Search by: Biography / Memoir
Wanda Hears the Stars
By: Amy S. Hansen and Wanda Díaz Merced
Illustrated by:
Rocio Arreola Mendoza
Rocio Arreola Mendoza
ISBN: 9781623544874
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Spider Lady
By: Penny Parker Klostermann
Illustrated by:
Anne Lambelet
Anne Lambelet
ISBN: 9781662680359
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Spark
By: Ainissa Ramirez
Illustrated by:
Setor Fiadzigbey
Setor Fiadzigbey
ISBN: 9781536225280
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Six
By: Loren Grush
Illustrated by:
Rebecca Stefoff
Rebecca Stefoff
ISBN: 9781534497047
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
Rewriting the Rules
By: Danna Zeiger
Illustrated by:
Josée Bisaillon
Josée Bisaillon
ISBN: 9798765647271
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Rachel Carson’s Wonder-Filled World
By: Kate Hannigan
Illustrated by:
Katie Hickey
Katie Hickey
ISBN: 9781662680571
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Marjory’s River of Grass
By: Josie James
Illustrated by:
Josie James
Josie James
ISBN: 9780316446914
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Magic in a Drop of Water
By: Julie Winterbottom
Illustrated by:
Susan Reagan
Susan Reagan
ISBN: 9780593620229
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Jellyfish Scientist
By: Michelle Cusolito
Illustrated by:
Ellen Rooney
Ellen Rooney
ISBN: 9781623545819
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Girl Who Tested the Waters, The
By: Patricia Daniele
Illustrated by:
Junyi Wu
Junyi Wu
ISBN: 9781536230055
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Firefly Song
By: Colleen Paeff
Illustrated by:
Ji-hyuk Kim
Ji-hyuk Kim
ISBN: 9781665931847
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
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, Biography / Memoir
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Alberto Salas juega a la paka paka con la papa [Spanish Edition]
By: Sara Andrea Fajardo; Translated by Mariana Llanos
Illustrated by:
Juana Martinez-Neal
Juana Martinez-Neal
ISBN: 9781250905932
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
This Little Rainbow: A Love-Is-Love Primer
By: Joan Holub
Illustrated by:
Daniel Roode
Daniel Roode
ISBN: 9781534475601
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
This Little Trailblazer: A Girl Power Primer
By: Joan Holub
Illustrated by:
Daniel Roode
Daniel Roode
ISBN: 9781534401068
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
Women in Art
By: Rachel Ignotofsky
ISBN: 9780593377666
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
Women in Science
By: Rachel Ignotofsky
ISBN: 9780593377642
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
A Is for Audra: Broadway’s Leading Ladies from A to Z
By: John Robert Allman
Illustrated by:
Peter Emmerich
Peter Emmerich
ISBN: 9780525645405
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
Baby Young, Gifted, and Black
By: Jamia Wilson
Illustrated by:
Andrea Pippins
Andrea Pippins
ISBN: 9780711261419
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Inventors Who Changed the World
By: Heidi Poelman
Illustrated by:
Kyle Kershner
Kyle Kershner
ISBN: 9781641700351
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
Leaders
By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Lisbeth Kaiser
Illustrated by:
Lisbeth Kaiser
Lisbeth Kaiser
ISBN: 9780711264106
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
Little Heroes of Color: I’m a Little Hero
By: David Heredia
Illustrated by:
David Heredia
David Heredia
ISBN: 9781546180364
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
¿Quién fue Celia Cruz?
By: Lisbeth Kaiser; translated by Yanitzia Canetti
Illustrated by:
Stanley Chow
Stanley Chow
ISBN: 9780593522585
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, Spanish
Rosa Parks
By: Lisbeth Kaiser
Illustrated by:
Marta Antelo
Marta Antelo
ISBN: 9781786032638
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
Blackpink: A Little Golden Book Biography
By: Jessica Yoon
Illustrated by:
Honee Jang
Honee Jang
ISBN: 9798217123605
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Calamity Before Jane
By: Noah Van Sciver
ISBN: 9781662665400
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, History
Mikaela Shiffrin
By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Anastasia Ryzhkova
Anastasia Ryzhkova
ISBN: 9781805701552
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
This Skirt Won’t Work
By: Jennifer Cooper
Illustrated by:
Eva Byrne
Eva Byrne
ISBN: 9781728267845
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Through the Telescope: Mae Jemison dreams of space
By: Charles R Smith Jr
Illustrated by:
Evening Monteiro
Evening Monteiro
ISBN: 9781338815290
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist
By: Violet Lemay
Illustrated by:
Violet Lemay with illustrations included from Alithia Ramirez
Violet Lemay with illustrations included from Alithia Ramirez
ISBN: 9781612546490
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Ellen Takes Flight: The Life of Astronaut Ellen Ochoa
By: Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by:
Oliver Dominguez
Oliver Dominguez
ISBN: 9780759554948
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Frank Morrison
Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9781536215540
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Aya: An Anthology of Racial Justice, Healing and the Black Experience
By: Veronica Chapman and Kevin Reese
Illustrated by:
Erianna Jiles
Erianna Jiles
ISBN: 9781959223900
Nonfiction, Teen, Cultural Diversity
Hidden: A True Story of the Holocaust
By: Kati Preston
Illustrated by:
Dilleen Marsh
Dilleen Marsh
ISBN: 9781942155539
Nonfiction, Teen, History
Mother of Sharks
By: Melissa Cristina Márquez
Illustrated by:
Devin Elle Kurtz
Devin Elle Kurtz
ISBN: 9780593523582
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Frank Morrison
Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9781536215540
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Poetry Prompts: All sorts of ways to start a poem from Joseph Coelho
By: Joseph Coelho
Illustrated by:
Grasya Oliyko, Amanda Quartey, Georgie Birkett and Viola Wang
Grasya Oliyko, Amanda Quartey, Georgie Birkett and Viola Wang
ISBN: 9780711285125
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life
By: Jerry Pinkney
ISBN: 9780316383851
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Akim Aliu: Dreamer (Original Graphic Memoir)
By: Akim Aliu and Greg Anderson Elysée
Illustrated by:
Karen de la Vega
Karen de la Vega
ISBN: 9781338787610
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion
By: Charles R. Smith
Illustrated by:
Leo Espinosa
Leo Espinosa
ISBN: 9781536214987
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game (Graphic Novel Memoir)
By: Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. Ewing
Illustrated by:
Orlando Caicedo
Orlando Caicedo
ISBN: 9781338789669
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
A Mighty Long Way (Adapted for Young Readers): My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
By: Carlotta Walls LaNier with Lisa Frazier Page
ISBN: 9780593486757
Nonfiction, 7-12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist
By: Violet Lemay
Illustrated by:
Violet Lemay with illustrations included from Alithia Ramirez
Violet Lemay with illustrations included from Alithia Ramirez
ISBN: 9781612546490
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Death & Life of Benny Brooks
By: Ethan Long
ISBN: 9780316333122
Fiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Other Pandemic: An AIDS Memoir
By: Lynn Curlee
ISBN: 9781623543501
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game (Graphic Novel Memoir)
By: Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. Ewing
Illustrated by:
Orlando Caicedo
Orlando Caicedo
ISBN: 9781338789669
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Poetry Prompts: All sorts of ways to start a poem from Joseph Coelho
By: Joseph Coelho
Illustrated by:
Grasya Oliyko, Amanda Quartey, Georgie Birkett and Viola Wang
Grasya Oliyko, Amanda Quartey, Georgie Birkett and Viola Wang
ISBN: 9780711285125
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
By: Thien Pham
ISBN: 9781250809728
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin
By: Gretchen Woelfle
Illustrated by:
Rebecca Gibbon
Rebecca Gibbon
ISBN: 9781662680120
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Flying Horse (Once Upon a Horse #1)
By: Sarah Maslin Nir
Illustrated by:
Laylie Frazier
Laylie Frazier
ISBN: 9781951836672
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir (Scholastic Focus)
By: Eddie Chuculate
ISBN: 9781338802085
Nonfiction, 7-12, Cultural Diversity
Friend of Numbers: The Life of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
By: Priya Narayanan
Illustrated by:
Satwik Gade
Satwik Gade
ISBN: 9780802856081
Nonfiction, 7-12, Math
Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist
By: Violet Lemay
Illustrated by:
Violet Lemay with illustrations included from Alithia Ramirez
Violet Lemay with illustrations included from Alithia Ramirez
ISBN: 9781612546490
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Hidden: A True Story of the Holocaust
By: Kati Preston
Illustrated by:
Dilleen Marsh
Dilleen Marsh
ISBN: 9781942155539
Nonfiction, Teen, History
Aya: An Anthology of Racial Justice, Healing and the Black Experience
By: Veronica Chapman and Kevin Reese
Illustrated by:
Erianna Jiles
Erianna Jiles
ISBN: 9781959223900
Nonfiction, Teen, Cultural Diversity
Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes
By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
Shannon Wright
Shannon Wright
ISBN: 9781338305906
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors
By: Edited by Aida Salazar and Yamile Saied Méndez
ISBN: 9781536216349
Fiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Frank Morrison
Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9781536215540
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game (Graphic Novel Memoir)
By: Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. Ewing
Illustrated by:
Orlando Caicedo
Orlando Caicedo
ISBN: 9781338789669
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
It’s Not Bragging If It’s True: How to Be Awesome at Life, from a Winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
By: Zaila Avant-garde with Marti Dumas
ISBN: 9780593568996
Nonfiction, 7-12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
The Death and Life of Benny Brooks
By: Ethan Long
ISBN: 9780316333122
Fiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life
By: Jerry Pinkney
ISBN: 9780316383851
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Ellen Takes Flight: The Life of Astronaut Ellen Ochoa
By: Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by:
Oliver Dominguez
Oliver Dominguez
ISBN: 9780759554948
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion
By: Charles R. Smith
Illustrated by:
Leo Espinosa
Leo Espinosa
ISBN: 9781536214987
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
By: Thien Pham
ISBN: 9781250809728
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Native American Heroes: Osceola, Tecumseh & Cochise
By: Ann McGovern
ISBN: 9780545467209
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Native Americans in History
By: Jimmy Beason
ISBN: 9798886085235
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Ours to Tell: Reclaiming Indigenous Stories
By: Eldon Yellowhorn, Kathy Lowinger
ISBN: 9781773219547
Nonfiction, Teen, Anthology / Collection, History
Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools
By: Dan SaSuWeh Jones
ISBN: 9781338889475
Nonfiction, 7-12, Prose, Biography / Memoir
The Life of Sacagawea
By: Gillia M. Olson
ISBN: 9781681519517
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir
By: Eddie Chuculate
ISBN: 9781338802085
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Toypurina: Japchivit Leader, Medicine Woman, Tongva Rebel
By: Cheyenne M. Stone and Glenda Armand
Illustrated by:
Katie Dorame
Katie Dorame
ISBN: 9781499814668
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
When I was Eight
By: Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton
Illustrated by:
Gabrielle Grimard
Gabrielle Grimard
ISBN: 9781554514915
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Fatty Legs (10th Anniversary Edition)
By: Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton, Christy Jordan-Fenton
Illustrated by:
Liz Amini-Holmes
Liz Amini-Holmes
ISBN: 9781773213514
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
Heartbeat Drum
By: Deidre Havrelock
Illustrated by:
Aphelandra
Aphelandra
ISBN: 9781419756689
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
History Smashers: Christopher Columbus and the Taino People
By: Kate Messner and Jose Barreiro
Illustrated by:
Falynn Koch
Falynn Koch
ISBN: 9780593564264
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, History
I Am My Name: A Girl’s Journey to Finding Her Cree Family
By: Na'kuset and Judith Henderson
Illustrated by:
Onedove
Onedove
ISBN: 9780593648766
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
It’s Her Story: Sacajawea—A Graphic Novel
By: Randy'L He-Dow Teton
Illustrated by:
Aly McKnight
Aly McKnight
ISBN: 9781503765795
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Lost at Windy River
By: Trina Rathgeber
Illustrated by:
Alina Pete
Alina Pete
ISBN: 9781459832268
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
Maria Tallchief: Native America’s Prima Ballerina
By: Jennifer Marino Walters
Illustrated by:
Daniela Geremia and Nigel Dobbyn
Daniela Geremia and Nigel Dobbyn
ISBN: 9781634400497
Nonfiction, 4-6, Early Reader, Biography / Memoir
Liftoff! How the Apollo Moon Missions Made Alma Thomas’s Art Soar
By: Nina Crews
Illustrated by:
Nina Crews
Nina Crews
ISBN: 9798765643471
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Revolutions Are Made of Love: The Story of James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs
By: Mélina Mangal, Sun Yung Shin
Illustrated by:
Leslie Barlow
Leslie Barlow
ISBN: 9798765611524
Nonfiction, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Biography / Memoir
My Name Is Cool
By: Antonio Sacre
Illustrated by:
Sarah Demonteverde
Sarah Demonteverde
ISBN: 9781641706575
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
My Name Is Cool
By: Antonio Sacre
ISBN: 9781938301568
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
Black History is Your History
By: Taylor Cassidy
ISBN: 9781665957700
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, History
Pushing Hope
By: Raymond Santana
Illustrated by:
Keith Henry Brown
Keith Henry Brown
ISBN: 9781662680397
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
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, History
XO Ballerina Big Sis
By: Tiler Peck
ISBN: 9780593969090
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Art / Performing Arts
Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account
By: Ernesto Saade
Illustrated by:
Ernesto Saade
Ernesto Saade
ISBN: 9798765623367
Nonfiction, Teen, Immigrant Experience
The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey
By: Chad Soon, George Chiang
Illustrated by:
Amy Qi
Amy Qi
ISBN: 9781459835030
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Lost & Found
By: Mei Yu
Illustrated by:
Mei Yu
Mei Yu
ISBN: 9781454945475
Nonfiction, 7-12, Immigrant Experience
Lost Words
By: Leila Boukarim
Illustrated by:
Sona Avedikian
Sona Avedikian
ISBN: 9781797213651
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Mango & Peppercorns
By: Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning, Lyn Nguyen with Elisa Ung
ISBN: 9781797202242
Nonfiction, Teen, Food / Cooking
Muzoon: From Refugee to Leader
By: Muzoon Almellehan
Illustrated by:
Asma Enayeh
Asma Enayeh
ISBN: 9781984852038
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan
By: Jeff Gottesfeld
Illustrated by:
Shiella Witanto
Shiella Witanto
ISBN: 9781939547552
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees
By: Mary Beth Leatherdale
Illustrated by:
Eleanor Shakespeare
Eleanor Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781554518951
Nonfiction, Teen, Immigrant Experience
