Reaching the Stars: Poems about Extraordinary Women & Girls

by Jan Dean, Liz Brownlee, Michaela Morgan

Book Overview

A feisty collection of brand new poems about amazing women and girls who did what they needed to do no matter what society thought. The poems are about role models both real and fictional. Malala, global spokesperson for education for girls; Rosa Parks, who became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation; Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein when she was only 19; Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space; Margaret...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509814280
• ISBN13: 9781509814282
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Pan MacMillan
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7