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Title:
Amazing women
Summary:
From world leaders to explorers to writers, artists, and performers, discover more than 40 women who changed the world and celebrate them this Women's History Month with this Level 4 DK Reader. Amazing Women will build reading skills while teaching vocabulary and telling the stories of influential women like Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, and Marie Curie, and highlighting important historical moments in women's history, like the Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls. Approaching human rights and gender equality from an age-appropriate angle, this book is a sure way to get kids dreaming about what they can achieve. Uncover the stories of the women who have helped shape the modern world in Amazing Women, and inspire future leaders along the way. Perfect for 9–11 year olds reading independently, reading becomes a fact-discovering adventure with these Level 4 readers. Supporting and encouraging a lifetime love of reading, nonfiction subjects are clearly explained, described vividly, and brought to life with true encounters, fascinating statistics, and dramatic photographic images. Additional information spreads are full of extra fun facts, developing the topics through a range of nonfiction presentation styles, such as articles, journals, and timelines.
General Note:
Includes index.
Edition:
First American edition.
Contents:
Maya Angelou -- Clara Barton -- Layne Beachley -- Simone Biles -- Anne Bronte -- Charlotte Bronte -- Emily Bronte -- Mary Cassatt -- Coco Chanel -- Cleopatra VII -- Hillary Clinton -- Marie Curie -- Laura Dekker -- Amelia Earhart -- Elizabeth I -- Anne Frank -- Rosalind Franklin -- Evelyn Glennie -- Tanni Grey-Thompson -- Arianna Huffington -- Angela James -- Amy Johnson -- Helen Keller -- Mary Kingsley -- Janica Kostelic -- Martha Lane Fox -- Ada Lovelace -- Wangari Maathai -- Yoky Matuoka -- Theresa May -- Angela Merkel -- L.M. Montgomery -- Mother Teresa -- Florence Nightengale -- Sandra Day O'Connor -- Christabel Pankhurst -- Emmeline Pankhurst -- Sylvia Pankhurst -- Rosa Parks -- Anna Pavlova -- Malavath Poorna -- Sally Ride -- Anita Roddick -- J.K. Rowling -- Wilma Rudolph -- Sacagawea -- Zainab Salbi -- Sheryl Sandberg -- Mary Seacole -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf -- Kathryn Sullivan -- Aung San Suu Kyi -- Valentina Tereshkova -- Helen Thayer -- Madam C.J. Walker -- Serena Williams -- Venus Williams -- Oprah Winfrey -- Malala Yousafzai -- Wang Zhenyi.
Physical Description:
96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Program Information:
AR 7.1 1.0 pt.
Publisher:
DK Publishing,
Publication Date:
2017
ISBN:
9781465458179

9781465457684

9781518225932

9781536403251
Publication Information:
New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2017.

©2017
Call Number:
J 920 JENNER
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