Feminist Books for Kids, Adults, Boys and Men
Kids Ages 0-5
"Celebrate 25 amazing women throughout history with the Little Feminist picture book.
Discover 52 pages of rich illustrations and motivational stories: The Little Feminist picture book is the perfect way to introduce young children to a variety of empowering women throughout history. Featuring artists, scientists, politicians, athletes and more, there is an inspiring woman that every child can relate to and connect with. Features easy to process words by Yelena Moroz Alpert that tell each woman’s story in a simply yet moving way. Whimsical illustrations by Lydia Ortiz and Patrick Rafana add an extra touch of wonder that will keep kids engaged. Durable hardcover design has soft touch finishes that are perfect for little hands.
Feminist Baby (Feminist Baby, 4)
Feminist Baby likes pink and blue. Sometimes she'll throw up on you!
Feminist Baby chooses what to wear and if you don't like it she doesn't care! Meet the irrepressible Feminist Baby! She's funny, fearless, and wants to make as much noise as possible. Readers of all ages will love this smart, refreshing board book that explores feminism in an accessible way.
"Cute, inspiring, and a reminder that before society places boundaries on what girls are supposed to do and like, girls can be anything, including inspired." -- Phoebe Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of You Can't Touch My Hair
Occupy Wall Street calls this book “like reading Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, but for 2-year olds.” Think: “C is for Co-op, Cooperating Cultures, Creative Counter to Corporate Vultures. Oh, and Cats.”
Kids Ages 6-10
Any feminist library should be in possession of Clinton’s critically lauded children’s book, which imparts the stories of 13 women who didn’t give up — from Nellie Bly to Oprah Winfrey. The title, of course, was inspired by Senator Elizabeth Warren, who was silenced as she spoke out against Attorney General nominee Senator Jeff Sessions, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s defense of the Republican tactic that shut her down: “Sen. Warren was giving a lengthy speech. She had appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” And made history.
This little volume is out just in time for the holidays (on December 5); you’ll want to add it to your list for the young readers in your life. Harrison shares the stories of 40 groundbreaking black women (including politician Shirley Chisholm, abolitionist Sojourner Truth, and poet Maya Angelou), pairing them with sweet, kid-friendly illustrations.
Pictures of little kids are cute. Pictures of little kids who care about making the world a better place are even better. In this portable, inspiring book, you’ll also find an introduction by Bob Bland, who co-chaired the Women’s March on Washington, and an afterword by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, author of Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom, the youngest person to march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965.
Kids Ages 11 - 14
When I asked friends for book suggestions for a little girl, this illustrated, encyclopedic collection of ladies who kicked butt and took names was one of the most-repeated titles. My niece won’t be able to read it ‘til she’s older, but in the meantime, I’m gifting it to all my friend’s grade-school-age daughters, too. It also comes with a handy list of ways to be rad. And take note: There’s also the global-looking Rad Women Worldwide (by the same author and illustrator).
Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—in the first picture book about her life—as she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable!
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality, arguing against unfair treatment, and standing up for what’s right for people everywhere. This biographical picture book about the Notorious RBG, tells the justice’s story through the lens of her many famous dissents, or disagreements.
This photography collection captures the true power of girls, which, of course, is far more than being “pretty.” An array of candid, arresting shots reveal strength and authenticity through joy, confidence, resilience, kindness, wildness, and more. Empowering stories from the girls featured caption the shots: “Being a girl has no limits,” says Grace F., age 13. “I can do just about anything.”
Feminist Books For Boys and Men
Feminism begins at home—and My First Book of Feminism (for Boys) is where it begins!
Simple illustrations paired with engaging, rhyming text make the compelling, age appropriate argument that girls and boys are equal, plain and simple. Humorous, familiar scenarios are treated as teachable moments for very young boys (ages 0-3) who will ideally grow up without ever questioning women's equality. From "no means no," to "women's rights are human rights," important, grownup ideas are made clear and fun for young, impressionable minds. This is the book every mom should read to her son!
Everyone is equal, no matter what their gender.
This is an unapologetic take on feminism as a thing that everyone can embrace, no matter their gender. It tackles ideas around equality, bias, and discrimination because of gender. It also empowers young girls and boys to embrace feminism and show up for others when they’re being treated unfairly.
"The antidote to mansplaining."—The Stranger
In her comic, scathing essay, "Men Explain Things to Me," Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don't, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters.
Young adult To Adult
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (The New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss.
In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid’s Tale is a modern classic.
A completely new edition of Robin Marty's bestselling manual on what to do now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned.
The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America is a comprehensive and user-friendly manual for understanding and preparing for the looming changes to reproductive rights law, and getting the health care you need. Activist and writer Robin Marty guides readers through various worst-case scenarios of a post-Roe America, and offers ways to fight back, including: how to acquire financial support, how to use existing networks and create new ones, and how to, when required, work outside existing legal systems. She details how to plan for your own emergencies, how to start organizing now, what to know about self-managed abortion care with pills and/or herbs, and how to avoid surveillance. The only guidebook of its kind, The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America includes new chapters that cover the needs and tools available for pregnant people across the country. This new edition features extensively updated information on abortion legality and access in the United States, and approximately one hundred pages of new content, covering such topics as independent alternatives to Planned Parenthood, "auntie networks," taxpayer-funded abortions, and using social media wisely in the age of surveillance.
The powerful story of the women who founded and ran the legendary Chicago reproductive rights organization Abortion Counseling Service, otherwise known as Jane, written by one of its members.
The Story of Jane recounts the evolution of the Abortion Counseling Service, code name Jane, the underground group of heroic women that provided low-cost abortion services in Chicago in the years before the procedure was legalized. Organized in 1969 and active until the opening of the first legal abortion clinics in 1973, Jane initially counseled women and referred them to abortion providers who set prices and conditions. As Jane grew, so did the group's capacity to protect its clients. Eventually, determined to reclaim women's reproductive power in any way they were able, many members of Jane learned to perform abortions themselves. An extraordinary history by one of Jane's members, The Story of Jane is an urgent account of the organization's development, the conflicts within the group, and the impact its work had on both the women it helped and the members themselves.