She Persisted

Clinton, C., & Boiger, A. (2017). She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World. New York, NY: Philomel Books. 

32 pages. 4-6 years. Nonfiction. ISBN: 978-1524741723

This book focuses on many women throughout history who were at an average or lower starting point and then persisted to achieve great things. This book shows women who become doctors, astronauts, and even social icons. This book focuses on famous American women but the author has written similar books that focus on women of the world. In this book, they share stories of women's success and then ends by empowering the reader to be like these great American women. 

When I saw this book I was instantly drawn to this book because of it’s empowerment to women. I would recommend this book for schools but it may only appeal to the female population. I feel that this book would be a good tool for teaching social studies because of how it identifies famous Americans in history. This book would be a good introduction to a unit on famous Americans in history. This book also has a sense of empowerment to women which I think is always good to learn in school. Because of these factors, I would recommend this book. 

Reviewed by: Elaina Berry