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Shaking Things up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World

Shaking Things up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World

14 Young Women Who Changed the World

by Susan HoodSophie Blackall Emily Winfield Martin and others
Hardback
Publication Date: 13/04/2018

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"Each poem and illustration shines with a personality all its own." --Shelf Awareness (starred review)

"This book has definitely made an impact on my life." --Kitt Shapiro, daughter of Eartha Kitt

Fresh, accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women--each paired with a noteworthy female artist--to the next generation of activists, trailblazers, and rabble-rousers.

From the award-winning author of Ada's Violin and Lifeboat 12, Susan Hood, this is a poetic and visual celebration of persistent women throughout history.

In this book of poems, you will find Mary Anning, who was just thirteen when she unearthed a prehistoric fossil. You'll meet Ruby Bridges, the brave six-year-old who helped end segregation in the South. And Maya Lin, who at twenty-one won a competition to create a war memorial, and then had to appear before Congress to defend her right to create.

And those are just a few of the young women included in this book. Readers will also hear about Molly Williams, Annette Kellerman, Nellie Bly, Pura Belpré, Frida Kahlo, Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne, Frances Moore Lappé, Mae Jemison, Angela Zhang, and Malala Yousafzai--all whose stories will enthrall and inspire. This poetry collection was written, illustrated, edited, and designed by women and includes an author's note, a timeline, and additional resources.

With artwork by award-winning and bestselling artists including Selina Alko, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Hadley Hooper, Emily Winfield Martin, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Sara Palacios, LeUyen Pham, Erin Robinson, Isabel Roxas, Shadra Strickland, and Melissa Sweet.

A 2019 Bank Street Best Book of the Year

Named to the 2019 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List

Selected for CCBC Choices Book 2019

Selected as a Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2019

Named to the Cuyahoga County Public Library's 2018 list of Great Books for Kids

2020-2021 South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee

ISBN:
9780062699459
9780062699459
Category:
People & places (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
13-04-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
286x225x12mm
Weight:
0.39kg
Susan Hood

Susan Hood is the author of more than two hundred children’s books, including Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport; Leaps and Bounce and Rooting for You, both illustrated by Matthew Cordell; and Spike, the Mixed-up Monster, illustrated by Melissa Sweet.

She has worked as the children’s content director of Nick Jr. magazine and as an editor at Instructor magazine, Scholastic, and Sesame Workshop. Susan Hood lives with her family in coastal Connecticut.

Sophie Blackall

Sophie Blackall has illustrated several children's books and has also animated for TV. Her books include Meet Wild Boars by Meg Rosoff, and Ruby's Wish.

Of Red Butterfly, she says, "It was such a delight to delve into ancient China. From the moment I first read this story, my mind has been dancing with red butterflies and peach blossoms, lotus pools and autumn moons, princesses and secrets." Sophie lives in New York, USA.

Melissa Sweet

Melissa Sweet has illustrated nearly 100 books for children, including Some Writer! The Story of E. B.White, which she also wrote, and The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, which was awarded a Caldecott Honor.

She is also the illustrator of Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems. Melissa Sweet lives in Portland, USA.

LeUyen Pham

LeUyen Pham has illustrated more than one hundred books for children, including the Caldecott Honor book Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris and the bestselling Princess in Black series by Shannon and Dean Hale.

She is the co-creator, along with Shannon Hale, of the bestselling graphic memoirs Real Friends, Best Friends, and Friends Forever. Her own books include The Bear Who Wasn't There and Big Sister, Little Sister. A graduate of the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, LeUyen lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.

Oge Mora

Oge Mora graduated from the 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.

Julie Morstad

Julie Morstad is an author, illustrator and artist living in Vancouver, BC. Her book How To marked her authorial debut, and received starred reviews in Kirkus, School Library Journal and Quill & Quire, was a Governor General's Award nominee, and won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award.

She is also the illustrator of When You Were Small, recipient of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award; When I Was Small, winner of the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize; Swan - The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova; Today; and When Green Becomes Tomatoes, which has recieved numerous starred reviews.

Selina Alko

Selina Alko was born in Vancouver, British Colombia. Growing up in a house with a Turkish father who spoke seven languages exposed Selina to many different sounds from a young age.

Her father also taught her how to paint and gave her a starter course in self-expression. Her mother's involvement in the family's century-old metal recycling business yielded Alko's affinity for collage and mixing media ("trash art") in her work today. Selina's picture books include the highly acclaimed B is for Brooklyn.

Recently, Selina has embarked on a new chapter in her career: collaborated with her husband, the award-winning illustrator Sean Qualls, Selina wrote The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage which she co-illustrated with Sean.

Their second illustrated book, Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Fredrick Douglass (by Dean Robbins) came out in January 2016.

Hadley Hooper

Hadley Hooper is an illustrator and painter. Her 2014 book, The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse by Patricia MacLachlan, was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book. She lives in Denver with her partner, Hugh, and dog, Maddie.

Isabel Roxas

Isabel Roxas is the author-illustrator of The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens. She was born in the Philippines and raised on luscious mangoes, old wives’ tales, and monsoon moons.

She learned so much from her lolas Fe and Venancia: how to shine the floor with a coconut, navigate a palengke (wet market), and make a scrumptious bowl of ginataan.

Sara Palacios

Sara Palacios is the illustrator of How to Code a Sandcastle, The Flying Girl, Agnes and Clarabelle, and many more books. She is also the recipient of the Pura Belpr Illustrator Honor for her work on Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina. A native of Mexico, she earned her BFA and MFA degrees in illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

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