This Women’s History Month, discover the stories of some extraordinary women who helped change the world for the better with these picture books.
Browsing: nonfiction
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.
Follow the lifecycles of two very different butterflies in Monarch and Mourning Cloak: A Butterfly Journal, by Melissa Stewart, Sarah S. Brannen.
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.
Learn about the place where a priceless treasure is being stored in Just In Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, by Megan Clendenan and Brittany Cicchese.
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.
Learn the story of the disappearance of the Aral Sea and the loss of livelihood and biodiversity in The Vanishing Sea, by Dinara Mirtalipova.
Uncover the truth about the women who married Henry VIII in The Six Queens of Henry VIII, by Honor Cargill-Martin and Jaimee Andrews.