Children's Books for Women's History Month

Updated March 4, 2025
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Me-- Jane /
McDonnell, Patrick,
Paper Book
A Caldecott Honor Book Patrick McDonnell--bestselling author-artist and creator of the beloved MUTTS comic strip--shares the inspiring story of young Jane Goodall, the legendary and inspiring conservationist featured in the hit documentary...
The underground abductor
Hale, Nathan,
Paper Book
In The Underground Abductor, #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Nathan Hale tells an abolitionist tale about Harriet Tubman in the Hazardous Tales graphic novel series! "These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody,...
Girls solve everything :
Thimmesh, Catherine.
Ebook
Brave women from diverse backgrounds make the world a better place through their businesses in this inspiring companion to the best-selling Girls Think of Everything by Sibert-winner Catherine Thimmesh and Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet. For fans of Women Who Dared and Women in...
Thank you, Sarah : the woman who saved Thanksgiving
Anderson, Laurie Halse.
Paper Book
From the author of Speak and Fever, 1793, comes the never-before-told tale of Sarah Josepha Hale, the extraordinary "lady editor" who made Thanksgiving a national holiday! Thanksgiving might have started with a jubilant feast on Plymouth's shore. But by the 1800s...
Hidden figures :
Shetterly, Margot Lee,
Paper Book
The uplifting, amazing true story--a New York Times bestseller! This edition of Margot Lee Shetterly's acclaimed book is perfect for young readers. It's the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space...
Astronauts :
Ottaviani, Jim.
Paper Book
In the graphic novel Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, Jim Ottaviani and illustrator Maris Wicks capture the great humor and incredible drive of Mary Cleave, Valentina Tereshkova, and the first women in space. The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but...
Harriet Tubman, secret agent :
Allen, Thomas B.
Paper Book
It's 1863. Harriet Tubman is facing one of the biggest--and most dangerous-- challenges of her life. She has survived her master's lash, escaped from slavery, and risked her life countless times to lead runaway slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Now she has a new role--that of Union...
Dinosaur lady : the daring discoveries of Mary Anning, the first paleontologist
Skeers, Linda
Paper Book
A beautifully illustrated picture book biography of Mary Anning that will enlighten children about the discovery of the dinosaurs and the importance of female scientists, perfect for fans of The Girl Who Thought in Pictures Mary Anning loved scouring the beach near her home in England for...
The bluest of blues :
Robinson, Fiona,
Paper Book
An ALSC Notable Children's Book A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year A gorgeous picture book biography of botanist and photographer Anna Atkins--the first person to ever publish a book of photography After...
Clara Barton /
Krensky, Stephen
Paper Book
Featuring detailed sidebars, handy vocabulary boxes, and a visual timeline, DK's Biography series is perfect for book reports or anytime reading. DK Biography: Clara Barton tells the story of the humanitarian, suffragette, civil rights activist, and founder and first president of...
Simone Biles /
Magoon, Kekla.
Paper Book
Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted. Throughout United States history, there...
Who was Nellie Bly? /
Gurevich, Margaret,
Paper Book
Get ready to journey around the world with Nellie Bly--one of America's first investigative journalists. Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman had no idea that the open letter she'd written to a local newspaper in Pittsburgh in 1885 would change her life forever. The editor of the paper was...

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