the world differently from other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506464688Author Nancy Roe PimmFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780736879033Author Trina RobbinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone Press

Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525579977Author Lisa RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Random House USA Children's BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

A picture book biography about Beatrice Alexander, founder of the iconic Madame Alexander doll. Beatrice's family ran a doll hospital in their home in New York's Lower East Side, where she grew to love fixing and making dolls. Beatrice dreamed of...

Aly Raisman's skills as a gymnast have taken her to two Olympics (so far), and her charm and can-do attitude have made her a media darling and an inspiration to young girls everywhere. Not one to rest on her laurels (or rest at all!), Aly is excited to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780531212912Author Mike VeneziaFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint C. Press/F. Watts TradePublisher C. Press/F. Watts TradeWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597843751Author Mehmet BuyuksahinFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint The Light IncPublisher Tughra BooksWeight(grams) 106g

Discover the Amazing Queen of Sheba, dive into the musical world of singer Fairuz, and meet Nadia Murad, an outstanding Nobel Peace Prize winner. This collection of 25 short biographies, illustrated in different styles by five talented artists, reveals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593433522Author Deborah HopkinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the Nazis' persecution of Jews in World War II, Anne kept a diary that would become one of the most famous books in the world. Meet one of history's most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781445159515Author Izzi HowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Franklin Watts LtdPublisher Hachette Children's GroupWeight(grams) 192g

With determination and audacity, Josephine Baker used her comic and musical abilities to become a worldwide icon of the Jazz Age. This lively biography covers her outspoken participation in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, espionage work for the French...

The perfect gift for the fantastic feminist in your life!An inspiring, empowering, fantastically feminist and totally true story, perfect for fans of Little People, Big Dreams and Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls. Meet the amazing Emma Watson:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780803740822Author Brad MeltzerFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Dial Books for Young Readers,USPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646111602Author Susan B KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 147mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780778773085Author Sarah EasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Crabtree Publishing Co,USPublisher Crabtree Publishing Co,US

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620145876Author Bethany HegedusFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Lee & Low Books IncPublisher Lee & Low Books Inc

Rebel Voices: Disruptive Stories from Trailblazing Women - a new Puffin Classics collection, celebrating International Women's Day 2023To me, writing was pure pleasure. It thrilled me to be able to escape the horrors of my daily life in such a simple way...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619304352Author Karen Bush GibsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Nomad PressPublisher Nomad PressWeight(grams) 156g

Malala 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 of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about...

Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) (Nonfiction) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780316311199Author Malala YousafzaiFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Little,...

Before M.S. Subbulakshmi was a famous carnatic singer and the first Indian woman to perform at the United Nations, she was a young girl with a prodigious voice. But Subbulakshmi was not free to sing everywhere. In 1930s India, girls were not allowed...

We Are Explorers tells the stories of fourteen women whose adventurous spirit and curiosity saw them discover the world. Their exhilarating life stories are told by the equally adventurous author and illustrator Kari Herbert, whose father was the...

This book tells the true story of a scientist named Mary Anning. The fossils she found helped invent the science of palaeontology. If you've heard of Ichthyosaurs, Plesiosaurs or Pterosaurs you already know her work but there's so much that's been hidden...