Celebrate Women's History - Kids Edition

A selection of books celebrating women and their accomplishments, for Women’s History Month and all year long.

Updated February 26, 2025
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Spies Mary Bowser
Jones, Kyandreia
Paper Book
Fight against Confederate forces in this interactive book where YOU decide what happens next! Packed with 22 possible endings! Choose Your Own Adventure books-the 4th bestselling children's series of all time-now include historical fiction, in which you're an actual historic...
Abigail Adams, pirate of the Caribbean
Sheinkin, Steve
Paper Book
WARNING: DO NOT BELIEVE THE STORY YOU'RE ABOUT TO READ. Well, you can believe some of it. There is some real history. But also hijinks. Time travel. And famous figures setting off on adventures that definitely never happened--till now. Time is getting twisted, and it's up...
The international day of the girl celebrating girls around the World
Humphreys, Jessica Dee
Paper Book
The UN designated October the 11th as the International Day of the Girl, a day to increase awareness of problems that affect girls around the world and to encourage progress toward gender equality. 9 stories inspired by the real-life experiences of girls from all over the globe bring to light the...
Sea queens women pirates around the world
Yolen, Jane.
Ebook
She's on the money
Hall, Andrea
Paper Book
How 15 women left their mark on the world--and on our money. Queen Cleopatra had coins made with her face on them. Japan put writer Ichiyō Higuchi on the 5,000 yen note more than 100 years after her death. And Eva Perón was the first Argentine woman on...
Hidden figures the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space
Lee Shetterly, Margot
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...
A girl's bill of rights
Mucha, Amy B.
Paper Book
"I have the right to be bold, and mighty, and LOUD!" In a world where little girls must learn to stand tall, A Girl's Bill of Rightsboldly declares the rights of every woman and girl: power, confidence, freedom, and consent. Author Amy B. Mucha and illustrator Addy Rivera...
The breadwinner
Ellis, Deborah, 1960- author.
Paper Book
The Breadwinner brings to life an issue that has recently exploded in the international media -- the reality of life under the Taliban. Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because he has a foreign education, her father is...
Chasing freedom the life journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, inspired by historical facts
Grimes, Nikki
Paper Book
Nikki Grimes offers a glimpse into the inspiring lives of Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Tubman, with breathtaking illustrations by Michele Wood!What if Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sat down over tea to reminisce about their extraordinary lives? What would they recall of their triumphs and...
The book of sisters biographies of incredible siblings through history
Meikle, Olivia
Paper Book
Selected as an Honor Book at the International Literacy Association's Children's and Young Adult Book Awards 2023! Queens. Warriors. Witches. Revolutionaries. History is full of sisters making their mark. Meet incredible women in this nonfiction book for kids,...

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