Amazing Women

by Caryn Jenner

Read about inspiring women and their extraordinary achievements! DK Reader Amazing Women is a close-up look at the lives of extraordinary women from the past and present, from Cleopatra to Theresa May.

DK's innovative range of levelled readers combines a highly visual approach with non-fiction narratives that children will love reading. DK Reader Amazing Women is a level 4 reader, Reading Alone, offering a delightful narrative for young children to encourage an interest in and desire to read. Simple sentences are used with an emphasis on frequently used words with strong visual clues and labels introducing and reinforcing vocabulary.

Explore the world of extraordinary women with DK Reader Amazing Women, packed with facts kids will love reading.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Childrens, Feminism, Biography

Hardcover

Published February 1, 2017

About the author

Caryn Jenner has written many DK Readers. In addition, her picture book, Starting School, was longlisted for the School Library Association Information Book Award. Caryn is a reading volunteer at a local school, and also presents writing workshops and author events for children.

Reviews

[Dottie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My tween son picked out this book at the library and he enjoyed it to much I️ thought I️ would give a look see. I️ really like this book. It is formative and motivational. I️ would recommend this book to anyone.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was so hard for me to get through for some reason. I had to force my way through this.

The formatting of the book is nice. I love when contemporary pictures are included.

But I can safely say I did not have any fun with this book. Felt like work.

[Sobia A Khan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Slightly overwhelming as the book is divided into chapters with several women in each category. No real divide between each women, just a new paragraph. Many mentioned don't any any visual representation for the reader to relate to.

Does a good job at the end with a short quiz and answers to it at the end of the glossary. Parent guide with tips on reading aloud and supporting emerging self readers

[Sunny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading and review for the purpose of reader advisory. This is a level reader, for approximately age 9-13 depending on the reader. Interesting non-ficition, with short summaries about different women in history. The follow of the book is a little bit awkward. But I think as far as advanced level readers goes, it just has facts, it is very straight forward, and could keep the attention of someone of a young age.

[James Potts · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very interesting. Each page was filled with interesting facts about amazing women in history. These stories were real life inspiring stories. This book would be great for any student that loves history. Also, it can be used for a history report involving one to the many amazing women of the past. Great and interesting book with amazing breathtaking pictures and illustrations.

[Crystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were some women, like Wilma Rudolph and Wang Zhenyi, who I was glad to learn about for the first time. Still, I feel like if they were going to feature American and British suffragettes they should also have included Kate Shepard who helped make New Zealand the first country where women could vote.

[Bernadette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amazing women from all over the world and different fields are highlighted. Hopefully some day women and their accomplishments will no longer need to be highlighted because they will be accepted as common place.

[Rikki Powers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm reading books aimed at younger audiences for school, but this had so many interesting people we passed it around my workplace. Information is at a low reading level but still engaging.