Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future, the first

kid’s book ever published by City Lights, is now a New York Times bestseller!

Hardcover ISBN: 9780872866836 $14.95 64 pages

Women’s History Month, March 2016, is around the corner and now is a great time to think about ways to create engaging events

for kids and their parents and guardians using this book.

We’ve got lots of easy ideas and resources to use!

once your at tendees are present . . .

• Talkaboutthetitleandaskthegroupwhattheword“rad”meanstothem.Talkaboutthe author’s intention in using it (see book’s introduction).

• Readaprofileofoneortwoofthewomenfeatured in the book.

• Shareavideofromour“RadAmericanWomenA-Z”seriesatblogcitylights.com:

Anumberofamazingcontemporarywriters,artists, activists and others read a profile from the book. Be sure to check out the children’s group “TheRadicalMonarchs”reading“XisfortheWomen Whose Names We Don’t Know.”

• Askkidstoeitherwriteand/ortalkaboutaradwoman in their life.

• Haveparticipantsdrawapictureofaradwoman(can be same person they write or talk about).

• Usingthepage“XisfortheWomenWhoseNames We Don’t Know”

a)Askforafewvolunteerstoreadfromthepage(or choose to show blog video)

b)Askthefollowingdiscussionquestions:

What does the author mean when she says women “didn’t get credit for their ideas”?

What’s the overall message of the page for “X”?

Answerthelastquestion:Whatwillyoudotomake the world rad?

• For more ideas check out the resources at radamericanwomen.com

Create a Kids’ Event in March for Women’s History Month!

Order books from Consortium at 1-800-283-3572 or orderentry@perseusbooks.com

CELEBRATE

“Rad American Women”

this March 2016,

Women’s History Month!