She ­Persisted: Malala Yousafzai

Gr 1-4–Chelsea Clinton’s introduction—which she reads with inspiring encouragement—explains how she “partner[ed] with a sisterhood of writers to bring longer, more in-depth versions” of the women’s stories featured in her bestselling “She Persisted” picture book series: “They persisted and so should you.” The resulting chapter books have remarkable pairings, here featuring award-winning, bestselling Pakistani American Saeed who celebrates youngest Nobel Prize winner (at 17) Malala Yousafzai. Indian American Gupta reads solemnly, gently, revealing Yousafzai’s unwavering tenacity fighting for education while growing up in Pakistan, her vicious attack by the Taliban, her miraculous recovery in the UK, and her internationally acclaimed advocacy for girls’ and women’s rights. Saeed appends six practical, achievable ways “you can make a difference in your community and persist like Malala.”