Canadian Women Now and Then

More than 100 Stories of Fearless Trailblazers

by (author) Elizabeth MacLeod
illustrated by Maïa Faddoul

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Ages

9 to 12

Grades

4 to 7

Her Epic Adventure

25 Daring Women Who Inspire a Life Less Ordinary

by (author) Julia De Laurentiis Johnston
illustrated by Salini Perera

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Ages

8 to 12

Grades

3 to 7

The Girl Who Loved Giraffes

And Became the World's First Giraffologist

by (author) Kathy Stinson
illustrated by François Thisdale

Ages

5 to 10

Grades

k to 5

Black Women Who Dared

by (author) Naomi M. Moyer

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Ages

9 to 13

Grades

5 to 8

World Shakers

Inspiring Women Activists

by (author) Helen Wolfe

Ages

9 to 12

Grades

4 to 7

The Girl Who Rode a Shark

And Other Stories of Daring Women

by (author) Ailsa Ross
illustrated by Amy Blackwell

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Ages

8 to 12

Grades

4 to 7

She's a Mensch!

Ten Amazing Jewish Women

by (author) Anne Dublin

Ages

9 to 12

Grades

4 to 7

In Good Hands

Remarkable Female Politicians from Around the World Who Showed Up, Spoke Out and Made Change

by (author) Stephanie MacKendrick

Ages

14 to 18

Grades

9 to 12

A Tulip in Winter

A Story About Folk Artist Maud Lewis

by (author) Kathy Stinson
illustrated by Lauren Soloy

Ages

4 to 8

Grades

k to 4

Lady with the Books, The

A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman

by (author) Kathy Stinson
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Ages

4 to 7

Grades

p to 2

Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!

by (author) Jody Nyasha Warner
illustrated by Richard Rudnicki

Ages

5 to 9

Grades

k to 4

Walking in the City with Jane

A Story of Jane Jacobs

by (author) Susan Hughes
illustrated by Valérie Boivin

Ages

6 to 9

Grades

1 to 4

Fatty Legs (10th anniversary edition)

by (author) Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton & Christy Jordan-Fenton
illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
foreword by Debbie Reese

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Ages

9 to 11

Grades

4 to 7

A Likkle Miss Lou

How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice

by (author) Nadia L. Hohn
illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes

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Ages

4 to 8

Grades

k to 5

Unstoppable

Women With Disabilities

by (author) Helen Wolfe
illustrated by Karen Patkau

Ages

9 to 12

Grades

4 to 7

Searching Beyond the Stars

Seven Women in Science Take On Space's Biggest Questions

by (author) Nicole Mortillaro
illustrated by Amanda Key

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Resources

Ages

10 to 18

Grades

5 to 12

Amazing Atlantic Canadian Women

Fascinating Stories of Excellence and Determination

by (author) Stephanie Domet & Penelope Jackson
illustrated by James Bentley

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0

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p

#NotYourPrincess

Voices of Native American Women

edited by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale

Ages

14 to 18

Grades

9 to 12

Van Buren Sisters vs. the Pants Police, The

by (author) J.F. Fox
illustrated by Anna Kwan

Ages

5 to 8

Grades

k to 3

The Secret Pocket

by (author) Peggy Janicki
illustrated by Carrielynn Victor

Ages

6 to 8

Grades

1 to 3

Howdy, I'm Flores LaDue

by (author) Ayesha Clough
illustrated by Hugh Rookwood & Keegan Starlight

Ages

7 to 10

Grades

2 to 5

Govern Like a Girl

The Women Who Became Canada’s First Ministers

by (author) Kate Graham

Ages

9 to 12

Grades

4 to 7

Nibi Emosaawdang / The Water Walker

by (author) Joanne Robertson
translated by Shirley Williams & Isadore Toulouse

Ages

6 to 9

Grades

1 to 3