March

National Potato Chip Day-March 14
George Crum and the Saratoga Chip

Pi Day-March 14

• First Day in Grapes
• Sweet Potato Pie

World Water Day-March 22

• Adventures Around the World series
• A House by the River
• Be Water, My Friend
• Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life
• Everglades Forever
• Galapagos Girl
• Get Set! Swim!
• I Know the River Loves Me
• Surfer of the Century
• The Mangrove Tree
• The Turtle Ship
• The Woman Who Outshone the Sun
• Vanishing Cultures series
• Water Rolls, Water Rises

Cesar Chavez Day-March 31

• Amelia’s Road
• Calling the Doves
• First Day in Grapes

Women’s History Month

• Aani and The Tree Huggers
• All the Stars Denied
• Baby Flo
• The Bus Ride
• Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream
• Dear Mrs. Parks
• Hiromi's Hands
• How We Are Smart
• Grand Theft Horse
• In Her Hands
• Irena’s Jars of Secrets
• Just Like Me
• Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
• Little Sap and Monsieur Rodin
• On My Block
• Seeds of Change
• Shining Star
• The Storyteller’s Candle
• The Story of Irena Sendler
• The Story of Movie Star Anna May Wong
• Yasmin's Hammer
• Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree

Women's History Month Collection

Women's History Highlights Collection

Empowerment Text Sets Featuring Women

Disability Awareness Month

• Benji, the Bad Day, and Me
• Etched In Clay
• Featherless
• Jay And Ben
• King For A Day
• Knockin’ On Wood
• Mama’s Window
• Rainbow Joe And Me
• Ray Charles
• Silent Star
• The Happiest Tree
• The Monster In The Mudball

Music in Our Schools Month

• A Song for Cambodia
• Calling the Water Drum
• Drummer Boy of John John
• Finding the Music
• I and I Bob Marley
• I See the Rhythm
• Jazz Baby
• Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
• Ray Charles
• Rent Party Jazz
• Steel Drumming at the Apollo
• Summoning the Phoenix
• Sweet Music in Harlem

Jazz Collection

Additional Resources:

Women’s History Month:

• “Board” of Women? Our roundup of Women’s History Month books
• 10 Great Women of Color Whose Stories You Should Know
• 5 Great Titles for Women’s History Month
• Anna May Wong and Women of Color in Hollywood Today
• Celebrating International Women’s Day
• Five Picture Books to Celebrate Women’s Equality Day
• Women Who Persisted
• Interview: Katheryn Russell-Brown on the Research Behind Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
• Make Your Own Sushi
• Planting Seeds of Change Around the World
• Resources for Teaching About Wangari and Seeds of Change
• The Little Melba Playlist: A Jazz Music Primer from Frank Morrison
• Where Do Boys Belong in Women’s History Month?
• Where’s the Diversity, Hollywood? Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blockbusters Overwhelmingly White, Male Women in Professional Baseball: “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”
• Women's Empowerment Diverse Book List for Grades PreK-8

Disability Awareness Month:

• 5 Harmful Differentiation Myths: Part 1
• 5 Ways to Differentiate Assignments & Tasks: Part 2
• Books for Children with Autism: Jay and Ben
• What I Learned from a Nonverbal Autistic Classroom-Part 1
• What I Learned from a Nonverbal Autistic Classroom-Part 2
• What is Dyspraxia? One Parent’s Experience