Learn the story of a pioneer in children’s books in Beatrix and Her Friends: Celebrating the Life of Beatrix Potter, by Anne Lambelet.
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Alice Piper Speaks Up tells the story of a Native teenager’s history-making fight for equal education.
Discover the story of Vivien Thomas, a pioneer of children’s heart surgery and trailblazer for Black people, in A Doctor at Heart, by Joan Schoettler and Steffi Walthall.
Unbreakable, by Minoru Tonai, Jolene Gutiérrez, Chris Sasaki, tells the real-life experience of a Japanese American boy incarcerated with his family during World War II.
This Women’s History Month, discover the stories of some extraordinary women who helped change the world for the better with these picture books.
Learn the story of a cellist whose love of music and nature amazed the world in Beatrice and the Nightingale, by Patricia Newman and Isabelle Follath.
Learn the story behind the storyteller in The True Ugly Duckling: How Hans Christian Andersen Became a Swan, by Sandra Nickel and Calvin Nicholls.
Copland: A Story About America, by Veronica Mang, is a story about music and taking risks and being part of something bigger than yourself.
Delve into influential author Judy Blume’s childhood in Otherwise Known as Judy the Great: A Poetic Ode to Judy Blume, by Selina Alko.
Explore the wonders of the universe in Through the Telescope, a poetic ode to trailblazing astronaut Mae Jemison, from Charles R. Smith, Jr. and Evening Monteiro.