Girl/woman/female

A monarch butterfly guides children northward in a bilingual story about migration, care, and connection across borders.

Audrey Faye Hendricks's determination to join the Birmingham Children's March turns a civil-rights chapter into a child-centered story of courage.

A young girl's real-life response to Michelle Obama's portrait opens into a story about art, possibility, and being seen.

Anna Atkins's fascination with plants and cyanotype photography becomes a story about science, art, and innovation.

Eleanor Roosevelt emerges as a restless, outspoken public figure who helped reshape what leadership could look like.

A school bus carries children through Rosa Parks's story and the wider history of Montgomery's bus boycott.

As Lillian climbs a hill to vote, the story traces generations of Black American struggle and progress around the ballot.

Poetic text and collage bring Fannie Lou Hamer's life, courage, and civil-rights activism into view for young readers.

A simple, colorful introduction to the candles, food, and family celebration of Kwanzaa.

A tiny owl accidentally becomes part of Rockefeller Center's Christmas story and then begins a new chapter in the wild.