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In truth, the seeds of this hike had been in Ben’s brain for a long time. Jeremy’s incessant ..
If this book has taught you one thing, hopefully it’s that, as a proud owner of a vagina, you rock. ..
Wangari lives under an umbrella of green trees in the shadow of Mount Kenya in Africa. She watches the birds ..
Callie rode on the horse with the lieutenant, while Mama and Little Charlie rode with Papa. She could ..
I wave quickly at the Baba before he enters the men’s prayer room. He’s easy to spot because he’s ..
When Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief was born, there were few American ballet stars. She would become ..
Oprah Winfrey always loved telling stories. When she was a young girl, she didn’t have a lot of money ..
It’s not easy to be a girl athlete. Girls are more likely to be told sports are for boys. Or that ..
Being a woman in science isn’t always easy. Sometimes women are told that their ideas aren’t ..
It’s not always easy being a girl- anywhere in the world. It’s especially challenging in some ..
Xander would take me to the park during the summertime. Mom didn’t work as much then. Instead she would ..
Little Black lives matter child; just you wait and see. There have been many children just like ..
Nicky was born in 1909, into a century full of promise. ‘At Nicky’s, school, the students ..
Czechoslovakia 1938 When we were seven or eight or nine or ten, our home was the old city of Prague. ..
Simone wants a color. She asks Mama, ” Am I black or White?” “Boo,” Mama says, ..
Some families are big Some families are small Some families are the same color Some families are different ..
In the middle of New York City there is a great big park called Central Park. Children love to play there. ..
All he had wanted to do was play some basketball tonight. Play some ball, then go home and air drum whatever ..
I catch a gleam in his eye as he turns back towards me. Jorge has never found it easy to talk about his feelings, ..
Twig was running and I was riding behind him. I imagined him thinking about me, wondering how close, ..
Hey Everyone, Amelia here. I can’t tell you how excited I was to go to school Monday. My teacher ..
In the dream, we’re at a picnic. Just the two of us- Sheila and me. This never happened in real life, ..
In New Orleans, there lived a man who saw the streets as his calling, and he swept them clean. He danced ..
Laura Dyson wants two things in life: to be accepted by her classmates and to be noticed by ultracute ..