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Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
For Helen Keller, "w-a-t-e-r" was a cool, slippery splash. "S-u-n" was the warm afternoon glow coating her skin. "L-i-l-y" was a sweet-smelling petal, soft and delicate to her touch. After an illness left her blind and deaf, Helen relied on her senses of touch and smell to help compensate for her loss. And then she met her teacher, Annie Sullivan, who showed her a new way to give meaning to the world around her. But most of all, Annie gave Helen a...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Each letter of the alphabet is represented by an important woman in the history of the United States, as well as others in her same field of accomplishment.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An homage to ten diverse, remarkable women who helped shape the United States between 1776 and 1824. Drawing on personal correspondence and private journals, Cokie Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of these women who created the framework for our current society, a generation of reformers and visionaries.
Author
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Profiled are 26 American women from the 18th through 21st centuries, who have made-or are still making--history as artists, writers, teachers, lawyers, or athletes. The women come from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds and many had to overcome extreme hardships. One woman represents each alphabetical letter beginning with Angela Davis, an activist, teacher, and writer, and concludes with Zora Neale Hurston, an anthropologist and writer."--Publisher....
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Helen Keller: Miracle Child is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.1.2 and Literacy.L.1.1. Readers will be inspired by the gorgeous primary source photographs of Helen Keller and her teacher and mentor, Anne Sullivan. This book should be paired with "Who Was Helen Keller?" (9781448890408) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic....
Author
Publisher
Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Who was at the forefront of women's right to vote? We know a few famous names, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what about so many others from diverse backgrounds--black, Asian, Latinx, Native American, and more--who helped lead the fight for suffrage? On the hundredth anniversary of the historic win for women's rights, it's time to celebrate the names and stories of the women whose stories have yet to be told."--
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Descubre cómo cuarenta latinas influyentes se convirtieron en las mujeres que hoy celebramos. En esta colección de biografías cortas de personajes de toda América Latina y de Estados Unidos, Juliet Menéndez explora los primeros pasitos con los que estas latinitas iniciaron su camino. Con hermosas ilustraciones, hechas a mano, Menéndez pone en relieve el poder que tienen los sueños de la infancia. Desde la jueza de la Corte Suprema Sonia Sotomayor...
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today. They followed their dreams--and just might encourage you to follow yours!"--Back cover
"A celebration of Latinas and Latin American women who followed their dreams, with portraits and short bios"--
Menéndez shares information about influential Latinas from all over Latin America and across the United States. Each two-page spread includes a full-page drawing of the woman as...
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