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For the past several weeks, I have been sharing the titles that have arrived at my doorstep, all connected to the research project on diverse picturebooks that I am heading here in the United Arab Emirates. Here are a few more, including a professional development text.
Picturebook Biography Love and Social Justice Titles
(1) I Am A Promise by Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce with Ashley Rousseau and Illustrated by Rachel Moss (Amazon | Book Depository)
(2) Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer’s Historic Boston Marathon by Kim Chaffee and Ellen Rooney (Amazon | Book Depository)
(3) Bloom: A Story Of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli by Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad (Amazon | Book Depository)
(4) All The Way To The Top: How One Girl’s Fight For Americans With Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel and Nabi H. Ali with a Foreword by Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins (Amazon | Book Depository)
(5) Dream Builder: The Story Of Architect Philip Freelon by Kelly Starling Lyons and Laura Freeman with an Afterword by Philip Freelon (Amazon | Book Depository)
(6) Maya Lin: Artist-Architect Of Light And Lines by Jeanne Walker Harvey and Dow Phumiruk (Amazon | Book Depository)
(7) Yusra Swims by Julie Abery and Sally Deng (Amazon | Book Depository)
(8) Sharuko: El Arqueologo Peruano / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello by Monica Brown and Elisa Chavarri (Amazon | Book Depository)
(9) Little Melba And Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Frank Morrison (Amazon | Book Depository)
(10) Yayoi Kusama: From Here To Infinity by Sarah Suzuki and Ellen Weinstein (Amazon | Book Depository)
(11) A Life Made By Hand: The Story Of Ruth Asawa by Andrea D’Aquino (Amazon | Book Depository)
(12) Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham (Amazon | Book Depository)
(13) Something Happened In Our Town by Marianne Celano and Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard and Jennifer Zivoin (Amazon | Book Depository)
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