March is Women's History Month.

It's March.  Which means it's time to focus on the ladies.  Celebrate Women's History Month with one of these new books.  You can find even more recommendations on our WHM book display in the Kid Zone.

Bessie the Motorcycle Queen by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
Better Connected: How Girls Are Surviving and Thriving Online by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Black Girls Unbossed: Young World Changers Leading the Way by Khristi Lauren Adams
The Book of Sisters: Biographies of Incredible Siblings Through History by Olivia Meikle
Citizen She!: The Global Campaign for Women's Voting Rights by Caroline Stevan
Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper by Anna Crowley Redding
The Courageous Six Triple Eight: The All-Black Female Battalion of World War II by Artika R. Tyner
Fantastic Tales for Fearless Girls by Samantha Newman
The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of by Kirsten W. Larson
Gamer Girls: 25 Women Who Built the Video Game Industry by Mary Kenney
The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium by Jess Keating
Girls Solve Everything: Stories of Women Entrepreneurs Building a Better World by Catherine Thimmesh
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Inspiring Changemakers
Her Name Was Mary Katharine: The Only Woman Whose Name Is on the Declaration of Independence by Ella Schwartz
Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America by Karen Blumenthal
Library Girl: How Nancy Pearl Became America's Most Celebrated Librarian by Karen Henry Clark
Mama in Congress: Rashida Tlaib's Journey to Washington by Rashida & Adam Tlaib
Milloo's Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women's Education by Reem Faruqi
No Boundaries: 25 Women Explorers and Scientists Share Adventures, Inspiration, and Advice by Clare Fieseler
Rena Glickman, Queen of Judo by Eve Nadel Catarevas
Revolutionary Prudence Wright: Leading the Minute Women in the Fight for Independence by Beth Anderson
Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya Bolden
She Persisted: Patsy Mink by Tae Keller (series)
She Sang for India: How M.S. Subbulakshmi Used Her Voice for Change by Suma Subramaniam
Sisters in Science: Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Super SHEroes of History: Indigenous Peoples: Women Who Made a Difference by Katrina M. Phillips (series)
Super SHEroes of Science: Exploring Space: Women Who Led the Way by Nancy Dickmann (series)
A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin by Gretchen Woelfle
Troublemakers in Trousers: Women and What They Wore to Get Things Done by Sarah Albee
Warrior Princess: The Story of Khutulun by Sally Deng
The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner by Marissa Moss

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