International Women's Day | Central Kansas Library System

1) Project: Girl Power

Author

Carlson, Melody

Description

Written by bestselling author Melody Carlson. Meet Morgan, Amy, Carlie, and Emily. They all live in the trailer park at 622 Harbor View in tiny Boscoe Bay, Oregon. Proximity made them friends, but a desire to make the world a better place-and a willingness to work at it-keeps them together. In the first book of this new series, Project: Girl Power, bullies knock Emily from her bike on her way home from school, so the girls start walking together because...

2) Lights, camera, Girl Power!

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Description

The popular TV show Girl power has come to Heartlake City. The program is hosting a challenge: whichever girl puts together the most creative entry showcasing why Heartlake City is special to her will appear on the show. Will it be Andrea, Emma, Mia, Stephanie or Olivia who takes the stage?

3) Just Grace and the flower girl power

Author

Harper, Charise Mericle

Series

Just Grace volume 8

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Description

Although disappointed at not being chosen to be the flower girl in her best adult friend's wedding, third-grader Grace plans a special surprise for the big day.

4) The big book of girl power

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"All of DC's super heroines have amazing superpowers. Find out where these unstoppable women come from, how they got their incredible abilities, and what they do to keep the world safe."--Publisher description.

5) girl got game 7

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6) girl got game 3

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7) girl got game 2

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8) girl got game 5

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9) wordgirl the rise of miss power

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10) girl got game 8

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11) Friend power

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12) Queen bees & wannabes: helping your daughter survive cliques, gossip, boyfriends, and other realities of adolescence

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Wiseman, Rosalind

13) Laughing in the dark: from colored girl to woman of color-- a journey from prison to power

Author

Gaines, Patrice

14) First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliette Gordon Low

Author

Wadsworth, Ginger

Description

"Juliette (Daisy) Gordon Low was a remarkable woman with ideas that were ahead of her time. She witnessed important eras in U.S. history, from the Civil War and Reconstruction to westward expansion to post-World War I. And she made history by founding the first national organization to bring girls from all backgrounds into the out-of-doors. Daisy created controversy by encouraging them to prepare not only for traditional homemaking but also for roles...

15) Kate Middleton

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Series

Big buddy books. Buddy bios

Description

An illustrated exploration of the life of Kate Middleton, discussing her family, childhood, relationship with Prince William, wedding, royal duties, and more.

16) Temple Grandin: how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

An authorized portrait about Grandin's life with autism and her groundbreaking work as a scientist and designer of cruelty-free livestock facilities describes how she overcame key disabilities through education and the support of her mother.

17) Minty: a story of young Harriet Tubman

Author

Schroeder, Alan

Description

Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

18) Osceola: memories of a sharecropper's daughter

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A sharecropper's daughter describes her childhood in Texas in the early years of the twentieth century.

19) Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher preachers

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Description

Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe, who opposed slavery so passionately, that she decided to write novels about it, and became the most famous of a renowned family.

20) Gabby Douglas

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Series

Big buddy books. Buddy bios

Description

This book describes the life of Gabby Douglas, who amazed people at the 2012 Summer Olympics as she helped Team USA win a gold medal before making history as the first African American to win a gold medal in the individual all-around event.