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Papa’s Free Day Party

Papa’s Free Day Party

By: Marilyn Nelson
Illustrated by:
 Wayne Anthony Still
ISBN: 9780940975729
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone

Nina

By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
 Christian Robinson
ISBN: 9781524737283
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Niki Nakayama: A Chef’s Tale in 13 Bites

Niki Nakayama

By: Debbi Michiko Florence and Jamie Michalak
Illustrated by:
 Yuko Jones
ISBN: 9780374313876
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
My Name Is Bana

My Name Is Bana

By: Bana Alabed
Illustrated by:
 Nez Riaz
ISBN: 9781534412484
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers

Latinitas

By: Juliet Menéndez
Illustrated by:
 Juliet Menéndez
ISBN: 9781250234629
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)

Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Svetlana Alexievich
ISBN: 9780593308530
Nonfiction, Teen, History
King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin

King of Ragtime

By: Stephen Costanza
Illustrated by:
 Stephen Costanza
ISBN: 9781534410367
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
Hold on to Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Lane

Hold on to Your Music

By: Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen, and Emil Sher
Illustrated by:
 Sonia Possentini
ISBN: 9780316463133
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom

Harriet Tubman

By: Whit Taylor
Illustrated by:
  Kazimir Lee
ISBN: 9780759555518
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem

The Great Stink

By: Colleen Paeff
Illustrated by:
 Nancy Carpenter
ISBN: 9781534449299
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
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
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
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
A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

A Face for Picasso

By: Ariel Henley
ISBN: 9780374314071
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
An Equal Shot: How the Law Title IX Changed America

An Equal Shot

By: Helaine Becker
Illustrated by:
 Dow Phumiruk
ISBN: 9781250241955
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Human Migration

Drawn Across Borders

By: George Butler
Illustrated by:
 George Butler
ISBN: 9781536217759
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Edited by Alice Wong
ISBN: 9780593381670
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Defiant: Growing up in the Jim Crow South

Defiant

By: Wade Hudson
ISBN: 9780593126356
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Code Name Badass: The True Story of Virginia Hall

Code Name Badass

By: Heather Demetrios
ISBN: 9781534431874
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua

Child of the Flower-Song People

By: Gloria Amescua
Illustrated by:
 Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419740206
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Buses Are A Comin’: Memoir of a Freedom Rider

Buses Are A Comin’

By: Charles Person and Richard Rooker
ISBN: 9781250274199
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War

The Book Collectors

By: Delphine Minoui; Translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
ISBN: 9780374115166
Nonfiction, Teen, 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
Wonder Women of Science: Twelve Geniuses Who Are Currently Rocking Science, Technology, and the World

Wonder Women of Science

By: Tiera Fletcher and Ginger Rue
Illustrated by:
 Sally Wern Comport
ISBN: 9781536207347
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World

Thank You, Dr. Salk!

By: Dean Robbins
Illustrated by:
 Mike Dutton
ISBN: 9780374313913
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe

The Stuff Between the Stars

By: Sandra Nickel
Illustrated by:
 Aimée Sicuro
ISBN: 9781419736261
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Secrets of the Sea: The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist

Secrets of the Sea

By: Evan Griffith
Illustrated by:
 Joanie Stone
ISBN: 9780358244325
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla

A Life Electric

By: Azadeh Westergaard
Illustrated by:
 Júlia Sardà
ISBN: 9780593114605
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
Lady Bird Johnson, That’s Who!

Lady Bird Johnson, That’s Who!

By: Tracy Nelson Maurer
Illustrated by:
 Ginnie Hsu
ISBN: 9781250240361
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem

The Great Stink

By: Colleen Paeff
Illustrated by:
 Nancy Carpenter
ISBN: 9781534449299
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
From Here to There: Inventions That Changed the Way the World Moves

From Here to There

By: Vivian Kirkfield
Illustrated by:
 Gilbert Ford
ISBN: 9781328560919
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
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

Classified

By: Traci Sorell
Illustrated by:
 Natasha Donovan
ISBN: 9781541579149
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid

Building Zaha

By: Victoria Tentler-Krylov
Illustrated by:
 Victoria Tentler-Krylov
ISBN: 9781338282832
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Benoit Mandelbrot: Reshaping the World

Benoit Mandelbrot

By: Robert Black
ISBN: 9780898246865
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Wonder Women of Science: Twelve Geniuses Who Are Currently Rocking Science, Technology, and the World

Wonder Women of Science

By: Tiera Fletcher and Ginger Rue
Illustrated by:
 Sally Wern Comport
ISBN: 9781536207347
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
She Persisted: Virginia Apgar

She Persisted

By: Sayantani Dasgupta and Chelsea Clinton
Illustrated by:
 Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint
ISBN: 9780593115787
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Scientists: Inspiring Tales of the World’s Brightest Scientific Minds

Scientists

By: Isabel Thomas
Illustrated by:
 Jessamy Hawke
ISBN: 9780744033823
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla

A Life Electric

By: Azadeh Westergaard
Illustrated by:
 Júlia Sardà
ISBN: 9780593114605
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Fred & Marjorie: A Doctor, a Dog, and the Discovery of Insulin

Fred & Marjorie

By: Deborah Kerbel
Illustrated by:
 Angela Poon
ISBN: 9781771474115
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Fearless World Traveler: Adventures of Marianne North, Botanical Artist

Fearless World Traveler

By: Laurie Lawlor
Illustrated by:
 Becca Stadtlander
ISBN: 9780823439591
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project

Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project

By: Gayle E. Pitman
Illustrated by:
 Sarah Green
ISBN: 9781433830471
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor

Dr. Fauci

By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
 Alexandra Bye
ISBN: 9781665902434
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Tracey, Theme Park Designer

Tracey, Theme Park Designer

By: Aubre Andrus
ISBN: 9781639460205
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Alexander von Humboldt (Great Minds Series)

Alexander von Humboldt (Great Minds Series)

By: Peter Nys
Illustrated by:
 Conz
ISBN: 9781605377438
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
I Begin with Spring

I Begin with Spring

By: Julie Dunlap
Illustrated by:
 Megan Elizabeth Baratta
ISBN: 9780884489085
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Messy Roots

Messy Roots

By: Laura Gao
Illustrated by:
 Laura Gao
ISBN: 9780063067769
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Angella, Beauty Chemist

Angella, Beauty Chemist

By: Aubre Andrus
ISBN: 9781639460151
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese American Poet Kahlil Gibran

Hope Is an Arrow

By: Cory McCarthy
Illustrated by:
 Ekua Holmes
ISBN: 9781536200324
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
I, Vivaldi

I, Vivaldi

By: Janice Shefelman
Illustrated by:
 Tom Shefelman
ISBN: 9780802855862
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
Fearless Heart

Fearless Heart

By: Frank Murphy and Surya Bonaly
Illustrated by:
 Anastasia Magloire Williams
ISBN: 9781629379340
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Strong Mama

Strong Mama

By: Robin Arzón
Illustrated by:
 Addy Rivera
ISBN: 9780316299947
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Chosen One

The Chosen One

By: Echo Brown
ISBN: 9780316310666
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes “The French Chef”

Born Hungry

By: Alex Prud'homme
Illustrated by:
 Sarah Green
ISBN: 9781635923230
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 and Joshua David Stein
ISBN: 9780593176009
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Yummy: A History of Desserts (A Graphic Novel)

Yummy

By: Victoria Grace Elliott
ISBN: 9780593124376
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
This Is Your Time

This Is Your Time

By: Ruby Bridges
ISBN: 9780593378526
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History

No Voice Too Small

By: Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, and Jeanette Bradley
Illustrated by:
 Jeanette Bradley
ISBN: 9781623541316
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote

Finish the Fight!

By: Veronica Chambers and The Staff of The New York Times
ISBN: 9780358408307
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
All Boys Aren’t Blue

All Boys Aren’t Blue

By: George M. Johnson
Illustrated by:
 cover illustration by Charly Palmer, design and lettering by Cassie Gonzales
ISBN: 9780374312718
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh

By: Candace Fleming
ISBN: 9780525646549
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Everything Sad Is Untrue (A True Story)

Everything Sad Is Untrue (A True Story)

By: Daniel Nayeri
ISBN: 9781646140008
Fiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World

Brave. Black. First.

By: Cheryl Hudson
Illustrated by:
 Erin K. Robinson
ISBN: 9780525645818
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Girl on a Motorcycle

Girl on a Motorcycle

By: Amy Novesky
Illustrated by:
 Julie Morstad
ISBN: 9780593116296
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Little People, BIG DREAMS Series

Little People, BIG DREAMS Series

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Sophie Beer
ISBN: 9780711258402
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Beautiful Shades of Brown

Beautiful Shades of Brown

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
 Felicia Marshall
ISBN: 9781939547651
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Black Ballerinas

Black Ballerinas

By: Misty Copeland
ISBN: 9781534474246
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
In the Spirit of a Dream: 13 Stories of American Immigrants of Color

In the Spirit of a Dream

By: Aida Salazar
Illustrated by:
 Alina Chau
ISBN: 9781338552874
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan’s Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal

Saving the Day

By: Karyn Parsons
Illustrated by:
 R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9780316457262
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Sing, Aretha, Sing!: Aretha Franklin,”Respect,” and the Civil Rights Movement

Sing, Aretha, Sing!

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Illustrated by:
 Ashley Evans
ISBN: 9780374313456
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Stacey’s Extraordinary Words 

Stacey’s Extraordinary Words 

By: Stacey Abrams
Illustrated by:
 Kitt Thomas
ISBN: 9780063209473
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
A Face for Picasso

A Face for Picasso

By: Ariel Henley
ISBN: 9780374314071
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Full Speed Ahead!: America’s First Admiral David Glasgow Farragut

Full Speed Ahead!

By: Louise Borden
ISBN: 9781684379057
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
I Saw A Beautiful Woodpecker

I Saw A Beautiful Woodpecker

By: Michal Skibinski
Illustrated by:
 Ala Bankroft
ISBN: 9783791374864
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Passport

Passport

By: Sophia Glock
ISBN: 9780316458986
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust

Signs of Survival

By: Renee Hartman and Joshua M. Greene
ISBN: 9781338753356
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom

Stitch by Stitch

By: Connie Schofield-Morrison
Illustrated by:
 Elizabeth Zunon
ISBN: 9780823439638
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Before I Grew Up

Before I Grew Up

By: John Miller
Illustrated by:
 Giuliano Cucco
ISBN: 9781592703616
Fiction, 7-12, Coming of Age
Good Luck Gold & More

Good Luck Gold & More

By: Janet Wong
ISBN: 9781937057763
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Leaders

Leaders

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Lisbeth Kaiser
Illustrated by:
 Various Illustrators
ISBN: 9780711264106
Nonfiction, 0-3, Biography / Memoir
Only Margaret: A Story about Margaret Wise Brown

Only Margaret

By: Candice Ransom
Illustrated by:
 Nan Lawson
ISBN: 9780802855084
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge

Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge

By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
 James Ransome
ISBN: 9781984813664
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt

Stitch by Stitch

By: Rob Sanders
Illustrated by:
 Jamey Christoph
ISBN: 9781433837395
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Tiny Dancer

Tiny Dancer

By: Siena Cherson Siegel
Illustrated by:
 Mark Siegel
ISBN: 9781481486668
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
40 Inspiring Icons: Black Music Greats

40 Inspiring Icons

By: Olivier Cachin
Illustrated by:
 Jérôme Masi
ISBN: 9781786034717
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Aretha Franklin (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

Aretha Franklin (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Amy Blackwell
ISBN: 9780711246867
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
B Is for Broadway: Onstage and Backstage from A to Z

B Is for Broadway

By: John Robert Allman
Illustrated by:
 Peter Emmerich
ISBN: 9780593305638
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Born to Swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong’s Life in Jazz

Born to Swing

By: Mara Rockliff
Illustrated by:
 Michele Wood
ISBN: 9781629795553
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Depeche Mode: An Unauthorized Biography

Depeche Mode

By: Soledad Romero Mariño
Illustrated by:
 Fernando López Del Hierro
ISBN: 9781728210940
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Flowers for Sarajevo

Flowers for Sarajevo

By: John McCutcheon
Illustrated by:
 Kristy Caldwell
ISBN: 9781561459438
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
Hold on to Your Music

Hold on to Your Music

By: Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen, and Emil Sher
Illustrated by:
 Sonia Possentini
ISBN: 9780316463133
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
I, Vivaldi

I, Vivaldi

By: Janice Shefelman
Illustrated by:
 Tom Shefelman
ISBN: 9780802855862
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
In One Ear and Out the Other: the Amazingly Musical Life of Antonia Brico

In One Ear and Out the Other

By: Diane Worthey
Illustrated by:
 Morgana Wallace
ISBN: 9781734225914
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Music Is My Life

Music Is My Life

By: Myles Tanzer
Illustrated by:
 Ali Mac
ISBN: 9780711249189
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Music Train

Music Train

By: Christopher Robbins
Illustrated by:
 Susanna Covelli
ISBN: 9781641705646
Fiction, 0-3, Music / Art
Passing the Music Down

Passing the Music Down

By: Sarah Sullivan
Illustrated by:
 Barry Root
ISBN: 9780763637538
Nonfiction, 4-6, Music / Art
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