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- The Story of Harriet Tubman by Christine Platt. Before she became known for her fight to free people from enslavement, she was a little girl who was sad to see her family be separated.
- Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant and Boris Kulikov. This picture book biography tells the story of how Louis Braille lost his sight and invented an alphabet.
- Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne and Éric Puybaret. Once there was a boy named Jacques. He loved to explore the oceans. This whimsical and poetic biography of Jacques Cousteau will inspire kids to follow their explorer natures, as well as help them realize that every person who has made history started as a kid with curiosity.
- Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote by Tanya Lee Stone and Rebecca Gibbon. From a young age, Elizabeth understood that things weren’t equal in her life.
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Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist by Linda Skeers, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens PALEONTOLOGIST Perfect in every way, this appealing biography recounts Mary Anning’s beach discoveries of the first dinosaur bones–fossilized ancient creatures that no one had ever seen before. Even though women weren...
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali DISABILITIES ACTIVIST Jennifer uses a wheelchair because of her cerebral palsy. Using a wheelchair means that she can’t get into the neighborhood school with stairs or eat lunch in the cafeteria with th...
O Captain, My Captain: Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Sterling Hundley Fascinating and important! I learned so much history that I didn’t know about both Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman.Whitman observed Lincoln as a candidate and later as the President. The Civil War affected Whitman deeply, he ...
Anna Strong: A Spy During the American Revolution by Sarah Glenn Marsh, illustrated by Sarah Green It’s wonderful to see how every person can make a difference. During the Revolutionary War, a lady named Anna Strong helped the Patriots by spying on the Loyalists and the British army.America needed her and she delivered. This is history worth knowin...
Sing with Me The Story of Selena Quintanilla by Diana López, illustrated by Teresa Martinez A concise, entertaining biography of Selena’s early years as she worked hard until she saw success as a singer — winning awards and learning Spanish and getting married. (You’ll appreciate that this biography does not talk about her death.) Ruby’s Hope: A St...
The Boy in Number Four by Kara Kootstra, illustrated by Reagan Thomson I enjoyed this picture book about Bobby Orr’s life as a young boy playing hockey — how hard he worked and how much he loved playing. Nadia The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still by Karlin Gray, illustrated by Christine Davenier This lovely biographical picture book introduces a new gen...
Try It! How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat by Mara Rockliff, illustrated. byGiselle Potter Frieda Caplan introduces new fruits and vegetables at a produce market in Los Angeles starting in the 1950s with mushrooms. She continues sharing unusual foods at the market, foods that you probably haven’t even heard of, let alone tried such as the nop...
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World. age 10+. Inspiring memoir of teen Nobel laureate shot by Taliban. By: Malala Yousafzai , Patricia McCormick (2014) See full review. BOOK.
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- Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl. (£6.99, Puffin) Roald Dahl's best-selling autobiography, which covers his childhood years, is packed with sad, idyllic, funny, unpleasant and incredibly vivid stories.
- Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome. (£13, Simon & Schuster) An informative and inspiring picture book biography of the remarkable mathematician Katherine Johnson, one of the NASA "human computers" whose work was critical to the first US space launch in the 1960s.
- Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers by Michelle Obama. (£14.99, Puffin) Adapted for children aged 10+, with a special introduction. Michelle Obama's life story, "in all its messy glory", encourages readers to think about their own life and how they will become themselves as they grow up and keep growing and changing.
- Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant. (£13.99, Random House) When Louis Braille lost his sight as a child there were no books for him to read.
Nov 14, 2022 · The Who Was… books are among the best biographies for kids, presenting accurate history in an easy-to-read style. Who Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg? introduces kids to one of the renowned legal minds of our time while making her feel accessible, relatable, and wholeheartedly human. This story of Ginsburg’s advocacy for gender equality and women ...
Top 10 Biography And Autobiography Books for 9-12 Year Olds. 7.0. #1 in Series. 01. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Written by Elena Favilli & illustrated by Francesca Cavallo. 6.5. 02. Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote.
Graphic Nov. chapter • 224 Pages. #1 in Series. Graphic Nov. End of list. #2: El Deafo #3: Dead End in Norvelt #4: They Were Strong and Good #5: My Book About Me #6: Dragon Hoops.
