Learn the story of Puerto Rico’s first female mayor in Doña Fela’s Dream, written by Monica Brown and illustrated Rosa Ibarra.
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Learn the story of our country from the Mexican American perspective in Borderlands and the Mexican American Story, by David Dorado Romo.
Learn about the first person of color to play in the NBA in Wat Kept Playing: The Inspiring Story of Wataru Misaka and His Rise to the NBA, by Emily Inouye Huey and Kaye Kang
Learn about the events leading up to and following the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Mountain of Fire, by Rebecca E. F. Barone.
What does nothing sound like? Learn about the offbeat history of John Cage’s 4’33,” a musical composition of blank bars, by Nicholas Day and Chris Raschka.
Go beyond the building of the Transcontinental Railroad in Exclusion and the Chinese American Story, by Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn.
March is Women’s History Month. You can learn more about some fascinating women by reading the following picture books.
Learn about America’s first female cryptanalyst, Elizebeth Smith Friedman, who busted Nazi spy rings in Spying on Spies, by Marissa Moss.
Get an up-close look at an insect found in every backyard in The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants, a nonfiction picture book by Philip Bunting.
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.