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Zusatztext 'I chose to write this book...to celebrate the world I want for my daughters! my new granddaughter! and the young girls and boys out there!' Hood writes in an author's note. If could give her a fist bump for including "and boys" there! I would. And that's because boys need to see these stories of powerful women just as much as girls do. Informationen zum Autor Susan Hood is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Alias Anna , Lifeboat 12 , Ada’s Violin , Brothers in Arms , The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics , Shaking Things Up , and Titan and the Wild Boars . She is the recipient of an E. B. White Read-Aloud Picture Book Honor, the Christopher Award, the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, the Golden Kite Award, and the Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, given annually for “a distinguished work of nonfiction.” Visit her at susanhoodbooks.com. Sophie Blackall is the illustrator of many acclaimed picture books, including Finding Winnie , for which she received the Caldecott Medal, one of the most prestigious children’s book awards in the world. Her artwork has also appeared in murals as part of the New York City MTA’s “Arts for Transit” program. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Melissa Sweet has illustrated more than one hundred books, including Kwame Alexander’s How to Read a Book and How to Write a Poem , and has written and illustrated her own work. Her work has been featured in magazines, on greeting cards, and on living room walls. Melissa has received the Caldecott Honor Medal twice, among many other awards, including the Sibert Award, and is a New York Times bestselling author and artist. Melissa lives in Maine. You can visit her at melissasweet.net. LeUyen Pham has voted in every single presidential election since she turned eighteen. She is the author and illustrator of A Piece of Cake , All the Things I Love About You , and Big Sister, Little Sister . She has illustrated many other picture books, including the New York Times bestsellers Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio and Freckleface Strawberry by Julianne Moore. LeUyen lives with her husband and sons in California. Oge Mora graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in illustration. Her debut picture book, Thank You, Omu! , was a Caldecott Honor Book, a New York Times Notable Book and Editors’ Choice, and a Junior Library Guild selection. She is also the author-illustrator of Saturday as well as the illustrator of The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read . Oge lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and invites you to visit her website at ogemora.com. Julie Morstad is the author and illustrator of Today and How To . She has illustrated many books for children, including Swan , The Dress and the Girl , This Is Sadie , and Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli . Julie makes her home in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she lives with her family. You can find her at www.juliemorstad.com. Lisa Brown is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of How To Be , Sometimes You Get What You Want , and the New York Times bestselling book The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming . She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son. Selina Alko grew up in Canada, like Joni Mitchell. And like Joni, Selina has been a painter since she was a child. She loves mixing materials together to create artwork for her award-winning children’s books. Besides working in her studio, Selina likes to travel, be involve...
