Uppity Girls and Fearless Women - A Picture Book Bibliography

Ravenstone Press *Stories of Kansas and the Great Plains*
Uppity Girls and Fearless Women - No More Damsels in Distress A picture book bibliography compiled by Jerri Garretson

Criteria: Courage, imagination, achievement, individuality or nonconformity for a purpose,
positive role model, doing things usually not considered within a woman’s role. Human
characters only, girls or women as main character.

This list was created for presentations given at the Kansas Library Triconference and the
Kansas Reading Association Conference in April 2003.

+Jerri's personal favorites.

Traditional Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, Myths
& Stories Based on Them
Atalanta's Race: A Greek Myth by Shirley Climo, illustrated by Alexander Koshkin, 1995.
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave by Marianna Mayer, illustrated by K. Y. Craft, 1994.
Beauty and the Beast retold by Marianna Mayer, illustrated by Mercer Mayer, 1978.
+Betsy Who Cried Wolf by Gail Carson Levine, illustrated by Scott Nash, 2002
The Brave Little Seamstress by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Giselle Potter, 2002.
Brave Martha and the Dragon by Susan L. Roth, 1996
Callie Ann and Mistah Bear retold by Robert D. San Souci. Pictures by Don Daily, 2000.
Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson, illustrated by Kevin O'Malley, 1994.
+Clever Beatrice by Margaret Willey, illustrated by Heather Solomon, 2001.
+East of the Sun & West of the Moon by Mercer Mayer, 1980.
The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth Century Tale From Japan
adapted by Jean Merrill, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, 1992.
Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Giselle Potter, 2000.
The Khan’s Daughter: A Mongolian Folk Tale by Laurence Yep, illustrated by Mou-Sieng
and Jean Tseng, 1997.
+Master Maid: A Tale of Norway by Aaron Shepard, illustrated by Pauline Ellison, 1997.
No Dinner: The Story of the Old Woman and the Pumpkin by Jessica Souhami, 1999.
Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck, illlustrated by Anita Lobel, 1989.
Rumpelstiltskin Daughter by Diane Stanley, 1997
The Shell Woman and the King: A Chinese Folktale retold by Laurence Yep, illustrated by Yang
    Ming-Yi, 1993
+Tatterhood and the Hobgoblins: A Norwegian Folktale by Lauren Mills, 1993.
Vasilissa the Brave by Elizabeth Winthrop, illustrated by Alexander Koshkin, 1991.

Literary Tales Similar to Folk Tales, Tall Tales or Fairy Tales
Kansas Katie - A Sunflower Tale by Jerri Garretson, 2000.
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams,
illustrated by Megan Lloyd, 1986.
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Markchenko, 1991.
+The Perfume of Memory by Michelle Nikly, illustrated by Jean Claverie, 1998.
The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau, 2000.
Steamboat Annie and the Thousand-Pound Catfish by Catherine Wright,
    illustrated by Howard Fine, 2001.
The Storytelling Princess by Rafe Martin, illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root, 2001.
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Paul Zelinsky, 1994.
Twister Twyla - The Kansas Cowgirl by Jerri Garretson, illustrated by Diane A Dollar, 2003.

Contemporary Fiction
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch, 1991.
The Bravest of Us All by Marsha Diane Arnold, illustrated by Brad Sneed, Dial, 2000.
The Cow Who Wouldn’t Come Down by Paul Brett Johnson, 1993.
The Girl Who Wore Snakes by Angela Johnson, illustrated by James E. Ransome, 1993.
Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, 2001.
My Great-Grandmother's Gourd by Cristina Kessler, illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop, 2000.
+Insects Are My Life by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Paul Brett Johnson, 1995.
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith, 2000.
Nessa's Fish by Nancy Luen, illustrated by Neil Waldman, 1990.
Pearl Moscowitz's Last Stand by Arthur A. Levine, illustrated by Robert Roth, 1993.
+The Pirate Queen by Marianne Macdonald, illustrated by Jan Smith, 1991.
Rodeo Day by JoNelle Toriseva,1994.
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell illustrated by David Catrow, 2001
The Whispering Cloth: A Refugee's Story by Peggy Deitz Shea, illustrated by
Anita Riggio, stitched by You Yang, 1995.

Historical Fiction
A Band of Angels by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Raul Colon, 1999.
    Based on the life of Ella Sheppard and the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University
Birdie's Lighthouse by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root, 1997.
Brave Irene by William Steig, 1986.
The Bobbin Girl by Emily Arnold McCully, 1996.
    Based the real life story of Harriet Hanson Robinson.
Freedom School, Yes! by Amy Littlesugar, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, 2001.
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated
by Terry Widener, 2003. Based on the life of the real Alta Weiss.
Marguerite Makes a Book by Bruce Robertson, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, 1999.
Maria's Comet by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Deborah Lanino, 1999.
    Based on the life of astronomer Maria Mitchell.
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully, 1992. Caldecott Winner 1993.
+Nim and the War Effort by Milly Lee, illustrations by Yangook Choi, 1997.
Now Let Me Fly: The Story of a Slave Family by Dolores Johnson, 1993.
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson, 2001.
Raising Sweetness by Diane Stanley, illustrated by G. Brian Karas, 1999.
Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti, 1985.
+Saving Sweetness by Diane Stanley, illustrated by G. Brian Karas, 1996.
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by
James Ransome, 1993.
Treemonisha: From the Opera by Scott Joplin by Angela Shelf Medearis, illustrated
by Michael Bryant, 1995.
Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by James E. Ransome, 2001.

Biography & History
Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure by Don Brown, 1997
Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Brian Selznick, 1999.
America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle by David A. Adler,
illustrated by Terry Widener, 2000
Fannie in the Kitchen: The Whole Story From Soup to Nuts of How Fannie Farmer
Invented Recipes with Precise Measurements by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by
Nancy Carpenter, 2001.
+Fly High: The Story of Bessie Coleman by Louise Borden & Mary Kay Kroeger, illustrated by
    Teresa Flavin, 2001
The Fossil Girl: Mary Anning's Dinosaur Discovery by Catherine Brighton, 1999.
If A Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold, 1999
Joan of Arc by Josephine Poole, illustrated by Angela Barrett, 1998.
Joan of Arc: The Lily Maid by Margaret Hodges, illustrated by Robert Rayevsky, 1999.
+Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Max Ginsburg, 1995.
Marie Curie by Leonard Everett Fisher, 1994.
Molly Bannaky by Alice McGill, illustrations by Chris K. Soentpiet, 1999.
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anne Rockwell,
illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, 2000. Coretta Scott King Honor Book 2001.
A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart by David A. Adler, illustrated by Jeff Fisher, 1998.
A Picture Book of Anne Frank by David A. Adler, illustrated by Karen Ritz, 1993.
A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt by David A. Adler, illustrated by Robert Casilla, 1991.
A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale by David A. Adler, illustrated by John
and Alexandra Wallner, 1992.
A Picture book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler, illustrated by Samuel Byrd, 1992.
A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David A. Adler, illustrated by John &
Alexandra Wallner, 1990.
A Picture Book of Rosa Parks by David A. Adler, illustrated by Robert Casilla, 1993.
A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth by David A. Adler, illustrated by Gershom Griffith, 1994.
Pocahontas by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, 1946.
Queen Esther Saves Her People by Rita Golden Gelman, illustrated by Frane Lessac, 1998.
Queen Esther the Morning Star: The Story of Purim by Mordecai Gerstein, 2000.
Rare Treasures: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries by Don Brown, 1999.
Ruth Law Thrills A Nation by Don Brown, 1993.
Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne, illustrated by Bethanne Anderson, 1997.
+Shooting for the Moon: The Amazing Life and Times of Annie Oakley by Stephen Krensky,
    illustrated by Bernie Fuchs, 2001.
Stagecoach Mary Fields by Robert H. Miller, illustrated by Cheryl Hanna, 1995.
Stone Girl, Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning by Laurence Anholt, illustrated by
Sheila Moxley, 1998
+The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, illustrated by George Ford, 1995.
TallChief: America's Prima Ballerina by Maria Tallchief, with Rosemary Wells.
Illustrations by Gary Kelley, 1999.
+They called her Molly Pitcher by Anne Rockwell, illustrated by Cynthia von Buhler, 2002.
Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa by Don Brown, 2000.
+Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker by Kathryn Lasky,
illustrated by Nneka Bennett, 2000.
A Voice From the Wilderness: The Story of Anna Howard Shaw by Don Brown, 2002.
+When Esther Morris Headed West: Women, Wyoming and the Right to Vote by
Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge, illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers, 2001.
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson: The Voice of a Century
by Pam Munoz Ryan, 2002.
+Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by
Kathleen Krull, illustrated by David Diaz, 1996.
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer: A Very Improper Story by Shana Corey, 2000.

Last Updated October 31, 2003