Bibliograph

Born reading, 20 stories of women reading their way into history, Kathleen Krull and Virginia Loh-Hagan ; illustrated by Aura Lewis

Type

Label

Born reading, 20 stories of women reading their way into history, Kathleen Krull and Virginia Loh-Hagan ; illustrated by Aura Lewis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 8-12, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Born reading

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1334108243

Responsibility statement

Kathleen Krull and Virginia Loh-Hagan ; illustrated by Aura Lewis

Sub title

20 stories of women reading their way into history

Summary

"Once books change their brains, girls change history. Discover the foundation of reading that empowered some of the world's most influential women in this collection of 20 biographies"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Cleopatra (69 BC-30 BC) -- Wu Zetian (624-705) -- Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) -- Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695) -- Phillis Wheatley Peters (1753-1784) -- E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) -- Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) -- Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) -- Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) -- Patsy Mink (1927-2002) -- Audre Lorde (1934-1992) -- Temple Grandin (1947- ) -- Sally Ride (1951-2012) -- Oprah Winfrey (1954- ) -- Sonia Sotomayor (1954- ) -- Serena Williams (1981- ) -- Taylor Swift (1989- ) -- Malala Yousafzai (1997- ) -- Amanda Gorman (1998- ) -- Marley Dias (2005- )

Target audience

juvenile

Classification