Women's History Month: 18 picture book biographies

 

March is Women's History Month and March 8 is International Women's Day, so there is no better time to share books about important women from the past and present who have taken a stand against injustice, unfairness, inequality, and stereotypes.  

The books listed below offer rich discussions with students and can lead to local and immediate projects close to the heart of those listening to these stories:

Because Claudette by Traci Baptiste and Tonya Engel 

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer  by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan

Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon by Annette Bay Pimentel and Micha Archer

A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice by Nadia L. Hohn and Eugenie Fernandes

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika A. Denise and Paola Escobar

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley

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Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg

She Was the First! The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Eric Velasquez

Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James. E. Ransome

Stand Straight, Ella Kate: The True Story of a Real Giant by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise

Blast Off into Space Like Mae Jemison by Caroline Moss and Sinem Erkas

Her Story: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World by Katherine Halligan and Sarah Walsh

Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai and Kerascoet

Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia Sotomayor and Lulu Delacre

Wilma's Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller by Doreen Rappaport and Linda Kukuk

Fly, Girl, Fly! Shaesta Waiz Soars Around the World by Nancy Roe Pimm and Alexandra Bye

Fearless Mary: Mary Fields, American Stagecoach Driver by Tami Charles and Claire Almon

Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace  by Jen Cullerton Johnson and Sonia Lynn Sadler