Ann Richardson
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English
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Vera and Mamma are headed out for a march, but it's not just any march: it's October 24 in ReykjavÃk, and on this day in 1975, the women of Iceland took the day off, walked out of their homes and away from their jobs, as farmworkers, butchers, and fisherwomen; wives, daughters, and children, and marched to demand equality and change, chanting: I dare! I can! I will! And they did, inspiring and empowering girls and women to make change, not just in...
2) I Dare! I Can! I Will! (Read Along): The Day the Icelandic Women Walked Out and Inspired the World
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Vera and Mamma are headed out for a march, but it's not just any march: it's October 24 in ReykjavÃk, and on this day in 1975, the women of Iceland took the day off, walked out of their homes and away from their jobs, as farmworkers, butchers, and fisherwomen; wives, daughters, and children, and marched to demand equality and change, chanting: I dare! I can! I will! And they did, inspiring and empowering girls and women to make change, not just in...
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1080L
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Celebrate fifty inspiring and powerful women who changed the world and left their mark. Throughout history, girls have often been discussed in terms of what they couldn't or shouldn't do. Not anymore. It's time for herstory--a celebration of not only what girls can do, but the remarkable things women have already accomplished, even when others tried to stop them.
4) Elska: Elska
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Horse diaries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Iceland, circa AD 1000
Elska is a silver dapple Icelandic filly. She spends summers frisking about the countryside and winters in the farmyard, where the girl human Amma takes special care of her. But when a powerful neighbor notices Elska, her contented life suddenly changes. Here is Elska’s story . . . in her own words.
Elska is a silver dapple Icelandic filly. She spends summers frisking about the countryside and winters in the farmyard, where the girl human Amma takes special care of her. But when a powerful neighbor notices Elska, her contented life suddenly changes. Here is Elska’s story . . . in her own words.
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A picture book inspired by the Long Friday-a real event in Iceland that inspired women around the world to stand up, walk out, and march together for women's rights
Vera and Mamma are headed out for a march, but it's not just any march: It's October 24 in Reykjavík, and on this day in 1975, the women of Iceland took the day off, walked out of their homes and away from their jobs-as farmworkers, butchers, and fisherwomen; wives, daughters, and...
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her two stern aunts in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca's joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding. Wiggin wrote a sequel, New Chronicles of Rebecca. Eric Wiggin, a great nephew of the author, wrote updated versions of...