You Are a Star, Malala Yousafzai (You Are a Star)
by Dean Robbins (Author) Maithili Joshi (Illustrator)
It's Malala Yousafzai like you've never seen her before!
Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an activist and trailblazer. The third book in the exciting You Are a Star nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Malala Yousafzai focuses on Malala's lifelong mission to bring educational equality and justice to all―especially young girls.
Maithili Joshi's spot-on comic illustrations bring this icon to life, and back matter instructs readers on how to be more like Malala!
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Praise for You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
"Can there be too many biographies of Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Robbins' contribution assures us the answer is no... Colorful and expressive." — Booklist
"Conversational first-person narrative, inset graphics, fact boxes, and appealing illustrations combine to paint a well-rounded picture of Ruth Bader Ginsburg... A warm, informative, and entertaining biography of a pioneering scholar, lawyer, and judge." — Kirkus Reviews
Praise for You Are a Star, Jane Goodall
"A warm testimonial to the life and achievements of Jane Goodall...An enticing invitation to be like the courageous and innovative primatologist profiled here."—Kirkus Reviews
"Charming...Easy and engaging, this is an energetic biography in a pleasing format and is a strong first puchase."—School Library Journal
Dean Robbins is a journalist and the author of the children's picture books Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing, and Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote. His award-winning books have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews and have been praised in the New York Times and USA Today. Dean grew up idolizing Apollo astronauts and loved working with Alan Bean on The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon. Learn more at deanrobbins.net.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
Education
Social reformers
Young women
Yousafzai, Malala
Sex discrimination in education
Women social reformers
Political activists
Pakistan
Children's rights
