Arts and Entertainment

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden, illustrated by Hayden Goodman

Published by Anne Schwartz Books, 2023

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison

Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020

A Voice Named Aretha by Katheryn Russell Brown, illustrated by Laura Freeman

Published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2020

On The LIne: My Story of Becoming the First African American Rockette by Jennifer Jones and Lissette Norman, illustrated by Robert Paul, Jr.

Published by HarperCollins, 2023

A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud Lewis by Kathy Stinson, illustrated by Lauren Soloy

Published by Greystone, 2023

To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights by Angela Dalton, illustrated by Lauren Semmer

Published by HarperCollins, 2023

Jackie Ormes Draws the Future: The Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist by Liz Montague

Published by Random House Studio, 2023

Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes by Traci N. Todd, illustrated by Shannon Wright

Published by Orchard Books, 2023

Good Books for Bad Children: The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom by Beth Klephart, illustrated by Chloe Bristol

Published by Anne Schwartz Books, 2023

Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd, illustrated by Christian Robinson

Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2021

Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

Published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2023

Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll! Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock and Roll by Tonya Bolden

Published by HarperCollins, 2023

Civil rights

I Am Ruby Bridges, illustrated by Nikkolas Smith by Ruby Bridges

Published by Orchard Books, 2022

Because Claudette (Claudette Colvin) by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Tonya Engel

Published by Dial Books, 2022

How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison

Published by Candlewick, 2023

When the Schools Shut Down by Yolanda Gladden, as told to Dr. Tamara Pizzoli, illustrated by Keisha Morris

Published by HarperCollins, 2024

All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel, pictures by Nabi H. Ali, foreword by Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins

Published by Sourcebooks, 2020

Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Published by Calkins Creek, 2023

Love Is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement by Sandra Neil Wallace, illustrated by Bryan Collier

Published by Simon and Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2023

Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by Alex Bostic

Published by Carolrhoda, 2024

One Girl’s Vote: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land by Vivian Kirkfield, illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon

Published by Calkins Creek, 2025

Before She Was Harriet (Harriet Tubman) by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James E. Ransome

Published by Holiday House, 2017

Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter (Jovita Valdovinas) by Aida Salazar, illustrated by Molly Mendoza

Published by Scholastic Press, 2023

Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai, illustrated by Kerascoet

Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2017

Government

Leave It to Abigail! The Revolutionary Life of Abigail Adams by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley

Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020

Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita

Published by Simon and Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2023

Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids with Nancy K. Mays, illustrated by Joshua Nageshig Pawis-Steckley

Published by HarperCollins, 2021

A Life of Service: The Story of Senator Tammy Duckworth by Christina Soontornvat, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk

Published by Candlewick, 2022

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy

Published by Simon and Schuster, 2016

Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020

What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me: Deb Haaland’s Historic Inauguration by Alexis Bunten, illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt

Published by Christy Ottaviano Books, 2023

Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Laura Freeman

Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020

Ketanji Brown Jackson: Justice for All by Tami Charles, illustrated by Jemma Skidmore

Published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023

All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ashley Evans

Published by Crown Books for Young Readers, 2023

A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin by Gretchen Woelfle, illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon

Published by Calkins Creek, 2023

Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia Sotomayor, illustrated by Lulu Delacre

Published by Philomel Books, 2018

Science

Virginia Wouldn’t Slow Down: The Unstoppable Dr. Apgar and Her Life-Saving Invention by Carrie A. Pearson, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

Published by Norton Young Readers, 2023

Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement by Stephanie Roth Sisson

Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2018

Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing by Dean Robbins, illustrated by Lucy Knisley

Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2017

Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoy Establishes Joshua Tree National Park by Lori Alexander, illustrated by Jenn Ely

Published by Calkins Creek, 2024

Mae Among the Stars (Mae Jemison) by Roda Ahmed, illustrated by Stasia Burrington

Published by HarperCollins, 2018

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk

Published by Henry Holt and Co., 2018

Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made of (Cecilia Payne) by Kirstin W. Larson, illustrated by Katherine Roy

Published by Chronicle Books, 2023

Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret by Jess Keating, illustrated by Katie Hickey

Published by Tundra Books, 2020

Sports

Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon by Annette Bay Pimentel, illustrated by Micha Archer

Published by Nancy Paulsen Books, 2018

Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl by Megan Reid, illustrated by Laura Freeman

Published by Balzer + Bray, 2020

There Goes Patti McGee! The Story of the First Women’s National Skateboard Champion by Tootie Nienow, illustrated by Erika Medina

Published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2021

Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina,  illustrated by Natalia Rojas Castro

Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024

Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer’s Historic Boston Marathon by Kim Chaffee, illustrated by Ellen Rooney

Published by Page Street Kids, 2019

Courage in Her Cleats: The Story of Soccer Star Abby Wambach by Kim Chaffee, illustrated by Alexandra Badiu

Published by Page Street Kids, 2023

Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransom, illustrated by James E. Ransome

Published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018

Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Howard Bryant, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Published by Philomel Books, 2018

Hoops (Judi Wilson) by Matt Tavares

Published by Candlewick, 2023

Play Like a Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Misty Wilson, illustrated by David Wilson

Published by Balzer + Bray, 2022