2015 Amelia Bloomer Project List

Annually, the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibility Round Table announces the best feminist books for young readers in their Amelia Bloomer Project.  Named for Amelia Bloomer, the  pioneering 19th century newpaper editor, feminist and suffragist, the Project recommends titles of fiction and non-fiction for early readers, middle grades and young adults.  

This year, forty-five titles were honoured with inclusion on the Amelia Bloomer Project, of which only a handful were listed as the Top 10 List of recommended reads.  

Recognized for their positive messages, three #youngCanLit books have been included in the Amelia Bloomer Project and two of these were selected for the Amelia Bloomer Top 10 List!  

EARLY READERS:   Non-Fiction

Every Day is Malala Day

Rosemary McCarney with Plan International

Second Story Press

 (978-1-927583-31-9)

K- Gr. 3

2014 

 Also an Amelia Bloomer Top 10 List selection

MIDDLE GRADE:  Non-Fiction

Because I Am A Girl: I Can Change the World

Rosemary McCarney with Jen Albaugh and Plan International

Second Story Press 

(978-1-927583-44-9)

Gr. 4-8

2014

 Also an Amelia Bloomer Top 10 List selection

YOUNG ADULT:  Fiction

Moon at Nine

Deborah Ellis 

Pajama Press

(978-1-927-48557-6)

Gr. 8+

2014

The complete 2015 Amelia Bloomer Project List is available here.

The 2014 Amelia Bloomer Project List

The Amelia Bloomer Project is part of the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association’s Social Responsibility Round Table.  Each year it selects books with significant feminist content that will appeal to young readers in the following categories:

• Early Readers: Fiction, Non-fiction
• Middle Grade: Fiction, Non-fiction
• Young Adult: Fiction, Non-fiction

This year two #youngCanLit books were recognized in the Middle Grade Non-fiction category. 

  

Congratulations to authors  

Christine Welldon and Frieda Wishinsky 

on this recognition!

Reporter in Disguise: The Intrepid Vic Steinberg
by Christine Welldon
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
78 pp.
Gr. 5-8
2013
A biography of Vic Steinberg, an early female reporter, who used disguises to go places most women of her time weren’t allowed.

Profiles: Freedom Heroines
by Frieda Wishinsky
Scholastic
144 pp.
Gr. 4-6
2012
The stories of six women who furthered the cause of civil rights and feminism.

Profiles: Freedom Heroines was selected as a Top Ten Amelia Bloomer Book


The complete 2014 Amelia Bloomer Project List can be viewed at
http://ameliabloomer.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/2014-amelia-bloomer-project-list/

Amelia Bloomer Project List 2013: Feminist Literature

Annually, the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibility Round Table announces the best feminist books for young readers in their Amelia Bloomer Project.  Named for Amelia Bloomer, the  pioneering 19th century newpaper editor, feminist and suffragist, the Project recommends titles of fiction and non-fiction for early readers, middle grades and young adults.  

This year, forty-six titles were honoured with inclusion on the Amelia Bloomer Project, of which only a handful were listed as the Top 10 List of recommended reads.  

Recognized for its message that women have succeeded in confronting traditional female stereotypes, only one #youngCanLit book is included in the Amelia Bloomer Project and, in fact, it was selected for the Amelia Bloomer Top 10 List!  

to 

Monica Kulling 

for this unique distinction

for her book

In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up

Illustrated by David Parkins

Tundra Books

978-1-7704-9239-4
32 pp.
Ages 5-9

2011

The story of inventor Margaret Knight and her fight to have her inventions, including the flat-bottomed paper bag, recognized as her own. 
(Reviewed on CanLit for LittleCanadians on March 11, 2012)

The pdf of the complete 2013 Amelia Bloomer Project List is available at their Facebook page.