‘Rad American Women A-Z’: Readings

Books about the movers and shakers in our nation’s past still tend to be filled with white men, so the author Kate Schatz and the artist Miriam Klein Stahl decided to fill theirs with women of all colors. The result is “Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History … and Our Future!” (City Lights), a volume for ages 8 and older that spent eight weeks this year on the New York Times best-seller list for middle-grade children. Ms. Schatz and Ms. Stahl are making free appearances at bookstores this weekend to read from and discuss their work, which includes illustrated short biographies of figures like the activist Angela Davis, the labor leader Dolores Huerta and the author Zora Neale Hurston.