Amelia to Zora : Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World (Paperback)

from nbmars

This is a terrific book I recommend getting for every young girl on your library or gift list. Twenty-six women are highlighted from a variety of cultures, races, ethnicities and fields of accomplishment: one for each letter in the alphabet (e.g., Amelia Earhart, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Cecelia ...

from khoecker10

This book presents the biographies of 26 women who have made a difference in some way in the world. Each letter of the alphabet introduces one of these women and a brief biography of their accomplishments is given. The famous women range from artists, to figure skaters, to pilots, inventors, to m...

from bluemopitz

A really great biography book done in the format of an alphabet book. It gives a brief description of the life and works of 26 important women. They are not thorough biographies, but are meant to spark interest and encourage more research. Many of the women were familiar to me, but there were als...

from cnolasco

Chin-Lee, C. (2005). Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World (Addy, S. & Halsey, M. Illus.). New York: Charlesbridge Publishing. This is a really great alphabet book/short biography book. For every letter of the alphabet, the author presents an amazing woman from history. Each woma...

from ghimbert

This was one of my favorite biography books. It can be used as an introduction to biographies as each one is short. It can spark a child's interest in one of the women. It is organized alphabetically and includes biographies of Amelia Earhart, Kristi Yamaguchi, Mother Theresa and twenty-three oth...