Girls and women Books

The perfect gift for children to share with their mom or any mother figure in their life! From birthdays or Christmas to special holidays-including Mother's Day!This keepsake activity book is for you to fill in together and keep forever. Inclusive...

Age range 5 to 7Meet Clara the composer, Ella the jazz singer, Selena the pop star, and Xian the conductor! Women in music are brilliant, creative, brave, and resilient. They are composers, conductors, singers, musicologists, electronic music producers,...

2018 San Diego Book Awards FinalistCleopatra has been called intelligent and scheming, ambitious and ruthless, sensual and indulgent. This unique biographycaptures the excitement of her life story, including portions that have been largely neglected,...

WINNER OF THE 2023 GRATEFUL AMERICAN BOOK PRIZE FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT HISTORICAL FICTION!FINALIST FOR THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD! Mattie and the Machine is a fictionalized yet historically accurate account of Margaret E. Knight's fight to obtain...

Whether looking back to a troubled past or welcoming a hopeful future, the powerful voices of Indigenous women across North America resound in this book. In the same style as the best-selling Dreaming in Indian, #NotYourPrincess presents an eclectic...

Age range 3 to 8In this beautiful and empowering book, a young Indigenous girl goes on a transformative journey through the forest, with the help of her ancestors.In this beautifully illustrated book, a determined young Anishnaabe girl in North America...

Princess Genevieve shows young girls that you don't have to be royal in order to have girl power. Every girl can channel the brave, smart, kind, mindful, and confident princess within herself to be the hero of her own fairytale. Readers will learn that...

Age range 12+After three years of high school, Margaret still isn't any closer to what she wants: to sing and dance on Broadway, to be a model like Twiggy, to be madly in love with someone other than Paul McCartney. It's not much to ask, but with her...

Onthe shores of Enchantment Lake in the woods of northern Minnesota, somethingominous is afoot, and as seventeen-year-old Francie begins to investigate, themysteries multiply: a poisoned hotdish, a puzzling confession, eerie noises inthe bog, and a...

Age range 4 to 8Everyone knows that horses fart. Donkeys definitely fart. But royal unicorns?Glitterbelle is a new recruit to the princess's royal team of unicorns. She's expected to be regal and lovely and perfect all the time, but she's hiding a very...

Age range 3 to 6What can crayons do to save the planet?Something is happening to our big green and blue Earth! Pollution is making it hard for plants to grow, for animals to play, and for oceans to stay clean. But what can anyone do about it? On a yucky,...

Age range 3 to 8A heart-warming, inclusive, and whimsical picture book about a square trying to fit into a world of circles. This book celebrates what makes everyone unique and special.In a world of circles, Square feels different! In public, Square...

Autumn has arrived, and at Granite City Elementary School everyone is gearing up for the biggest and best event of the year, the Harvest Festival. The whole school is excited about the games, the contests, the food, and most of all-the costumes! Everyone...

Age range 14 to 18In this ripped-from-the-headlines Gone Girl meets A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz weaves a white-knuckle YA thriller about a beautiful young influencer who vanishes after...

"One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." That's what Marilla Cuthbert says about Anne, the lively red-headed orphan she and her brother Matthew adopt. For decades, girls have agreed, eagerly reading every book in Lucy Maud...

Age range 9 to 12Meet Whisper, Frannie, Sophie, Gemma, and Zuzu, five friends who tell eerie tales by night and navigate middle school drama by day.Misery Falls, Oregon, is abuzz as the 100th anniversary of the electrocution of the town's most infamous...

Age range 6 to 12Create, prevail, change the world...like a GIRL! This celebration of international girl power honours a multitude of women who made a difference. Once upon a time, "like a girl" was an insult. Not anymore! In every walk of life,...

Age range 9 to 12Teens and preteens are more stressed than they've ever been in past generations. In a culture that is so future- and goal-oriented, it's no wonder that there's a growing interest in parents to teach their kids about mindfulness, about...

*Winner of The 2020 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature Picture Book**Winner of the 2020 The Best Children's Books of the Year by Bank Street College in the STEM category**Nominated for an Ezra Jack Keats Award*Age range 5+Meet Wu Chien...

Age range 6 +This compelling, timely, and empowering picture book introduces children to Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a Pakistani girl who braved threats from the Taliban in order to play the sport she loved.  Meet Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a...

Ages 8 to 12An illustrated journal to inspire tween and teen girls!Every girl needs a little inspiration-especially when the going gets tough or someone tries to convince her she can't reach her dreams. This journal full of quotes from...

*Winner of the 2020 Crystal Kite Awards* *Winner of the Cook Prize (Silver Medalist)**Winner of the Best Children's Books of the Year by Bank Street College 2020 in the STEM category**Finalist for a SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award, Atlantic...

Age range 5 to 8"If you've got a good idea, and you know it's going to work, go ahead and do it." The inspiring story of Grace Hopper-the boundary-breaking woman who revolutionized computer science-is told in an engaging picture book biography. ...

An enchanting and utterly authentic introduction to the life of an Inuit child and her world.Written and illustrated by Ningiukulu Teevee, one of the most interesting young artists in Cape Dorset, home to the great tradition of Inuit art, this is a...

In a Queendom divided, can one girl unite the realms?Jacs, an inventor's apprentice from the Lower Realm, has only ever dreamed of what the land among the clouds holds. That is until she finds a letter from Connor, an Upperite boy hoping to learn more...

WINNER OF THE MILKWEED PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE WINNER OF THE 2013 PATERSON PRIZE FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS ALA RAINBOW LIST RECOMMENDED BOOK AMELIA BLOOMER PROJECT LIST RECOMMENDED BOOK LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD...

From the deepest heart of the Moghul palace, tucked away in purdah, her face hidden by veils, one princess came to rule all of Moghul India. She introduced efficiencies, encouraged trade, and made possible a great flowering of the arts...

Njinga, the Warrior Queen, fought fiercely to keep her people from slavery. Yet she engaged in slave trading herself, performed human sacrifices and - some believed - even murdered her nephew, feasting on his heart...

The last empress of China, Cixi fought ruthlessly to isolate her country from the West, while cloistered inside her lavish Forbidden City, ignoring the needs of her people. But was the Dragon Empress evil or just out-of-touch? Gorgeous...

ONE OF OPRAH'S FAVORITE THINGS 2022! COMMON SENSE SELECTION FOR BOOKS (COMMON SENSE MEDIA) 2022 NATIONAL PARENTING PRODUCT AWARD WINNER BOOK RIOT MUST-READ OCTOBER CHILDREN'S BOOK RELEASE "I have always wanted my daughters to think outside the box...

In this fun bingo game for kids you can fill your game card with inspiring women from across the world and across history! Team up with Greta Thunberg, Simone Biles, Amelia Earhart and Serena Williams for a bingo line, or fill your card with Valentina...