Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in American history, Little Leaders educates and inspires as it relates true stories of breaking boundaries and achieving beyond expectations. Illuminating narration paired with irresistible illustrations bring to life both iconic and lesser-known female figures of Black history such as abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash.

Among these biographies, listeners will find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things - bold women whose actions and beliefs contributed to making the world better for generations of girls and women to come. Whether they were putting pen to paper, soaring through the air, or speaking up for the rights of others, the women profiled here were all taking a stand against a world that didn't always accept them.

The leaders in this book may be little, but they all did something big and amazing, inspiring generations to come.

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Listening Length	1 hour and 38 minutes
Author	Vashti Harrison
Narrator	Robin Miles, Bahni Turpin
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	December 14, 2017
Publisher	Hachette Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0788TKS1X
Best Sellers Rank	#37,164 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #3 in Activist Biographies for Children #5 in Science & Technology Biographies for Children #6 in Women Biographies for Children

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rock_salt

Representation matters

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2018

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I bought this for my friend's daughter, who is white. I'm white and I never had books about black leaders growing up. I think it is utterly important for white kids to learn about how black people have contributed to our culture. I never learned much about that in school as a kid. Teaching kids from a young age conditions them to see all people as equally capable and deserving of respect. Representation matters. She loves the book and loves sharing what she's learned from it with other students in her class.

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WKJones

Adorable illustrations, even better mini bios

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2018

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I purchased this book for my daughter not realizing the bios were as in-depth as they are. I say the illustrations and sort of assumed it was a book geared toward a younger crowd. I’m so glad that I was wrong. The bios included in the book range from women I’d heard of and studied to women I was glad to be learning about. While the bios are in-depth and include complex words, my toddler will sit two to three bios at a time. And I know as she gets older she’ll sit through more and we can discus both the history (and the new vocabulary).

I love it. I hope to see more from Vashti Harrison soon.

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Kaylee

Great product!

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2017

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Beautiful illustrations with a one page summary of each woman's life. Covers more women than I anticipated, which is a bonus. I love that there is a book covering women from Black history all in one place. I want my four girls growing up to know about women of all races and time periods that have made a difference, not just white girls/women who look like them. I think for women to really move forward in our world, we all (men and women) need to understand all women and their unique contributions in their unique spheres, so thank you Vashti Harrison for providing this beautiful, informative, and well done product so we can have this learning tool in our home for my girls to grow up reading these women's stories.
I included an example of what each Bio page is like. So cute and beautiful and easy to read!

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kori

Everything about this book is BEAUTIFUL

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2017

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I’m a 28 year old woman and I bought this book for myself! I am completely in love with how soft the cover is and the illustrations are beautiful! This book was needed! I really really hope the author comes out with a book about Bold Men in Black History also

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M Agard

Excellent! Starting at the back for a 5 year old.

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2017

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I preordered and was bursting with excitement to come home to the package on release day. My just turned 5 year old and I both loved the size, quality, and illustrations of "girls who are brown like me." We decided to read about one of these women each night at bedtime.
I tried to start at the beginning, but we haven't yet talked about slavery and I shudder to explain its horrors to my precious little girl, so I decided to start at the back (Dominique Dawes, gymnast). This reverse historical order seems to resonate well with a young child.
I like the encyclopedic style, with each narrative standing on its own. There is enough said about each woman's childhood to which a little girl can connect.
Excellent work! We are proud to have this addition to our home library. Thank you, Vashti.

52 people found this helpful

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Kristi

Great for Older Kids

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2018

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Let me start off by saying that this is a very nice book. The illustrations are quite cute and have an endearing quality about them. This includes a very nice selection of black women. This goes way beyond Harriet Tubman and Maya Angelou(allthough they are included) and introduces many women who you will never learn about in K-12 education. However, I would not recommend this to younger children because its not written in a way that is engaging to them. As much as my 5 year old loves these illustrations, the writing just doesn’t excite her or keep her attention.

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Rob from West 215

Good Job Vashti!

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2017

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Great great great illustrations and content for my beautiful black princess. I didn’t get to fully review the book, but it was captivated and kept turning pages to the point you thought I bought it for myself.

I was thoroughly pleased with what I seen, so much I copped one for the homie and his daughter. If you purchase this book, you will not be disappointed.

There have been only two things I have preordered in the past five years: J. Cole - For Your Eyes Only and this book. So far 2 for 2 on this preorder tip!

-Be Easy

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S. Ware

An absolute GEM!

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2017

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Hands down this is one of the cutest and most fulfilling purchases that I have made for my little girl. The illustrations are heartwarming and beautiful, but the information on each of the inspiring leaders is awe inspiring. It's such a great way to teach my little one about the potential she has in her life. I'm planning on gifting it to all of my friends who are expecting babies and have little ones at home.

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Kim

Must buy for all ages

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2018

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What a beautiful book for all ages my 10yr old , 5yr old and 3yr old all love it... I asked my 5yr old if she liked it she said yes mummy it's full of black girls that look like me 💚

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nina witteridge

Well.worth its money

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2020

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So I got this for my just 4 year old boy who does like a book before bed. I've been on a quest to find books that aren't entirely full of white heterosexual middle class imagery. This had great reviews and suggested age was about 4 up.

Its a lovely book and actually I personally found it quite interesting, and informative. The illustrations are just lovely.

It is though a bit wordy for your average 4 year old reader. (Non reader) we have read the athlete ones as that's what he has chosen, and he liked those. He's a little young to understand some of the more complex words , but it's certainly one that will be referred back to over the next few years. I'll definitely be reading to my daughter when she's older too.

It makes a refreshing change to see some pages filled with strong powerful determined achieving Women.

Nice book well worth its money but id say 6 year old and upwards.

9 people found this helpful

Amazon Customer

Love it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2020

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Love this little book, I bought this for my childminding setting and although I myself am white I feel like black people particularly women are underrepresented in history and it’s amazing to be able to look through the many achievements and accomplishments that some of these women have made. I think it’s important to have strong positive role models for anyone who walks through my door and stories that inspire them to dream big and that’s what this little book does. (It’s also a good little read for the adults too which is a big plus for any book aimed at children)

10 people found this helpful

J A

Exceptional!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2019

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I love this book!
I own it as an adult and bought many as Christmas gifts for children.
They are empowering, educational and colourful.
A much needed piece of literature in black history to inform and empower us all. Its brilliant!

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Stephanie

An inspiration

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2018

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The book itself is beautifully designed in all it's wonders - Harrison's style and use of colour makes this so visually pleasing and on top of that it's educational! These are the types of books that children should be reading - uplifting and inspirational. Moreover considering the lack of ethnic minorities in children's books as a whole (that I'm aware of in the UK) I see this as a very much needed & welcome edition as one that doesn't focus on struggle persay, but moreso on achievement. I very much look forward to her next book.

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