Can we agree to avoid the trap of sequestering so many outstanding, remarkable, important, glorious picture books on themes or topics into the confines of calendars? Theme months are double edged swords, pulling into the spotlight so countless terrific books, then tempting us to pack those away, or slide them onto the back shelves, as the next theme comes along. My thoughts on this practice developed during decades of teaching, and an essay starred in an early post on this blog. My conviction of the damage of this approach has strengthened and continues to this day.
So, I'm using this first of the month post to launch WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH by linking back to some of my favorite posts that spotlight this topic.
Some amazing CYBILS AWARDS nominees from 2019 can be checked out HERE.
Recent posts about author Laurie Wallmark's titles featuring WOMEN IN STEM, (giveaway has ended) are linked here:
Elizabeth Friedman, Codebreaker, Spyhunter,
Ada Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics,
Grace Hopper, Queen of Computers.
Let's not forget women and girls who werre/are trailblazers and stars SPORTS!
Lily Parr, Woman star in football (Soccer), reviewed HERE.
Miss Mary Reporting, the True Story of Mary Graber, reviewed HERE.
Olympians Wilma Rudolph, HERE, and Nadia, HERE.
There are so many more, but this is a sampling of the remarkable lives of women and girls who inspire and amaze and persist and deserve to be in the spotlight month after month, years after year. Let's hear it for GIRL/WOMEN POWER!
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