Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Ann Cole Lowe

10 best books like Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Ann Cole Lowe (Deborah Blumenthal): Julián Is a Mermaid, A Normal Pig, Mommy's Khimar, Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, Hello Lighthouse, The Rabbit Listened, Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines, Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

Julián Is a Mermaid

Author	Jessica Love
ISBN	0763690457

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.

While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their...

A Normal Pig

Author

K-Fai Steele

A picture book about a spotted pig in a class full of pink pigs who learns to accept her differences.

Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she’ll be when she grows up.

But one day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways...

Mommy's Khimar

Author	Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
ISBN	1534400591

Selected as a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Shelf Awareness!

A young Muslim girl spends a busy day wrapped up in her mother’s colorful headscarf in this sweet and fanciful picture book from debut author and illustrator Jamilah Tompkins-Bigelow and...

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Author	Margot Lee Shetterly
ISBN	0062742469

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good.

They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a...

Hello Lighthouse

Author	Sophie Blackall
ISBN	0316362387

On the highest rock of a tiny island
at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse.
It is built to last forever. Sending its light out to sea.
The fog rolls in, and the fog rolls out.
The waves rise and crash. The wind blows and blows...
This beautiful picture book caught my eye on the Goodreads...

The Rabbit Listened

Author

Cori Doerrfeld

A universal, deeply moving exploration of grief and empathy

With its spare, poignant text and irresistibly sweet illustrations, The Rabbit Listened is a tender meditation on loss.

When something terrible happens, Taylor doesn't know where to turn. All the animals are sure they...

Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines

Author

Jeanne Walker Harvey

As a child, Maya Lin loved to study the spaces around her. She explored the forest in her backyard, observing woodland creatures, and used her house as a model to build tiny towns out of paper and scraps. The daughter of a clay artist and a poet, Maya grew up with art and learned to think with her hands as well...

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Author	Derrick Barnes
ISBN	1572842245

The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving cream on their foreheads, and a slow, steady cut, they become royalty. That crisp yet subtle line makes boys sharper, more visible, more aware of every great...

Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code

Author

Laurie Wallmark

“If you’ve got a good idea, and you know it’s going to work, go ahead and do it.” The picture book biography of Grace Hopper—the boundary-breaking woman who revolutionized computer science.

Who was Grace Hopper? A software tester, workplace jester, cherished mentor, ace inventor,...

Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

Author	Andrea J. Loney
ISBN	1620142600

James Van Der Zee was just a young boy when he saved enough money to buy his first camera. He took photos of his family, classmates, and anyone who would sit still for a portrait. By the fifth grade, James was the school photographer and unofficial town photographer. Eventually he outgrew his small town...

The Legendary Miss Lena Horne

Author	Carole Boston Weatherford
ISBN	1481468243

Celebrate the life of Lena Horne, the pioneering African American actress and civil rights activist, with this inspiring and powerful picture book from award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford.

You have to be taught to be second class; you’re not born that way.

Lena Horne...

My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood

Author	Tameka Fryer Brown
ISBN	0670012858

What color is your mood?

On a really good day, Jamie feels purple like the first bite of a juicy cold plum.

And with a crayon in his hand, Jamie eases into a green feeling--like a dragon dancing through a jungle made of green jello.

But when his brothers push him around and...

Turning Pages: My Life Story

Author

Sonia Sotomayor

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells her own story for young readers for the very first time!

As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the world to reach for their dreams. But what inspired her? For young Sonia, the answer was books!...