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CBC Showcase: Women's History Month and National Poetry Month
Amelia Bloomer invented bloomers—liberating, baggy pantaloons—and made a powerful statement about women's rights!
"As deliciously subversive a picture book as has turned up in some time." —Booklist, starred review
by Shana Coret, illustrated by Chesley McLaren
These baggy pantaloons worn with a short skirt over them were scandalous when they first appeared, but most women loved them, for they freed them from dangerous and unhealthy clothing. Shana Corey's brief, bouyant text is delightfully charming and witty, conveying a serious subject in a manner that never takes itself too seriously.
Ages 5-8
ISBN: 0-439-07819-9
Price: $16.95
Publisher: Scholastic Press
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