Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change by Brittney Cooper

Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change Reviews

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  Aneesa

  6yo sang us a multi-verse song about the brave women from this book she read in class. "I stand up, I stand up, by sitting down..." 🎶 Unfortunately we did not know who they all were so we obviously had to get it from the library.
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  Tiffany

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  In Stand Up! author Brittney Cooper helpfully defines what it means to stand up whether it be for yourself, someone else or for a cause. The author has selected 10 classic and modern Black women who have changed the world, including Rosa Parks, Prathia Hall and Mum Bett. Some children may recognize familiar names like Rosa Parks and they will be introduced to modern names like Bree Newsome who climbed a flag pole in South Carolina to take down a Confederate flag. She was arrested for the act but South Carolina eventually was shamed into removing it permanently.
  
  I like how the book breaks down the history of the ten women in an easy to digest way that makes the stories easy to understand for children. Each story introduces the reader to the specific person and gives a date which is helpful to understanding just what each person was dealing with in their communities. At the end of each biography the author clearly defines how that particular women stood up for what they thought was right. Children reading will see themselves in these iconic women for example, Mari Copeny, Claudette Copeland and Ruby Bridges are three women identified who were children when they decided to stand up for what they believed in.
  
  Sketches by Cathy Ann Johnson illustrate each woman and they aren’t modernized for example, Ida B. Wells is shown with her late 1800’s dress wear. Stand Up! is very colorful with shades of yellow and orange for the background and the specific themes that the author wants the readers to take in are bolded and in a different color than the majority of the text.
  
  Stand Up! will encourage children (especially young children of color) to think about the causes and people they want to stand up for and most importantly, shows little Black girls that they are following in the footsteps of greatness.
  
  Rating: 5/5
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  Liz

  Sometimes standing up is an abstract concept that's difficult to explain. This book talks about how 10 different women stood up (by going to school, by sitting down, by picking up a pen). I also love the progression from being a young child struggling to stand up on your own, but now, you don't even think about standing up. We do it without thinking. An inspiring collection of Black women including some that are well know like Rosa Parks and Ruby Bridges and lesser known like Bree Newsome taking down the Confederate flag in South Carolina.
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  Margaret Boling

  6/7/2023 ~ A really cool format: "book ends" in which the author talks directly to the reader about the topic of the book. I also like the summary after each mini-bio which says "this person stood up by..." Finally, I appreciate the women included in this volume - not just historic women that most of our readers have heard of, but also lesser known and contemporary women.
  
  A definite addition to my elementary library.
  
  I found this book on the new book shelves at the Harbaugh Thomas Public Library in Biglerville, PA, part of the Adams County Public Library system.
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  Natalie

  This a picture book about 10 Black women who changed the world. It talks about people who made historical change and contemporary changes. It does say women in the title but when reading it highlights a young girl who wrote a letter to former President Obama about the Flint, Michigan water crisis. This shows our young future students that they can make change and it doesn't matter how old or young you are. The author is a Black woman which makes the book more culturally responsive and from someone who has first-hand knowledge. This would be a great book to have in my future classroom.
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  Raven Black

  Several women who did not just physically stand up (in fact two sat down), but who stood up for their rights. Many you might not have heard of, but others, like Rosa Parks, you know very well. And each one has a unique story of not staying quiet, but doing something about the injustices around them.
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  Theresa

  Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change
  by Brittney Cooper
  a look at the remarkable women some not well know that elevated their race, their culture and the world. Their personal struggles from deprivation, slavery, an civil rights. They elevated women, blacks and human beings in all their struggles. Its a remarkable self esteem building book that shows the nature of human resilience.
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  Kris

  I loved this. It is easy to understand without being too simplistic, gave me some more amazing people to research (I read a lot, and diversely, and I had only heard of six out of the ten women featured) and gives a fantastic explanation of the many different ways someone can stand up. The art is lively and colorful and I will make sure this gets a featured spot in my school library.
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  Eric

  Great book about courageous women fighting against our country’s racist past and present. 3 stars because i wont read again. Unsure if it needed concrete examples for what a young girl could do now to follow suit.
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  Danielle

  Dually appreciative that this highlights notable Black women that I've never heard of, and simultaneously disappointed that it will take more and more of these lists for them to be rightfully recognized. It definitely simplifies things (like Flint's water crisis) but is a good place to start.
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  Darlena Glenn

  This book is written in a way to encourage, to challenge, and to support young learners to STAND UP! We all have to be brave to speak truth to power and to stand up for our beliefs because like the author says in this book, it is not easy.
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  Beththena Johnson

  Perfect children's book with motivation, black girl magic, historical context that is appropriate for children.
  
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  Ian

  Powerful, poetic writing. Important subject and gorgeous art. This is Brittney's first kid's book and if you're a fan of her this one does not disappoint! big recommend for the kid in your life.
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  Karla Strand

  Strong messaging and gorgeous illustrations that will resonate with so many kids! Love this.
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  Paula Howard

  What a wonderful book. 10 ordinary Black women who stood up for what they believed. Not only valuable for my students of color but for all of my kids at school.
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  Kim

  This is an excellent book about how we learn, as children to sit and walk - but before we walk we have to learn to stand up. And then we have to stand up for what we believe in.
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  Kris Patrick

  Great book and I love Brittney Cooper but now I can’t get Ludacris’s Stand Up song out of my head
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  GlitterWater79

  The illustrations are gorgeous. The figures it covers are also quite extraordinary and I learned a lot as someone who knows a lot about most of these figures and/or the eras all of them cover. One thing I wished was for some Black trans women to be included, and more Black girl youth activists — love the part about Mari Copeny- but I know that will probably be featured in a sequel (and I very much hope there is a sequel).