Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists
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Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest
$19.99 Add to cartOnce there was a redwood tree–one of the world’s largest and tallest trees, and one of the oldest. And once, born nearly a thousand years after the tree first took root, there was a girl named Julia,
- Author: Kostecki-Shaw, Jenny Sue
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 080509976X
- Language: English
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Little Black Lives Matter
$19.95 Read moreAn inspiring, life-affirming debut activist board book in rhyming couplets and triplets about Black heroes for little ones, their families, and anyone who loves A is for Activist and Antiracist Baby. … [more below]
- Author: Dill, Khodi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1644211874
- Language: English
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Little People, Big Dreams: Black Voices: 3 Books from the Best-Selling Series! Maya Angelou – Rosa Parks – Martin Luther King Jr.
$39.99 Read more*Selected as One of Oprah’s Favorite Things*
Meet three inspirational
“It’s never too early to introduce youngsters to inspiring people who have changed the world.” –As Oprah says on OprahDaily.com- Series: Little People, Big Dreams
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0711262535
- Language: English
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Black Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement: A Black History Book for Kids
$19.99 Add to cartIncredible stories of Black civil rights leaders for kids ages 8 to 12
The Civil Rights Movement was an organized effort by Black Americans to claim the fundamental rights that the U.S. government had
- Series: Biographies for Kids
- Author: Armand, Glenda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 9798886086546
- Language: English
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La Historia de Ruby Bridges (the Story of Ruby Bridges)
$7.99 Add to cartThe inspirational true story of Ruby Bridges.
Es 1960 y Ruby Bridges, de seis a os, se acaba de mudar con su familia de Misisipi a Nueva Orleans buscando una vida mejor. Cuando un juez sentencia que Ru
- Author: Coles, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1338767496
- Language: Spanish
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Because Claudette
$18.99 Add to cartFrom NYT bestselling author Tracey Baptiste comes a singular picture book that is both a biography about Claudette Colvin, the teen whose activism launched the Montgomery bus boycott, and a celebratio… [more below]
- Author: Baptiste, Tracey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 593326407
- Language: English
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Un Plato de Esperanza (a Plate of Hope Spanish Edition): La Inspiradora Historia del Chef Jos? Andr?s Y World Central Kitchen
$18.99 Add to cartUn conmovedor libro biogr?fico sobre el chef Jos? Andr?s, quien, junto con su organizaci?n World Central Kitchen, seguramente inspirar? a los ni?os a ayudar en sus propias comunidades.
El amor de Jos?- Author: Frankel, Erin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0593711335
- Language: Spanish
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Who Is Colin Kaepernick?
$4.99 Add to cartLearn about the inspiring life and career of professional football player and activist Colin Kaepernick in the new Who HQ Now format featuring newsmakers and trending topics.
On August 14, 2016, NFL q- Series: Who HQ Now
- Author: Wilson, Lakita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 059351940X
- Language: English
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Kids Who Are Changing the World: Ready-To-Read Level 3
$5.99 Add to cartMeet the inventive kids who are coming up with ways to save the world in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people “you should meet “
Have you ev- Series: You Should Meet
- Author: Higginson, Sheila Sweeny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1534432140
- Language: English
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We’re in This Together: A Young Readers Edition of We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders
$8.99 Add to cartAn empowering young readers edition of We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders, the memoir by Women’s March coorganizer and activist Linda Sarsour that’s “equal parts inspiring, emotional, and informative” (… [more below]
- Author: Sarsour, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1534439307
- Language: English
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A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
$9.99 Add to cartAs a new generation of activists demands an end to racism, A Place to Land reflects on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and the movement that it galvanized. Now available in paperback… [more below]
- Author: Wittenstein, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0823451135
- Language: English
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Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909
$19.99 Read moreThe true story of the young immigrant who led the largest strike of women workers in U.S. history. This picture book biography about the plight of immigrants in America in the early 1900s and the time
- Author: Markel, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 22 2013
- ISBN10: 0061804428
- Language: English
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Amanda Gorman
$8.99 Read moreDiscover the incredible life of Amanda Gorman, the amazing American poet and activist, in this book from the best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series.
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #75
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284458
- Language: English
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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
$10.99 Add to cartA Caldecott Honor Book
A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
A John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner
Stirring poems and stunning collage illustrations combine to celebrate the life of Fannie Lou Hamer… [more below]- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: December 24 2018
- ISBN10: 1536203254
- Language: English
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Twenty-Two Cents: Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank
$12.95 Read moreA biography of 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who revolutionized global antipoverty efforts by developing the innovative economic concept of micro-lending.
Now in paperback!
Growing up in
- Author: Yoo, Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1620148099
- Language: English
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Who Was Gandhi?
$6.99 Add to cartMohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in British-occupied India. Though he studied law in London and spent his early adulthood in South Africa, he remained devoted to his homeland and spent the … [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Rau, Dana Meachen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 13 2014
- ISBN10: 448482355
- Language: English
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The History of the Civil Rights Movement: A History Book for New Readers
$7.99 Add to cartAn introduction to the history of the civil rights movement for kids ages 6 to 9
Years ago, American laws were unfair to Black people. Black people were not allowed to shop in the same stores as whit- Series: History Of: A Biography Series for New Readers
- Author: Mallory, Shadae
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 163807934X
- Language: English
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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
$18.99 Add to cartA Caldecott Honor Book
A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
A John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner
Stirring poems and stunning collage illustrations combine to celebrate the life of Fannie Lou Hamer… [more below]- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 0763665312
- Language: English
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The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
$18.99 Add to cartMeet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you’re never too little to make a difference.
Nine-year-ol- Author: Levinson, Cynthia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1481400703
- Language: English
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The Story of Sojourner Truth: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$7.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of Sojourner Truth–a story about being bold and brave for kids ages 6 to 9
Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree, was one of the most important leaders in the anti-slavery movemen- Series: The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers
- Author: Clark, Anita Crawford
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 9798886509397
- Language: English
