COMELIBRITOS CORNER: Picture Books for Women's History Month & International Women's Day
By Li Yun Alvarado
COMELIBRITOS CORNER: Picture Books for Women's History Month & International Women's Day
Happy Women's History Month (March) and International Women's Day (March 8th)!
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!
The books below cover four categories:
- Board Books Celebrating Extraordinary Women & Feminism
- Picture Books Celebrating Extraordinary Women
- Picture Book (Auto)Biographies of Puerto Rican Women
- More Picture Book (Auto)Biographies.
Happy Reading! & ¡Que Vivan Las Mujeres!
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The Life of / La Vida de Celia: A Bilingual Picture Book...
Ariana Stein, Patty Rodriguez, et al.
Counting with - Contando Con Frida: A Bilingual Counting Book...
Ariana Stein, Patty Rodriguez, et al.
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx/La Juez Que...
Jonah Winter and Edel Rodriguez
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura...
Anika Aldamuy Denise and Paola Escobar
Sembrando Historias: Pura Belpré Bibliotecaria y Narradora de...
Anika Aldamuy Denise and Paola Escobar
Me Llamo Celia/My Name Is Celia: La Vida de Celia Cruz/The...
Monica Brown and Rafael López
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
ADA Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer
Diane Stanley and Jessie Hartland
Li Yun Alvarado is the author of the poetry chapbook Words or Water. Her work has appeared in VIDA Review; The Acentos Review; and Aster(ix) among others. Through her writing, advocacy, and teaching, she strives to amplify Puerto Rican and other underrepresented voices while supporting aspiring and emerging writers -- especially women writers of color. She is an alumna of Acentos, VONA, and AROHO. Li Yun grew up in NY, lives in CA, and takes frequent trips to Salinas, PR to visit la familia. She and her husband love sharing these books with their own MexiRican comelibritos!