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Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought)
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 22:28.SarahKate's Notes:
Even though this book is mostly text, it was fascinating to my 8 year old and we read selections from it daily, sometimes over and over.
 | author: Kathleen Krull rating:  asin: 0152008071 binding: Hardcover list price: $21.00 USD amazon price: $14.28 USD |
Not all governments have been run by men. Lives of Extraordinary Women turns the spotlight on women who have wielded power, revealing their feats--and flaws--for all the world to see. Here you'll find twenty of the most influential women in history: queens, warriors, prime ministers, first ladies, revolutionary leaders. Some are revered. Others are notorious. What were they really like?
Seven Brave Women
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 11/21/2007 - 15:47. | author: Betsy Hearne rating:  asin: 0688145027 binding: Hardcover list price: $15.99 USD amazon price: $10.87 USD |
Take a journey through time with seven women who left their indelible imprints on the past. Their history is a story and more. They were farmers and artists and missionaries and storytellers. They fought many battles but never in any wars. They were devout and determined and tireless and beloved. They were brave beyond compare. Betsy Hearne and Bethanne Andersen both make their picture-book debuts in this empowering, beautifully illustrated account of seven unforgettable women.
The Princess Knight (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards))
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 17:40. | author: Cornelia Funke rating:  asin: 0439536308 binding: Hardcover list price: $15.95 USD amazon price: $10.85 USD |
Cornelia Funke, author of the bestselling Thief Lord, tells a short, sweet story about a brave little princess with a mind of her own. King Wilfred's three sons learn to become big, bad knights the way any boisterous boys would: "They learned riding and jousting, fighting with swords...They learned how to stride proudly and how to shout very loudly." At her father's urging, young Princess Violetta tries to keep up with the same lessons, "even though she was so small she could hardly lift a sword at all!" Despite her brothers' teasing and laughing, Violetta continues to practi
Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of "Brave Bessie" Coleman
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 13:26. | author: Reeve Lindbergh rating: asin: 0763603619 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
Stock up for Black History Month and Women's History Month!As a young black woman in the 1920s, Bessie Coleman's chances of becoming a pilot were slim. But she never let her dream die and became the first licensed African-American aviator. Reeve Lindbergh honors her memory with a poem that sings of her accomplishment. With bold illustrations by Pamela Paparone, NOBODY OWNS THE SKY will inspire readers to follow their dreams.
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer
Submitted by SarahKate on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 21:19. | author: Shana Corey rating: asin: 0439078199 binding: Hardcover list price: $17.99 USD amazon price: $12.23 USD |
Amelia Bloomer is not a proper lady. She thinks proper ladies of the 19th century are silly. They're not allowed to vote, not supposed to work, and all that fuss about clothes!
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (Sandpiper Books)
Submitted by SarahKate on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 23:11.SarahKate's Notes:
An absolute classic!
 | author: Dubose Heyward rating:  asin: 0395159903 binding: Hardcover list price: $15.00 USD amazon price: $10.20 USD |
The country bunny attains the exalted position of Easter Bunny in spite of her responsibilities as the mother of twenty-one children.
What Goes Around Comes Around
Submitted by SarahKate on Sun, 11/11/2007 - 22:46.SarahKate's Notes:
An big hearted Grandmother makes big pots of soup and delivers portions to her hungry friends, for fun. One day her granddaughter accompanies her and is well received… I love the language in the book, I couldn't help going into the accents. All these adults cherish little Isabel and encouraged her to share her own talent – her colorful drawings. She sees that sharing her gifts makes the world a better place. Illustrations are simple (3 color), the story is a long one – 50 pages, the message is outstanding.
 | author: Sally G. Ward rating: asin: 0385412223 binding: Hardcover list price: $14.00 USD amazon price: $14.00 |
Fairy Tales for the New Age
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 16:42.- Acts of kindness and generosity
- Adventure
- age 10
- age 11
- age 12
- age 3
- age 4
- age 5
- age 6
- age 7
- age 8
- Chapter book
- Courage and strength
- Emotions and Feelings
- Empowering boys
- Empowering girls
- Encouraging cooperation
- Fairies, elves, gnomes...
- Folk tales, fairy tales and ledgends
- Gentle stories for sensitive souls
- Helpful Children
- Imagination
- Magical
- Rural / Simple life
- Siblings caring for each other
SarahKate's Notes:
In my opinion this is one of the finest collections of fairy tales
I've read. They aren't syrupy and super-positive. They are gentle,
original stories of children overcoming their fears, learning powerful
lessons, and meeting magical spirits. We savor this book and I read
the a story from it every few weeks and it is a real treat the whole
family enjoys.
 | author: Arlene Williams rating: asin: 0960544445 binding: Paperback list price: $12.95 USD amazon price: $12.95 |
A collection of twelve original fairy tales with a gentle, sensitive flavor. There are no wicked witches threatening to cook and eat small children, no big, bad wolves devouring your grandma. You will find instead, stories in which good things happen to characters who work at making their lives and relationships better--with and without magic.
Marguerite Makes a Book
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 09:53. | author: Bruce Robertson rating: asin: 089236372X binding: Hardcover list price: $19.95 USD amazon price: $13.57 USD |
Paris in the 1400s. A young girl named Marguerite delights in assisting her father, Jacques, in his craft: illuminating manuscripts for the nobility of France. His current commission is a splendid book of hours for his patron, Lady Isabelle, but will he be able to finish it in time for Lady Isabelle's name day?
Marigold and the Feather of Hope, The Journey Begins (The Fairy Chronicles)
Submitted by SarahKate on Tue, 11/06/2007 - 16:30.SarahKate's Notes:
I was really impressed with this book! In addition to being ordinary girls, some girls are granted a fairy spirit, and can change into a fairy any time they wish. Magic is all around us, though we may see the garden Gnomes as eggplants and a fairy as a butterfly. This is the first in a series the my 7 yo is very anxious to hear more of!
 | author: J. H. Sweet rating: asin: 1402208723 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
Inside you is the power to do anythingMeet Beth, who's just discovered something incredible she is a fairy, a marigold fairy, to be exact.But Beth must learn to be a fairy during an emergency! The Feather of Hope has been lost and Beth must enlist the aid of her dog, Peanut, in a daring mission to rescue it from a house occupied by dangerous gremlins. And if Beth, her new fairy friends and Peanut can't get the Feather back, all hope will be lost forever.