Booklists for Educators

Explore Our Booklists for Youth:

• 1st Grade
• African American History & Heritage for Kids
• Children Book Club Kits
• Teen Book Club Kits
• Women's History for Kids
• Libros en español para niños
• A New Home
• Hispanic Heritage for Kids
• Native American Heritage for Young Children
• Urban Wildlife: Poetry in Your Backyard
• Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage for Young Children
• Teen E-books
• Inspirational Teen Poetry & Novels in Verse
• Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage for Kids
• Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage for Middle Graders
• Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage for Teens
• Black Lives Matter for Young Children
• Black Lives Matter - Teen edition
• Black Lives Matter for Kids
• Black Lives Matter for Middle Graders
• Pride for Young Children
• Pride for Kids
• Pride for Middle Graders
• LGBTQ+ Teen Reads
• Famous African Americans for Teens
• African American History & Heritage for Middle Graders
• Hispanic Heritage for Young Children
• Hispanic Heritage for Middle Graders
• Hispanic Heritage for Teens
• Voting for Young Children
• Voting for Kids
• Voting for Middle Graders
• Native American Heritage for Kids
• Native American Heritage for Middle Graders
• Native American Heritage for Teens
• Great Books for Middle Graders 2020
• Great Books 2020 for Teens
• Great Books for Young Children 2020
• Great Books for Kids 2020
• Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominees 2019-20
• African American History & Heritage for Young Children
• Women's History for Young Children
• Women's History for Middle Graders
• Women's History for Teens
• Novels in Verse for Middle Graders

Women's History for Young Children

Dream Big
by Joyce Wan

Every big dream begins with a dreamer...what dreams will you dream? An inspiring homage to fifteen female trailblazers who dared to dream big!

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Dream Big, Little One
by Vashti Harrison

Featuring 18 trailblazing black women in American history, Dream Big, Little One is the board book adaptation of the author's Little leaders: bold women in Black history.

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Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins
by Michelle Meadows; illustrated by Ebony Glenn

Janet Collins wanted to be a ballerina in the 1930s and '40s, a time when racial segregation was widespread in the United States.

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Ambitious Girl
by Meena Harris; illustrated by Marissa Valdez

When a young girl sees a strong woman on TV labeled as "too assertive" and "too ambitious," it sends her on a journey of discovery through past, present, and future about the challenges faced by women and girls.

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A Girl Like You
by Frank Murphy & Carla Murphy; illustrated by Kayla Harren

Encourages every girl to embrace all of the things that make her unique, to be strong and kind, to stand up for herself, and more.

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The Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle; illustrated by Rafael López

Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba.

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Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield's First Ride
by Joel Christian Gill

This book combines an imagined story of Bessie Stringfield as a young girl with historical facts about the real Bessie, a true adventurer and one of the first African-American women to travel solo across the United States on a motorcycle.

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Lumber Jills: The Unsung Heroines of World War II
by Alexandra Nayeri Davis; illustrated by Katie Hickey

Illustrates the contributions of female lumberjacks, known as Lumber Jills, to the allied war effort.

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Rosie: Stronger than Steel
by Lindsay Ward

A brave tractor farms for freedom in a story inspired by women who acted with courage and strength in American factories and on British farms during World War II

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