Toddler-friendly biographies of women that focus on accomplishments, not barriers?
Hi all–I'm looking for books for my ~2-year-old daughter about famous women throughout history, and many of them understandably include themes like women being told they couldn’t do something, or families/societies limiting them because they were girls. While we will definitely be introducing the truth about women's history to our daughter as she gets older, at this age, we’re hoping to focus on books that simply celebrate amazing women and what they accomplished in their fields—without also introducing the idea that girls or women “can’t” do certain things. Right now, she wants to be an astronaut queen of Venus, so as far as she's concerned, the sky is the limit, and we want to keep it that way. Any faves for toddlers on your bookshelves? Thanks in advance!
Books we've loved include:
Dragon Bones: The Fantastic Fossil Discoveries of Mary Anning
Jackie and the Mona Lisa by Debbie Rovin Murphy
The Little Naturalists series (Jane Goodall, Beatrix Potter, Georgia O'Keefe)
Women in Science Who Changed the World