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Shaking Things Up

May 8, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Poems about 14 different women who “shook things up” and changed the world are seen on the pages of Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World by Susan Hood. Various female illustrators illustrate each person’s story in their signature style. From Ruby Bridges (not a woman, but a 6-year-old girl) to the first woman NYC fire fighter (and slave to a local firefighter) to a pair of sisters who were spies (and very important to the war effort. And one was even […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Emily Winfield Martin, Erin Robinson, Hadley Hooper, Isabel Roxas, Julie Morstad, LeUyen Pham, Lisa Brown, Melissa Sweet, Oge Mora, Sara Palacios, Selina Alko, Shadra Strickland, Sophie Blackall, Susan Hood

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:120 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: Emily Winfield Martin, Erin Robinson, Hadley Hooper, Isabel Roxas, Julie Morstad, LeUyen Pham, Lisa Brown, Melissa Sweet, Oge Mora, Sara Palacios, Selina Alko, Shadra Strickland, Sophie Blackall, Susan Hood ·
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