2018 Amelia Bloomer List
“The Amelia Bloomer List is a project of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association.” If you’re looking for some feminist titles for your little one – check out the Amelia Bloomer List, an annual list created to empower young girls and boys and show the strength of female characters in literature. The project is currently updating their criteria for books eligible for this list, with new content being published at the beginning of March 2018. Below, I’ve copied their Top Ten List, but they have a much more robust list available on their website for you to peruse. If you’re looking to create a diverse home library, definitely take some time to look over this list of amazing titles!
Top Ten List
- Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar (Lee & Low/Tu Books).
- Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time by Tanya Lee Stone (Random House/Wendy Lamb).
- Hand Over Hand by Alma Fullerton, illustrated by Renné Benoit (Second Story).
- Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai, illustrated by Kerascoet (Little, Brown BFYR).
- Noteworthy by Riley Redgate (Abrams/Amulet).
- #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women, edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale (Annick).
- The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg (Little, Brown).
- Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson (Bloomsbury).
- Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali (S&S/Salaam Reads).
- Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky).