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Baby Young, Gifted, and Black

Baby Young, Gifted, and Black

By: Jamia Wilson
Illustrated by:
 Andrea Pippins
ISBN: 9780711261419
Fiction, 0-3, Biography / Memoir
Lincoln Clears a Path: Abraham Lincoln’s Agricultural Legacy

Lincoln Clears a Path

By: Peggy Thomas
Illustrated by:
 Stacy Innerst
ISBN: 9781684371532
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars

The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars

By: Isabelle Marinov
Illustrated by:
 Deborah Marcero
ISBN: 9781592703173
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
We Are The Supremes

We Are The Supremes

By: Zoë Tucker
Illustrated by:
 Salini Perera
ISBN: 9780711261518
Fiction, 0-3, Biography / Memoir
50 Real Heroes for Boys

50 Real Heroes for Boys

By: Christy Monson
ISBN: 9781733633505
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious

Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious

By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Afterword by Alice Waters
Illustrated by:
 Hayelin Choi
ISBN: 9781430117810
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word

Alphamaniacs

By: Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by:
 Melissa Sweet
ISBN: 9780763690663
Nonfiction, Teen, History
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix

Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix

By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin & June Jo Lee
Illustrated by:
 Man One
ISBN: 9781430131007
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Afterword by Will Allen
Illustrated by:
 Shabazz Larkin
ISBN: 9781430117414
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
I Talk Like A River

I Talk Like A River

By: Jordan Scott
Illustrated by:
 Sydney Smith
ISBN: 9780823445592
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Miguel’s Brave KnightYoung Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote

Miguel’s Brave KnightYoung Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote

By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
 Raúl Colón
ISBN: 9781561458561
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
Somebody Give This Heart a Pen

Somebody Give This Heart a Pen

By: Sophia Thakur
ISBN: 9781536209921
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Ada Lovelace (The First Names Series)

Ada Lovelace (The First Names Series)

By: Ben Jeapes
Illustrated by:
 Nick Ward
ISBN: 9781419740756
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM

Changing the Equation

By: Tonya Bolden
ISBN: 9781419707346
Nonfiction, Teen, Diversity
Mission to the Bottom of the Sea

Mission to the Bottom of the Sea

By: Jan Leyssens
Illustrated by:
 Joachim Sneyers
ISBN: 9781605375311
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics

Numbers in Motion

By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
 Yevgenia Nayberg
ISBN: 9781939547637
Nonfiction, 7-12, Math
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
Spaceman (Adaptation for Young Readers): The True Story of a Young Boy’s Journey to Becoming an Astronaut

Spaceman (Adaptation for Young Readers)

By: Mike Massimino
ISBN: 9780593120866
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Smelly Kelly and His Super Senses: How James Kelly’s Nose Saved the New York City Subway

Smelly Kelly and His Super Senses

By: Beth Anderson
Illustrated by:
 Jenn Harney
ISBN: 9781684373994
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Work It, Girl: Blast Off Into Space Like Mae Jemison

Work It, Girl

By: Caroline Moss
Illustrated by:
 Sinem Erkas
ISBN: 9780711245150
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

Wood, Wire, Wings

By: Kirsten Larson
Illustrated by:
 Tracy Subisak
ISBN: 9781629799384
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
The Polio Pioneer

The Polio Pioneer

By: Linda Elovitz Marshall
Illustrated by:
 Lisa Anchin
ISBN: 9780525646518
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Dreamers

Dreamers

By: Yuyi Morales
ISBN: 9780823440559
Fiction, 4-6, Diversity
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando

Magic Ramen

By: Andrea Wang
Illustrated by:
 Kana Urbanowicz
ISBN: 9781499807035
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

Planting Stories

By: Anika Aldamuy Denise
Illustrated by:
 Paola Escobar
ISBN: 9780062748683
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge

By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve
ISBN: 9781534416185
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City

Attucks!

By: Phillip Hoose
ISBN: 9780374306120
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir,
Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb

Atomic Women

By: Roseanne Montillo
ISBN: 9780316489591
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Born Curious: 20 Girls Who Grew Up to Be Awesome Scientists

Born Curious

By: Martha Freeman
Illustrated by:
 Katy Wu
ISBN: 9781534421530
Nonfiction, 7-12 / Teen, Biography / Memoir
Bright Dreams: The Brilliant Inventions of Nikola Tesla

Bright Dreams

By: Tracy Dockray
Illustrated by:
 Tracy Dockray
ISBN: 9781684461417
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM

Changing the Equation

By: Tonya Bolden
ISBN: 9781419707346
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Darwin’s Rival: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Search for Evolution

Darwin’s Rival

By: Christiane Dorion
Illustrated by:
 Harry Tennant
ISBN: 9781536209327
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist

Dinosaur Lady

By: Linda Skeers
Illustrated by:
 Marta Álvarez Miguéns
ISBN: 9781728209517
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Marjory Saves the Everglades

By: Sandra Neil Wallace
Illustrated by:
 Rebecca Gibbon
ISBN: 9781534431546
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Old Enough to Save the Planet

Old Enough to Save the Planet

By: Loll Kirby
Illustrated by:
 Adelina Lirius
ISBN: 9781419749148
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Plasticus Maritimus: An Invasive Species

Plasticus Maritimus

By: Ana Pêgo, Isabel Minhós Martins
Illustrated by:
 Bernardo P. Carvalho
ISBN: 9781771646437
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
The Polio Pioneer

The Polio Pioneer

By: Linda Elovitz Marshall
Illustrated by:
 Lisa Anchin
ISBN: 9780525646518
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
To Fly Among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Fight for Women Astronauts

To Fly Among the Stars

By: Rebecca Siegel
ISBN: 9781338290158
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
What Do Scientists Do All Day?

What Do Scientists Do All Day?

By: Jane Wilsher
Illustrated by:
 Maggie Li
ISBN: 9780711249783
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
 April Chu
ISBN: 9781939547200
Nonfiction, Science, K-1 Grade
Building Zaha

Building Zaha

By: Victoria Tentler-Krylov
Illustrated by:
 Victoria Tentler-Krylov
ISBN: 9781338282832
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
Essentially Charli: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping it Real

Essentially Charli

By: Charli D'Amelio
ISBN: 9781419752322
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
Finding a Way Home: Mildred and Richard Loving and the Fight for Marriage Equality

Finding a Way Home

By: Larry Dane Brimner
ISBN: 9781629797519
Nonfiction, Teen, History
Flying Free: How Bessy Coleman’s Dreams Took Flight

Flying Free

By: Karyn Parsons
Illustrated by:
 R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9780316457194
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
Flying High

Flying High

By: Michelle Meadows
Illustrated by:
 Ebony Glenn
ISBN: 9781250205667
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter

Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter

By: Shani King
Illustrated by:
 Bobby C. Martin Jr
ISBN: 9780884488897
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
I Just Am: A Story of Down Syndrome Awareness and Tolerance

I Just Am

By: Tom and Bryan Lambke
ISBN: 9780975040422
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
Mighty Justice (Young Reader’s Edition)

Mighty Justice (Young Reader’s Edition)

By: Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe; Adapted by Jabari Asim
ISBN: 9781250229007
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
Okay, Universe: Chronicles of a Woman in Politics

Okay, Universe

By: Valérie Plante
Illustrated by:
 Delphie Côté-Lacroix
ISBN: 9781770464117
Fiction, Teen, Biography
Prince (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

Prince (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Cachetejack
ISBN: 9780711254398
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

I Dissent

By: Debbie Levy
Illustrated by:
 Elizabeth Baddeley
ISBN: 9781481465595
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
How We Are Smart

How We Are Smart

By: W. Nikola-Lisa
Illustrated by:
 Sean Qualls
ISBN: 9781600604447
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
Tricky Vic

Tricky Vic

By: Greg Pizzoli
ISBN: 9780670016525
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Trombone Shorty

Trombone Shorty

By: Troy Andrews
Illustrated by:
 Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9781419714658
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Twenty-Two Cents: Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank

Twenty-Two Cents

By: Paula Yoo
Illustrated by:
 Jamel Akib
ISBN: 9781600606588
Nonfiction, Biography, K-1 Grade
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Amelia Lost

By: Candace Fleming
ISBN: 9780375841989
Nonfiction, History, 2-3 Grade
The Dreamer

The Dreamer

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Illustrated by:
 Peter Sís
ISBN: 978043926998
Fiction, Poetry, 2-3 Grade
The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

The Hero Two Doors Down

By: Sharon Robinson
ISBN: 9780545804516
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 2-3 Grade
Genius!: the Most Astonishing Inventions of All Time

Genius!

By: Deborah Kespert
ISBN: 9780500650431
Nonfiction, Science, 2-3 Grade
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

The Right Word

By: Jen Bryant
Illustrated by:
 Melissa Sweet
ISBN: 9780802853851
Nonfiction, Biography, 2-3 Grade
Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White

Some Writer!

By: Melissa Sweet
ISBN: 9780544319592
Nonfiction, Memoir, 2-3 Grade
Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time

Girl Rising

By: Tanya Lee Stone
ISBN: 9780553511468
Nonfiction, Science, 4-5 Grade
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

The Boy Who Loved Math

By: Deborah Heiligman
Illustrated by:
 LeUyen Pham
ISBN: 9780147510426
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music that Changed the World

Legends, Icons & Rebels

By: Robbie Robertson, et al.
ISBN: 9781770495715
Nonfiction, Biography, 4-5 Grade
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story

Sachiko

By: Caren Stelson
ISBN: 9781467789035
Nonfiction, History, 4-5 Grade
Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls

Pathfinders

By: Tonya Bolden
ISBN: 9781419714559
Nonfiction, Science, 4-5 Grade
Red Scarf Girl: a Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

Red Scarf Girl

By: Ji-li Jiang
ISBN: 9780060275853
Nonfiction, History, 4-5 Grade
The Watch that Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic

The Watch that Ends the Night

By: Allan Wolf
ISBN: 9780763663315
Nonfiction, History, 4-5 Grade
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune

Samurai Rising

By: Pamela S. Turner
Illustrated by:
 Gareth Hinds
ISBN: 9781580895842
Nonfiction, History, 4-5 Grade
We Will Not Be Silent

We Will Not Be Silent

By: Russell Freedman
ISBN: 9780544223790
Nonfiction, History, 4-5 Grade
John Lennon (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

John Lennon (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Octavia Bromell
ISBN: 9780711257672
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters

Swish!

By: Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9780316481670
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
The Human Race: A History of Record-Breakers

The Human Race

By: Sean Callery
Illustrated by:
 Donough O'Malley
ISBN: 9780711256682
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad

William Still and His Freedom Stories

By: Don Tate
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9781561459353
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
In Two Worlds: A Yup’Ik Eskimo Family

In Two Worlds

By: Aylette Jenness & Alice Rivers
ISBN: 9789992159590
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
Native American Heroes: Osceola, Tecumseh Cochise

Native American Heroes

By: Ann McGovern
ISBN: 9780545467209
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Paiute Princess: The Story of Sarah Winnemucca

Paiute Princess

By: Deborah Kogan Ray
ISBN: 9780374398972
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Red Cloud: A Lakota Story of War and Surrender

Red Cloud

By: S.D. Nelson
ISBN: 9781419723131
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
Visions of the Buffalo People

Visions of the Buffalo People

By: Linda Little Wolf
ISBN: 9781589801240
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Maria Montoya Martinez: Master Potter

Maria Montoya Martinez

By: Elsie Karr Kreischer
Illustrated by:
 Elsie Karr Kreischer and Roberta Sinnock
ISBN: 9781565540989
Nonfiction, 7-12, Art
Louisiana Indian Tales

Louisiana Indian Tales

By: Elizabeth Moore and Alice Couvillon
Illustrated by:
 Marilyn Rougelot
ISBN: 9780882897561
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
New Found Land: Lewis and Clark’s Voyage of Discovery

New Found Land

By: Allan Wolf
ISBN: 9780763632885
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
Saga of the Sioux: An Adaptation from Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Saga of the Sioux

By: Dee Brown, Adapted by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
ISBN: 9781250050670
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Buffalo Days

Buffalo Days

By: Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Illustrated by:
 Lawrence Migdale
ISBN: 9780823413270
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

Buffalo Bird Girl

By: S.D. Nelson
ISBN: 9781419703553
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
Happily May I Walk: American Indians and Alaska Natives Today

Happily May I Walk

By: Arlene Hirschfelder
ISBN: 9780684186245
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
Great Spirit Horse

Great Spirit Horse

By: Linda Little Wolf
ISBN: 9781589801233
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
Henry Thoreau and John Muir Among the Native Americans

Henry Thoreau and John Muir Among the Native Americans

By: Richard F. Fleck
ISBN: 9781941821466
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Buffalo Hunt

Buffalo Hunt

By: Russell Freedman
ISBN: 9780823411597
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
Children of Native America Today

Children of Native America Today

By: Yvonne Wakim Dennis & Arelen Hirschfelder
ISBN: 9781570914997
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Wounded Knee

By: Dee Brown, Adapted by Amy Ehrlich
ISBN: 9780805027006
Nonfiction, Teen, History
The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood

The Christmas Coat

By: Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Illustrated by:
 Ellen Beier
ISBN: 9780823421343
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
The Horse and the Plains Indians: A Powerful Partnership

The Horse and the Plains Indians

By: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Illustrated by:
 William Muñoz
ISBN: 9780547125510
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
If You Lived With The Iroquois

If You Lived With The Iroquois

By: Ellen Levine
Illustrated by:
 Helly Hehenberger
ISBN: 9780590674454
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
Zora! The Life of Zora Neale Hurston

Zora! The Life of Zora Neale Hurston

By: Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin
ISBN: 9780358097464
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
Be Bold, Baby: Sonia Sotomayor

Be Bold, Baby

By: Alison Oliver
ISBN: 9781328519955
Nonfiction, 0-3, History
Be Bold Baby, Michelle Obama

Be Bold Baby, Michelle Obama

By: Alison Oliver
ISBN: 9781328519894
Nonfiction, 0-3, Biography, History, Series, Board Book
Billie Jean King (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Billie Jean King (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Miranda Sofroniou
ISBN: 9780711246935
Nonfiction, 4-6, Sports
Beyonce: Shine Your Light

Beyonce

By: Sarah Warren
Illustrated by:
 Geneva Bowers
ISBN: 9781328585165
Nonfiction, 4-6, Music
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