Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18Top Ten

Given by ALA, Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table

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Since 2002, the Amelia Bloomer Project committee has reviewed children’s books to create the Amelia Bloomer List of recommended books for children. Notable books with strong female characters show more are recognized in its annual list of books for ages birth through 18. The Amelia Bloomer Project is sponsored by the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association.

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WorkCategoryYear
Flower Girl by Amy BloomEarly Readers–Fiction2024
Big by Vashti HarrisonEarly Readers–Fiction2024
My Powerful Hair by Carole LindstromEarly Readers–Fiction2024
Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior by Carole LindstromEarly Readers–Nonfiction2024
Barely Floating by Lilliam RiveraMiddle Grade–Fiction2024
Spin by Rebecca CapraraYoung Adult–Fiction2024
The Blackwoods by Brandy ColbertYoung Adult–Fiction2024
I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira GuptaYoung Adult–Fiction2024
The Moonlit Vine by Elizabeth SantiagoYoung Adult–Fiction2024
All the Fighting Parts by Hannah V. SawyerrYoung Adult–Fiction2024
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua by Gloria AmescuaEarly Readers–Fiction2023
The Turquoise Room / El Cuarto Turquesa (English and Spanish Edition) by Monica BrownEarly Readers–Fiction2023
Yes! No!: A First Conversation about Consent by Megan MadisonEarly Readers–Nonfiction2023
A Seed in the Sun by Aida SalazarMiddle Grade–Fiction2023
Vinyl Moon by Mahogany L. BrowneYoung Adult–Fiction2023
Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya GoffneyYoung Adult–Fiction2023
TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jesmeen Kaur DeoYoung Adult–Fiction2023
The Billboard (Breakbeat Poets) by Natalie Y. MooreYoung Adult–Fiction2023
Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. SutantoYoung Adult–Fiction2023
Toufah by Toufah JallowYoung Adult–Nonfiction2023
Laxmi's Mooch by Shelly Anand2022
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley2022
Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder2022
Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford2022
Sistersong by Lucy Holland2022
If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie2022
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo2022
The Big Bath House by Kyo Maclear2022
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow2022
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong2022
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo2021
Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold2021
Consent (for Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of YOU by Rachel Brian2021
Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott2021
The Women Who Caught The Babies: A Story of African American Midwives by Eloise Greenfield2021
Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh2021
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear2021
Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller2021
Ritu Weds Chandni by Ameya Narvankar2021
Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Big Words) by Doreen Rappaport2021
SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson2020
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That? by Chris Barton2020
Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou by Bethany Hegedus2020
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia2020
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad2020
A Boy Like You by Frank Murphy2020
Forward Me Back to You by Mitali Perkins2020
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby2020
At the Mountain's Base by Traci Sorell2020
Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett2020
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo2019
Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson2019
Damsel by Elana K. Arnold2019
Crush by Svetlana Chmakova2019
As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman2019
Learning to breathe by Janice Lynn Mather2019
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough2019
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed2019
Sugar and Snails by Sarah Tsiang2019
Naondel by Maria Turtschaninoff2019
Saints and Misfits by S. K. Ali2018
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy2018
Hand Over Hand by Alma Fullerton2018
The One Hundred Nights of Hero: A Graphic Novel by Isabel Greenberg2018
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating2018
Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar2018
Noteworthy by Riley Redgate2018
Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time by Tanya Lee Stone2018
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson2018
Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai2018
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie LevyEarly Readers–Nonfiction2017
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer by Diane StanleyEarly Readers–Nonfiction2017
The Lie Tree by Frances HardingeYoung Adult–Fiction2017
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. JohnstonYoung Adult–Fiction2017
Burn Baby Burn by Meg MedinaYoung Adult–Fiction2017
Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine by Ibtisam BarakatYoung Adult–Nonfiction2017
We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out by Annie E. ClarkYoung Adult–Nonfiction2017
Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why by Jude Ellison Sady DoyleYoung Adult–Nonfiction2017
Take It as a Compliment by Maria StoianYoung Adult–Nonfiction2017
Becoming Unbecoming by UnaYoung Adult–Nonfiction2017
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music by Margarita EngleEarly Readers–Fiction2016
Swing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm by Karen DeansEarly Readers–Nonfiction2016
Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space by Tam O'ShaughnessyMiddle Grade–Nonfiction2016
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston WeatherfordMiddle Grade–Nonfiction2016
The Boston Girl by Anita DiamantYoung Adult–Fiction2016
Devoted: A Novel by Jennifer MathieuYoung Adult–Fiction2016
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieYoung Adult–Nonfiction2016
The Born Frees: Writing with the Girls of Gugulethu by Kimberly BurgeYoung Adult–Nonfiction2016
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin CarmonYoung Adult–Nonfiction2016
African American Women (Double Exposure) by National Museum of African American History and CultureYoung Adult–Nonfiction2016
A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country by Ilene Cooper2015
A Pair of Twins by Kavitha Mandana2015
My Notorious Life by Kate Manning2015
Because I Am a Girl: I can change the world by Rosemary McCarney2015
Dear Malala, We Stand with You by Rosemary McCarney2015
Hidden by Donna Jo Napoli2015
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince2015
Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space by Lynn Sherr2015
Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson2015
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World [Young Readers Edition] by Malala Yousafzai2015
Flying Solo: How Ruth Elder Soared into America's Heart by Julie Cummins2014
Rookie Yearbook Two by Tavi Gevinson2014
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel2014
However Long the Night by Aimee Molloy2014
Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II by Cheryl Mullenbach2014
The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace by Lynn Povich2014
What Will It Take to Make A Woman President?: Conversations About Women, Leadership and Power by Marianne Schnall2014
Global Baby Girls (Global Fund for Children) by Global Fund for Children The2014
Freedom Heroines: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Adams, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, Rosa Parks by Frieda Wishinsky2014
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai2014
King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village by Peggielene Bartels2013
Womanthology: Heroic by Renae De Liz2013
Rookie Yearbook One by Tavi Gevinson2013
In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up by Monica Kulling2013
Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond by Lilly Ledbetter2013
Heart on Fire: Susan B. Anthony Votes for President by Ann Malaspina2013
Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall2013
Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers by Sarah Warren2013
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein2013
A Little F'd Up: Why Feminism Is Not a Dirty Word by Julie Zeilinger2013
Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue by Kathryn J. Atwood2012
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray2012
Deadly by Julie Chibbaro2012
Addie on the Inside (The Misfits) by James Howe2012
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan2012
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon2012
Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map by Sue Macy2012
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) by Sue Macy2012
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: U.S. Supreme Court Justice (Women of Achievement (Hardcover)) by Paul McCaffrey2012
Tillie the Terrible Swede: How One Woman, a Sewing Needle, and a Bicycle Changed History by Sue Stauffacher2012

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