Little Leaders : Bold Women in Black History

Book: Little Women : Bold Women in Black History

Author / Illustrator: Vashti Harrison

Genre: Non-Fiction, Biographies
Major Awards: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Children's
Age Group: 3rd - 7th
Summary: This book is a compilation of all different African American women from history for every day of February. From Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Josephine Baker, and Rosa Parks to Maya Angelou, Angela Davis, Oprah Winfrey, and Dominique Dawes we get to learn about their personality, what they're famous for, and how they impacted the world or specialty. Towards the end of the book, Vashti Harrison includes twelve other African American women that relate to the ones mentioned in the book.

Evaluation & Comments: I thought this book was very cute, informational, and simple. I would love to use this in my classroom for the month of February to honor the Women in history during black history month where I would read a page or two at the end of class and have a discussion about it with the class. 

For another activity, I could have them choose a women in the book that they like, and write a letter with the mindset of that woman. It would be fun because they could use their imagination to think of what the person they choose would say. On the side, they could draw a little picture to go with the letter if they wanted to. Once they finish writing and illustrating, they would put it in the class mailbox, if there is one, and the teacher would choose some to read and learn about them.