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 24, 2026
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Sea queens women pirates around the world
Yolen, Jane.
Paper Book
"In 1963 Jane Yolen released a book called PIRATES IN PETTICOATS, because the idea of women as pirates fascinated her--but there wasn't much information about these women who made their livelihoods plundering on the high seas. Scholars have dug up a bounty of new information since then, and Jane,...
Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race
Lee Shetterly, Margot
Paper Book
Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award--nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women in STEM who helped NASA launch men into space...
The breadwinner
Ellis, Deborah
Paper Book
"All girls [should read] The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis." -- Malala Yousafzai, New York Times Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. Parvana's father -- a history...
The ABCs of women's history
Cortez, Rio
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling creative team behind The ABCs of Black History comes a statement-making follow-up that celebrates women, their history, and their future by centering the diversity of the disruptors who blazed a path forward for...

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