Title Born reading : 20 stories of women reading their way into history / Kathleen Krull and Virginia Loh-Hagan ; illustrated by Aura Lewis.

Publication Info.	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2023]
	©2023

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Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 028 KRULL	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	J920.72 KRU	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Children	J Biography 920 KRU	DUE 04-27-24
Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department	J920 KR	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	138 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Note	"A Paula Wiseman Book."
Audience	Ages 8-12. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
	Grades 7-9. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Summary	"Once books change their brains, girls change history. Discover the foundation of reading that empowered some of the world's most influential women in this collection of 20 biographies"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-133) and index.
Contents	Cleopatra lives in the library: Cleopatra (69-30 BC) -- Wu gets ahead: Wu Zetian (624-705) -- Elizabeth rules the day: Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) -- Juana reads in secret: Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695) -- Phillis uses her voice: Phillis Wheatley Peters (1753-1784) -- E. Pauline takes the stage: E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) -- Chien-Shiung breaks barriers: Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) -- Indira learns from letters: Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) -- Shirley blazes trails: Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) -- Patsy pushes back: Patsy Mink (1927-2002) -- Audre refuses to be silent: Audre Lorde (1934-1992) -- Temple thinks in pictures: Temple Grandin (1947- ) -- Sally reaches for the stars: Sally Ride (1951-2012) -- Oprah influences America: Oprah Winfrey (1954- ) -- Sonia solves mysteries: Sonia Sotomayor (1954- ) -- Serena rises up: Serena Williams (1981- ) -- Taylor shakes it off: Taylor Swift (1989- ) -- Malala doesn't back down: Malala Yousafzai (1997- ) -- Amanda climbs hills: Amanda Gorman (1998- ) -- Marley gets it done: Marley Dias (2005- ) -- Epilogue: Kathy reads on the job: Kathleen Krull (1952-2021) -- Feminist fun facts -- More girls with books -- Activities to keep reading.
Subject	Women -- Books and reading -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Women -- Biography.
	Books and reading.
	Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
	Women -- Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst01176596
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Biographies.
	Illustrated works.
Added Author	Loh-Hagan, Virginia, author.
	Lewis, Aura, illustrator.
Other Form:	Online version: Krull, Kathleen. Born reading New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2023] 9781665917995 (DLC) 2022028199
ISBN	9781665917988 (hardcover)
	1665917989 (hardcover)
	9781665917995 (ebook)

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