Indiana AAUW

Last Updated August 25, 1999; comments to marshamiller@indstate.edu


~Diversity in Literature~

Here is the list of books purchased by the Action for Girls and Women Study Group of the Muncie branch and distributed to 16 elementary schools within the Muncie system.
 

My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

First Woman Doctor by Rachel Baker

Linnea in Monet’s Garden by Christina Bjork

Ruth Law Thrills a Nation by Don Brown

The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Yolanda’s Genius by Carol Fenner

My Life with Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall

Seven Brave Women by Betsy Heame

Cherokee Summer by Diana Hoyt-Goldsmith

Sally Ride by Jane Hurwitz

Coast to Coast with Alice by Patricia Rusch Hyatt

Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson

Hidden Music: The Life of Fanny Mendelssohn by Gloria Kamen

Girls and Young Women Inventing: Twenty True Stories about Inventors plus How You Can Be One Yourself by Frances A. Kames and Suzanne M. Bean

Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

A Whole New Ball Game: The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League by Sue Macy

You Be Me, I’ll Be You by Pili Mandelbaum

Sarah’s Incredible Idea by Jane O’Connor

Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

Maya Angelou: Journey of the Heart by Jayne Pettit

Rachel Carson by Francine Sabin

Susan Butcher, Sled Dog Racer by Ginger Wadsworth

Faith, Hope and Chicken Feathers by Andrea Wyman
 
 


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