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Big Words for Fearless Girls

Big Words for Fearless Girls

By: Stephanie Miles
Illustrated by:
 David Miles
ISBN: 9781733633543
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Bobbie the Wonder Dog: A True Story

Bobbie the Wonder Dog

By: Tricia Brown
Illustrated by:
 Cary Porter
ISBN: 9781513277387
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Dinosaur Lady

Dinosaur Lady

By: Linda Skeers
Illustrated by:
 Marta Álvarez Miguéns
ISBN: 9781728209517
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos

Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos

By: Monica Brown
Illustrated by:
 John Parra
ISBN: 9780735842694
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
How to Become an Accidental Activist

How to Become an Accidental Activist

By: Frieda Wishinsky and Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by:
 Jenn Playford
ISBN: 9781459826113
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Ida and the World Beyond Mount Kaiserzipf

Ida and the World Beyond Mount Kaiserzipf

By: Linda Schwalbe
ISBN: 9780735844209
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Kate Warne, Pinkerton Detective

Kate Warne, Pinkerton Detective

By: Marissa Moss
Illustrated by:
 April Chu
ISBN: 9781939547330
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Kid Activists—True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change

Kid Activists—True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change

By: Robin Stevenson
Illustrated by:
 Allison Steinfeld
ISBN: 9781683691419
Nonfiction, 7-12, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Kid Innovators

Kid Innovators

By: Robin Stevenson
Illustrated by:
 Allison Steinfeld
ISBN: 9781683692270
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Little Heroes of Color

Little Heroes of Color

By: David Heredia
Illustrated by:
 David Heredia
ISBN: 9781338326420
Nonfiction, 0-3, Biography / Memoir
Manjhi Moves a Mountain

Manjhi Moves a Mountain

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
 Danny Popovici
ISBN: 9781939547347
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan

No Steps Behind

By: Jeff Gottesfeld
Illustrated by:
 Shiella Witanto
ISBN: 9781939547552
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History

No Voice Too Small

By: Lindsay H. Metcalf (Editor); Keila V. Dawson (Editor); Jeanette Bradley (Editor)
Illustrated by:
 Jeanette Bradley
ISBN: 9781623541316
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Notes From A Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)

Notes From A Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Kwame Onwuachi & Joshua David Stern
ISBN: 9780593176009
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Odin, Dog Hero of the Fires

Odin, Dog Hero of the Fires

By: Emma Bland Smith
Illustrated by:
 Carrie Salazar
ISBN: 9781513262949
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
One Earth: People of Color Protecting the Planet

One Earth

By: Anuradha Rao
ISBN: 9781459818866
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Resist: Peaceful Acts That Changed Our World

Resist

By: Diane Stanley
ISBN: 9780823444878
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist

Shark Lady

By: Jess Keating
Illustrated by:
 Marta Álvarez Miguéns
ISBN: 9781492642046
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
This Is Your Time

This Is Your Time

By: Ruby Bridges
ISBN: 9780593378526
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Untold: Defining Moments of the Uprooted

Untold

By: Gabriella Deonath & Kamini Ramdeen
ISBN: 9781645437161
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Walking toward Peace: The True Story of a Brave Woman Called Peace Pilgrim

Walking toward Peace

By: Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by:
 Annie Bowler
ISBN: 9781947888265
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

Whoosh!

By: Chris Barton
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9781580892988
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Women in Biology

Women in Biology

By: Mary Wissinger
Illustrated by:
 Danielle Pioli
ISBN: 9781938492303
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Women in Chemistry

Women in Chemistry

By: Mary Wissinger
Illustrated by:
 Danielle Pioli
ISBN: 9781938492310
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Women in Physics

Women in Physics

By: Mary Wissinger
Illustrated by:
 Danielle Pioli
ISBN: 9781945779114
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Your Life Matters

Your Life Matters

By: Chris Singleton
Illustrated by:
 Taylor Barron
ISBN: 9781952239311
Fiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Areli is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient

Areli is a Dreamer

By: Areli Morales
Illustrated by:
 Luisa Uribe
ISBN: 9781984893994
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman

Sharice’s Big Voice

By: Sharice Davids and Nancy K. Mays
Illustrated by:
 Joshua Mangeshig Pawls-Steckley
ISBN: 9780062979667
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress

Shirley Chisholm Dared

By: Alicia D. Williams
Illustrated by:
 April Harrison
ISBN: 9780593123683
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Just Pretend

Just Pretend

By: Tori Sharp
ISBN: 9780316538893
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
My Way West

My Way West

By: Elizabeth Goss
Illustrated by:
 Elizabeth Goss
ISBN: 9781513267302
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
RuPaul (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

RuPaul (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Wednesday Holmes
ISBN: 9780711246812
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Two Grooms on a Cake: The Story of America’s First Gay Wedding

Two Grooms on a Cake

By: Rob Sanders
Illustrated by:
 Robbie Cathro
ISBN: 9781499809565
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Bobbie the Wonder Dog

Bobbie the Wonder Dog

By: Tricia Brown
Illustrated by:
 Cary Porter
ISBN: 9781513277387
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Born Ready: The True Story of A Boy Named Penelope

Born Ready

By: Jodie Patterson
Illustrated by:
 Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
ISBN: 9780593123638
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight

Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight

By: Margaret Muirhead
Illustrated by:
 Adam Gustavson
ISBN: 9781580898805
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Girl Warriors: How 25 Young Activists Are Saving the Earth

Girl Warriors

By: Rachel Sarah
ISBN: 9781641603713
Nonfiction, 7-12, Contemporary
Grandad’s Camper

Grandad’s Camper

By: Harry Woodgate
ISBN: 9781499811933
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
How to Become an Accidental Activist

How to Become an Accidental Activist

By: Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky
Illustrated by:
 Jenn Playford
ISBN: 9781459826113
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
The Year of the Buttered Cat

The Year of the Buttered Cat

By: Susan Haas with Lexi Haas
Illustrated by:
 Shanna Compton
ISBN: 9781734225938
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Women in Physics

Women in Physics

By: Mary Wissinger
Illustrated by:
 Danielle Pioli
ISBN: 9781938492341
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
All the Way to the Top

All the Way to the Top

By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by:
 Nabi H. Ali
ISBN: 9781492688976
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Born Just Right

Born Just Right

By: Jordan Reeves, Jen Lee Reeves
ISBN: 9781534428393
Fiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Alice Wong
ISBN: 9780593381670
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Dorothea’s Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth

Dorothea’s Eyes

By: Barb Rosenstock
Illustrated by:
 Gérard DuBois
ISBN: 9781629792088
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
I Am Not a Label

I Am Not a Label

By: Cerrie Burnell
Illustrated by:
 Lauren Mark Baldo
ISBN: 9780711247451
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Looking Out for Sarah

Looking Out for Sarah

By: Glenna Lang
Illustrated by:
 Glenna Lang
ISBN: 9781570916076
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Stay Curious!: A Brief History of Stephen Hawking

Stay Curious!

By: Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer
Illustrated by:
 Boris Kulikov
ISBN: 9780399550287
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Stevie Wonder (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

Stevie Wonder (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Melissa Lee Johnson
ISBN: 9780711257757
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Fastest Girl on Earth!: Meet Kitty O’Neil, Daredevil Driver!

The Fastest Girl on Earth!

By: Dean Robbins
Illustrated by:
 Elizabeth Baddeley
ISBN: 9780593125717
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
All the Way to the Top. How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything

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
ISBN: 9781492688976
Nonfiction, Diversity, K-2 Grade
Art Is Life. The Life of Artist Keith Haring

Art Is Life. The Life of Artist Keith Haring

By: Tami Lewis Brown
Illustrated by:
 Keith Negley
ISBN: 9780374304249
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-12 Grade
Beautiful Shades of Brown. The Art of Laurie Wheeler Waring

Beautiful Shades of Brown. The Art of Laurie Wheeler Waring

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
 Felicia Marshall
ISBN: 9781939547651
Nonfiction, Diversity, 3-5 Grade
BOX. Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

BOX. Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
 Michele Wood
ISBN: 9780763691561
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 6-8 Grade
Breaking Through. How Female Athletes Shattered Stereotypes in the Roaring Twenties

Breaking Through. How Female Athletes Shattered Stereotypes in the Roaring Twenties

By: Sue Macy
ISBN: 9781426336768
Nonfiction, History, 3-8 Grade
Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adults): The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant

Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Abdi Nor Iftin
ISBN: 9781984897114
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 9-12 Grade
The Cat I Never Named. A True Story of Love, War, and Survival

The Cat I Never Named. A True Story of Love, War, and Survival

By: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and Laura L. Sullivan
ISBN: 9781547604531
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 9-12 Grade
Chance. Escape from the Holocaust

Chance. Escape from the Holocaust

By: Uri Shulevitz
ISBN: 9780374313715
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 6-12 Grade
Desert Diary. Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire

Desert Diary. Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire

By: Michael O. Tunnell
ISBN: 9781580897891
Nonfiction, History, 3-5 Grade
Dinosaur Lady. The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist

Dinosaur Lady. The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist

By: Linda Skeers
Illustrated by:
 Marta Álvarez Miguéns
ISBN: 9781728209517
Nonfiction, Science, K-5 Grade
Flight for Freedom. The Wetzel Family’s Daring Escape from East Germany

Flight for Freedom. The Wetzel Family’s Daring Escape from East Germany

By: Kristen Fulton
Illustrated by:
 Torben Kuhlmann
ISBN: 9781452149608
Nonfiction, History, K-5 Grade
Flying Free. How Bessie Coleman’s Dreams Took Flight

Flying Free. How Bessie Coleman’s Dreams Took Flight

By: Karyn Parsons
Illustrated by:
 R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9780316457194
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-2 Grade
Fred’s Big Feelings. The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers

Fred’s Big Feelings. The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers

By: Laura Renauld
Illustrated by:
 Brigette Barrager
ISBN: 9781534441224
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-2 Grade
Jane Against the World—Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights

Jane Against the World—Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights

By: Karen Blumenthal
ISBN: 9781626721654
Nonfiction, Teen, Government / Politics / Law
Lizzie Demands a Seat! Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights

Lizzie Demands a Seat! Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights

By: Beth Anderson
Illustrated by:
 E.B. Lewis
ISBN: 9781629799391
Nonfiction, History, 3-5 Grade
Mamie on the Mound. A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues

Mamie on the Mound. A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues

By: Leah Henderson
Illustrated by:
 George Doutsiopoulos
ISBN: 9781684460236
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-5 Grade
Marie’s Ocean: Marie Tharp Maps the Mountains Under the Sea

Marie’s Ocean

By: Josie James
Illustrated by:
 Josie James
ISBN: 9781250214737
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Mary Seacole. Bound for the Battlefield

Mary Seacole. Bound for the Battlefield

By: Susan Goldman Rubin
Illustrated by:
 Richie Pope
ISBN: 9780763679941
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
Mighty Justice (Young Readers’ Edition): The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree

Mighty Justice (Young Readers’ Edition)

By: Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe
ISBN: 9781250229007
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 6-8 Grade
Most Wanted. The Revolutionary Partnership of John Hancock & Samuel Adams

Most Wanted. The Revolutionary Partnership of John Hancock & Samuel Adams

By: Sarah Jane Marsh
Illustrated by:
 Edwin Fotheringham
ISBN: 9781368026833
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
No Voice Too Small. Fourteen Young Americans Making History

No Voice Too Small. Fourteen Young Americans Making History

By: Edited by Lindsay H. Metcalf , Keila V. Dawson, Jeanette Bradley
Illustrated by:
 Jeanette Bradley
ISBN: 9781623541316
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
Normal. One Kid’s Extraordinary Journey

Normal. One Kid’s Extraordinary Journey

By: Magdalena Newman and Nathaniel Newman
Illustrated by:
 Neil Swaab
ISBN: 9781328631831
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 6-8 Grade
The Oldest Student. How Mary Walker Learned to Read

The Oldest Student. How Mary Walker Learned to Read

By: Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Illustrated by:
 Oge Mora
ISBN: 9781524768287
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-5 Grade
The Power of Her Pen. The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne

The Power of Her Pen. The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by:
 John Parra
ISBN: 9781481462891
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
Respect. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

Respect. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
 Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9781534452282
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-2 Grade
Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph’s Pulitzer’s Fight for the Statue of Liberty

Saving Lady Liberty

By: Claudia Friddell
Illustrated by:
 Stacy Innerst
ISBN: 9781684371303
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
The Secret Garden of George Washingon Carver

The Secret Garden of George Washingon Carver

By: Gene Barretta
Illustrated by:
 Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9780062430151
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-2 Grade
A Sporting Chance. How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games

A Sporting Chance. How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games

By: Lori Alexander
Illustrated by:
 Allan Drummond
ISBN: 9781328580795
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 6-8 Grade
Thanks to Frances Perkins. Fighter for Workers’ Rights

Thanks to Frances Perkins. Fighter for Workers’ Rights

By: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by:
 Kristy Caldwell
ISBN: 9781682631362
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
Voices of Justice. Poems about People Working for a Better World

Voices of Justice. Poems about People Working for a Better World

By: George Ella Lyon
Illustrated by:
 Jennifer M. Potter
ISBN: 9781250263209
Nonfiction, Poetry, 3-5 Grade
Wood, Wire, Wings. Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

Wood, Wire, Wings. Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

By: Kirsten W. Larson
Illustrated by:
 Tracy Subisak
ISBN: 9781629799384
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
A Plan for the People

A Plan for the People

By: Lindsey McDivitt
Illustrated by:
 Charly Palmer
ISBN: 9780802855022
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Alan Turing and the Power of Curiosity

Alan Turing and the Power of Curiosity

By: Karla Valenti, with Michaela Crespo Quesada PhD
Illustrated by:
 Annalisa Beghelli
ISBN: 9781728220437
Fiction, 4-6, Science
Finding Home: The Journey of Immigrants and Refugees

Finding Home

By: Jen Sookfong Lee
Illustrated by:
 Drew Shannon
ISBN: 9781459818996
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Manal Mirza
ISBN: 9780711259041
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Michelle’s Garden: How the First Lady Planted Seeds of Change

Michelle’s Garden

By: Sharee Miller
ISBN: 9780316458573
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Seen: Rachel Carson OGN SC

Seen

By: Birdie Willis
Illustrated by:
 Rii Abrego
ISBN: 9781684156481
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Thrill Seekers: 15 Remarkable Women in Extreme Sports

Thrill Seekers

By: Ann McCallum Staats
ISBN: 9781641604802
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Walking Toward Peace: The True Story of a Brave Woman Called Peace Pilgrim

Walking Toward Peace

By: Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by:
 Annie Bowler
ISBN: 9781947888265
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Wonder Women of Science

Wonder Women of Science

By: Tiera Fletcher; Ginger Rue
Illustrated by:
 Sally Wern Comport
ISBN: 9781536207347
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars

Code Breaker, Spy Hunter

By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
 Brooke Smart
ISBN: 9781419739637
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Finding My Way 6-Book English Set

Finding My Way 6-Book English Set

By: Jo Meserve Mach and Vera Lynna Stroupe-Rentier
Illustrated by:
 Photographs by Mary Birdsell
ISBN: 9781612545103
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Girlhood: Teens around the World in Their Own Voices

Girlhood

By: Masuma Ahuja
ISBN: 9781643750118
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Goodnight, Astronaut

Goodnight, Astronaut

By: Scott Kelly
Illustrated by:
 Izzy Burton
ISBN: 9781524764289
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators

Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call

By: Claudia Friddell
Illustrated by:
 Elizabeth Baddeley
ISBN: 9781684373505
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Kid Innovators: True Tales of Childhood from Inventors and Trailblazers

Kid Innovators

By: Robin Stevenson
Illustrated by:
 Allison Steinfeld
ISBN: 9781683692270
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers

Latinitas

By: Juliet Menéndez
Illustrated by:
 Juliet Menéndez
ISBN: 9781250234629
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee

The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee

By: Julie Leung
Illustrated by:
 Julie Kwon
ISBN: 9780759554955
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest

The Leaf Detective

By: Heather Lang
Illustrated by:
 Jana Christy
ISBN: 9781684371778
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
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