#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world.

Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations, including:

Nurse Mary Seacole

Politician Diane Abbott

Mathematician Katherine Johnson

Singer Shirley Bassey

Bestselling author and artist Vashti Harrison pairs captivating text and beautiful illustrations as she tells the stories of both iconic and lesser-known female figures. Among these biographies, readers will find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things.

Vashti Harrison, author and illustrator of the bestselling Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History, is an artist, author and filmmaker with a passion for storytelling. She earned her MFA in film/video from California Institute of the Arts, where she snuck into animation and illustration classes to learn from Disney and DreamWorks legends. There she rekindled a love for drawing and painting. Now she uses her love of both film and illustration to craft beautiful stories for children.

Categories

• Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
• Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
• Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
• Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism
• Juvenile Nonfiction / Girls & Women

Product Details

ISBN: 9780316475112
ISBN-10: 0316475114
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: December 5th, 2017
Pages: 96
Language: English
Series: Vashti Harrison

Recommended Reading Level

Minimum Age: 8
Maximum Age: 12
Minimum Grade Level: 3
Maximum Grade Level: 7

Praise for Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History:

2021 Connecticut Nutmeg List

"Vashti Harrison's adorable, idiosyncratic drawings...are poster-worthy."
—O, the Oprah Magazine