The Amelia Bloomer awards are managed by the a committee of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association. Books with significant feminist content and excellent writing are selected. Here are the top ten for 2018:

 

Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar

Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time by Tanya Lee Stone

Hand Over Hand by Alma Fullerton, illustrated by Renné Benoit

Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai, illustrated by Kerascoet

Noteworthy by Riley Redgate

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale

The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg

Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali

Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens