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Comelibritos' Corner: Women's History Month!

3/8/2019

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Picture Books: Women's History Month & International Women's Day!


Happy Women's History Month and International Women's Day (3/8)!
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For this edition of Comelibritos' Corner (Little Bookworm's Corner), I've compiled picture books that celebrate extraordinary women for you to share with the littles in your life. Add some of these to your collection and enjoy them all year round!
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The books below are organized in four categories:
  • Board Books Celebrating Extraordinary Women
  • Picture Books Celebrating Extraordinary Women
  • Picture Book (Auto)Biographies of Puerto Rican Women
  • More Picture Book (Auto)Biographies.

The titles with a (*) next to their names are books I own or have taken out of the library and can recommend first hand. The rest are titles I think sound interesting and I'm planning to check out myself soon. 

Happy Reading! & ¡Que Vivan Las Mujeres!

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As always, I encourage you to support your local bookstores and libraries! Be sure to ask them to stock these books if they don't already carry them. 

If, however, you plan to purchase any of these books online, please use my affiliate links below; as an affiliate, I may earn a small commission for qualifying purchases (at no cost to you) which supports my work.

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PICTURE BOOKS:
​Women's History Month & International Women's Day!

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BOARD BOOKS CELEBRATING EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN
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* Dream Big, Little One
by Vashti Harrison (Author)

A Is for Awesome!: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World 
by Eva Chen  (Author), Derek Desierto  (Illustrator)

Little Feminist Board Book Set
by Galison (Author), Emily Kleinman (Author), Lydia Ortiz (Illustrator)

* The Life of Celia / La Vida de Celia
by Patty Rodriguez (Author),  Ariana Stein (Author), Citlali Reyes (Illustrator)

* Counting with Frida / Contando con Frida
by Patty Rodriguez (Author),  Ariana Stein (Author), Citlali Reyes (Illustrator)

* The Life of Selena / La Vida de Selena
by Patty Rodriguez (Author),  Ariana Stein (Author), Citlali Reyes (Illustrator)

PICTURE BOOKS CELEBRATING EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN
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Little Dreamers & Little Leaders (Boxed Set)
by Vashti Harrison  (Author)

Little Dreamers:
​Visionary Women Around the World

​by Vashti Harrison (Author)

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
​by Vashti Harrison (Author)

PICTURE BOOK (AUTO)BIOGRAPHIES:
PUERTO RICAN WOMEN
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* ​Cuando los grandes eran pequeños:
​Julia de Burgos

by Georgina Lazaro (Author), Lectorum Publications (Editor), Poli Marichal (Illustrator)

Turning Pages: My Life Story
by Sonia Sotomayor  (Author), Lulu Delacre (Illustrator)

* Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx
Sonia Sotomayor: La juez que crecio en el Bronx

(Spanish and English Edition) 
by Jonah Winter  (Author), Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)

* The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
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(A Tribute to Pura Belpré)
​by Lucia Gonzalez (Author), Lulu Delacre (Illustrator)

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
by Anika Aldamuy Denise (Author), Paola Escobar (Illustrator)

Sembrando Historias: Pura Belpré:
​Biblotecaria y narradora de cuentos

by Anika Aldamuy Denise (Author), Paola Escobar (Illustrator)

MORE PICTURE BOOK (AUTO)BIOGRAPHIES
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* My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz
Me llamo Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz

by Monica Brown  (Author), Rafael López (Illustrator)

* The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
by Jeanette Winter  (Author)

* My Name Is Georgia:
A Portrait by Jeanette Winter 

by Jeanette Winter  (Author)

* I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark 
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by Debbie Levy  (Author), Elizabeth Baddeley (Illustrator)

Wilma's Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller 
by Doreen Rappaport (Author), Linda Kukuk (Illustrator)

Malala's Magic Pencil 
by Malala Yousafzai  (Author), Kerascoët (Illustrator)

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker (Author), Tiemdow Phumiruk (Illustrator)

Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story 
by Paul Yoo (Author), Lin Wang (Illustrator)

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science:
The First Computer Programmer 

by Diane Stanley (Author), Jessie Hartland (Illustrator)

BEFORE YOU GO

Check out: Comelibritos' Corner 
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