March YFE Staff Picks - New Kids Books for Women's History MonthLike this list

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• The ABCs of Women's History

  Cortez, Rio,

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  In a beautiful picture book brimming with G for Groundbreaking women, writer, poet, and National Book Award nominee, Rio Cortez, and illustrator Lauren Semmer celebrate all the joys, challenges, and historic forward movement of women's history in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girls on the Rise

  Gorman, Amanda, 1998-

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  Girls are strong and powerful alone, but even stronger when they work to uplift one another. In this galvanizing original poem by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, girls and girlhood are celebrated in their many forms, all beautiful, not…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School

  Based on a True Story

  Huahn, Traci,

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  Based on the life of Chinese American student Mamie Tape and her fight to attend the all-white Spring Valley Primary School in her San Francisco neighborhood including her family's successful 1885 lawsuit before the California Supreme Court, one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scattergood

  Bouwman, H. M.,

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  In 1941 rural Iowa, thirteen-year-old Peggy's quiet life is turned upside down by refugee arrivals, first love, and a heartbreaking diagnosis.

• One Big Open Sky

  Cline-Ransome, Lesa,

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  In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska.

• Faye and the Dangerous Journey

  An Ojibwe Removal Survival Story

  Sigafus, Kim,

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  Faye and her family begin a long, difficult journey from Wisconsin to Minnesota with thousands of other Ojibwe people to receive money the U.S. government owes them but does not deliver.

• When We Flew Away

  a Novel of Anne Frank, Before the Diary

  Hoffman, Alice,

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  In May 1940, Anne Frank is a young girl not quite eleven with all the ordinary problems of a little sister, but Amsterdam is about to be invaded by Nazis and after that everything changes.

• Code Name Kingfisher

  Kessler, Liz,

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  Thirteen-year-old Liv’s beloved ninety-two-year-old grandmother, Oma, is moving into a home where she can be cared for as her dementia worsens. As Liv helps her father empty Oma’s house, she finds an old chest which opens up a whole world that Liv…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Safiyyah's War

  Khan, Hiba Noor,

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  War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah's life changes forever. When her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret Resistance work, it falls to Safiyyah to run the dangerous errands around the city. It's not long before hundreds of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Uprooted

  a Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back

  Chan, Ruth, 1980-

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  Ruth Chan loves her hometown in Toronto, hanging out with her best friends for life, and snacking on ketchup flavored potato chips, which are the best. What Ruth doesn't love is having to move to Hong Kong after her dad gets a new job there. Her mom…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wildflower Emily

  a Story About Young Emily Dickinson

  Corry, Lydia,

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  Follow along as we delve into Emily Dickinson's childhood, revealing a young girl desperate to go out exploring. This is Emily Dickinson as you've never seen her before, embarking on a journey in her hometown of Amherst, Massachusetts, with her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daring Women of D-day

  Bold Spies of World War II

  Breach, Jen,

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  An action-packed graphic novel about agents who helped the Allies prepare for D-Day and push the Germans out of France during World War II.

• Drive

  Copeland, Cynthia L.,

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  This high-octane middle-grade graphic novel set in two timelines tells the hidden history of the first female racecar driver to race in the Indy 500 and follows a spunky twelve-year-old mechanic discovering that history while restoring a vintage…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl Who Figured It Out

  the Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming An Ironman World Champion

  Dentler, Minda,

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  The uplifting true story of Minda Dentler, the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship triathlon.

• Make Your Mark

  the Empowering True Story of the First Known Black Female Tattoo Artist

  Gresham, Jacci,

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  A picture book autobiography celebrating the life, trials, and trailblazing victories of Jacci Gresham, the first Black woman tattoo artist in the United States.

• Mae Jemison Shooting for the Stars

  the First Black Woman in Space

  Singleton, Chris, 1972-

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  From Stanford and Cornell to the Peace Corps and from a trip on the space shuttle to an appearance on Star Trek, Mae Jemison's life continues to feature the hard work and dedication to science, healthcare, and care for others that brought her to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miles of Style

  Eunice W. Johnson and the Ebony Fashion Fair

  Brathwaite, Lisa D.,

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  The life work of Eunice W. Johnson, co-founder of Ebony magazine and a visionary who championed Black elegance through the Ebony Fashion Fair-a cross-country fashion show fundraiser.

• Twist, Tumble, Triumph

  the Story of Champion Gymnast Ágnes Keleti

  Cohen, Deborah Bodin, 1968-

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  Ágnes Keleti can forget about the war when she is doing gymnastics-until Jewish athletes are barred from the gym. Never giving up on her dream, her moment of triumph comes at the 1952 Olympics.

• The Bridges Yuri Built

  Williams, Kai Naima,

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  The story of Yuri Kochiyama, as told by her great-granddaughter Kai Naima Williams, who became a civil rights ally and activist after being imprisoned in Japanese interment camps during WWII.

• Seeds of Discovery

  How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize

  Alexander, Lori,

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  A biography on Barbara McClintock, a stubbornly self-motivated researcher who, through decades of study, revolutionized our understanding of genetics