Picture Books for Women’s History Month

Here are some of our favorite picture book biographies to read for Women’s History Month. Each book celebrates someone special, and overall, the list is a reflection of women from different walkways of life. Be sure to check out the following for a little inspiration this March.

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk Dreamers by Yuyi Morales Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: the Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca Hidden Figures: the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly How to Build a Hug: Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine by Amy Guglielmo I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: the Woman Who Loved Reptiles by Patricia Valdez Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist by Sylvia Acevedo Shark Lady: the True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary D. Schmidt, illustrated by Daniel Minter Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia Sotomayor The World is Not a Rectangle: a Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter