During the International Women's Month of March, Anouk and I had a goal to read more books ABOUT women BY women. We have sampled some great ones but Rad American Women A-Z is definitely our favorite! Things to love about it: the wonderful pop art portraits. Each woman's achievements, though sometimes complicated and subtle, are presented in a way that's easy for children to digest. And also it covers some relatively untrodden ground -- Rad American Women introduced Anouk (and even me) to women we had never heard of before. The subjects weren't just Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart who achieved great things but who we all know of, but women who were less well-known, less glamorous, more easily marginalized. Women like the Grimke Sisters, Virginia Apgar, Dolores Huerta, and Jovita Idar.
Rad American Women A-Z is most suitable in my opinion for kids from grades K-4. For upper grades, check out the authors' book for older readers, Rad Women Worldwide.
What are you reading lately?
