pickThis book tells the story of a little girl from Syria beautifully and mostly in images. It had me searching for more on the book‘s real life namesake, a legendary Syrian queen. There are so few stories told of real life women leaders from ancient times! Ultimately though, this book is about a nation in turmoil and the human costs. I loved this sweet, sad, inspiring book!
pickI was impressed that a 93 pages graphic novel with only few words, could say so much, could transmit so many feelings just by observing those illustrations that maybe are not so elaborated. But the 2017 Danish National Illustration Award was well deserved. The story of Amina, a Syrian refugee with a heartbreaking end😢So hard to give a rating because to a graphic novel with almost not dialogue but the message was so devastated, at least for me.
pickA highly readable and fascinating work on the history of real life Amazons - that is nomadic female warriors from the Scythian peoples at the edge of the Greek known world. Mayor presents compelling evidence in the form of grave goods, art, and historical documents to support her theory. She also uses this theory as a lens through which to evaluate classical Amazon myths and the folklore surrounding historical female warriors.
#nonfiction #womenwarriors #womenandscience #womenandhistory
Loving this book about Elizebeth Friedman who was responsible for “smashing codes” for decades, while the infamous Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover publicly took the credit.Here is an interview with the author, Jason Fagone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/15/books/tell-us-5-things-woman-who-smashed-code...
#literaryluck #goldspines So many people are choosing Little Golden Books, and with 2 kids I have so many of those! But I glanced at my shelves and realized I actually have quite a few books with golden spines without leaving the living room!
“Classical writers testified to the fighting skills of Celtic women.”
#annechambers #graceomalley #granuaile #ireland #matriarchy #goddess #womenwarriors
One final bit of year end business: #LitsyAtoZ. I don‘t think I ever officially signed up and when I hit my funk I stopped tracking for a while. I filled this in after I read my last book of 2018 and was surprised and delighted that I got all but two letters. I‘ll be tracking again in 2019 and maybe this time I‘ll make it official.
pickIt is rare that I stumble upon a book I‘ve never heard of while browsing. It is particularly joyful, then, when I find a new gem just waiting for me on a library shelf and this was one of this books.
A sparse and heartache of a graphic novel about a young girl‘s flight from war-torn Syria and the strength she pulls from the memory of her mother and of the long-ago Syrian warrior princess Zenobia.
I read it once and immediately read it again.
