 | The start of autumn brings changing leaves, crisper weather, and, of course, the Halloween season! In today's newsletter, we're proud to announce the launch of A Mighty Girl's 2017 Halloween Costume Guide with its over 400 empowering costumes for all ages! We've also included more details below about all of the seasonal resources (including many fun and spooky reads) available on our website. Happy haunting! | |
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This Week in A Mighty Girl History | |
 | | | Jeanne Villepreux-Power, the pioneering French marine biologist who invented the aquarium, was born in 1794. She built the first glass aquarium to advance her studies of the paper nautilus. | | |  | | | Junko Tabei, the Japanese mountain climber who became the first woman to ever scale Mount Everest, was born in 1939. She made her historic ascent in 1975 as the leader of an all-woman expedition team. | | |
| 8-Year-Old Bullied For Her Love of Bugs Publishes in Scientific Journal. After Sophia Spencer was bullied for her love of bugs last year, women in entomology around the world rallied to her support. Now the Mighty Girl bug lover from Ontario, Canada has published her first paper in a scientific journal! Powerful Exhibit Takes Aim at Victim-Blaming Sexual Assault Myths. The "What Were You Wearing: Survivor Art Installation" pairs 18 outfits with stories from real sexual assault survivors about their experiences in order to "confront and disrupt" the myth that sexual assault is provoked by someone's dress. NASA Opens Building Dedicated to 99-Year-Old "Hidden Figures" Mathematician. Katherine Johnson was the guest of honor at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate a new NASA research building named in her honor. A Photographer's 4-Year Mission to Redefine Beauty. Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc has spent years taking portraits and collecting stories of women in more than 50 countries around the world. She aims to present a new vision of beauty based on "being yourself" in her new stunning book, The Atlas of Beauty, which features 500 of her portraits. Giving Good Praise to Girls: What Messages Stick. Stanford professor Carol Dweck's groundbreaking research shows that girls are more prone to believe their abilities are fixed and can't be improved with effort. To counter this, Dweck recommends praising girls' efforts to take on challenges, which helps build resiliency and a growth mindset. Saudi Arabia Announces an End to Longstanding Ban on Women Driving. After years of campaigning by Saudi women's rights activists, the country is finally dropping the women driving ban. Manal al-Sharif, one of the movement's leaders who was arrested and imprisoned for driving, just published a book, Daring to Drive, about the fight against the ban. The Scientists Who Invented a Way to Print Human Organs. Dr. Melanie Matheu and Dr. Noelle Mullin have developed a new way to create viable human organs using 3D printing – and their groundbreaking technology has the potential to eliminate organ transplant waiting lists in the future. Artist Creates Dolls with the Skin Condition Vitiligo. Kay Black creates customized dolls with vitiligo so that kids with the skin condition can see themselves represented! The Kansas-based designer repaints porcelain dolls freehand and can match the depigmentation pattern of a person with the condition. | |
From A Mighty Girl's Marketplace | |
 Young Winifred isn't afraid of werewolves or pirates – or even the monsters that make a ruckus every night and keep her awake. But she IS exasperated because she needs her sleep! She tries everything she can think of to get them to leave her alone, even consulting a book about fending off spooks and monsters and designing her own monster traps, all without success. It takes a stroke of luck – and a misplaced goodnight kiss – to figure out a simple solution! Starring a clever and courageous Mighty Girl and filled with spooky-but-silly monsters, this playful picture book is perfect as a fun read aloud or bedtime story. Ages: 4 to 8 |
 Ten-year-old Poppy, born to ordinary parents, has inherited coveted witch power. In Poppy's world, witches work for good and are much valued, but Poppy does not want to be a witch – she wants to be a baker, and she is extremely good at baking. Her parents insist Poppy follow in the footsteps of her great aunt, a famous witch, but Poppy has plans of her own. Part magic, part adventure, and wholly delicious, this spirited story includes more than a dozen recipes you can try at home. Ages: 8 to 12 |
 In this Victorian ghost story, two orphaned Irish children, siblings Molly and Kip, join the servant staff at a dilapidated English manor and rapidly discover that everything is not as it seems. Both the house and the family within it hold many secrets, including a strange figure that bestows nightmares on the house's inhabitants and a mysterious tree that seems to be the center of an ancient curse. Molly's gift for storytelling is what got her the job at the Windsor house, but can it also save them from the evil enchantments that plague the manor? This spooky, atmospheric ghost story will be a hit with readers young and old who love suspense, mystery, and a good scare. Ages: 10 and up |
 It's Abby, Erin, Holtzmann, and Patty to the rescue in this fun cooperative board game where players have to protect the barrier from Rowan's evil plan! There are Paranormal Energy Devices all over the Mercado Building, and the Ghostbusters have to get them all out. But they need to move fast: the longer they take, the more ghosts appear, and if six rooms get Haunted, you lose the game. The game can be played at four different challenge levels, providing plenty of replayability for this exciting strategy game! Ages: 8 and up. |
 Fans of Studio Ghibli's fantastic collection of Mighty Girl films can find books, clothing, and toys based on them, as well as the films themselves, in our Studio Ghibli Collection. | |
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 With the start of fall, the Halloween season is now upon us! To help you get into the spirit of the season – and help you or your Mighty Girl find the perfect costume – we've pulled together many resources in our Halloween collections. In our newly launched 2017 Halloween Costume Guide, you can find over 400 girl-empowering costumes for both kids and adults. The guide is sortable by age and nine different themes, including fantasy, historical, superheroes, occupations, and animals. Of course, for those Mighty Girls who enjoy the challenge of creating their own costumes, you can find inspiration in the 2,000 incredible photos of Mighty Girls in costume that were sent in last year in our A Mighty Girl's 2016 Halloween Gallery. Of course, the Halloween season would not be complete without some spooky Halloween tales – fortunately, there's no shortage of fantastic seasonal stories starring Mighty Girl characters (human and otherwise)! In our blog post, Witches, Monsters, and Spooky Tales: 35 Mighty Girl Books for Halloween, we've showcased many of our scary and not-so-scary Halloween favorites for young readers. Witch lovers can discover even more books starring witches in our blog post, With Broomstick in Hand: 35 Books Starring Mighty Girl Witches. For tweens and teens, we've also shared a variety of seasonal stories in our blog post, 21 Spooky Mighty Girls Tales for Tweens and Teens. Here's wishing everyone a bewitching Halloween season! |
 For A Mighty Girl's new book giveaway, we're excited to present I Am Sacagawea, the newest addition to Brad Meltzer's bestselling series, Ordinary People Change the World! This popular picture book biography series introduces children to a variety of remarkable people throughout history in a lively and accessible manner, and this latest book tells the story of a courageous and determined young woman who changed the world while still a teenager. Sacagawea was the only girl and only Native American to join Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery expedition across the uncharted western United States in the early 1800s. She served as an expedition translator, all the while carrying her child on her back for over 2,000 miles and a year and a half by boat, horse, and foot. By the time the expedition reached the Pacific Ocean, Sacagawea proved to the world that she was truly a trailblazer! Like all of the titles in this series, illustrator Chris Eliopoulos's cartoon-styled artwork brings Sacagawea's story to life, while Brad Meltzer's engaging text strikes a wonderful balance between information and inspiration. Thanks to its publisher, Penguin Young Readers, three A Mighty Girl supporters will receive autographed copies of all six titles from the Ordinary People Change the World series focused on Mighty Women throughout history, including books on Sacagawea, Amelia Earhart, Lucille Ball, Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, and Jane Goodall. The giveaway is free to enter and the three winners will be randomly selected. With apologies to our many non-US-based supporters, due to legal restrictions, the giveaway is only open to US residents. The last day to enter is Sunday, October 1. To enter the I Am Sacagawea giveaway, visit our Giveaway Entry Page. |
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