Search by: Biography / Memoir
Clothes to Make You Smile
By: Eric Darnell Pritchard
Illustrated by:
Shannon Wright
Shannon Wright
ISBN: 9781419768866
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Curious Life of Cecilia Payne: Discovering the Stuff of Stars
By: Laura Alary
Illustrated by:
Yas Imamura
Yas Imamura
ISBN: 9780802855152
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Gift of Freedom
By: Glennette Tilley Turner
Illustrated by:
Laura Freeman
Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9781419769290
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Joy Harjo
By: Katrina M. Phillips
ISBN: 9798889985013
Nonfiction, 7-12, Early Reader, Biography / Memoir
Kwame Nkrumah: Warrior King
By: Nancy Loewen and Senchi Ferry Library
Illustrated by:
Chasity Hampton
Chasity Hampton
ISBN: 9798896050117
Nonfiction, 7-12, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Louisa Learns to Write
By: Kate Hannigan
Illustrated by:
Sofia Moore
Sofia Moore
ISBN: 9781629794563
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Oprah Winfrey
By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Sera Latterell
Sera Latterell
ISBN: 9781836007500
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Shell Seeker: The Life, Work, and Adventures of a Blind Biologist
By: Suzanne Sherman
Illustrated by:
Linda Olliver
Linda Olliver
ISBN: 9798899770104
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
This Big Country Star
By: Joan Holub
Illustrated by:
Daniel Roode
Daniel Roode
ISBN: 9781665974172
Nonfiction, 4-6, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
Writing Towards Justice
By: Peggy Thomas
Illustrated by:
Tonya Engel
Tonya Engel
ISBN: 9781662680892
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Young Discoverers
By: Stephen Davies
Illustrated by:
Violaine Leroy
Violaine Leroy
ISBN: 9780711298309
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Technology / Inventions
Spark: Jim West’s Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone
By: Ainissa Ramirez
Illustrated by:
Setor Fiadzigbey
Setor Fiadzigbey
ISBN: 9781536225280
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Spider Lady: Nan Songer and Her Arachnid World War II Army
By: Penny Parker Klostermann
Illustrated by:
Anne Lambelet
Anne Lambelet
ISBN: 9781662680359
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe
By: Amy S. Hansen and Wanda Díaz Merced
Illustrated by:
Rocio Arreola Mendoza
Rocio Arreola Mendoza
ISBN: 9781623544874
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater? Jacques Cousteau
By: Ned Wolfe
Illustrated by:
Caroline Hu
Caroline Hu
ISBN: 9780593385647
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape
By: Amy Alznauer
Illustrated by:
Anna Bron
Anna Bron
ISBN: 9781536229479
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Firefly Song: Lynn Frierson Faust and the Great Smoky Mountain Discovery
By: Colleen Paeff
Illustrated by:
Ji-hyuk Kim
Ji-hyuk Kim
ISBN: 9781665931847
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I. M. Pei
By: Jeanne Walker Harvey
Illustrated by:
Khoa Le
Khoa Le
ISBN: 9781665953337
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Measuring Up: How Oliver Smoot Became a Standard Unit of Measurement
By: Jenny Lacika
Illustrated by:
Anna Bron
Anna Bron
ISBN: 9781536230123
Nonfiction, 4-6, 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, Biography / Memoir
Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites
By: Sandra Neil Wallace
Illustrated by:
Nancy Carpenter
Nancy Carpenter
ISBN: 9781534493339
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!: The Inventive Rube Goldberg—A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines
By: Catherine Thimmesh
Illustrated by:
Shanda McCloskey
Shanda McCloskey
ISBN: 9781452144221
Nonfiction, 7-12, 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
