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Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world.
Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in the world's history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations.
Debut author/illustrator Vashti Harrison pairs captivating text with stunning illustrations as she tells the stories of both iconic and lesser-known female figures of black history, including:
Nurse Mary Seacole
Politician Diane Abbott
Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Singer Shirley Bassey
Among these biographies, readers will find heroes, role models and everyday women who did extraordinary things.
Vashti Harrison, author and illustrator of the bestselling Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History, is an artist, author and filmmaker with a passion for storytelling. She earned her MFA in film/video from California Institute of the Arts, where she snuck into animation and illustration classes to learn from Disney and DreamWorks legends. There she rekindled a love for drawing and painting. Now she uses her love of both film and illustration to craft beautiful stories for children.
ISBN: 9780316475112
ISBN-10: 9780316475112
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: 12/05/2017 - 12:00am
On Sale: 12/05/2017 - 12:00am
Pages: 96
Language: English
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
Juvenile Nonfiction / Girls & Women
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 21st Century
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 19th Century
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 20th Century
Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance