Let Mother's Day be Woman's Day! In Japan, March 3 commemorates Girls' Day, when Japanese pray for the health and happiness of all young girls. Let’s take a cue from them, and surprise a mentor, teacher, aunt (or even your mother) with one of these 11 finds from the Library Shop. Say thank you to all the moms in your life, no matter what form their mothering takes.

1. Lockets: for the sentimental

If she's been too busy this year (or at the North Pole) and hasn't yet read the bestselling memoir of all time, get her Michelle Obama's Becoming, or a book of quotes from Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
 

Send your favorite gardener a green tote to go with her green thumb.
 

Taken from Lin Manuel Miranda's social media account, these little pep talks will make the day easier. 
 

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's follow-up to We Should All Be Feminists, Dear Ijeawele is a compelling, direct, and wryly funny manifesto on how to empower our daughters (and, hence, how to be a great mother). 

A functional and fashionable briefcase from Italy. And embossed with a vintage Library stamp.
 

We have too many choices to name. You'd better just check out our entire collection for the feline-inclined. 
 

If your loved one takes comfort in a shelf of her favorite books, Jane Mount's Bibliophile illustrations will be perfect.

Since she already has a complete case of well-loved Jane Austen novels, this shiny new necklace will fill out her collection.

This Library lion scarf somehow manages to accomplish both drama and subtlety. A new way to support the Library.
 

 

Robert Caro shines a light on his writing and research process, which so many of us have respected for decades.