Search by: Biography / Memoir
Continental Drifter
By: Kathy Macleod
ISBN: 9781250813749
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Biography / Memoir
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet
By: Tony Keith Jr.
ISBN: 9780063296008
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Seeker of Truth—Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor
By: Srividhya Venkat
Illustrated by:
Danica da Silva Pereira
Danica da Silva Pereira
ISBN: 9781499815696
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
A Crown of Stories—The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Khalif Thompson
Khalif Thompson
ISBN: 9780062911032
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
I Am Osage—How Clarence Tinker Became the First Native American Major General
By: Kim Rogers
Illustrated by:
Bobby Von Martin
Bobby Von Martin
ISBN: 9780063081161
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
She Spoke Too—14 More Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World
By: Manuela Bernardi and Kathy McMillan
Illustrated by:
Becky Thorns
Becky Thorns
ISBN: 9781641707510
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Daughter of the Light-Footed People—The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez
By: Belen Medina
Illustrated by:
Natalia Rojas Castro
Natalia Rojas Castro
ISBN: 9781665931427
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
I Am Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By: Brad Meltzer
Illustrated by:
Christopher Eliopoulos
Christopher Eliopoulos
ISBN: 9780593533338
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Sole Man—Jan Matzeliger’s Lasting Invention
By: Shana Keller
Illustrated by:
Stephen Costanza
Stephen Costanza
ISBN: 9781534113008
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Elinor McGrath, Pet Doctor—The Story of America’s First Female Veterinarian
By: Jacqueline Johnson
Illustrated by:
Alette Straathof
Alette Straathof
ISBN: 9781506492032
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues—The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin
By: Michelle Meadows
Illustrated by:
Jamiel Law
Jamiel Law
ISBN: 9780063273474
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Stealing Little Moon—The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)
By: Dan Sasuweh Jones
ISBN: 9781338889475
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, History
The Enigma Girls—How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II (Scholastic Focus)
By: Candace Fleming
ISBN: 9781338749571
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, History
Let Us March On! James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade
By: Yohuru Williams
Illustrated by:
Xia Gordon
Xia Gordon
ISBN: 9781665902786
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
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, Biography / Memoir
Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera
By: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by:
Nik Henderson
Nik Henderson
ISBN: 9780593426814
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Let’s Fly
By: Chana Stiefel
Illustrated by:
Shamar Knight-Justice
Shamar Knight-Justice
ISBN: 9780593532133
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Tree Of Life
By: Elisa Boxer
Illustrated by:
Alianna Rozentsveig
Alianna Rozentsveig
ISBN: 9780593617120
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
The Fastest Drummer—Clap Your Hands for Viola Smith!
By: Dean Robbins
Illustrated by:
Susanna Chapman
Susanna Chapman
ISBN: 9781536224863
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Lost at Windy River—A True Story of Survival
By: Trina Rathgeber
Illustrated by:
Alina Pete; coloring by Jillian Dolan
Alina Pete; coloring by Jillian Dolan
ISBN: 9781459832268
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Biography / Memoir
The Unboxing of a Black Girl
By: Angela Shanté
ISBN: 9798890039538
Nonfiction, Teen, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Finding Home—Words from Kids Seeking Sanctuary
By: Gwen Agna
Illustrated by:
Shelley Rotner
Shelley Rotner
ISBN: 9780063304178
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School
By: Traci Huahn
Illustrated by:
Michelle Jing Chan
Michelle Jing Chan
ISBN: 9780593644027
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
A Voice Of Hope
By: Nadia Salomon
Illustrated by:
London Ladd
London Ladd
ISBN: 9780593525913
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Free to Learn—How Alfredo Lopez Fought for the Right to Go to School
By: Cynthia Levinson
Illustrated by:
Mirelle Ortega
Mirelle Ortega
ISBN: 9781665904278
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
My Lost Freedom—A Japanese American WWII Story
By: George Takei
Illustrated by:
Michelle Lee
Michelle Lee
ISBN: 9780593566350
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
We Are Golden—27 Groundbreakers Who Changed the World
By: Eva Chen
Illustrated by:
Sophie Diao
Sophie Diao
ISBN: 9781250879912
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Ballerina of Auschwitz—Young Adult Edition of The Choice
By: Edith Eva Eger
ISBN: 9781665952552
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, History
Freedom on the Sea
By: Michael Boulware Moore
Illustrated by:
Bryan Collier
Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9781250818355
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Outspoken—Paul Robeson, Ahead of His Time; A One-Man Show
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Eric Velasquez
Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9781536212976
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
We Sing from the Heart—How the Slants(r) Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
By: Mia Wenjen
Illustrated by:
Victor Bizar Gómez
Victor Bizar Gómez
ISBN: 9781636550879
Nonfiction, 7-12, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Black History Heroes—Chadwick Boseman
By: Chris Singleton with Ryan G. Van Cleave
Illustrated by:
Adriana Pérez Perales
Adriana Pérez Perales
ISBN: 9781638191773
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Gifts from the Garbage Truck—A True Story About the Things We (Don’t) Throw Away
By: Andrew Larsen
Illustrated by:
Oriol Vidal
Oriol Vidal
ISBN: 9781728283517
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
A Plate of Hope
By: Erin Frankel
Illustrated by:
Paola Escobar
Paola Escobar
ISBN: 9780593380574
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Wild at Heart—The Story of Olaus and Mardy Murie, Defenders of Nature
By: Evan Griffith
Illustrated by:
Anna Bron
Anna Bron
ISBN: 9781534112919
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Environment / Sustainability / Recycling
Black History Heroes—Mae Jemison
By: Chris Singleton with Ryan G. Van Cleave
Illustrated by:
Adriana Pérez Perales
Adriana Pérez Perales
ISBN: 9781638191780
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Girl Who Fought Back—Vladka Meed and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Scholastic Focus)
By: Joshua M. Greene
ISBN: 9781338880519
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, History
Remember My Story—A Girl, a Holocaust Survivor, and a Friendship That Made History
By: Claire Sarnowski with Sarah Durand
ISBN: 9780316592895
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Born A Girl—It Takes Courage
By: Alice Dussutour; translated By David Warriner
Illustrated by:
Alice Dussutour
Alice Dussutour
ISBN: 9781459838987
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Biography / Memoir
The Girl Who Sang
By: Estelle Nadel with Bethany Strout
Illustrated by:
Sammy Savos
Sammy Savos
ISBN: 9781250247773
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Biography / Memoir
The Rez Doctor
By: Gitz Crazyboy
Illustrated by:
Veronika Barinova, Azby Whitecalf, and Toben Racicot
Veronika Barinova, Azby Whitecalf, and Toben Racicot
ISBN: 9781553799245
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Careers / Hobbies
Born Naughty
By: Jin Wang with Tony Johnston
Illustrated by:
Anisi Baigude
Anisi Baigude
ISBN: 9780593563618
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Cultural Diversity
Great Minds of Science (Black Lives #1)—A Nonfiction Graphic Novel
By: Tonya Bolden
Illustrated by:
David Wilkerson
David Wilkerson
ISBN: 9781419752698
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Rollin’ on Down the Line—Lady Bird Johnson’s 1964 Whistle-Stop Tour for Civil Rights
By: Helen Kampion and Reneé Critcher Lyons
Illustrated by:
Erin McGuire
Erin McGuire
ISBN: 9781534113015
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, History
Bridges Instead Of Walls
By: Carole Boston Weatherford and Mavis Staples
Illustrated by:
Steffi Walthall
Steffi Walthall
ISBN: 9780593624692
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron’s—A Picture Book
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Savanna Durr
Savanna Durr
ISBN: 9781419771484
Nonfiction, 4-6, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Samba! The Heartbeat of a Community—Ailton Nuñes’s Musical Journey
By: Philip Hoelzel
Illustrated by:
Andre Ceolin
Andre Ceolin
ISBN: 9781534112957
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Art / Performing Arts
Claudette Colvin—I Want Freedom Now!
By: Claudette Colvin and Phillip Hoose
Illustrated by:
Bea Jackson
Bea Jackson
ISBN: 9780374389734
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, History
Heroes of World War II—25 True Stories of Unsung Heroes Who Fought for Freedom
By: Jarret Keene
Illustrated by:
Roberto Gualberto
Roberto Gualberto
ISBN: 9781638191711
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Sculptors of Light
By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
Cecilia Puglesi
Cecilia Puglesi
ISBN: 9781478879602
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Game Changers—Stories of Hijabi Athletes from around the World
By: Charlene Smith
Illustrated by:
Natalya Tariq
Natalya Tariq
ISBN: 9781459838048
7-12, Anthology / Collection, Sports / Games / Recreation
Héroes afroamericanos del salvaje Oeste (Black Heroes of the Wild West)
By: James Otis Smith; translated by Maria E. Santana
ISBN: 9781662665592
7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
How to Draw a Secret
By: Cindy Chang
Illustrated by:
Cindy Chang
Cindy Chang
ISBN: 9780358659655
7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
How to Love the Whole World
By: Henry Martin
Illustrated by:
Shelley Hampe
Shelley Hampe
ISBN: 9781949480535
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
If Kamala Can…You Can Too!
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Ariana Pacino
Ariana Pacino
ISBN: 9781464247989
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams
By: Katherine Paterson
Illustrated by:
Sally Deng
Sally Deng
ISBN: 9781452182629
7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
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
7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Sea Legs
By: Jules Bakes
Illustrated by:
Niki Smith
Niki Smith
ISBN: 9781338835861
7-12, Graphic Novel, Places / Travel
Yayoi Kusama
By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Ryoko Ichikawa
Ryoko Ichikawa
ISBN: 9780711292970
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Dragonflies Of Glass
By: Susan Goldman Rubin
Illustrated by:
Susanna Chapman
Susanna Chapman
ISBN: 9781419754364
7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The ABCs of Women’s History
By: Rio Cortez
Illustrated by:
Lauren Semmer
Lauren Semmer
ISBN: 9781523523290
4-6, Picture Book, History
Carl Walker—The Sound of Justice
By: Majeste Phillip
Illustrated by:
Chasity Hampton
Chasity Hampton
ISBN: 9781959223603
7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem
By: Nancy Johnson James
Illustrated by:
Diana Ejaita
Diana Ejaita
ISBN: 9781951836535
4-6, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Biography / Memoir
Make a Pretty Sound
By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
Eleanor Davis
Eleanor Davis
ISBN: 9781452170640
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Passover on Everest
By: Rachelle Burk
Illustrated by:
Craig Orback
Craig Orback
ISBN: 9781951365288
4-6, Picture Book, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
Ruby Bridges—A Talk with My Teacher
By: Ruby Bridges
Illustrated by:
Trudy Tran
Trudy Tran
ISBN: 9781338753943
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Shirley Chisholm—Champion of Change
By: Dr. Tonya Allen
Illustrated by:
Chasity Hampton
Chasity Hampton
ISBN: 9781959223610
7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
The Story of Fannie Lou Hamer
By: Margeaux Weston
Illustrated by:
Simone Douglas
Simone Douglas
ISBN: 9798886509526
7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Taylor Swift’s Music Through the Eras
By: Kristen Rajczak Nelson
ISBN: 9781482469455
7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Ada and the Number-Crunching Machine
By: Zoë Tucker
Illustrated by:
Rachel Katstaller
Rachel Katstaller
ISBN: 9780735843172
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Map of You
By: Sophie Williams
Illustrated by:
Sophie Williams
Sophie Williams
ISBN: 9781800660151
Fiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee
Illustrated by:
Julie Wilson
Julie Wilson
ISBN: 9780998047713
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Sticker Life Stories—Maya Angelou
By: Evie Day
Illustrated by:
Julie Bereciartu
Julie Bereciartu
ISBN: 9781684649068
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
This Book Will Make You An Artist
By: Ruth Millington
Illustrated by:
Ellen Surrey
Ellen Surrey
ISBN: 9798887770420
Nonfiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
Winter Olympics All-Time Greats
By: Anthony Streeter
ISBN: 9781634948845
7-12, Early Reader, Sports / Games / Recreation
Introducing Sandwina—the Strongest Woman in the World!
By: Vicki Conrad
Illustrated by:
Jeremy Holmes
Jeremy Holmes
ISBN: 9781662680151
7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Little People, BIG DREAMS Katherine Johnson
By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Jemma Skidmore
Jemma Skidmore
ISBN: 9781836001775
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Little People, BIG DREAMS Patrick Mahomes
By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Guilherme Karsten
Guilherme Karsten
ISBN: 9781836005070
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Taylor Swift—Wildest Dreams
By: Erica Wainer
Illustrated by:
Joanie Stone
Joanie Stone
ISBN: 9780063399174
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Venus and Serena Williams
By: David Lee Morgan Jr.
ISBN: 9798889982715
7-12, Early Reader, Sports / Games / Recreation
Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube
By: Kerry Aradhya
Illustrated by:
Kara Kramer
Kara Kramer
ISBN: 9781682636640
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera
By: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by:
Nik Henderson
Nik Henderson
ISBN: 9780593426814
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Fabulous Fannie Farmer—Kitchen Scientist and America’s Cook
By: Emma Bland Smith
Illustrated by:
Susan Reagan
Susan Reagan
ISBN: 9781635926125
Nonfiction, 4-6, Food / Cooking
Skybound! Starring Mary Myers as Carlotta, Daredevil Aeronaut and Scientist
By: Sue Ganz-Schmitt
Illustrated by:
Iacopo Bruno
Iacopo Bruno
ISBN: 9781635928150
Nonfiction, 4-6, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Up Periscope! How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding
By: Jennifer Swanson
Illustrated by:
Veronica Miller Jamison
Veronica Miller Jamison
ISBN: 9780316565486
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Whirligigs—The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson’s Imagination
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Edwin Fotheringham
Edwin Fotheringham
ISBN: 9781662680410
Nonfiction, 4-6, Art / Performing Arts
The Next Scientist—The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Futures of the World’s Greatest Scientist
By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Julia Kuo
Julia Kuo
ISBN: 9781452176963
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Of Words and Water—The Story of Wilma Dykeman–Writer, Historian, Environmentalist
By: Shannon Hitchcock
Illustrated by:
Sophie Page
Sophie Page
ISBN: 9781478870371
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Planting Hope—A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado
By: Philip Hoelzel
Illustrated by:
Renato Alarcão
Renato Alarcão
ISBN: 9781534477650
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Remembering Rosalind Franklin—Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA
By: Tanya Lee Stone
Illustrated by:
Gretchen Ellen Powers
Gretchen Ellen Powers
ISBN: 9780316351249
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Up Periscope! How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding
By: Jennifer Swanson
Illustrated by:
Veronica Miller Jamison
Veronica Miller Jamison
ISBN: 9780316565486
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Else B. in the Sea—The Woman Who Painted the Wonders of the Deep
By: Jeanne W. Harvey
Illustrated by:
Melodie Stacey
Melodie Stacey
ISBN: 9781949480283
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Enigma Girls—How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II
By: Candace Fleming
ISBN: 9781338749571
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Adoptees Who Changed the World
By: Lorri Antosz Benson
Illustrated by:
Juanita Londono Gaviria
Juanita Londono Gaviria
ISBN: 9781641709941
0-3, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
Kid Musicians—True Tales of Childhood from Entertainers, Songwriters, and Stars
By: Robin Stevenson
Illustrated by:
Allison Steinfeld
Allison Steinfeld
ISBN: 9781683693918
7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron’s
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Savanna Durr
Savanna Durr
ISBN: 9781419771484
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
A Meerkat Diary—My Journey into the Wild World of a Meerkat Mob
By: Suzi Eszterhas
ISBN: 9781771476386
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
Side Quest—A Visual History of Roleplaying Games
By: Samuel Sattin
Illustrated by:
Steenz
Steenz
ISBN: 9780358616375
Teen, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
