It’s International Women’s Day on Sunday - Here are my top picks for Christian children’s books about women

From toddlers to tweens, Lucy Rycroft’s recommended reads help families and churches celebrate women’s stories and God’s design for mutual flourishing

International Women’s Day (IWD) is one of those annual events that we’re grateful to see but often a bit stuck about celebrating.

Are we meant to have a party? Join a march for equal pay? Write to our MP about the ongoing shocking treatment of women around the globe?

For me, IWD is less about what I have lined up on March 8th (church, my daughter’s Duke of Edinburgh training walk, my son’s football match and some ironing, thank you for asking) and more about reminding me that raising my children with a healthy understanding of gender equality is a year-round task. It’s something I need to be constantly engaging in as I recalibrate society’s skewed understanding of how men and women operate in the world, by pointing myself and my kids back to God’s design for mutual flourishing, as seen in the Bible.

When we read about the achievements and experiences of women alongside those of men, we are helping to shape our children’s mindset

One of the easiest ways to do this is through the books we read to our kids. When we read about the achievements and experiences of women alongside those of men, we are helping to shape our children’s mindset, which will in turn help to shape culture as they grow up and take their place in society - in church, work and family.

So, as a parent of 16 years, a Christian parenting blogger of nearly 14, and a Christian book reviewer for over a decade, here are my top picks of books for children which tell the stories of women and ……