Brave, Bright & Brilliant
Reading Companion
Brave, Bright & Brilliant
Reading Companion
Help young readers explore Brave, Bright & Brilliant Women beyond the page with free printable reading activities for children aged 8–12. These book companion worksheets strengthen reading comprehension while encouraging children to explore African women’s history through vocabulary, geography, reflection and creativity.
Print a fresh worksheet for each woman’s story and build a collection of learning activities that help children read closely, think deeply and remember her.
Turn reading into an investigation with the free HerStory Detective printable. Created for readers of Brave, Bright & Brilliant Women, this reading comprehension worksheet helps children identify key details, explore challenges and achievements, use evidence from the text and explain why each African woman’s story matters.
SKILL: Reading Comprehension
Help children connect African women’s stories to their places of origin with the free Map Her Story printable. Using the country outline hidden in each book illustration as a clue, young readers can identify the country on a map of Africa while developing geography, research and reading comprehension skills.
SKILL: African Geography
Turn reading into an investigation with the free HerStory Detective printable. Created for readers of Brave, Bright & Brilliant Women, this reading comprehension worksheet helps children identify key details, explore challenges and achievements, use evidence from the text and explain why each African woman’s story matters.
SKILL: Vocabulary
Combine reading comprehension with creativity using the free Design Her Book Cover printable. Children choose an African woman from Brave, Bright & Brilliant Women and create a new cover inspired by her story, including an original title, illustration, tagline and book description.
SKILL: Creative Response