Learn about trailblazing comedian Lucille Ball in Lucy: How Lucille Ball Did it All, by Amy Guglielmo , Jacqueline Tourville and Brigette Barrager.
Browsing: women’s history
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.
Hidden Yellow Stars, by Rebecca Connolly, tells the story of two women who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo during WWII.
Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson, by Ann E. Burg and Sophie Blackall, is the story of how a young naturalist grows up to change the world.
Learn about the first professional woman astronomer — Caroline Herschel — in Comet Chaser, written by Pamela S. Turner and illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger.
Uprising, by Jennifer A. Nielsen, follows a young Polish girl as she participates in the Warsaw city uprising during WWII.
Small-Girl Toni and the Quest for Gold is a tall tale inspired by the life and works of Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison.
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian And Master Storyteller, by Breanna J. McDaniel and April Harrison, is fantastic.