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Shirley Chisholm Dared

The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress

The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress

The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress

By Alicia D. Williams
Illustrated by April Harrison

By Alicia D. Williams
Illustrated by April Harrison

By Alicia D. Williams
Illustrated by April Harrison

By Alicia D. Williams
Illustrated by April Harrison

By Alicia D. Williams
Read by Adenrele Ojo

By Alicia D. Williams
Read by Adenrele Ojo

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    About Shirley Chisholm Dared

    Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning illustrator.

    Meet Shirley, a little girl who asks way too many questions! After spending her early years on her grandparents’ farm in Barbados, she returns home to Brooklyn and immediately makes herself known. Shirley kicks butt in school; she breaks her mother’s curfew; she plays jazz piano instead of classical. And as a young adult, she fights against the injustice she sees around her, against women and black people. Soon she is running for state assembly…and winning in a landslide. Three years later, she is on the campaign trail again, as the first black woman to run for Congress. Her slogan? “Fighting Shirley Chisholm–Unbought and Unbossed!” Does she win? You bet she does.

    About Shirley Chisholm Dared

    Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning illustrator.

    Meet Shirley, a little girl who asks way too many questions! After spending her early years on her grandparents’ farm in Barbados, she returns home to Brooklyn and immediately makes herself known. Shirley kicks butt in school; she breaks her mother’s curfew; she plays jazz piano instead of classical. And as a young adult, she fights against the injustice she sees around her, against women and black people. Soon she is running for state assembly…and winning in a landslide. Three years later, she is on the campaign trail again, as the first black woman to run for Congress. Her slogan? “Fighting Shirley Chisholm–Unbought and Unbossed!” Does she win? You bet she does.

    About Shirley Chisholm Dared

    Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning illustrator.

    Meet Shirley, a little girl who asks way too many questions! After spending her early years on her grandparents’ farm in Barbados, she returns home to Brooklyn and immediately makes herself known. Shirley kicks butt in school; she breaks her mother’s curfew; she plays jazz piano instead of classical. And as a young adult, she fights against the injustice she sees around her, against women and black people. Soon she is running for state assembly…and winning in a landslide. Three years later, she is on the campaign trail again, as the first black woman to run for Congress. Her slogan? “Fighting Shirley Chisholm–Unbought and Unbossed!” Does she win? You bet she does.

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    About Alicia D. Williams

    Alicia D. Williams’s debut, the middle-grade novel Genesis Begins Again, received a Newbery Honor and was a Kirkus Prize nominee and a Morris Award finalist. It also won the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Author Award. Alicia is a graduate of… More about Alicia D. Williams

    About April Harrison

    April Harrison is an award-winning children’s book illustrator. She received the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award for Patricia C. McKissack’s final picture book, What Is Given from the Heart, which received four starred reviews and which the New York Times Book Review called… More about April Harrison

    About Alicia D. Williams

    Alicia D. Williams’s debut, the middle-grade novel Genesis Begins Again, received a Newbery Honor and was a Kirkus Prize nominee and a Morris Award finalist. It also won the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Author Award. Alicia is a graduate of… More about Alicia D. Williams

    About April Harrison

    April Harrison is an award-winning children’s book illustrator. She received the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award for Patricia C. McKissack’s final picture book, What Is Given from the Heart, which received four starred reviews and which the New York Times Book Review called… More about April Harrison

    About Alicia D. Williams

    Alicia D. Williams’s debut, the middle-grade novel Genesis Begins Again, received a Newbery Honor and was a Kirkus Prize nominee and a Morris Award finalist. It also won the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Author Award. Alicia is a graduate of… More about Alicia D. Williams

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Anne Schwartz Books
    Jun 01, 2021 | 48 Pages | 9 x 11 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593123683

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Anne Schwartz Books
    Jun 01, 2021 | 48 Pages | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593123706

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $5.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Jun 01, 2021 | 16 Minutes | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593399194

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    Praise

    “An engaging account of Chisolm’s life…. This one is a cut above the rest.” —School Library Journal

    “A multilayered, folk art sensibility, featuring textures, angles, and expressive figures of differing skin tones. A solid primer on a Black political visionary.” –Publishers Weekly

    “Created with acrylics and mixed-media collage, Harrison’s striking illustrations are notable for her use of line, color, and pattern. A handsome picture-book biography.” –-Booklist

    “A timely and inspiring biography of a great woman who broke barriers and used her voice to elevate those around her.” –-Kirkus

    “Root[s] Chisholm in scene after scene as a pillar of self-assurance, equally unfazed by the acclaim, indifference, or opposition of the people around her.” –-The Bulletin

    Awards

    Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices SELECTION 2022

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