Search by: Biography / Memoir
This Skirt Won’t Work
By: Jennifer Cooper
Illustrated by:
Eva Byrne
Eva Byrne
ISBN: 9781728267845
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Arm in Arm: The Grimké Sisters’ Fight for Abolition and Women’s Rights
By: Angelica Shirley Carpenter
ISBN: 9798765627433
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Hopeful Heroes: More Poems about Amazing Latinos
By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
Juliet Menéndez
Juliet Menéndez
ISBN: 9781250313942
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Muzoon: From Refugee to Leader
By: Muzoon Almellehan
Illustrated by:
Asma Enayeh
Asma Enayeh
ISBN: 9781984852038
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Early Reader, Biography / Memoir
To the Top of the World: Barbara Hillary, the First Black Woman to Reach the North and South Poles
By: Deborah Blumenthal
Illustrated by:
Anastasia Magloire Williams
Anastasia Magloire Williams
ISBN: 9781665927734
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
ISBN: 9780063218901
Nonfiction, 7-12, Prose, Biography / Memoir
The House on the Canal
By: Thomas Harding
Illustrated by:
Britta Teckentrup
Britta Teckentrup
ISBN: 9781536240702
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, History
Never Silent: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Story
By: Setsuko Thurlow and Kathy Lowinger
Illustrated by:
Michelle Theodore
Michelle Theodore
ISBN: 9781773219851
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—and Helped Change History
By: Pat Zietlow Miller
Illustrated by:
Jerry Jordan
Jerry Jordan
ISBN: 9780593524909
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Ballet Brown (An Original Picture Book)
By: Bellen Woodard
Illustrated by:
Fanny Liem
Fanny Liem
ISBN: 9781546134077
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
A Hug Like Michelle’s, a Voice Like Beyoncé’s: A Picture Book
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Savanna Durr
Savanna Durr
ISBN: 9781419771507
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
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
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Vanished: Seven Women Magicians Who Simply Disappeared
By: Anna Hays
Illustrated by:
Mary Kate McDevitt
Mary Kate McDevitt
ISBN: 9780593712559
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
A Banquet for Cecilia: How Cecilia Chiang Revolutionized Chinese Food in America
By: Julie Leung
Illustrated by:
Melissa Iwai
Melissa Iwai
ISBN: 9780759557413
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Food / Cooking
I am Sally Ride
By: Brad Meltzer
Illustrated by:
Christopher Eliopoulos
Christopher Eliopoulos
ISBN: 9780593533420
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, 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, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?: Jacques Cousteau
By: Ned Wolfe
Illustrated by:
Caroline Hu
Caroline Hu
ISBN: 9780593385647
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince
By: Laura Obuobi
Illustrated by:
Olivia Duchess
Olivia Duchess
ISBN: 9780063222465
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This
By: Eugene Yelchin
Illustrated by:
Eugene Yelchin
Eugene Yelchin
ISBN: 9781536215533
Nonfiction, Teen, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
Prince Among Slaves: The Remarkable True Story of an African Prince Enslaved in Mississippi, and His Journey Home
By: N. H. Senzai
Illustrated by:
Anna Rich
Anna Rich
ISBN: 9781984816986
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels
By: Linda Skeers
Illustrated by:
Livi Gosling
Livi Gosling
ISBN: 9781728297781
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
Black History Is Your History
By: Taylor Cassidy
Illustrated by:
Adriana Bellet
Adriana Bellet
ISBN: 9781665957700
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Imogen: The Life and Work of Imogen Cunningham
By: Elizabeth Partridge
Illustrated by:
Yuko Shimizu
Yuko Shimizu
ISBN: 9781984835185
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Putin vs Zelensky: The Russo-Ukranian War
By: Ben Thompson
ISBN: 9781250339560
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
The World Entire: A True Story of Extraordinary World War II Rescue
By: Elizabeth Brown
Illustrated by:
Melissa Castrillón
Melissa Castrillón
ISBN: 9781452170985
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Black History Heroes
By: Patricia Pete, Ryan Van Cleave, Sona & Jacob
ISBN: 9781638193166
Nonfiction, 7–9, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
Earth Heroes
By: Lily Dyu
ISBN: 9798887772349
Nonfiction, 9–12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
For the Win
By: Irene Latham, Charles Waters
ISBN: 9798765667996
Nonfiction, 5–7, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Sports / Games / Recreation
The Unbeatable Sonya Ballantyne
By: Sonya Ballantyne
Illustrated by:
Rhael McGregor
Rhael McGregor
ISBN: 9781774921371
Nonfiction, Teen (12+), Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
¡Viva Valenzuela!
By: Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by:
John Parra
John Parra
ISBN: 9781662680274
Nonfiction, 7–9, Picture Book, Sports / Games / Recreation
Black Swans
By: Laurel van der Linde
Illustrated by:
Sawyer Cloud
Sawyer Cloud
ISBN: 9781503764095
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
It’s Her Story Josephine Baker: A Graphic Novel
By: Lauren Gamble
Illustrated by:
Markia Jenai
Markia Jenai
ISBN: 9781503764910
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History
By: Ann Richards
Illustrated by:
Arden Taylor
Arden Taylor
ISBN: 9781459838444
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Brown Girl Dreaming
By: Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 9780399252518
Nonfiction, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, BIPOC Characters and Creators
It’s Her Story Rosa Parks: A Graphic Novel
By: Lauren Burke
Illustrated by:
Shane Clester
Shane Clester
ISBN: 9781503752948
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
Twice Enslaved
By: Selene Castrovilla
Illustrated by:
Erin K. Robinson
Erin K. Robinson
ISBN: 9781662680748
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Clothes to Make You Smile
By: Eric Darnell Pritchard
Illustrated by:
Shannon Wright
Shannon Wright
ISBN: 9781419768866
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Journey Beyond the Walls
By: Sir James Thornhill
ISBN: 9798218594442
Nonfiction, 7-12, Anthology / Collection, Biography / Memoir
Writing Toward Justice
By: Peggy Thomas
Illustrated by:
Tonya Engel
Tonya Engel
ISBN: 9781662680892
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Coming Home (Adapted for Young Adults)
By: Brittney Griner and Michelle Buford
ISBN: 9798217027033
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Lovely One (Adapted for Young Adults)
By: Kentaji Brown Jackson
ISBN: 9798217117772
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Congressman John Lewis: A Man on a Mission to Seek Justice for All
By: Jennifer Marino Walters
Illustrated by:
Niall Harding
Niall Harding
ISBN: 9781643713137
Nonfiction, 7-12, Early Reader, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Make a Pretty Sound
By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
Eleanor Davis
Eleanor Davis
ISBN: 9781452170640
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars
By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9781524738884
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Marvelous Cornelius
By: Phil Bildner
Illustrated by:
John Parra
John Parra
ISBN: 9781452125787
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem
By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9781662680557
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring
By: Enigma Alberti
Illustrated by:
Tony Cliff
Tony Cliff
ISBN: 9781523507719
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, History
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by:
Eric-Shabazz Larkin
Eric-Shabazz Larkin
ISBN: 9780983661580
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Nelson Mandela
By: Theia Lake
ISBN: 9781642826821
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
A Flea for Justice: Marian Wright Edelman Stands Up for Change
By: Valerie Bolling
Illustrated by:
TeMika Grooms
TeMika Grooms
ISBN: 9781623545826
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Opening the Road
By: Keila V. Dawson
Illustrated by:
Alleanna Harris
Alleanna Harris
ISBN: 9781506467917
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Places / Travel
Florence Price
By: Joanne Mattern
Illustrated by:
Marilena Perilli
Marilena Perilli
ISBN: 9781643714493
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis
By: Jabari Asim
Illustrated by:
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9780399168567
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Gift of Freedom
By: Glennette Tilley Turner
Illustrated by:
Laura Freeman
Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9781419769290
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
A Song for August
By: Denmead, Sally
Illustrated by:
Alleanna Harris
Alleanna Harris
ISBN: 9781646144396
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison’s Life in Stories
By: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by:
Daniel Minter
Daniel Minter
ISBN: 9780316182362
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer
By: Quartez Harris
Illustrated by:
Gordon C. James
Gordon C. James
ISBN: 9780316483933
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge
By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
James Ransome
James Ransome
ISBN: 9781984813664
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Aretha Franklin
By: Kristen Rajczak Nelson
ISBN: 9781534552371
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature: A Biography in Poems
By: Caroline Brewer
Illustrated by:
Caroline Brewer
Caroline Brewer
ISBN: 9781804661444
Nonfiction, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Biography / Memoir
Stories of the Spirit of Justice
By: Jemar Tisby
ISBN: 9780310145592
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers, & Everyday Heroes
By: Briana Fitzsimons, Leon Diop
Illustrated by:
Jessica Louis
Jessica Louis
ISBN: 9781915071231
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
I Am the River
By: Gauch, Patricia Lee
Illustrated by:
Kristle Marshall
Kristle Marshall
ISBN: 9781646145805
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Those Who Saw the Sun
By: Avery, Jaha Nailah
ISBN: 9781646144624
Nonfiction, Teen, Anthology / Collection, History
Black Girls Unbossed
By: Khristi Lauren Adams
ISBN: 9781506479231
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
I Am, I Can, I Will
By: Dr. Cynthia Jacobs Carter and Ruth Chamblee
Illustrated by:
Steffi Walthall
Steffi Walthall
ISBN: 9781523514571
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Social Emotional Learning
Through the Telescope: Mae Jemison dreams of space
By: Charles R Smith Jr
Illustrated by:
Evening Monteiro
Evening Monteiro
ISBN: 9781338815290
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Black History Is Your History
By: Taylor Cassidy
Illustrated by:
Adriana Bellet
Adriana Bellet
ISBN: 9781665957700
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, History
I Can Be Brave Like Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Familius
Illustrated by:
Susanna Covelli
Susanna Covelli
ISBN: 9781641707473
Nonfiction, 4-6, Novelty / Pop-up, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
The Trailblazing Life of Viola Desmond: A Civil Rights Icon
By: Rachel Kehoe with Wanda Robson
Illustrated by:
Chelsea Charles
Chelsea Charles
ISBN: 9781459833975
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Lin-Manuel Miranda: Ready-to-Read Level 3
By: Laurie Calkhoven
Illustrated by:
Alyssa Peterson
Alyssa Peterson
ISBN: 9781534422414
Nonfiction, 7-12, Early Reader, Biography / Memoir
Lin-Manuel Miranda: Revolutionary Playwright, Composer, and Actor
By: Heather E. Schwartz
ISBN: 9781541556164
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
By: Denise, Anika Aldamuy
Illustrated by:
Escobar, Paola
Escobar, Paola
ISBN: 9780062748683
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Pura’s Cuentos
By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by:
Magaly Morales
Magaly Morales
ISBN: 9781419749414
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Eric Velasquez
Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9780763680466
Nonfiction, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Separate Is Never Equal
By: Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419710544
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos
By: Lucía González
Illustrated by:
Lulu Delacre
Lulu Delacre
ISBN: 9780892392377
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Bilingual
Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo
By: Brown, Monica
Illustrated by:
López, Rafael
López, Rafael
ISBN: 9780061227837
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, 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, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Doña Fela’s Dream: The Story of Puerto Rico’s First Female Mayor
By: Monica Brown
Illustrated by:
Rosa Ibarra
Rosa Ibarra
ISBN: 9780316178358
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Hispanic Star: Roberto Clemente
By: Claudia Romo Edelman and Sara E. Echenique
Illustrated by:
Manuel Gutierrez
Manuel Gutierrez
ISBN: 9781250828101
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
Call Me Roberto
By: Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by:
John Parra
John Parra
ISBN: 9781635928112
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
A Girl Named Rosita
By: Denise, Anika Aldamuy
Illustrated by:
Espinosa, Leo
Espinosa, Leo
ISBN: 9780062877703
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Leyendas/Legends
By: Mónica Mancillas
Illustrated by:
Isadora Zeferino
Isadora Zeferino
ISBN: 9781797211985
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Black Legacy: A History of New York’s African Americans
By: William Loren Katz (Author); Herb Boyd (Introduction); Alan J. Singer and Imani Hinson (Contributors)
ISBN: 9781644214398
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, History
Diaspora-ish: Notes on Identities, Unbelonging, & Solidarities
By: Gayatri Sethi
ISBN: 9781949528046
Nonfiction, Teen, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Maysoon Zayid The Girl Who Can
By: Seema Yasmin
Illustrated by:
Noha Habaeib
Noha Habaeib
ISBN: 9781665953412
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
Remember Her Name!
By: Tami Charles
Illustrated by:
Meredith Lucius
Meredith Lucius
ISBN: 9781623545659
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Six Queens of Henry VIII
By: Honor Cargill-Martin
Illustrated by:
Jaimee Andrews
Jaimee Andrews
ISBN: 9781464258213
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Twice Enslaved
By: Selene Castrovilla
Illustrated by:
Erin K. Robinson
Erin K. Robinson
ISBN: 9781662680748
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
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
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
