Friday, December 1, 2017

Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels



As a woman raising a daughter, I take every opportunity reading through my CYBILs contender books to read books about women whose achievements helped shape history and “Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels” was a perfect segway to discuss some awesome women.  Each story is one page, so it is a bit of a synopsis at best but each manages to highlight what makes each woman daring.  The bibliography is extensive and organized alphabetically (which is great!) but readers looking to learn more about a particular person might be better served by the resources also being organized by the person to which each source pertains.  I don’t even know where to start on choosing a favorite.  Instead, I’ll highlight one of the women who has her very own biography featured as one of this year's CYBILS nominees alongside Women Who Dared:



And some other awesome books to check out based on these adventurous women!

Annie Edson Taylor
Bessie Coleman
Sylvia Earle
Irena Sendler


Title: Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels
Author: Linda Skeers
Illustrator: Livi Gosling 
Published 2017 by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
ISBN: 978-1-4926-5327-1

This book was sent by the publisher for review purposes.

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