Tag: Sports
Posted on October 16, 2020
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Category: Culture & Traditions, Environmental Activism, Girls Outdoors, Global Community, Pint-Sized Professor, stem, UncategorizedTags: Abi Hall, disability, disability representation, nature, Sports
Posted on August 27, 2020
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Category: Community Involvement, feminism, friendship, Girls Outdoors, Independent Thought, mindfulness, Own Voices, Self Expression, Social-Emotional Learning, Sports, Uncategorized, women in sports, young adultTags: confidence, Danielle Brown, goals, growing up, habits, Joanna Kerr, MENSA, Nathan Kai, paralympics, self-confidence, self-empowerment, social-emotional development, Sports
Posted on June 28, 2020
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Category: activism, BIPOC, feminism, Global Community, Historical Figures, Indigenous Voices, Uncategorized, women in sports, young adultTags: feminism, Global Community, Gonoh, Historical Figures, history, Indigenous Voices, Jean-Michel Billioud, olympics, paralympics, Sports
Posted on May 3, 2020
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Written by: Jason Reynolds Cover Art by: Vanessa Brantley Newton For ages: YA Middle Grades (mention of maternal death) Language: English Topics Covered: POC-Centric Narratives, Growing Up, Sports, Black Culture & Identity, Track & Field, Dance, Single Parenthood, Friendship, Homeschooling, Resilience, Own Voices. Summary: This is the third in Jason Reynolds’ Track… Continue Reading “Sunny”
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Category: BIPOC, Black Culture and Identity, Community Involvement, Family, Own Voices, poc-centric narratives, SportsTags: Black Culture and Identity, friendship, growing up, homeschooling, Own Voices, poc-centric narratives, resilience, single-parent family, Sports, track and field
Posted on April 1, 2020
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Written by: Saira Mir Illustrated by: Aaliya Jaleel For ages: 8-13 years Language: English Topics Covered: Muslim Women, Trailblazers, Historical Figures, Self-Empowerment, Feminism, Sports, Culture & Identity, Global Community, Own Voices. Summary: This book is a lovely book, almost anthology-like, of 18 Muslim girls (and women) that are changing… Continue Reading “Muslim Girls Rise”
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Category: activism, Culture & Traditions, feminism, Global Community, Historical Figures, Independent Thought, Muslim Identity, Own Voices, religion, Sports, women in leadership, Women in Science, women in sports, Women in STEMTags: Aaliya Jaleel, feminism, Global Community, Historical Figures, Muslim, Muslim culture, Muslim Identity, Own Voices, Saira Mir, self-empowerment, Sports, trailblazers
Posted on March 25, 2020
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Written by: Emily Easton Illustrated by: Ziyue Chen For ages: 4 years and up Language: English Topics Covered: American History, Activism, Historical Figures, Courage, Segregation, Enslavement, Sports, Environmentalism. Summary: This book opens with an Author’s Note talking about her inspiration to write the book. Emily’s young cousins had been… Continue Reading “Enough! 20 Protestors Who Changed America”
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Category: activism, BIPOC, Community Involvement, Family, feminism, friendship, Girls Outdoors, Global Community, Historical FiguresTags: activism, activist, American history, courage, Emily Easton, enslavement, environment, political activism, segregation, Sports, Ziyue Chen
Posted on March 6, 2020
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Written by: Megan Reid Illustrated by: Laura Freeman For ages: 4-8 years Language: English Topics Covered: Historical Figure, Women in Sports, Segregation, Trailblazer, Black Culture & Identity. Summary: Althea Gibson was the first Black person to win a Wimbledon trophy! This book talks about how sporty she was as a… Continue Reading “Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl”
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Category: BIPOC, Black Culture and Identity, Girls Outdoors, Historical Figures, poc-centric narratives, women in sportsTags: Althea Gibson, Black Culture and Identity, Historical Figures, Laura Freeman, Megan Reid, segregation, Sports, tennis, trailblazer, women in sports
Posted on March 4, 2020
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Written & Illustrated by: Violet Duncan For ages: 3 years and up Language: English Topics Covered: Indigenous Voices, Own Voices, Lived Experience, Growing Up, Culture & Identity, Hoop Dancing, Sports, Family, Love, Native Experience. Summary: This lovely book is all about the lived experiences of an Indigenous family, comparing… Continue Reading “I Am Native”
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Category: BIPOC, Community Involvement, Culture & Traditions, Family, Girls Outdoors, Global Community, Indigenous Voices, Own VoicesTags: cultural identity, culture and traditions, Family, growing up, hoop dancing, Indigenous Voices, lived experiences, Native experience, Own Voices, Sports, Violet Duncan
Posted on January 27, 2020
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Written by: Amalia Hoffman Illustrated by: Chiara Fedele For ages: 8-12 years old Language: English and some Italian Topics Covered: Judaism, WWII, Holocaust, Activism, Global Community, Historical Events, Historic Figure, Sports, Cycling. Summary: Gino Bartali was a small and sickly child, but he loved riding a bicycle more than anything else.… Continue Reading “The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero”
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Category: activism, Community Involvement, Culture & Traditions, Historical Figures, Independent Thought, Jewish Culture and Identity, Judaism, religion, Social-Emotional Learning, SportsTags: activism, activist, Amalia Hoffman, Chiara Fedele, cycling, Gino Bartoli, Global Community, historic narratives, historical events, Historical Figures, Holocaust, Independent Thought, jewish culture & identity, Judaism, Sports, WWII
Posted on January 12, 2020
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Written by: Each short story is written by someone different! Edited by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich. Covert Art by: Michelle Cunningham For ages: YA middle grades Language: English. Some Spanish, some Arabic. Topics Covered: Growing Up, Neurodiversity, Domestic Violence, POC-Centric Narratives, Own Voices, Sports, Supernatural, Adoption, Friendship, Family, Love. Summary: This book is awesome! Each… Continue Reading “The Hero Next Door”
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Category: Community Involvement, Global Community, Own Voices, poc-centric narratives, Social-Emotional LearningTags: adoption, Anna Dobbin, anthology, Cynthia Leitich Smith, domestic violence, Ellen Oh, Family, friendship, growing up, Hena Khan, Joseph Bruchac, Juana Medina, Lamar Giles, Linda Sue Park, love, Michelle Cunningham, Mike Jung, neurodivergence, Neurodiversity, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Own Voices, poc-centric narratives, R.J. Palacio, Rita Williams-Garcia, short stories, Sports, Suma Subramaniam, supernatural, William Alexander, ya literature
