Women’s History Month Booklist
In honor of Women’s History Month, here are 20 picture book biographies about awesome women! Enjoy!
- Here Come the Girl Scouts!: The Amazing All-True Story of Juliette ‘Daisy’ Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure by Shana Corey, illustrated by Hadley Hooper
- Frida by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Ana Juan
- Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story Of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way To Fame, Fortune & Swimsuit History! by Shana Corey, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
- Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children by Jan Pinborough, illustrated by Debby Atwell
- Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown, illustrated by Frank Morrison
- The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever by H. Joseph Hopkins, illustrated by Jill McElmurry
- Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero by Marissa Moss, illustrated by John Hendrix
- Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still by Karlin Gray, illustrated by Christine Davenier
- Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx/La juez que creció en el Bronx by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Edel Rodriquez
- Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Muñoz Ryan, illustrated by Brian Selznick
- Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Julie Paschkis
- Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle by Claire A. Nivola
- Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton by Meghan McCarthy
- She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story by Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Don Tate
- Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by David Díaz
- Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stone, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
- You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer by Shana Corey, illustrated by Chesley McLaren
- Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya by Donna Jo Napoli, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter
- Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel, illustrated by Melissa Sweet