Celebrate Women's History Month
Clockwise: Katalin Karikó (Illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger ), Marie Curie (illustrated by Jen Hill), and Mary Lou Williams (illustrated by Chris Raschka).
Each March, we honor not only the countless women throughout history who have changed the world, but also everyone still fighting for women’s rights today. From scientists, to musicians, to authors, we have a great selection of non-fiction books to connect your readers to some amazing women and the impact they’ve had on all our lives.
Great Books to Celebrate Women's History Month
| Show your students history in the making with the story of Katalin Karikó, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose research of mRNA led to the world-altering development of the Covid-19 vaccine. | Another history in the making story is that of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.
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| Two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka captures the sound, passion, innovation, and love of the arts that the renowned jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams shared with the world. Mary’s Idea is a stunning and transporting picture book about music and the creative process. | Before Toni Morrison was a Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel Prize–winning author, she was Chloe Ardelia Wofford, a little girl in Ohio who was both the only Black child in her first-grade classroom and the only student who was able to read. Inspire your readers with Toni's story, experty told by award-winning author Carole Boston Wetherford. |
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| Women are still underrepresented in STEM fields. Inspire the next generation of scientists with Determined Dreamer. This is an accessible and compelling homage to Marie Curie, whose life and legacy continue to inspire to this very day. | America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we’ve been telling ourselves for centuries. With a section devoted to women's right to vote as well chapters on other historical moments that women have played a part in, this YA history text is unlike any you've seen before. |