HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World

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One of The Guardian's Best New Children's Books for Summer 2018.Longlisted for the North Somerset Teachers' Book Award.Instead of just studying history, let's think about HerStory too! In this uplifting and inspiring book, now released in a stunning new paperback edition, children can learn about 50 intrepid women from around the world and throughout history, including:

  • Queen Elizabeth I, one of England's most famous monarchs

  • Harriet Tubman, the civil rights pioneer who led many enslaved people to freedom

  • Frida Kahlo, the trailblazing Mexican painter

  • Rosalind Franklin, the British chemist who discovered the structure of DNA

With a range of pioneering careers - from astronauts to activists, musicians to mathematicians and many more - young readers will be inspired to follow their own dreams and to make the world a better place.
Other titles in the series include: YouthQuake and WildLives

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9781788007153
  • ISBN: 9781788007153
  • Pub Date: 13th August 2026
  • Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
  • Imprint: Nosy Crow Ltd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Number of Pages: 112

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About Katherine Halligan

Grace Easton was born in London in 1994. She studied illustration at Central Saint Martins, Brighton University and Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Before becoming an author and illustrator she was a baker, a Christmas elf, and a designer for Penguin Books. She loves gardening and spending time on her Auntie Mimi's allotment, affectionately known as '

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About Sarah Walsh

Sarah Walsh grew up in upstate New York. When she was little she was obsessed with animals. So much so that she wanted to be one. Her mom knew this and sewed her an assortment of costumes she could wear all year round. She was also obsessed with drawing and from a very small age knew in her heart she would be an artist someday. If....she worked hard enough a

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