Little Leaping Leaders

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Some fun times at our Leaping Leader, Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer’s, office as they work on making a change in NJ!

These Barbies are at the dreamhouse working for the people of NJ 💖

Our Featured Leader, Sadaf Jaffer for Assembly on the road! We wish you the best and all the success, Sadaf Jaffer!

Agatha Christie, the world's best-selling novelist famous for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, was born on this day in 1890 in Devon, England. Christie's novels have sold two billion copies, earning her the Guinness World Record for the “world's best-selling fiction writer" and her work has been widely adapted for television and film. Her stage play, "The Mousetrap, holds the world record for longest-running play. It is still running today after more than 28,000 performances since it open in 1952 at Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End. In 2013, her novel, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" starring Hercule Poirot, was voted the best crime novel ever by 600 fellow writers of the Crime Writers' Association.

For a fascinating picture book biography for children about this pioneering author, we highly recommend "Agatha Christie: Little People, Big Dreams" for ages 5 to 8 at https://www.amightygirl.com/agatha-christie-little-people

For adults, we recommend "Agatha Christie, An Autobiography" (https://www.amightygirl.com/agatha-christie-an-autobiography) and "Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks" (https://amzn.to/2MxySol)

To learn more about her many beloved mysteries, visit the Agatha Christie Collection at https://amzn.to/2Rr9Mwj

For a fun new children's mystery series starring 12-year-old Agatha Christie, check out "The Body Under the Piano" for ages 10 to 13 at https://www.amightygirl.com/body-under-the-piano

For more mysteries for all ages starring smart and courageous female sleuths, visit our blog post, "Elementary, My Dear Mighty Girl: 50 Books Starring Mighty Girl Detectives," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=12393

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Elementary, My Dear Mighty Girl: 50 Books Starring Mighty Girl Detectives A Mighty Girl's top picks of mysteries for children and teens starring Mighty Girl detectives!

Two teen Mighty Girls will meet in the US Open final tomorrow in the first women's or men's major tennis final featuring unseeded players since the Open Era began in 1968! 18-year-old Emma Raducanu of Britain and 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez of Canada both came into the Grand Slam tournament as unseeded players, ranked 150th and 73rd in the world respectively. Though each were expected to be eliminated early in the tournament, the pair will now go head-to-head in the first major final between two teens since Serena Williams played Martina Hingis at the 1999 US Open. Raducanu is also the youngest Grand Slam finalist since Maria Sharapova won at Wimbledon in 2004. Although her plane ticket had a return date for right after the qualifiers were over, Raducanu marvels "three weeks later, I'm in the final and I can't believe it.” Fernandez was equally thrilled by her stunning, unexpected success: "I'm glad that whatever I'm doing on court, the fans are loving it -- and I'm loving it, too. We’ll say it’s magical."

Congratulations to both Emma and Leylah and best of luck to both at tomorrow's final!

To introduce kids to several inspiring women who made tennis history, we recommend "Billie Jean King” for ages 5 to 8 (https://www.amightygirl.com/billie-jean-king-little-people), "Sisters: Venus and Serena Williams" for ages 5 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/sisters-venus-and-serena-williams), and "Martina & Chrissie: The Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports" for ages 7 to 10 (https://www.amightygirl.com/martina-chrissie)

Fans of Billie Jean King, who famously defeated Bobby Riggs during the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, will love the Inspiring Women doll based on her for ages 6 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/billie-king-doll

For two inspirings books about girls and women breaking athletic records throughout history, we recommend "Girls With Guts!" (https://www.amightygirl.com/girls-with-guts) for ages 6 to 9 and "Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win" (https://www.amightygirl.com/women-in-sports) for ages 9 and up

And, for one of our favorite t-shirts for sports-loving Mighty Girls -- young and old -- that proudly states "I'm not strong for a girl. I'm just strong.", visit https://www.amightygirl.com/strong-t-shirt

Thank you, A Mighty Girl for this post!

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Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez to make history in all-teen US Open final The US Open women's final will be a battle of the teens as Britain's Emma Raducanu advances to her first major final by defeating No. 17 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-1, 6-4 in the semifinals on Thursday night.

Annie Oakley, the famed American sharpshooter and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, was born on this day in 1860. Oakley was born in a log cabin in rural Ohio and began shooting and hunting at age eight to collect wild game to help support her widowed mother and siblings.

From a young age she performed shooting acts at circuses and shows and, over time, Oakley became one of the first global superstars renowned worldwide for her incredible skill. One of her most famous feats was splitting a playing card, edge-on, and filling it with holes before it hit the ground at 90 feet using a .22-caliber rifle.

Oakley championed women's right to education, as well as taught an estimated 15,000 women how to shoot for purposes of hunting, exercise and recreation. As she once said, "God intended women to be outside as well as men, and they do not know what they are missing when they stay cooped up in the house.”

For an excellent biography to introduce children to this remarkable trailblazer, we highly recommend "Who Was Annie Oakley?" for ages 8 to 12 at https://www.amightygirl.com/who-was-annie-oakley

She is also one of several inspiring role models featured in the picture book "My Name Is Not Isabella: Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream?" for ages 4 to 8 at https://www.amightygirl.com/my-name-is-not-isabella

For two Annie Oakley costumes for dress-up fun or Halloween, check out the "Annie Oakley Costume" for ages 7 to 14 (https://www.amightygirl.com/annie-oakley-costume) and the version for teens and adults, 13 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/annie-oakley-teen-adult-costume)

To introduce young readers to many real-life, historic cowgirls, we recommend "The Cowgirl Way: Hats Off to America's Women of the West" for ages 9 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/the-cowgirl-way

Oakley is also featured in the Cowgirls Coloring Book for ages 6 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/cowgirls-coloring-book) and on the "Women Who Dared Building Block" set for ages 2 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/women-who-dared-blocks)

For stories of both real-life and fictional girls and women who, like Annie Oakley, confronted gender discrimination in a multitude of forms, visit our "Gender Discrimination" section at http://amgrl.co/1jdxKIy

Thanks to the National Women's History Museum for sharing this image!

Thanks to A Mighty Girl for the post!

‘The Pandemic’ (documentary on Netflix) featuring one of our Featured Speakers, Dr. Syra Madad, gets nominated for an Emmy! Heartiest congrats on the nomination to the cast and crew!

42nd Annual News & Documentary Nominations – The Emmys NEW YORK (July 27, 2021) – Nominations for the 42nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced today by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).

Lydia Jacoby makes a splash!!

Northern lights: Alaska teen shocks with Olympic swim gold TOKYO (AP) — Alaska is renowned for its majestic natural beauty. The snowy peaks. The glistening glaciers. The sparkling fjords. An Arctic paradise, for sure. Swimming?

Our very first Featured Leader, Sadaf Jaffer for Assembly, runs for Trenton, NJ!

Thank you for supporting LLL. We wish you success in all your endeavors and request for all to go out and support this fierce leader! Good luck, Sadaf Jaffer!

I am a scholar, a mother, and a community leader. In 2017, I ran for local office because I believe that good government can change people’s lives. In 2019, I became Mayor to bring much-needed change to my town of Montgomery. Now, I am running for Assembly to bring that drive for change to state government. The - Andrew Zwicker for Senate, Roy Freiman for Assembly and myself - are the perfect ticket to bring experienced, representative governance to Trenton.