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Picture Books: Women's History Month

Picture books that celebrate and honor the achievements of women.

Palo Alto City Library

53 items

  • Cactus Queen

    Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park

    Alexander, Lori,
    BookNew York, N.Y. : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024] — J 979.497 ALEXANDE
  • Love Is Loud

    How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement

    Wallace, Sandra Neil,
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2023] — J BIOG. NASH
  • Coretta

    the Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

    King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006,
    BookNew York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2024. — J BIOG. KING
  • Sarah and the Big Wave

    the True Story of the First Woman to Surf Mavericks

    Tsui, Bonnie,
    BookNew York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. — J BIOG. GERHARDT
  • Latinitas

    una celebración de 40 soñadoras audaces

    Menéndez, Juliet,
    BookNew York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, [2022] — J SPANISH 920.72 MENENDEZ
  • BookChicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2021. — J BIOG. MARTINEZ
  • She Sang for India

    How M.S. Subbulakshmi Used Her Voice for Change

    Subramaniam, Suma,
    BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022. — J BIOG. SUBBULAK
  • Jackie Ormes Draws the Future

    the Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist

    Montague, Liz,
    BookNew York : Random House Studio, [2023] — J BIOG. ORMES
  • Nina

    a Story of Nina Simone

    Todd, Traci N.,
    BookNew York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2021. — J BIOG. SIMONE
  • How to Solve a Problem

    the Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-climbing Champion

    Shiraishi, Ashima,
    BookNew York : Make Me a World/Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. — J PICTURE BOOK SHIRAISHI
  • Finish the Fight!

    the Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote

    Chambers, Veronica,
    BookBoston : Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020] — J 324.623 CHAMBERS
  • Greta and the Giants

    Inspired by Greta Thunberg's Stand to Save the World

    Tucker, Zoë,
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2019. — J PICTURE BOOK TUCKER
  • Jump at the Sun

    the True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston

    Williams, Alicia, 1970-
    BookNew York, New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2021] — J BIOG. HURSTON
  • Book[Los Angeles, California] : Hightree Publishing, [2021] — J PICTURE BOOK AHMED
  • Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!

    Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll

    Bolden, Tonya,
    BookNew York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — J BIOG. THARPE
  • Shark Lady

    the True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist

    Keating, Jess,
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2017] — J PICTURE BOOK KEATING
  • Planting Stories

    the Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

    Denise, Anika,
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — J BIOG. BELPRE
  • Malala

    Activist for Girls' Education

    Frier, Raphaële, 1970-
    BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2017. — J PICTURE BOOK FRIER