Juvenile / Girls & Women

El libro aventurado para las chicas

by Andrea J. Buchanan & Miriam Peskowitz

Para toda chica con espíritu independiente que busca travesuras, aquí está la única guía de aventuras donde no se permiten chicos.

Handbook for Hot Witches

by Dame Darcy

Combine a graphic novel with a dash of crafts, a sprinkle of feminist fairy tales, and a whole cauldron of spells—voilà!—Dame Darcy's Handbook for Hot Witches. This is the guide for girls who want cool...

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader For Girls Only!: Mystery, History, Gossip & Secrets

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

We locked the bad boys at the BRI in the water closet and let the smarter gender run things for a while. The result: For Girls Only!--our secret stash of stories just for girls of all ages. In what other book...

The Wild Book

by Ms. Margarita Engle

Newbery Honor-winner Margarita Engle tells her most personal story to date, a glowing portrait in verse of her Cuban grandmother as a young girl struggling with dyslexia.

Women Explorers

by Julia Cummins & Cheryl Harness

Meet ten inspiring women whose passions for exploration made them push the boundaries

Though most people have heard of explorers like Henry Hudson and Christopher Columbus, few have heard names like Nellie...

First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliette Gordon Low

by Ginger Wadsworth

Just in time for the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts in 2012, a lavishly illustrated account of the fascinating life of the woman who started it all. Juliette (Daisy) Gordon Low was a remarkable woman with...

Soul Searching: A Girl's Guide to Finding Herself

by Sarah Stillman

An updated, indispensable guide to empowerment and self-discovery for teens.

While fashion magazines, television programs, and websites emphasize the superficial and foster insecurities, Sarah Stillman directs...

Girls Inc. Presents You're Amazing!

by Claire Mysko

You've heard it all before: Get good grades. Keep your room clean. Wear the right clothes. Try new extracurricular activities. And why don't you have a boyfriend? All these demands can be mind-boggling! What's...

Hello, America

by Livia Bitton-Jackson

The year is 1951 and eighteen-year-old Elli and her mother arrive in New York City. Finally they can leave behind bitter Holocaust memories and become real Americans! From office filing all day, to the challenge...

Throw Like a Girl: How to Dream Big & Believe in Yourself

by Jennie Finch & Ann Killion

The evidence is overwhelming: sports help girls grow into strong women. Both scientific studies and anecdotal evidence confirm that athletic girls not only grow up to be healthier; they learn teamwork, gain...

Cycle Savvy

by Toni Weschler

Should I be concerned if my cycles are rarely 28 days?

Why do I often feel so emotional before my period?

And how can I know when my period's really going to start?!

If you're a teenage girl, you've probably...

What's with My Body?: The Girls' Book of Answers to Growing Up, Looking Good, and Feeling Great

by Selene Yeager

All About Girls, Puberty, and Growing Up

What preteen or young teen hasn't wondered, "What is up with my body?" even if YOU haven't yet, you will, and that's okay. There really are answers, good answers, to all...

Getting to Know the Real You: 50 Fun Quizzes Just for Girls

by Harriet S. Phd Mosatche

Cool Quizzes & Hot Tips About Growing Up

Talking about life with your friends can be one of the best things about growing up! You laugh and learn and even figure out parts of life you never understood before....

The Cowgirl Way: Hats Off to America's Women of the West

by Holly George-Warren

The 1840s ushered in the beginning of the largest migration in US history. People in crowded Eastern cities and Missouri River towns were feeling the pull of the Western frontier. It was the dawn of a new era...

The Mates, Dates Guide to Life, Love, and Looking Lusc

by Cathy Hopkins

Time for a lifestyle makeover?

The Mates, Dates girls will show you how!

Four super-tight friends dish their secrets for dealing with life's little dilemmas...

Like boys, for start: what they want, where...

I Wanna Make Gifts

by Clea Hantman & Azadeh Houshyar

The only thing better than getting gifts is giving them, especially when they're homemade. In this book Clea Hantman creates objets d'art that scream "Give me to someone you love!" We're talking Lovely Luggage...

In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers

by Deborah Reber & Lisa Fyfe

FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF AMAZING WOMEN WHO HAVE THE JOBS OF YOUR DREAMS!

Find out what you really want to know about your career choices:

What will I do every day?

Will I wear Prada or Old Navy?

Play with...

Borrowed Names

by Jeannine Atkins

As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series.

Sara Breedlove,...

Slumgirl Dreaming: Rubina's Journey to the Stars

by Rubina Ali, Anne Berthod & Divya Dugar

My name is Rubina Ali. I don't know when my birthday is, and nor does my father, but I do know that I am nine years old.

Young Rubina is a one-in-a-million star. Plucked from among five hundred slumkids who auditioned...

My Body, My Self for Girls

by Lynda Madaras & Area Madaras

What's happening to my body? Is this normal?

This fact-filled journal and activity book makes it fun for girls to find answers to their many questions about the physical and emotional changes that accompany puberty....