28 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ■ SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Women’s Suffrage Centennial
Advertisement◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆History’s suffragists were
anything but timid, Knight and
Stewart declare in this vividly written
and powerfully illustrated volume.
The collaborators chronologically
present the slow progression of
women’s suffrage worldwide,
beginning with New Zealand in 1893
and ending with Saudi Arabia in 2015.
Each spread focuses on a woman,
group of women, or organization
that was pivotal to the suffrage ght
in a given nation. Stewart captures
the grit and determination of the
women through stormy backgrounds,
stark design elements, and vehement
facial expressions. Activist and
actress Kimura Komako has red lips
and eyes that re ect the Japanese
ag’s red disc; another spread shows
Marguerite Durand with a sweeping
cape and a pink-tinged lioness (she
strolled through Paris with the cat
to promote suffrage). The portraits
call to mind sorceresses or other
fairy tale gures, but through clear,
evocative descriptions and useful
timelines, Knight emphasizes that
these heroines were and are very real.
Ages 9–up. (Nov.)
—Publishers Weekly
October 1, 2018Eve Lloyd Knight, illus.
by Louise Kay Stewart.
Crocodile, $18.95 (48p)
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An imprint of Interlink PublishingRosie Revere, Engineer; Ada Twist, Scientist, and others. PW’s starred review (see p. 71)
called Suffragette a “handsomely illustrated history” that doesn’t shy from “depicting
the harsh realities of a struggle that also involved racism, classism, vandalism, and
violence.” Roberts has a second politically themed book on the horizon, with Beaty:
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez, which Abrams will release in November.
Other children’s authors, too, are delving into voting rights activism and political
engagement.
Deborah Diesen (The Pout-Pout Fish) has teamed up with first-time
children’s book illustrator Magdalena Mora for Equality’s Call (Beach
Lane, Jan. 2020; ages 3–8), a picture book history of voting
rights in the U.S. (“The states set the rules/ About who got
to vote;/ And your gender, your race/ and your wealth were
of note”).
In August, Gibbs Smith published the picture book Champions
for Change: 25 Women Who Made History by Naomi Watkins and
Katherine Kitterman, illustrated by Brooke Smart (ages 6–9),
which includes a profile of Anthony, as well as one of her friend
Emmeline B. Wells, who lobbied for the vote in Utah and on the
national stage.
Anthony, unsurprisingly, appears in several new books
on the suffrage movement. Portable Press, for instance,
will offer a new installment of its Show Me History
series, on Susan B. Anthony (Apr. 2020; ages 8–12).
In 1892, Anthony asked Carrie Chapman Catt
to address Congress on suffrage. Unlike
Anthony, Catt, who succeeded her as the
president of the National American Woman
Suffrage Association, lived to see the 19th
Amendment’s ratification and
went on to found the League
of Women Voters. She’s the
subject of We Demand an
Equal Vote by Jasmine
Stirling, illustrated by
Kelly Malka (Sterling,
June 2020; ages
10–up).From Equality’s Call, illus. by Magdalena Mora (Beach Lane)