Search by: Biography / Memoir
Arm in Arm: The Grimké Sisters’ Fight for Abolition and Women’s Rights
By: Angelica Shirley Carpenter
ISBN: 9798765627433
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Hopeful Heroes: More Poems about Amazing Latinos
By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
Juliet Menéndez
Juliet Menéndez
ISBN: 9781250313942
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Muzoon: From Refugee to Leader
By: Muzoon Almellehan
Illustrated by:
Asma Enayeh
Asma Enayeh
ISBN: 9781984852038
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Early Reader, Biography / Memoir
To the Top of the World: Barbara Hillary, the First Black Woman to Reach the North and South Poles
By: Deborah Blumenthal
Illustrated by:
Anastasia Magloire Williams
Anastasia Magloire Williams
ISBN: 9781665927734
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
ISBN: 9780063218901
Nonfiction, 7-12, Prose, Biography / Memoir
The House on the Canal
By: Thomas Harding
Illustrated by:
Britta Teckentrup
Britta Teckentrup
ISBN: 9781536240702
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, History
Never Silent: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Story
By: Setsuko Thurlow and Kathy Lowinger
Illustrated by:
Michelle Theodore
Michelle Theodore
ISBN: 9781773219851
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—and Helped Change History
By: Pat Zietlow Miller
Illustrated by:
Jerry Jordan
Jerry Jordan
ISBN: 9780593524909
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Ballet Brown (An Original Picture Book)
By: Bellen Woodard
Illustrated by:
Fanny Liem
Fanny Liem
ISBN: 9781546134077
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
A Hug Like Michelle’s, a Voice Like Beyoncé’s: A Picture Book
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Savanna Durr
Savanna Durr
ISBN: 9781419771507
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
One Girl’s Voice: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land
By: Vivian Kirkfield
Illustrated by:
Rebecca Gibbon
Rebecca Gibbon
ISBN: 9781662680458
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Vanished: Seven Women Magicians Who Simply Disappeared
By: Anna Hays
Illustrated by:
Mary Kate McDevitt
Mary Kate McDevitt
ISBN: 9780593712559
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
A Banquet for Cecilia: How Cecilia Chiang Revolutionized Chinese Food in America
By: Julie Leung
Illustrated by:
Melissa Iwai
Melissa Iwai
ISBN: 9780759557413
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Food / Cooking
I am Sally Ride
By: Brad Meltzer
Illustrated by:
Christopher Eliopoulos
Christopher Eliopoulos
ISBN: 9780593533420
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Young Readers Edition of AMERICAN PROMETHEUS
By: Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, Adapted by Eric S. Singer
ISBN: 9780593856451
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?: Jacques Cousteau
By: Ned Wolfe
Illustrated by:
Caroline Hu
Caroline Hu
ISBN: 9780593385647
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince
By: Laura Obuobi
Illustrated by:
Olivia Duchess
Olivia Duchess
ISBN: 9780063222465
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This
By: Eugene Yelchin
Illustrated by:
Eugene Yelchin
Eugene Yelchin
ISBN: 9781536215533
Nonfiction, Teen, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
Prince Among Slaves: The Remarkable True Story of an African Prince Enslaved in Mississippi, and His Journey Home
By: N. H. Senzai
Illustrated by:
Anna Rich
Anna Rich
ISBN: 9781984816986
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels
By: Linda Skeers
Illustrated by:
Livi Gosling
Livi Gosling
ISBN: 9781728297781
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
Black History Is Your History
By: Taylor Cassidy
Illustrated by:
Adriana Bellet
Adriana Bellet
ISBN: 9781665957700
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Imogen: The Life and Work of Imogen Cunningham
By: Elizabeth Partridge
Illustrated by:
Yuko Shimizu
Yuko Shimizu
ISBN: 9781984835185
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Putin vs Zelensky: The Russo-Ukranian War
By: Ben Thompson
ISBN: 9781250339560
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
The World Entire: A True Story of Extraordinary World War II Rescue
By: Elizabeth Brown
Illustrated by:
Melissa Castrillón
Melissa Castrillón
ISBN: 9781452170985
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Story
By: Tova Friedman
ISBN: 9780063381544
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, History
Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Rescued a Generation of Children and Founded the World’s Largest Children’s Library
By: Katherine Paterson
Illustrated by:
Sally Deng
Sally Deng
ISBN: 9781452182629
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Returning the Sword: How a Japanese Sword of War Became a Symbol of Friendship and Peace
By: Caren Stelson
Illustrated by:
Amanda Yoshida
Amanda Yoshida
ISBN: 9798765611531
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds (A Picture Book)
By: Nancy Johnson James
Illustrated by:
Diana Ejaita
Diana Ejaita
ISBN: 9781951836535
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Lady of the Lines: How Maria Reiche Saved the Nazca Lines by Sweeping the Desert
By: Michaela Maccoll
Illustrated by:
Elisa Chavarri
Elisa Chavarri
ISBN: 9781662620096
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher
By: Ruby Bridges
Illustrated by:
Trudy Tran
Trudy Tran
ISBN: 9781338753943
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Fanny’s Big Idea: How Jewish Book Week Was Born
By: Richard Michelson
Illustrated by:
Alyssa Russell
Alyssa Russell
ISBN: 9798217003259
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Let’s Fly!: Barrington Irving’s Record-Breaking Flight Around the World
By: Barrington Irving and Chana Stiefel
Illustrated by:
Shamar Knight-Justice
Shamar Knight-Justice
ISBN: 9780593532133
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Sacred Stone Camp
By: Rae Rose
Illustrated by:
Aly McKnight
Aly McKnight
ISBN: 9780593696637
Nonfiction, Teen, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Fighter in the Woods: The True Story of a Jewish Girl who Joined the Partisans in World War II
By: Joshua M. Greene
ISBN: 9781546135852
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, History
Leyendas/Legends: 60 Latine People Who Changed the World
By: Mónica Mancillas
Illustrated by:
Isadora Zeferino
Isadora Zeferino
ISBN: 9781797211985
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
She Persisted: Kamala Harris
By: Raakhee Mirchandani with introduction by Chelsea Clinton
Illustrated by:
Alexandra Boiger and Jessica W. Clark
Alexandra Boiger and Jessica W. Clark
ISBN: 9798217039593
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
A Flea For Justice: Marian Wright Edelman Stands Up for Change
By: Valerie Bolling
Illustrated by:
TeMika Grooms
TeMika Grooms
ISBN: 9781623545826
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
A Line Can Go Anywhere
By: Caroline McAlister
Illustrated by:
Jamie Green
Jamie Green
ISBN: 9781250310378
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Six Triple Eight: A True Story of the Black Woman Battalion of World War II
By: Tonya Abari
Illustrated by:
Lance Evans
Lance Evans
ISBN: 9780063265769
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Fred Flips
By: Frederick Richard with Ryan G. Van Cleave
Illustrated by:
Darcie Olley
Darcie Olley
ISBN: 9781638192299
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Lost Women of Science
By: Melina Gerosa Bellows and Katie Hafner
Illustrated by:
Karyn Lee
Karyn Lee
ISBN: 9780593896716
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies
By: Margi Preus
Illustrated by:
Jaime Zollars
Jaime Zollars
ISBN: 9781419756719
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Frida Kahlo’s Flower Crown: A Picture Book
By: Nydia Armendia-Sánchez
Illustrated by:
Loris Lora
Loris Lora
ISBN: 9781949480351
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins—The First Lady of Children’s Music
By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
Eleanor Davis
Eleanor Davis
ISBN: 9781452170640
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Spy in the Museum: How Rose Valland Saved Art from the Nazis
By: Erin McGuire
Illustrated by:
Erin McGuire
Erin McGuire
ISBN: 9781534466173
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
George Washington’s Spectacular Spectacles: The Glasses That Saved America
By: Selene Castrovilla
Illustrated by:
Jenn Harney
Jenn Harney
ISBN: 9781662680434
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, History
Marjory’s River of Grass: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Fierce Protector of the Everglades
By: Josie James
ISBN: 9780316446914
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
By: Karen Valby
ISBN: 9780593643563
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Ablaze: The Story of America’s First Female Smokejumper
By: Jessica Lawson
Illustrated by:
Sarah Gonzales
Sarah Gonzales
ISBN: 9780593463659
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Hick: The trailblazing journalist who captured Eleanor Roosevelt’s heart
By: Sarah Miller
ISBN: 9780593649091
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Maya Angelou Finds Her Voice
By: Connie Roop and Peter Roop
Illustrated by:
Noa Denmon
Noa Denmon
ISBN: 9781481449267
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
That Swingin’ Sound!: The Musical Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
By: Rekha S Rajan
Illustrated by:
Ken Daley
Ken Daley
ISBN: 9781665957038
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa
By: Sara Andrea Fajardo
Illustrated by:
Juana Martinez-Neal
Juana Martinez-Neal
ISBN: 9781250838612
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Hiding in Plain Sight: Kate Warne and the Race to Save Abraham Lincoln
By: Beth Anderson
Illustrated by:
Sally Wern Comport
Sally Wern Comport
ISBN: 9781635928235
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World (A Picture Book Biography)
By: James Howe
Illustrated by:
Jack Wong
Jack Wong
ISBN: 9781419755217
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
This Skirt Won’t Work
By: Jennifer Cooper
Illustrated by:
Eva Byrne
Eva Byrne
ISBN: 9781728267845
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Black History Heroes
By: Patricia Pete, Ryan Van Cleave, Sona & Jacob
ISBN: 9781638193166
Nonfiction, 7–9, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
Earth Heroes
By: Lily Dyu
ISBN: 9798887772349
Nonfiction, 9–12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
For the Win
By: Irene Latham, Charles Waters
ISBN: 9798765667996
Nonfiction, 5–7, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Sports / Games / Recreation
The Unbeatable Sonya Ballantyne
By: Sonya Ballantyne
Illustrated by:
Rhael McGregor
Rhael McGregor
ISBN: 9781774921371
Nonfiction, Teen (12+), Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
¡Viva Valenzuela!
By: Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by:
John Parra
John Parra
ISBN: 9781662680274
Nonfiction, 7–9, Picture Book, Sports / Games / Recreation
Gift of Freedom
By: Glennette Tilley Turner
Illustrated by:
Laura Freeman
Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9781419769290
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
A Song for August
By: Denmead, Sally
Illustrated by:
Alleanna Harris
Alleanna Harris
ISBN: 9781646144396
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison’s Life in Stories
By: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by:
Daniel Minter
Daniel Minter
ISBN: 9780316182362
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer
By: Quartez Harris
Illustrated by:
Gordon C. James
Gordon C. James
ISBN: 9780316483933
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge
By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
James Ransome
James Ransome
ISBN: 9781984813664
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Aretha Franklin
By: Kristen Rajczak Nelson
ISBN: 9781534552371
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature: A Biography in Poems
By: Caroline Brewer
Illustrated by:
Caroline Brewer
Caroline Brewer
ISBN: 9781804661444
Nonfiction, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Biography / Memoir
Stories of the Spirit of Justice
By: Jemar Tisby
ISBN: 9780310145592
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers, & Everyday Heroes
By: Briana Fitzsimons, Leon Diop
Illustrated by:
Jessica Louis
Jessica Louis
ISBN: 9781915071231
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
I Am the River
By: Gauch, Patricia Lee
Illustrated by:
Kristle Marshall
Kristle Marshall
ISBN: 9781646145805
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Those Who Saw the Sun
By: Avery, Jaha Nailah
ISBN: 9781646144624
Nonfiction, Teen, Anthology / Collection, History
Black Girls Unbossed
By: Khristi Lauren Adams
ISBN: 9781506479231
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
I Am, I Can, I Will
By: Dr. Cynthia Jacobs Carter and Ruth Chamblee
Illustrated by:
Steffi Walthall
Steffi Walthall
ISBN: 9781523514571
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Social Emotional Learning
Through the Telescope: Mae Jemison dreams of space
By: Charles R Smith Jr
Illustrated by:
Evening Monteiro
Evening Monteiro
ISBN: 9781338815290
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Black History Is Your History
By: Taylor Cassidy
Illustrated by:
Adriana Bellet
Adriana Bellet
ISBN: 9781665957700
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, History
I Can Be Brave Like Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Familius
Illustrated by:
Susanna Covelli
Susanna Covelli
ISBN: 9781641707473
Nonfiction, 4-6, Novelty / Pop-up, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
The Trailblazing Life of Viola Desmond: A Civil Rights Icon
By: Rachel Kehoe with Wanda Robson
Illustrated by:
Chelsea Charles
Chelsea Charles
ISBN: 9781459833975
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Black Swans
By: Laurel van der Linde
Illustrated by:
Sawyer Cloud
Sawyer Cloud
ISBN: 9781503764095
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
It’s Her Story Josephine Baker: A Graphic Novel
By: Lauren Gamble
Illustrated by:
Markia Jenai
Markia Jenai
ISBN: 9781503764910
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History
By: Ann Richards
Illustrated by:
Arden Taylor
Arden Taylor
ISBN: 9781459838444
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Brown Girl Dreaming
By: Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 9780399252518
Nonfiction, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, BIPOC Characters and Creators
It’s Her Story Rosa Parks: A Graphic Novel
By: Lauren Burke
Illustrated by:
Shane Clester
Shane Clester
ISBN: 9781503752948
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
Twice Enslaved
By: Selene Castrovilla
Illustrated by:
Erin K. Robinson
Erin K. Robinson
ISBN: 9781662680748
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Clothes to Make You Smile
By: Eric Darnell Pritchard
Illustrated by:
Shannon Wright
Shannon Wright
ISBN: 9781419768866
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Journey Beyond the Walls
By: Sir James Thornhill
ISBN: 9798218594442
Nonfiction, 7-12, Anthology / Collection, Biography / Memoir
Writing Toward Justice
By: Peggy Thomas
Illustrated by:
Tonya Engel
Tonya Engel
ISBN: 9781662680892
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Coming Home (Adapted for Young Adults)
By: Brittney Griner and Michelle Buford
ISBN: 9798217027033
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Lovely One (Adapted for Young Adults)
By: Kentaji Brown Jackson
ISBN: 9798217117772
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Congressman John Lewis: A Man on a Mission to Seek Justice for All
By: Jennifer Marino Walters
Illustrated by:
Niall Harding
Niall Harding
ISBN: 9781643713137
Nonfiction, 7-12, Early Reader, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Make a Pretty Sound
By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
Eleanor Davis
Eleanor Davis
ISBN: 9781452170640
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars
By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9781524738884
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Marvelous Cornelius
By: Phil Bildner
Illustrated by:
John Parra
John Parra
ISBN: 9781452125787
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem
By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9781662680557
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring
By: Enigma Alberti
Illustrated by:
Tony Cliff
Tony Cliff
ISBN: 9781523507719
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, History
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by:
Eric-Shabazz Larkin
Eric-Shabazz Larkin
ISBN: 9780983661580
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Nelson Mandela
By: Theia Lake
ISBN: 9781642826821
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
A Flea for Justice: Marian Wright Edelman Stands Up for Change
By: Valerie Bolling
Illustrated by:
TeMika Grooms
TeMika Grooms
ISBN: 9781623545826
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Opening the Road
By: Keila V. Dawson
Illustrated by:
Alleanna Harris
Alleanna Harris
ISBN: 9781506467917
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Places / Travel
