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calistareads's review against another edition
4.0
A wonderful book about 14 women who made history and changed the world a little. We start at the end of the 1700s and work our way up to the very modern. Obviously, there are more than 14 amazing women, but this book chooses 14 women to highlight their accomplishments. There are 14 different illustrators bringing this to life. Susan uses poems and stories to tell their stories. Several of these woman, I have read books about them. Susan gives only the basics of their story and the amazing things they accomplished. They are woman of every race and time and from different countries, but mostly Americans.
I enjoyed this little history and there were several women I hadn't heard of. It did a great job of honoring the fight women have had to be free and independent, but its short on details.
The women in the collection are:
Molly Williams,
Mary Anning
Nellie Bly
Annette Kellerman
Pura Belpre
Frida Kahlo
Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne
Frances Moore Lappe
Ruby Bridges
Mae Jemison
Maya Lin
Angela Zhang
Malala Yousafzai
It's a great collection for a sip of these amazing women who accomplished some big things in their life.
I enjoyed this little history and there were several women I hadn't heard of. It did a great job of honoring the fight women have had to be free and independent, but its short on details.
The women in the collection are:
Molly Williams,
Mary Anning
Nellie Bly
Annette Kellerman
Pura Belpre
Frida Kahlo
Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne
Frances Moore Lappe
Ruby Bridges
Mae Jemison
Maya Lin
Angela Zhang
Malala Yousafzai
It's a great collection for a sip of these amazing women who accomplished some big things in their life.
katieritoch's review against another edition
5.0
Shaking Things Up is a mighty informational book for all children but especially for young girls. This book tells a brief summary/story about 14 inspirational women who have impacted the world greatly. The book starts out with a timeline then goes into each woman's own individual story. I would use this book with older grades (3-6th) for a mentor text or a biography research project. I liked the women they chose and why they chose the women they did as well. This book is well written and introduces fearless women most have never heard of.
midnightbookgirl's review against another edition
5.0
A great picture book that introduces extraordinary young women who helped change the world (and who still are). The illustrations are great, but the prose is better! Just a great intro to some truly kick ass women to help inspire a new generation!
kjewelweed's review against another edition
5.0
For some reason, I was avoiding these group biographies. I don't remember what led me to check this one out, but in the beginning I was smiling and laughing along with the rhyming poems and by then I was wiping my tears. Wonderfully inspiring. And I love the various illustrators' work.
Edit: after reading this I started looking at more group biographies and remembered why I avoid them: they're just a little too random for me. This one is super quick and sweet, which is how is got around my randomness filter.
Edit: after reading this I started looking at more group biographies and remembered why I avoid them: they're just a little too random for me. This one is super quick and sweet, which is how is got around my randomness filter.
erine's review against another edition
5.0
A series of poems combined with beautiful illustrations designed to make any reader want to learn more about these young women.
elephant's review against another edition
5.0
Lovely illustrations and poetic biographies of women who made a difference in the world.
janaandbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Shaking Things Up is the best book. I was crying by the end. I love that it combines poetry and nonfiction, especially because my class just started talking about how diversity of the poetry genre. I am so excited to bring in a book and say, “look, poetry can be nonfiction too!”
My one gripe is this, and I think it is very important but should not color your entire opinion of the book. On page 9 it states that, “Williams was a servant of volunteer firefighter James Aymar.” Now, knowing that this story took place in early 1780, and Williams is black, I just….got a feeling that that was not exactly the relationship she had with Aymar. According to my Google search, sure enough she was actually held as an enslaved person by James Aymar. While I understand wanting to give Wiliams agency over her story, I do not think that this is best practiced by revising U.S. History. I would suggest either changing it to either reflect the truth of the relationship or not acknowledging his name in her story.
That is the one word of this story that is not entirely perfect. And I wish I was better at describing the many ways in which this book absolutely knocks it out of the park. The quotes are amazing. The poems are amazing, the diversity of the verse used is amazing, the illustrations are amazing, and of course, these WOMEN are amazing. I am so happy to have this book to share with my students.
My one gripe is this, and I think it is very important but should not color your entire opinion of the book. On page 9 it states that, “Williams was a servant of volunteer firefighter James Aymar.” Now, knowing that this story took place in early 1780, and Williams is black, I just….got a feeling that that was not exactly the relationship she had with Aymar. According to my Google search, sure enough she was actually held as an enslaved person by James Aymar. While I understand wanting to give Wiliams agency over her story, I do not think that this is best practiced by revising U.S. History. I would suggest either changing it to either reflect the truth of the relationship or not acknowledging his name in her story.
That is the one word of this story that is not entirely perfect. And I wish I was better at describing the many ways in which this book absolutely knocks it out of the park. The quotes are amazing. The poems are amazing, the diversity of the verse used is amazing, the illustrations are amazing, and of course, these WOMEN are amazing. I am so happy to have this book to share with my students.
kendallbridgete's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent picture book to introduce young readers to these young women who made an impact; yay for learning something new (several of these women I was unfamiliar with). Told through poems, this text would be a great starting point to lead down the path to more research about these figures.
shayemiller's review against another edition
4.0
I wish it hadn’t taken me so long to get my hands on this wonderful nonfiction picture book focusing on Mary Anning, Nellie Bly, Annette Kellerman, Molly Williams, Pura Belpre, Frida Kahlo, Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne, Mae Jemison, Maya Lin, Frances Moore Lappe, Angela Zhang, Ruby Bridges, and Malala Yousafzai! It is written by Susan Hood with illustrations by Selina Alko, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Hadley Hooper, Emily Winfield Martin, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Sara Palacios, LeUyen Pham, Erin K. Robinson, Isabel Roxas, Shadra Strickland and Melissa Sweet. At the very beginning we are provided a timeline (starting in the 1780s) where we can easily see the contributions of each of these 14 amazing women. The combination of poetic text and variety of artwork is a beautiful way to honor each woman. At the very end we find an extensive list of sources, books, websites, and more. It’s an excellent book for any children’s library (or home!).
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