Catalog Search Results
Publisher
Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The shooting of the then fifteen-year-old teenager sparked international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
176 pages cm
Description
"With humor and sincerity, Yousafzai describes his life before the Talibanization of Mingora, scenes of his sons Khusal and Atal fighting kites on the roof, his progressive partnership with his wife Toor Pekai, and the challenge of raising children in an unfamiliar country. After Malala was shot by the Taliban, the Yousafzai family was completely uprooted from their home in the Swat Valley and forced to start over in the United Kingdom. Now, Ziauddin...
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 22 cm.
Description
"At the age of 11, Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog in support of education for girls in Pakistan. As the blog gained popularity and Yousafzai became famous, she faced opposition from religious extremists who were against womens right to education. Readers will discover how Yousafzai stood her ground against terrorist activists, even after being shot for her beliefs. They will also learn how Yousafzai achieved international recognition and how...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Appears on list
Description
"As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true."--
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Description
Profiles the life and accomplishments of the Pakistani teenager, covering her childhood, shooting at the hands of the Taliban, and life in England.
Author
Appears on list
Formats
Description
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
45 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 27 cm
Description
Malala Yousafzai stood up to the Taliban and fought for the right for all girls to receive an education. When she was just fifteen-years old, the Taliban attempted to kill Malala, but even this did not stop her activism. At age eighteen Malala became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work to ensure the education of all children around the world.
Author
Series
Formats
Description
"When Malala was fifteen years old, she was attacked by the Taliban for defending girls' rights to education. She survived and recovered to become a world leader in education rights. In 2014, at the age of seventeen, she was the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This is her acceptance speech, in which Malala tells her story -- the story of 66 million girls around the world deprived of education. Malala entreats her fellow children...
12) Malala Yousafzai
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Malala Yousafzai always knew she wanted to become a doctor someday. But a new extremist group in her home country of Pakistan wanted to stop girls from going to school. Malala knew what was important, and so she spoke out. Even after she was attacked on a bus for her views, she persisted. Learn about Malala's incredible recovery and her journey to becoming a world-famous advocate of girls' rights and education -- and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
105 pages : illustrations (colour), map ; 20 cm.
Description
Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (color) ; 20 cm.
Description
Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of seventeen for speaking out against injustice even when it was terrifying to do so. She was an ordinary Muslim girl who wanted to attend school, and she refused to stop protesting for her rights even after being attacked by a powerful group in Pakistan who wanted women to remain in the shadows. She continues to fight for women's rights and free education for children all over the world.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Two stories of bravery in one beautiful book! Meet two brave young heroes of Pakistan who stood up for the right to freedom and education in this inspirational nonfiction picture book from acclaimed author-illustrator Jeanette Winter. One country: Pakistan. Two children: Iqbal Masih and Malala Yousafzai. Each was unafraid to speak out. He, against inhumane child slavery in the carpet trade. She, for the right of girls to attend school. Both were...
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Appears on list
Description
Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women?each paired with a noteworthy female artist?to the next generation of activists, trail-blazers, and rabble-rousers. From author Susan Hood, this is a poetic and visual celebration of persistent women throughout history.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Let us know! Suggest a Title