Learn the true story of how children of Chinese heritage earned the right to attend public school in Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School, Traci Huahn and Michelle Jing Chan.
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March is Women’s History Month. You can learn more about some fascinating women by reading the following picture books.
Gifts from Georgia’s Garden: How Georgia O’keeffe Nourished Her Art, by Lisa Robinson and Hadley Hooper, is a celebration of art.
Learn about trailblazing comedian Lucille Ball in Lucy: How Lucille Ball Did it All, by Amy Guglielmo , Jacqueline Tourville and Brigette Barrager.
You Are a Star, Malala Yousafzai, by Dean Robbins and Maithili Joshi, is the story of the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes, by Traci N. Todd and Shannon Wright, is an excellent picture book biography.
Learn more about the first black female Supreme Court Justice in Justice Ketanji: The Story of US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Learn about the first professional woman astronomer — Caroline Herschel — in Comet Chaser, written by Pamela S. Turner and illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger.
Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough tells the story of our planet and a man who has dedicated his life to saving it.