“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Fresh, accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces fifteen revolutionary young women, who, through determination and perseverence, sparked change in the world. A forty page picture book for kids 5-8 is perfect for biography day or for surveying the past hundred years of feminism. Each accomplished woman and her short, lyrical biography has been matched with work from an award-winning illustrator. Caldecott winner, Sophie Blackall takes on heroic World War II spies, Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne; Selina Alko is matched with the brave Malala Yousafzai; New York Times bestselling Emily Winfield Martin is paired with the inventor of the controversial one-piece bathing suit, Annette Kellerman; and Shadra Strickland introduces America’s first known female firefighter, Molly Williams.

WHO ARE THESE WOMEN

First female firefighter, MOLLY WILLIAMS

British paleontologist, MARY ANNING, who discovered a complete dinosaur fossil at age 12

Undercover journalist and around-the-world-traveler, NELLIE BLY

First Puerto Rican Librarian hired in NYC, PURA BELPRÈ

Arrested for wearing the one-piece bathing suit she invented, ANNETTE KELLERMAN

Beloved Mexican painter who suffered from Polio, FRIDA KAHLO

WWII spies who parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, EILEEN AND JACQUELINE NEARNE

First African American child to integrate Jim Crow South’s schools, RUBY BRIDGES

Author of Diet for a Small Planet, introducing vegetarianism, FRANCES MOORE LAPPÈ

First African American Astronaut, MAE JEMISON

Chinese architect and designer of Vietnam Memorial, MAYA LIN

Ground breaking photographer of Native American people, MAKITA WILBUR

Chinese teen who pioneered cancer research at age 17, ANGLEA ZHANG

Survivor and activist for girls’ education, MALALA YOUSAFZAI

Shaking Things Up will include a foreword by a prominent feminist; an author’s note from award-winning author Susan Hood; a timeline, and additional resources. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to an organization that promotes girls’ education.

Illustrators include: Selina Alko, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Hadley Hooper, Emily Winfield Martin, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Sara Palacios, LeUyen Pham, Erin Robinson, Isabel Roxas, Shadra Strickland, and Melissa Sweet.