CHILDREN’S BOOKS, WEEK OF 8-16-2021

Alice across America : the story of the first women’s cross-country road trip / Sarah Glenn Marsh ; illustrated by Gilbert Ford.
Althea Gibson : the story of tennis’ fleet-of-foot girl / Written by Megan Reid ; Illustrated by Laura Freeman.
Aly Raisman : athlete and activist / Anna Leigh.
Breaking through : how female athletes shattered stereotypes in the roaring twenties / Sue Macy ; forwarded by Muffet McGraw.
Building Zaha : the story of architect Zaha Hadid / Victoria Tentler-Krylov.
Cubs in the tub : the true story of the Bronx Zoo’s first woman zookeeper / Candace Fleming ; illustrations by Julie Downing.
Fast enough : Bessie Stringfield’s first ride / Joel Christian Gill.
A girl named Rosita : the story of Rita Moreno: actor, singer, dancer, trailblazer! / by Anika Aldamuy Denise ; illustrated by Leo Espinosa.
The girl who named Pluto : the story of Venetia Burney / Alice B. McGinty ; illustrated by Elizabeth Haidle.
Grace Banker and her Hello Girls answer the call : the heroic story of WWI telephone operators / written by Claudia Friddell ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley.
Harriet Tubman / written by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint.
Hedy & her amazing invention / Jan Wahl ; illustrated by Morgana Wallace.
Helen Oxenbury : a life in illustration / Leonard S. Marcus.
Her fearless run : Kathrine Switzer’s historic Boston Marathon / Kim Chaffee ; illustrated by Ellen Rooney.
How Emily saved the bridge : the story of Emily Warren Roebling and the building of the Brooklyn Bridge / Frieda Wishinsky ; pictures by Natalie Nelson.
How women won the vote : Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and their big idea / Susan Campbell Bartoletti ; illustrated by Ziyue Chen.
I am Anne Frank / Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos.
In one ear & out the other : Antonia Brico & her amazingly musical life / by Diane Worthey ; [illustrations, Morgana Wallace].
Leave it to Abigail / written by Barb Rosenstock ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley.
The little mermaid / adapted by Metaphrog ; based on the tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
The little mermaid / Jerry Pinkney.
Ms. Gloria Steinem : a life / Winifred Conkling.
Nuestra Amâerica : 30 inspiring latinas/latinos who have shaped the United States / by Sabrina Vourvoulias ; illustrated by Gloria Fâelix ; introduction by Eduardo Diaz ; reading guide by Emily Key.
Proud : living my American dream / Ibtihaj Muhammad.
Rad girls can : stories of bold, brave, and brilliant young women / written by Kate Schatz ; illustrated by Miriam Klein Stahl.
The radium girls : the scary but true story of the poison that made people glow in the dark / Kate Moore.
Sarah Bernhardt : the divine and dazzling life of the world’s first superstar / Catherine Reef.
Surprising spies : unexpected heroes of World War II / Karen Gray Ruelle.
Victoria : portrait of a queen / Catherine Reef.