Category: Book Suggestions
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Historical Fiction Books for Kids
American Girls and American Girl: History Mystery, American Girl: Girls from Other Lands Series
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Women’s History Month Books P3
She Represents by Caitlin Donohue She Represents is a wonderful book written by journalist Caitlin Donohue that provides a brief bio, the policies, the controversies and quotes of each of the 44 women she highlights. I emphasize the journalist part because as she writes in the introduction she hopes this will serve as an introductory…
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Women’s History Month Books P2
Bad Girls by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple This fun book gives a brief intro to the infamous bad girls of history from biblical figures such as Delilah and Jezebel to murderers like Lizzie Borden and Elisabeth Bálfory to possible innocents such as Tituba from the Salem Witch Trials. At the end of…
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Women’s History Month Books P1
In honor of Women’s History Month, here are some of my favorite nonfic books about historical and some present-day role models who broke boundaries and made (underrated) history.