Books like Piper Chen Sings
By Phillipa Soo
For the kid who belts out songs in the car but goes quiet the second anyone's watching, this one names that exact flutter of nerves and shows it doesn't mean no. warm, musical, and gently reassuring
A girl in Hawaiʻi who feels neither wahine nor kane sets her sights on leading her school's boys-only hula troupe in a traditional kane chant.
A little girl with kinky, coiling, curling hair needs an extra-special style for a big occasion, so her daddy steps in to figure out how to make her hair — and Zuri — happy.
An original poem celebrates girls and girlhood in all their forms, honoring how girls have shaped history while calling them to stand together and march boldly into the future.
A young princess trains in secret to become as brave and skilled as her three older brothers, then disguises herself as a knight to compete in a jousting tournament and prove her worth.
A mistreated girl mocked as Sootface by her cruel older sisters sets off to try her luck with a warrior who can only be seen by someone with a kind, honest heart.
A boy who longs to be a trumpeter can only play an imaginary horn, until a musician from the neighborhood night club notices his ambition and takes him seriously.
A long-legged girl who dreams of ballet worries her too-big feet and outspoken mouth will hold her back, so she takes bold, attention-grabbing risks when a famous director visits her class.
A koala named Kevin clings safely to his tree, too nervous to come down and join the other animals — until his tree falls and the ground he always feared is suddenly unavoidable.
A fearless young woman falls in love with flying after her first airplane ride, then defies people who scoff at her dreams to become a pilot with the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II.
A young girl leaves her grandmother's house in Mexico to join her parents and brother in New York, facing a new language, unfair accusations, and the slow work of calling a new place home.
Seven sisters, each with her own special talent, must join forces and race to rescue their baby Seventh Sister after a hungry dragon snatches her away.
The smallest of twelve little girls living in a Paris house under Miss Clavel's care, one fearless girl isn't scared of tigers or mice — until one frightening night changes everything.
