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Celebrate Women’s History Month with the voices of amazing women!

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When the world tells you to stay quiet, do you listen, or do you speak up? Read about 14 inspiring women in each of these books and then, with the touch of a button readers can hear their voices!  Find out more about the She Spoke series here.

Educator and Librarian Resources:

Word searches:

Speak Up! Listen Up!: Using She Spoke in the Classroom at Pencil Tips: Writing Workshop Strategies from Children’s Authors and Illustrators

She Spoke video storytime at KidTime StoryTime

She Spoke Playlist – Listen, read, and be inspired with our girl power playlist on Spotify!

She Spoke Pinterest board – More links, clips, and recordings of the amazing women profiled in the book and more heroines you should know.

Interviews with the authors:

SHE SPOKE TOO is a Notable Social Studies Trade Book!

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SHE SPOKE TOO was selected for the Notable Social Studies Trade Books 2025 list! The Notable Social Studies Trade Book Awards are an annual project of the National Council for the Social Studies and the Children’s Book Council (CBC) running since 1972. This award list features K-12 annotated titles published in the previous calendar year that are exceptional books for use in social studies classrooms, selected by social studies educators.

Photo of SHE SPOKE TOO with a gold medal. AWARD-WINNING BOOK.

SHE SPOKE TOO is here!

She Spoke, She Spoke Too

Join me and Tracy C. Gold tonight at 7:30 PM Eastern on Instagram Live as we celebrate the release of our new books, Call Your Mother and She Spoke Too, both from Familius Press!

She Spoke Too: 14 More Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the Worldshe spoke too cover

Written by Kathy MacMillan and Manuela Bernardi, Illustrated by Becky Thorns

ISBN: 9781641707510

When the world tells you to stay quiet, do you listen, or do you speak up? In She Spoke Too: 14 More Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World, with the touch of a button readers can hear the voices of 14 inspiring women. Simply press the button featuring each iconic woman to hear her words, or press the button again to turn the sound off.

Featuring:

  • Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)
  • Gerda Weissmann Klein
  • Patsy Takemoto Mink
  • Judy Heumann
  • LaDonna Harris
  • Antonia Hernández
  • Dr. Mae Jemison
  • Jacinda Ardern
  • Zuzana Čaputová
  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Kamala Harris
  • Maria Ressa
  • Shamsia Hassani
  • Greta Thunberg

Through succinct profiles, stunning portraits by illustrator Becky Thorns, and the original voices of these international women, She Spoke Too will inspire readers of all ages to share their own truths and change the world.

Pre-order now!

Find out more about the first book, She Spoke: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World, available now from Familius Press.

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