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Viva Frida

Viva Frida

By: Yuyi Morales
Illustrated by:
 Yuyi Morales, with photographs by Tim O'Meara
ISBN: 9781596436039
El Deafo

El Deafo

By: Cece Bell
Illustrated by:
 Cece Bell
ISBN: 9781419710209
I Am Malala: Young Readers Edition

I Am Malala

By: Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick
ISBN: 9780316327930
The Dumbest Idea Ever!

The Dumbest Idea Ever!

By: Jimmy Gownley
Illustrated by:
 Jimmy Gownley
ISBN: 9780545453462
Sisters

Sisters

By: Raina Telgemeier
Illustrated by:
 Raina Telgemeier
ISBN: 9780545540599
The Dumbest Idea Ever

The Dumbest Idea Ever

By: Jimmy Gownley
ISBN: 9780439298117
Sisters

Sisters

By: Raina Telgemeier
ISBN: 9780545540599
Taking Hold

Taking Hold

By: Francisco Jimenez
ISBN: 9780547632308
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees

Wangari Maathai

By: Franck Prévot
Illustrated by:
 Aurélia Fronty
ISBN: 9781580896269
Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony

By: Marty Gitlin
ISBN: 978-1-62724-546-3
The Warrior’s Heart

The Warrior’s Heart

By: Eric Greitens
ISBN: 9780544104815
Bird & Diz

Bird & Diz

By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
 Ed Young
ISBN: 9780763666606
The Boy Who Carried Bricks — A True Story

The Boy Who Carried Bricks — A True Story

By: Alton Carter
Illustrated by:
 Janelda Lane
ISBN: 9781937054342
Little Kids Big Book of the Who

Little Kids Big Book of the Who

By: Jill Esbaum
ISBN: 9781426320507
John Muir Wrestles a Waterfall

John Muir Wrestles a Waterfall

By: Julie Danneberg
Illustrated by:
 Jamie Hogan
ISBN: 9781580895866
Jailed for Life for Being Black: The Story of Rubin Hurricane Carter (Real Justice series)

Jailed for Life for Being Black

By: Bill Swan
ISBN: 978-1-4594-0665-0
Unlikely Warrior

Unlikely Warrior

By: Georg Rauch
ISBN: 9780374301422
Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues

Growing Up Pedro

By: Matt Tavares
Illustrated by:
 Matt Tavares
ISBN: 9780763668242
The Warrior’s Heart

The Warrior’s Heart

By: Eric Greitens
ISBN: 9780544104815
National Geographic Reader: Sacagawea

National Geographic Reader

By: Kitson Jazynka
ISBN: 9781426319631
Iditarod Adventures: Tales from Mushers Along the Trail

Iditarod Adventures

By: Lew Freedman
Illustrated by:
 Jon Van Zyle
ISBN: 9781941821282
Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery

Passenger on the Pearl

By: Winifred Conkling
ISBN: 9781616201968
Strongheart

Strongheart

By: Emily Arnold McCully
Illustrated by:
 Emily Arnold McCully
ISBN: 9780805094480
Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai

By: Franck Prévot
Illustrated by:
 Aurélia Fronty
ISBN: 9781580896269
Louisa

Louisa

By: Yona Zeldis McDonough
Illustrated by:
 Bethanne Andersen
ISBN: 9781250050472
A Boy and A Jaguar

A Boy and A Jaguar

By: C.J. Richards
Illustrated by:
 Catia Chien
ISBN: 9780547875071
In Search of the Little Prince: The Story of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

In Search of the Little Prince

By: Bimba Landmann
Illustrated by:
 Bimba Landmann
ISBN: 9780802854353
National Geographic Kids Chapters: Best Friends Forever

National Geographic Kids Chapters

By: Amy Shields
ISBN: 9781426309359
El Deafo

El Deafo

By: Cece Bell
Illustrated by:
 Cece Bell
ISBN: 9781419710209
Stubby the War Dog

Stubby the War Dog

By: Ann Bausum
ISBN: 9781426314865
Brown Girl Dreaming

Brown Girl Dreaming

By: Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 9780399252518
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

The Right Word

By: Jen Bryant
Illustrated by:
 Melissa Sweet
ISBN: 9780802853851
Hatshepsut of Egypt

Hatshepsut of Egypt

By: Shirin Yim Bridges
Illustrated by:
 Albert Nguyen
ISBN: 9780984509805
DK Biography: Thomas Edison

DK Biography

By: Jan Adkins
ISBN: 9780756652074
Stand There! She Shouted: The Invincible Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron

Stand There! She Shouted

By: Susan Goldman Rubin
Illustrated by:
 Bagram Ibatoulline
ISBN: 9780763657536
She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader

She Sang Promise

By: J.G. Annino
Illustrated by:
 Lisa Desimini
ISBN: 9781426305924
The Trailblazing Life of Daniel Boone and How Early Americans Took to the Road

The Trailblazing Life of Daniel Boone and How Early Americans Took to the Road

By: Cheryl Harness
ISBN: 9781426301452
DK Biography: Barack Obama

DK Biography

By: Stephen Krensky
ISBN: 9780756658052
The Cosmobiography of Sun Ra: The Sound of Joy Is Enlightening

The Cosmobiography of Sun Ra

By: Chris Raschka
ISBN: 9780763658069
Ladies First: 40 Daring American Women Who Were Second to None

Ladies First

By: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
ISBN: 9780792253938
Isabella of Castile

Isabella of Castile

By: Shirin Yim Bridges
Illustrated by:
 Albert Nguyen
ISBN: 9780984509843
DK Biography: Laura Ingalls Wilder

DK Biography

By: DK Publishing
ISBN: 9780756645083
Alone Across the Arctic

Alone Across the Arctic

By: Pam Flowers
ISBN: 9780882408361
Ida M. Tarbell

Ida M. Tarbell

By: Emily Arnold McCully
ISBN: 9780547290928
T is for Texas: Written by Kids for Kids (See My State)

T is for Texas

By: Boys and Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth
ISBN: 0882409891
A Home for Mr. Emerson

A Home for Mr. Emerson

By: Barbara Kerley
Illustrated by:
 Edwin Fotheringham
ISBN: 9780545350884
Nelson Mandela: “No Easy Walk to Freedom”

Nelson Mandela

By: Barry Denenberg
ISBN: 9780545669115
Clara and Davie

Clara and Davie

By: Patricia Polacco
Illustrated by:
 Patricia Polacco
ISBN: 9780545354776
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different

Steve Jobs

By: Karen Blumenthal
ISBN: 9781250014450
The Roaring Twenty: The First Cross-Country Air Race for Women

The Roaring Twenty

By: Margaret Whitman Blair
ISBN: 9780792253891
Artemisia of Caria

Artemisia of Caria

By: Shirin Yim Bridges
Illustrated by:
 Albert Nguyen
ISBN: 9780984509812
DK Biography: Marie Curie

DK Biography

By: DK Publishing
ISBN: 9780756638313
John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist

John Muir

By: Kathryn Lasky
Illustrated by:
 Stan Fellows
ISBN: 9780763664701
Leonardo’s Horse

Leonardo’s Horse

By: Jean Fritz
Illustrated by:
 Hudson Talbott
ISBN: 9780399235764
Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize

Alfred Nobel

By: Kathy-jo Wargin
Illustrated by:
 Zachary Pullen
ISBN: 9781585362813
100 People Who Made History

100 People Who Made History

By: Ben Gilliland
ISBN: 9780756690038
I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird: My Adventures Photographing Wild Animals from a Helicopter

I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird

By: Robert B. Haas
Illustrated by:
 Robert B. Haas
ISBN: 9781426306945
Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald

Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat

By: Roxanne Orgill
Illustrated by:
 Sean Qualls
ISBN: 9780763617332
The Pilot and the Little Prince

The Pilot and the Little Prince

By: Peter Sis
ISBN: 9780374380694
Douggie

Douggie

By: Pam Flowers
Illustrated by:
 Jon Van Zyle
ISBN: 9780882406558
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt

By: David A. Adler
ISBN: 9780823429509
Sacajawea of the Shoshone

Sacajawea of the Shoshone

By: Natasha Yim
Illustrated by:
 Albert Nguyen
ISBN: 9780984509867
Dare to Dream … Change the World

Dare to Dream … Change the World

By: Jill Corcoran, anthologist
Illustrated by:
 J. Beth Jepson
ISBN: 9781610670654
Dive!: My Adventures in the Deep Frontier

Dive!

By: Sylvia A. Earle
ISBN: 9780792271444
The Freedom Summer Murders

The Freedom Summer Murders

By: Don Mitchell
ISBN: 9780545477253
Bold Women in Alaska History

Bold Women in Alaska History

By: Marjorie Cochrane
ISBN: 9780878426171
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

Separate Is Never Equal

By: Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419710544
Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History

Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by:
 James E. Ransome
ISBN: 9780823423620
Shackleton’s Journey

Shackleton’s Journey

By: William Grill
ISBN: 9781909263109
The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life

The Scraps Book

By: Lois Ehlert
ISBN: 9781442435711
Leaving China

Leaving China

By: James McMullan
ISBN: 9781616202552
Thomas Jefferson: A Day at Monticello

Thomas Jefferson

By: Elizabeth V. Chew, published in association with The Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Illustrated by:
 Mark Elliott
ISBN: 9781419705410
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out

Beyond Magenta

By: Susan Kuklin
ISBN: 9780763656119
George Washington’s Rules to Live By

George Washington’s Rules to Live By

By: George Washington, Adapted by K.M. Kostyal
Illustrated by:
 Fred Harper
ISBN: 9781426315008
Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America

Searching for Sarah Rector

By: Tonya Bolden
ISBN: 9781419708466
How I Discovered Poetry

How I Discovered Poetry

By: Marilyn Nelson
Illustrated by:
 Hadley Hooper
ISBN: 9780803733046
I Am #10: Cleopatra

I Am #10

By: Grace Norwich
ISBN: 9780545587532
Children of the Midnight Sun

Children of the Midnight Sun

By: Tricia Brown
Illustrated by:
 Roy Corral (photographs)
ISBN: 9780882406176
Master George’s People

Master George’s People

By: Marfe Delano
ISBN: 9781426307591
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America

Hand in Hand

By: Andrea Pinkney
Illustrated by:
 Brian Pinkney
ISBN: 9781423142577
Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz

Surviving the Angel of Death

By: Eva Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri
ISBN: 9781933718286
The New Big Book of Presidents: Fascinating Facts about Each and Every President, Including an American History Timeline

The New Big Book of Presidents

By: Todd Davis and Marc Frey
ISBN: 97800762448807
Lives of the Writers

Lives of the Writers

By: Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by:
 Kathryn Hewitt
ISBN: 9780544252882
Lives of the Explorers

Lives of the Explorers

By: Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by:
 Kathryn Hewitt
ISBN: 9780152059101
Lives of the Scientists

Lives of the Scientists

By: Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by:
 Kathryn Hewitt
ISBN: 9780152059095
How the Beatles Changed the World

How the Beatles Changed the World

By: Martin W. Sandler
ISBN: 9780802735652
Philip Reid Saves the Statue of Freedom

Philip Reid Saves the Statue of Freedom

By: Steven Lapham and Eugene Walton
Illustrated by:
 R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9781585368198
To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt

To Dare Mighty Things

By: Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by:
 C.F. Payne
ISBN: 9781423124887
Rutherford B., Who Was He?

Rutherford B., Who Was He?

By: Marilyn Singer
Illustrated by:
 John Hendrix
ISBN: 9781423171003
Sweet Feet: Samantha Gordon’s Winning Season

Sweet Feet

By: Samantha Gordon, Ari Bruening
ISBN: 9780802736543
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters

Of Thee I Sing

By: Barack Obama
Illustrated by:
 Loren Long
ISBN: 9780375835278
Women of the Prairie State: 25 Illinois Women You Should Know

Women of the Prairie State

By: Marty Darragh, Jo Pitkin, and Others
Illustrated by:
 Lisa Greenleaf
ISBN: 9780984254927
Women of the Constitution State: 25 Connecticut Women You Should Know

Women of the Constitution State

By: Diane Mayr and the Write Sisters
Illustrated by:
 Lisa Greenleaf
ISBN: 978-0-9842549-1-0
The Unforgettable Season: Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams and the Record Setting Summer of 1941

The Unforgettable Season

By: Phil Bildner
Illustrated by:
 S. D. Schindler
ISBN: 9780399255014
The House Baba Built

The House Baba Built

By: Ed Young, as told by Libby Koponen
Illustrated by:
 Ed Young
ISBN: 978-0-316-06825-3
Soldiers’ Dogs

Soldiers’ Dogs

By: Meish Goldish
ISBN: 9781617726965
Profiles in Sports Courage

Profiles in Sports Courage

By: Ken Rappoport
ISBN: 9781561453689
Pregnancy Project

Pregnancy Project

By: Gaby Rodriguez
ISBN: 9781442446229
Poet Slave of Cuba

Poet Slave of Cuba

By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
 Sean Qualls
ISBN: 978-0312659288
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