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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi! The 2015 Amelia Bloomer list of recommended feminist literature for children birth to 18 years old has just been announced. The top ten are listed and described below. You can access
<a href="https://ameliabloomer.wordpress.com/2015/02/06/announcing-the-2015-amelia-bloomer-project-list/">
the complete list</a> online.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Cooper, Ilene. </span><em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United
States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country</span></u></b></em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Illus. by Elizabeth
Baddeley. 2014. 134p. Abrams Books for Young Readers-Abrams, $24.95 (978-1-419-71036-0).
<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">Gr.4-8</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Cooper presents a vivid chronicle from the beginning of the suffrage movement to the present, highlighting important women who have paved critical paths in the American political landscape.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mandana, Kavitha.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A
Pair of Twins</span></u></b></em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Illus. by Nayantara Surendranath. 2014. Unpaged. Karadi Tales, $11.95
(978-8-181-90302-0). <span class="skimlinks-unlinked">Gr.K-3</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Born minutes apart, a young girl and her beloved elephant break gender roles in India by becoming the first female elephant trainer and lead elephant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Manning, Kate. </span><em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">My Notorious Life</span></u></b></em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">2013. 438 p. Scribner-Simon & Schuster, $26.99 (978-1-4516-9806-0).
<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">Gr.10-up</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">After growing up in poverty, Axie becomes a medical practitioner and businesswoman who insists on providing 19th century women with reproductive choice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">McCarney, Rosemary. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">With Jen Albaugh and Plan International.
</span><em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Because I Am A Girl: I Can Change the World</span></u></b></em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">2014. 95p. Second Story Press, $16.95 (978-1-927583-44-9).
<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">Gr.4-8</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In the face of overwhelming challenges, girls around the world have found their own voices and fought for justice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">McCarney, Rosemary. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">With Plan International.
</span><em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Every Day is Malala Day</span></u></b></em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
2014. Unpaged. Second Story Press, $18.95 (978-1-927583-31-9). <span class="skimlinks-unlinked">
Gr.K-3</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Girls from around the world interpret Malala Yousafzai’s work and express their own ideas about equality, independence, and opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Napoli, Donna Jo. </span><em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hidden</span></u></b></em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
2014. 372p. A Paula Wiseman Book-Simon & Schuster, $17.99 (978-1-4424-8300-2). <span class="skimlinks-unlinked">
Gr.7-up</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">After she escapes from slave traders, young Brigid vows to do everything in her power to save her older sister, who is still held captive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Prince, Liz.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Tomboy:
A Graphic Memoir</span></u></b></em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> 2014. 255p. Zest, $15.99 (978-1-936976-55-3).
<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">Gr.7-up</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">With the help of new friends, feminist zines, and the punk scene, tomboy Liz Prince discovers that her problem is not who she is, but society’s restrictive gender roles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sherr, Lynn.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sally
Ride: America’s First Woman in Space</span></u></b></em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> 2014. 374p. Simon & Schuster, $28.00 (978-1-476-72576-5).
<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">Gr.10-up</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sally Ride spent her life challenging expectations of what women could and should do, most notably by becoming the first American woman in space.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Wilson, G. Willow.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Ms.
Marvel: No Normal</span></u></b></em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Illus. by Adrian Alphona. 2014. Unpaged. Marvel, $15.99 (978-0-785-19021-9).
<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">Gr.8-up</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Teen Kamala Khan receives the powers of Ms. Marvel. With her neighborhood in danger, she figures out how to reconcile her own cultural identity with a superpowered alter ego.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Yousafzai, Malala.<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">With Patricia McCormick.
</span><em><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World: Young Readers Edition</span></u></b></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
2014. 224p. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.00 (978-0-316-32793-0). <span class="skimlinks-unlinked">
Gr.5-10</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Malala Yousafzai, an international advocate for human rights and girls’ education, retells the story of her own education, activism, and attempted murder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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