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Children's books about women

Last Updated: 28-May-2015

This guide lists children's books and young adult literature about women in Cubberley Education Library.

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The red pencil / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans.
First edition: September 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .I5247 R44 2014
Lexile measure HL620L; Age 8-12; Gr.6-9
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Portraits of Hispanic American heroes / by Juan Felipe Herrera ; paintings by Raul Colon.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E184 .S75 H486 2014
Ages 9-12; Gr.3-7; Pura Belpre award author honor, 2015
Firebird : ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird / Misty Copeland ; illustrated by Christopher Myers.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .O6443 F57 2014
Ages 5-8; Gr.1-3; Coretta Scott King illustrator award winner, 2015
How I discovered poetry / Marilyn Nelson ; illustrations by Hadley Hooper.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .A4795 H69 2014
Ages 10 and up; Gr.7-12; Autobiography and biography; Poetry and rhymes; Coretta Scott King Author Award honor, 2015
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Skit-scat raggedy cat : Ella Fitzgerald / written by Roxane Orgill; illustrated by Sean Qualls.
1st ed.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .F5 O65 2010
Lexile measure 820; Book level 4.7; Ages 6-10; Gr.3-6
Africa is my home : a child of the Amistad / Monica Edinger ; illustrated by Robert Byrd.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .D54 A38 2013
Lexile measure 890; Ages 10-14; Gr.4-7
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Brave girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 / written by Michelle Markel ; Illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
1st ed. New York : Balzer + Bray, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HD5325 .C62 1909 M37 2013
Lexile Measure AD760L; Ages 7-9
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Josephine : the dazzling life of Josephine Baker / words by Patricia Hruby Powell ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV1785 .B3 P68 2014
Lexile measure 790; gr.5-8
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Martin & Mahalia : his words, her song / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .K5 P54 2013
Lexile Measure AD570L, Ages 6-12; gr.2-4
Abina and the important men : a graphic history / Trevor R. Getz, Liz Clarke.
1st ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Green Library » Stacks » KRX46 .M36 .G48 2012
Gr. 10-12
Let It shine : stories of Black women freedom fighters / Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Stephen Alcorn.
[Reprint edition]. Boston, MA : Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2013], c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.96 .P565 2013
Lexile measure 940; Book level 7.2; Ages 8-12; gr.5-8

Other books

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Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream / Tanya Lee Stone ; [foreword by Margaret A. Weitekamp].
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TL789.85 .A1 S79 2008
Lexile measure 980; ages 10-up; autobiography and biography, gr. 5-8
Amelia lost : the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart / by Candace Fleming ; lettering by Jessica Hische.
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TL540 .E3 F58 2011
Lexile 930; grade level 6.6; Ages 8-14; Non-fiction biography, Awards: Orbis Pictus Honor, 2012. gr. 4-7
Bone detective : the story of forensic anthropologist Diane France / by Lorraine Jean Hopping.
New York, N.Y. : Franklin Watts ; Washington, D.C. : J. Henry Press, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GN50.6 .F8 H66 2005
Lexile measure 950; ages 10-14; biography, gr. 7-10
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Flappers, and the new American woman : perceptions of women from 1918 through the 1920s / Catherine Gourley.
Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HQ1420 .G67 2008
Ages 13-18, gr. 7-12
The forbidden schoolhouse : the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students. / Suzanne Jurmain.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LA2317 .C73 J87 2005
Lexile measure 920; Ages 9-14; Grade level 6.2; History, gr. 5-8
Freedom in the family : a mother-daughter memoir of the fight for civil rights / Tananarive Due and Patricia Stephens Due.
1st trade pbk. ed. New York : One World, 2004, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .D76 D84 2004
Lexile measure 380; book level 8.1, gr. 9-12
I'll pass for your comrade : women soldiers in the Civil War / Anita Silvey.
New York : Clarion Books, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E628 .S555 2008
Gr. 5-9
Independent dames : what you never knew about the women and girls of the American Revolution / by Laurie Halse Anderson ; illustrated by Matt Faulkner.
1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E276 .A53 2008
Ages 6-11; book level 6.1, gr. 1-6
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Jane Addams : champion of democracy / by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin.
New York : Clarion Books, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HV28 .A35 F73 2006
Lexile measure 1190; ages 10-18; book level 8.3, gr. 6-12
Ladies first : 40 daring American women who were second to none / by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel.
Library ed. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » CT3260 .K56 2006
Ages 10-15; book level 9.1; autobiography and biography, gr. 6-9
A library for Juana : the world of Sor Juana Inés / by Pat Mora ; illustrated by Beatriz Vidal ; [translated by Alan S. Trueblood].
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PQ7296 .J6 Z6993 2002
Ages 5-10; Book level 3.7; Historical fiction, gr. 1-3
Lives of extraordinary women : rulers, rebels (and what the neighbors thought) / written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt.
1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt, 2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HQ1236 .K8 2000
Lexile measure 1150; ages 8-14; book level 8.5; biography, gr. 1-5
Marie Curie / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
New York : Viking Children's Book, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QD22 .C8 K75 2007
Ages 9-12; biography, gr. 3-5
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Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E444 .T82 W43 2006
Lexile measure 660; ages 5-10; Book level 4; Historical fiction, gr. 1-4
My name is Celia : the life of Celia Cruz = Me llamo Celia : la vida de Celia Cruz / written by Monica Brown ; illustrated by Rafael López.
1st impression. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Rising Moon, 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .C96 B76 2004
Lexile measure 850; ages 8-12; book level 4.1, gr. 3-6
Nasreen's secret school : a true story from Afghanistan / by Jeanette Winter.
1st ed. New York : Beach Lane Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LC2410 .A3 W56 2009
Lexile measure 630; Ages 6-10, gr. 2-4
Only passing through : the story of Sojourner Truth / by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E185.97 .T8 R63 2000
Lexile measure 790; Book level 5.2; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-8
Planting the trees of Kenya : the story of Wangari Maathai / Claire A. Nivola.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, c2008 +
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » SB63 .M22 N58 2008
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Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout / by Lauren Redniss.
1st ed. New York : !t Books/Harper Collins, c2011.
Green Library » Request at circulation desk » QD22 .C8 R395 2011
Rosie and Mrs. America : perceptions of women in the 1930s and 1940s / Catherine Gourley.
Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HQ1420 .G68 2008
Ages 13-18, gr. 7-12
Sandra Day O'Connor : justice for all / by Beverly Gherman ; illustrated by Robert Masheris.
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1991.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » KF8745 .O25 G46 1991
Gr. 2-5
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Sea queens : women pirates around the world / Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Christine Joy Pratt.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » G535 .Y65 2008
Lexile measure 1040; ages 8-14; book level 7.1, gr.4-7
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Talkin' about Bessie : the story of aviator Elizabeth Coleman / by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
New York : Orchard Books, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » TK540 .C546 G75 2002 F
Lexile measure 970; Book level 6.1; Ages 5-12; Gr.4-6
Wheels of change : how women rode the bicycle to freedom (with a few flat tires along the way) / Sue Macy.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV1057 .M33 2011
Awards: Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young people, 2012; Lexile measure 1280; Book level 8.5; Ages 11-15, gr. 4-8
When Marian sang : the true recital of Marian Anderson : the voice of a century / libretto [i.e. text] by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; staging [i.e. illustrations] by Brian Selznick.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .A5 R93 2002
Lexile measure 780; ages 7-10; book level 5.2; biography; gr. K-5
Who says women can't be doctors? : the story of Elizabeth Blackwell / Tanya Lee Stone ; illustrated by Marjorie Priceman.
1st ed.; Advance reader's ed. New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » R692 .S755 2013
Lexile measure AD560, gr. K-3
With courage and cloth : winning the fight for a woman's right to vote / Ann Bausum.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » JK1896 .B38 2004
Lexile measure 1080; Ages 10 and up; Book level 8.3, gr. 5-10