Tag: #nonfiction

• Book Highlight: Notable Native People

  This informative nonfiction book by Cherokee writer and creator, Adrienne Keene educates readers about 50 Native people, past and present who are helping to change the future by renewing and reclaiming their heritage and traditions. As stated in her introduction, she felt the need to write this book in order to reclaim the narrative that…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 2, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #adriennekeene, #indigenous, #nonfiction, #notablenativepeople, #rachelreads&reviews, #tenspeedpress

• Women’s History Month Books P8

  Now for my final post for Women’s History Month. Woo woo, I can’t believe I got to 8! #NotYourPrincess by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale This book is chock-full of essays, paintings, essays, inteviews stories and other mediums from Native American and First Nation women all over North America. It seeks to repair some…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 31, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #7thgeneration, #amym.davis, #annickpress, #annmccallumstaats, #betsygomez, #bloomsbury, #chicagoreviewpress, #dangerousbooksforgirls, #disney, #erikaowen, #frontiergrit, #georgesullivan, #girlhood, #goodgirlsandwickedwitches, #imagecomics, #imaginingourselves, #inlineoffire, #lawbreakingladies, #lisacharleyboy, #littlebrownandcompany, #malalayousafzai, #mariannemonson, #marybethleatherdale, #masumaahuja, #mayarodale, #nativewomenchangingtheirworlds, #newworldlibrary, #nonfiction, #notyourprincess, #patriciacutright, #paulagoldman, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #shadowmountainpublishing, #shechangedcomics, #simon&schuster, #thrillseekers, #wearedisplaced, #womenshistorymonth

• Historical Novels

  Nonfiction Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore This book takes on what should be a more well-known historical case in the history of women’s rights and workers rights. The case of the Dial Girls who slowly poisoned themselves and the managers who tried to willingly ignore their complaints and…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 15, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #abramsbooks, #alangatz, #carolynmeyer, #charlesandemma, #christinadiazgonzales, #clarionbooks, #deborahheiligman, #diaryofannefrank, #dollbaby, #fernschumerchapman, #fiction, #groundbreakingguys, #hattiebigsky, #hattieeverafter, #herhiddengenius, #historical, #inmozartsshadow, #isitnightorday, #katemoore, #kirbylarson, #lauralanemcneal, #lauraresau, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #madametussaud, #mariavirginiafarinango, #mariebenedict, #marybloodymary, #michellemoran, #nonfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #queenofwater, #rachelreads&reviews, #refugee, #scholastic, #sourcebooks, #squarefish, #stephaniepeters, #theothereinstein, #theradiumgirls, #theredumbrella, #toddhasaklowy, #wearepower, #yearling, #yesshecan

• Women’s History Month Books P6

  Dynamic Dames by Sloan DeForest This is a great addition to any TCM or feminist library going into 50 iconic female roles from Jane Eyre to The Bride and the actresses that portrayed them, showing how their characters influenced and widened the scope of how women can be portrayed in film and make a difference…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 6, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #beccaanderson, #blairimani, #dynamicdames, #feminist, #mango, #modernherstory, #neverthelesswepersisted, #nonfiction, #ourstoriesourvoices, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #runningpress, #simon&schuster, #sloandeforest, #thebookofawesomewomen, #womenshistorymonth

• Fashion Forward Books

  The Allegra Biscotti Collection by Olivia Bennet This was a fun book following a shy eight grader named Emma Rose. Her true passion is fashion, but not in a career sort of way, she just enjoys mixing and creating new looks, letting her imagination free. However, when a fashion designer sees her sketches, caught by…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 4, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #annshen, #biancaturetsky, #chroniclebooks, #fashion, #fiction, #hachettebookgroup, #neverthelesssheworeit, #nonfiction, #oliviabennet, #rachelreads&reviews, #sourcebooksforyoungreaders, #theallegrabiscotticollection, #timetravellingfashionista

• Women’s History Month Books P4

  Femme Magnifique A Kickstarter funded graphic anathology of women, living and dead from all walks of life including Kate Bush, Octavia Butler, Rumiko Takahashi and more. I love the unique art of each and every one of them, and it is made more personal in that each author writes why they chose them and how…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 4, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #aislaross, #blackcrownpublishing, #cassel, #elizabethweitzman, #feminist, #femmemagnifique, #forgottenwomen, #kazoomagazine, #leagueofextraordinarilyfunnywomen, #noisemakers, #nonfiction, #pajamapress, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #renegadewomeninfilmandtelevision, #runningpress, #sheilamoeschen, #thegirlwhorodeashark, #womenshistorymonth, #zingtsjeng

• 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…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 3, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #adamico, #amazonsabolitionistsandactivists, #caitlindonohue, #feminists, #girlsquads, #kateschatz, #lernerbooks, #lisakroger, #melanieranderson, #mikkiekendall, #miriamklienstahl, #monstershewrote, #nonfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #quirkbooks, #rachelreads&reviews, #radgirlscan, #sammaggs, #sherepresents, #tenspeedpress, #womenshistorymonth

• 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…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 2, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #anathologyofamazingwomen, #badgirls, #becauseIwasagirl, #brazen, #chandlero'leary, #deadfeminists, #feminist, #heidieystemple, #historical, #janeyolen, #jessicaspring, #macmillan, #nonfiction, #penelopebagieu, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #sandralawrence, #sasquatchbooks, #simon&schuster, #women's books, #womenshistorymonth

• 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.

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 1, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #100badgirlsthroughouthistory, #abramsbooks, #annshen, #bygonebadassbroads, #chroniclebooks, #elenafavilli, #feminist, #francescacavallo, #goodnightstoriesforrebelgirls, #harpercollins, #historical, #jason porath, #mackenzi, #mackenzilee, #nonfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #present, #rachelignotofsky, #rachelreads&reviews, #rejectedprincesses, #rolemodels, #tenspeedpress, #toughmothers, #women'shistorymonth, #womeninscience, #womenshistorymonth