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= Amelia Bloomer List for 2011 Announced =

The Amelia Bloomer Project, a product of the ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table’s (SRRT) Feminist Taskforce, announced the [|2011 Amelia Bloomer List] at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in San Diego. This year’s list includes 68 titles published between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010.

The bibliography consists of well-written and illustrated books for young readers from birth to 18 years old that have significant feminist content. The list is intended to aid children and teens in selecting high-quality books, as a recommended reading list for youth and those who interact with them, and as a collection development or reader’s advisory tool for interested librarians.

Named for Amelia Bloomer, a pioneering 19th century newspaper editor, feminist thinker, public speaker, and suffragist, the list notes books about girls and women that spur the imagination while confronting traditional female stereotypes.

Committee members are Angela Semifero, Marshall District Library (MI); Barbara Ward, Washington State University (WA); Beth Olshewsky, co-chair, Tulare County Office of Education (CA); Dana Campbell, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library (OR); Jennie Law, John Bulow Campbell Library (GA); Joy Worland, Joslin Memorial Library (VT); Linda Parsons, Ohio State University (OH); Maureen McCoy, co-chair, Brooklyn Public Library (NY).

The top ten titles of the Amelia Bloomer List are:
 * Ali, Nujood and Delphine Minoui. [|I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced.] 2010. 192p. Three Rivers, $12.00 (978-0-307-58967-5). Gr.4-8.
 * Annino, Jan Godown. [|She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader.] Illus. by Lisa Desimini. 2010. Unpaged. National Geographic Children’s Books, $17.95 (978-1-4263-0592-4). K-Gr6.
 * Brown, Tami Lewis. [|Soar, Elinor!] Illus. by François Roca. 2010. Unpaged. Farrar Straus Giroux, $16.99 [[image:http://www.pbgtoolkit.com/docs_pbg/1271441653Click.jpg width="140" height="210" align="right"]](978-0-374-37115-9). K-Gr.3.
 * Cossi, Olga. [|Pemba Sherpa.] Illus. by Gary Bernard. 2009. Unpaged. Odyssey Books, $15.95 (978-0-9768655-8-2). PreS-Gr.3.
 * Crysdale, Joy. [|Fearless Female Journalists.] 2010. 118p. Second Story Press, $10.95 (978-1-897187-71-5). Gr.5-up.
 * Engle, Margarita. [|The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba.] 2010. 160p. Henry Holt & Co., $16.99 (978-0-8050-9082-6). Gr.5-up.
 * George-Warren, Holly. [|The Cowgirl Way: Hats Off To America’s Women Of The West.] 2010. 128p. Houghton Mifflin, $18.00 (978-0-618-73738-3). Gr.4-up.
 * Marck, Bernard. [|Women Aviators: From Amelia Earhart to Sally Ride, Making History in Air and Space.] 2009. 240p. Flammarion, $45.00 (978-2080-3010-86). Gr.7-up.
 * Martin, Courtney E. and J. Courtney Sullivan, eds. [|Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists.] 2010. 237p. Seal Press, $16.95 (978-1-5800-5285-6). Gr.8-up.
 * Rosenstock, Barbara. [|Fearless: the True Story of Racing Legend Louise Smith.] Illus. by Scott Dawson. 2010. Unpaged. Dutton, $16.99 (978-0525421734). K-Gr.3.