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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli
$45.00 NZD
Category: Feminism | Series: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
The beloved New York Times bestsellers and Kickstarter crowdfunding sensations are available on audio for the first time, read by a star-studded fierce female cast including Alicia Keys, Ashley Judd, Danai Gurira, Esperanza Spalding, Janeane Garofalo, Mozhan Marn , Phillipa Soo, Rowan Blanchard, and Sam ...Show more
My Family And Other Animals (Popular Penguin) by Gerald Durrell
$14.00 NZD
Category: Popular Penguins
My Family and Other Animalsis the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist G ...Show more
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
$17.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is not just a true story but also a piece of history. Written by Anne Frank for herself, at the age of 13, the diary contains candid and intimate details of Anne's thoughts and feelings during the two years of the Second World War she and her family and friends stay ...Show more
Nur Jahan of India by Shirin Yim Bridges
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Series: The Thinking Girl's Treasury of Real Princesses
From the deepest heart of the Moghul palace, tucked away in purdah, her face hidden by veils, one princess came to rule all of Moghul India. She introduced efficiencies, encouraged trade, and made possible a great flowering of the arts. What gave her this power was love. This is a love story, the story ...Show more
Rae: My True Story of Fear, Anxiety, and Social Phobia by Swiggett, Chelsea Rae
$18.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
Rae is beyond socially awkward. Since she was a little girl, Rae Swiggett knew something was different about her. The sound of planes flying overhead could spark a panic attack. Being called on in class was enough to push her over the edge. She feared the unknown, life, death, people . . . even fear its ...Show more
Girls Think of Everything : Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women by Catherine Thimmesh
$22.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cooki ...Show more
Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves and Other Female Villains by Jane Yolen
$22.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
From Jezebel to Catherine the Great, from Cleopatra to Mae West, from Mata Hari to Bonnie Parker, strong women have been a problem for historians, storytellers, and readers. Strong females smack of the unfeminine. They have been called wicked, wanton, and willful. Sometimes that is a just designation, b ...Show more
Louder Than Words: The First Collection : Three True Stories of Ordinary Girls with Extraordinary Lives by Shannon, Chelsey
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU GIVE TALENTED TEEN girl writers a chance to share their life story with the world? The firstever series of teen-authored memoirs: Louder Than Words. Each Louder Than Words book features a young author sharing her powerful story through unique prose, journal entries, and poetry. ...Show more
Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists by Jeannine Atkins
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
The six women portrayed in this book - Maria Merian (b.1647), Anna Comstock (b.1854), Frances Hamerstrom (b.1907), Rachel Carson (b.1907), Miriam Rothschild (b.1908) and Jane Goodall (b.1934) - all grew up to become award-winning scientists, writers and artists, as comfortable with a pen as with a magni ...Show more
Boys Who Made a Difference by Michelle Roehm McCann
$18.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
When it comes to making a difference, there's no such thing as too young! Get ready to meet some incredible young men who followed their dreams and changed the world for the better, often by taking the path less travelled and staying true to themselves. From Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Nelson Mandela, V ...Show more
Peace Warriors by Raymond Huber
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
A war hero who refused to fight, students who stood up to Hitler, a ship that sailed into a nuclear test zone, a whole town which practiced non- violence. Peace Warriors tells the dramatic stories of people who chose non-violent resistance in times of conflict - stories of young men and women from New Z ...Show more
Women Aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys by KAREN BUSH GIBSON
$40.00 NZD
Category: Feminism
Winner of: 2014 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People From the very first days of aviation, women were there. Katherine Wright, though not a pilot, helped her brothers Orville and Wilbur so much that some called her the "Third Wright Brother." Pioneers such as Baroness Raymonde de Laroche ...Show more
