Social Activists
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Hitman for the Kindness Club: High Seas Escapades and Heroic Adventures of an Eco-Activist
$24.99 Read moreSpanning 1961 to 2022, this electrifying collection of essays captures the spirit, mettle, and moxie of one of the most intrepid environmentalists of our times. Paul Watson developed an enduring passi
- Author: Watson, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1570674124
- Language: English
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Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution!: The Story of the Trans Women of Color Who Made LGBTQ+ History
$19.95 Add to cartSomeday girls like us will be able to wear whatever we want. People will call us by the names we choose. They’ll respect that we are women. The cops will leave us alone and no one will go hungry.
Sylv- Author: Ellison, Joy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 19 2020
- ISBN10: 1787755304
- Language: English
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True You: A Gender Journey
$18.99 Add to cartThere are different ways to show and be who you are in this affirming photographic picture book that offers a celebratory and informative look at kids and their wide-ranging gender identities.
“Sometim
- Author: Agna, Gwen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 63240467
- Language: English
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The Great Book of Black Heroes: 30 Fearless and Inspirational Black Men and Women that Changed History
$11.99 Add to cartThe world is full of many great black men and women who changed the course of history. Because of their contributions, they are rightfully considered heroes by not just black people around the world,
- Author: O’Neill, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1648450725
- Language: English
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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
$12.99 Add to cartA memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes–now in paperback will an all-new discussion guide.
As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgom- Author: Lowery, Lynda Blackmon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0147512166
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King Jr. (Spanish Edition)
$8.99 Read moreThis beautiful Spanish-language book, translated from the hugely popular Little People, BIG DREAMS series, can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers and those learning the language, whether at home or… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams en Español #33
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284733
- Language: Spanish
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Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
$19.99 Add to cartAs a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees w
- Author: Winter, Jeanette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0152065458
- Language: English
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My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story
$19.99 Add to cartA moving, beautifully illustrated true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II–from the iconic Star Trek actor, activist, and auth… [more below]
- Author: Takei, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0593566351
- Language: English
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Manjhi Moves a Mountain
$17.99 Read moreDashrath Manjhi used a hammer and chisel, grit, determination, and twenty years to carve a path through the mountain separating his poor village from the nearby village with schools, markets, and a ho
- Author: Churnin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: September 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1939547342
- Language: English
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Who Was Nelson Mandela?
$5.99 Add to cartAs a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in pri… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 09 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479338
- Language: English
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Planting Peace: The Story of Wangari Maathai
$12.95 Read moreA bold and brightly colored illustrated biography of Wangari Maathai who founded the Green Belt Movement and was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
This picture book tells the insp- Author: Hooks, Gwendolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1623717604
- Language: English
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Illegally Yours Ilegalmente Tuyo (Spanish Edition): La Comedia de Mi Vida
$18.99 Add to cartMientras crec?a, los padres de Rafa no quer?an que se sintiera diferente porque, como su mam? le dijo: “Los sue?os no deben tener fronteras”. Pero cuando intent? sacar su licencia de conducir en su te
- Author: Agustin, Rafael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0063209950
- Language: Spanish
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Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality /]csarah McBride
$19.00 Add to cart“A brave, powerful memoir” (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activist elected as the first openly transgender state senator in U.S. history
“T… [more below]- Author: McBride, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1524761486
- Language: English
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Who Was Ida B. Wells?
$6.99 Add to cartThe story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous Black female journalist in nineteenth-century America.
Born into slavery in 1862, Ida- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Fabiny, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0593093356
- Language: English
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Warren and Bill: Gates, Buffett, and the Friendship That Changed the World
$30.00 Read moreFrom the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour, and The Two Popes comes the fascinating account of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett’s friendship–one of the most
- Author: McCarten, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0063037793
- Language: English
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Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm’s Fight for Change
$20.99 Add to cartShirley Chisholm was a natural-born fighter. She didn’t like to be bossed and she wanted things to be fair.
Brooklyn-born Shirley Chisholm was smart and ambitious. She poured her energy into whatev
- Author: Brown, Tameka Fryer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1728420083
- Language: English
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Sissy: A Coming-Of-Gender Story
$18.00 Add to cartTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“Transformative … If Tobia aspires to the ranks of comic memoirists like David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling, Sissy succeeds.” —The New York Times Book Review (A Paperback Row Pi- Author: Tobia, Jacob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 735218846
- Language: English
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Vision: My Story of Strength
$16.95 Add to cartEver since Precious Perez was a child, she has loved to sing. Born and raised outside Boston, her family joked that she’d eventually study at Berklee College of Music. But when a high school music tea
- Series: I, Witness
- Author: Perez, Precious
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 8, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324052295
- Language: English
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We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance
$17.99 Add to cartLinda Sarsour, co-organizer of the Women’s March, shares an “unforgettable memoir” (Booklist) about how growing up Palestinian Muslim American, feminist, and empowered moved her to become a globally r… [more below]
- Author: Sarsour, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 2, 2021
- ISBN10: 1982105178
- Language: English
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Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy Takemoto Mink and the Fight for Title IX
$19.99 Add to cartThe only picture book biography about unsung hero Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first Asian American woman elected to Congress.
From a young age, Patsy Takemoto Mink learned that striving for goals came wit
- Author: Bryant, Jen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0062957228
- Language: English
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