Even More Children’s Books on Women… Amazing Women!

Oh I know I’ve already put together a couple of lists of amazing books on women… but I just can’t stop myself!

Seriously, there are just too many real, fierce, inspiring, world-changing women out there!

And I love that children’s authors have focused on these amazing people.

I love reading these books with my boys… it’s another way to each them to love wonderful women!

You can find these books on women at your local library or purchase through the affiliate links provided for your convenience.

Even More Children’s Books on Women… Amazing Women!

As the mom of boys, I want to make sure my kids know that women do amazing things – just like men.

So when they were little, I started searching out true stories about women who made an impact and broke boundaries.

They ate these books up! 

These books on women are wonderful stories in and of themselves – let alone showing the power of a woman.

Stories about True Women for Kids

Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper

This is an inspiring free-verse story of the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal.

In Alice’s Georgia hometown, there was no track where an African-American girl could practice, so she made her own crossbar with sticks and rags.

With the support of her coach, friends, and community, Alice started to win medals. Her dream to compete at the Olympics came true in 1948. 

Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still

Nadia Comaneci was a feisty and fearless little girl who went from climbing trees in the forests of Romania to swinging into history at the 1976 Olympic Games, where she received an unprecedented seven perfect scores in gymnastics.

But as readers will see in this first-ever illustrated picture book about Nadia’s journey to Olympic gold, the road from small-town girl to world-class athlete was full of many imperfect moments.

Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

This is the story of young Harriet Tubman, then called “Minty”. A slave in the Brodas household, she is often punished for her feisty, rebellious spirit, and always, above all, dreams of escape.

Brave Harriet: The First Woman to Fly the English Channel

Bestselling author Marissa Moss and award-winning artist C. F. Payne team up to tell this little-known historic story of a spirited woman who dared to take flight.

On a clear morning in 1912, Harriet Quimby had a vision–she would become the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel.

If she were to veer off course by even five miles, she could end up in the North Sea, never to be heard from again. But she took the risk, anyway. 

Rosa

Award-winning poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni’s evocative text combines with Bryan Collier’s striking cut-paper images to retell the story of this historic event from a wholly unique and original perspective.

Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement.

This tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed. 

Stone Girl Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning

Mary Anning is probably the world’s best-known fossil-hunter. As a little girl, she found a fossilized sea monster, the most important prehistoric discovery of its time.

Best-selling author Laurence Anholt turns Mary’s fascinating life into a beautiful story, ideal for reading aloud. Sheila Moxley’s luscious pictures vividly evoke the coastal setting and the real-life dramas of this spectacular tale.

Anne Frank and the Remembering Tree

A story of Anne Frank, who loved a tree and the tree who promised never to forget her.

“In most windows I saw people working and children playing. When the soldiers came, people began covering their windows, so I couldn’t see inside anymore.

But the tiny attic window of the narrow brick house behind Otto Frank’s business offices had no shade. For a long time the rooms were empty. Then one day, Otto’s whole family came to live there. They called their new home the Secret Annex…”

The House That Jane Built: A Story About Jane Addams

This is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center.

Eliza’s Cherry Trees: Japan’s Gift to America

Pioneering world traveler, writer, photographer, and peace advocate Eliza Scidmore dreamed of beautifying the nation’s capital, where she lived.

Her dream became a reality in 1912 when, because of her years of persistence, cherry trees were planted across Washington, DC. This picture book for young readers tells the inspiring story.

Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton

In the 1930s most girls were happy playing with dolls. But one girl, Betty Skelton, liked playing with airplanes, watching them fly around outside, and even flying airplanes herself!

She lived for an adventure—in the air, the water, and on land—and nothing could stop her, especially not being a girl.

When Betty Skelton was young there weren’t many women flying airplanes or racing cars, but she wouldn’t let that stop her. She was always ready to take on a challenge, and she loved to have fun.

Betty rode motorcycles, raced cars, jumped out of planes, and flew jets, helicopters, gliders, and blimps. And by the time she was an adult, Betty was known in the press as the “First Lady of Firsts!”

A Free Woman On God’s Earth: The True Story of Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, The Slave Who Won Her Freedom

It is the story of Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, the enslaved African woman who had the courage and conviction to speak what was in her heart, suing for her freedom in a Massachusetts court of law.

In gaining her own freedom, she set the stage for the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts in 1783.

They Called Her Molly Pitcher

When her husband joined General Washington’s army, Molly Hays went with him. All through the winter at Valley Forge, Molly watched and listened. Then in July, in the battle at Monmouth, she would show how much she had learned.

Molly could tell the day would be a scorcher, so she decided to bring water from a nearby spring to the fighting men. More than 50 British soldiers would die of heatstroke that day, but the American soldiers need only cry, “Molly–pitcher!”

On one trip through the fighting field, she saw her husband get shot. She satisfied herself that he wouldn’t die from his wound, then took over his job–firing off the cannon!

Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving might have started with a jubilant feast on Plymouth’s shore. But by the 1800s America’s observance was waning. None of the presidents nor Congress sought to revive the holiday.

And so one invincible “lady editor” name Sarah Hale took it upon herself to rewrite the recipe for Thanksgiving as we know it today.

This is an inspirational, historical, all-out boisterous tale about perseverance and belief.

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