Much like Little Leaders: Visionary Women Around the World, this i . . .
"Much like Little Leaders: Visionary Women Around the World, this is a fantastic collection of biographies on 50 extraordinary women. What sets it apart is that this particular collection is entirely about African-American women who pursued their dreams. I love that the author's introduction includes the hope that readers of every background, and not just African-American readers, can enjoy this book and see themselves in these 'Little Leaders'. We read Visionary Women in January and loved it so I knew I'd make this a priority for Black History Month. My daughter wasn't interested enough to sit through every page so we read a few pages a day this week. I'm certainly getting more from it at this point but hope that the overall idea that women can do whatever they put their mind to sticks for her. I was quite surprised at how many names were familiar for me. It helps that there are a few authors, poets, and singers, as well as already-famous figures from history, but it also included a lot of women whom I had no knowledge of previously so I learned a lot. Each biography is about a page long, with an illustration of each woman on the opposite page. I personally love Vashti Harrison's super-cute illustration style. Each woman looks so peaceful and wise and I love the details in their era dress. I also really love the header doodles and doodled backgrounds that match each biography. I also love the 'Further Reading, Watching, and Listening' pages at the back of the book that shares websites to do further research as well as lists of films these women starred in or books that they wrote."