Search by: Biography / Memoir
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
By: Emma Bland Smith
Illustrated by:
Carrie Salazar
Carrie Salazar
ISBN: 9781513262949
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Shark Lady
By: Jess Keating
Illustrated by:
Marta Álvarez Miguéns
Marta Álvarez Miguéns
ISBN: 9781492642046
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Untold
By: Gabriella Deonath & Kamini Ramdeen
ISBN: 9781645437161
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Walking toward Peace
By: Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by:
Annie Bowler
Annie Bowler
ISBN: 9781947888265
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Whoosh!
By: Chris Barton
Illustrated by:
Don Tate
Don Tate
ISBN: 9781580892988
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Women in Biology
By: Mary Wissinger
Illustrated by:
Danielle Pioli
Danielle Pioli
ISBN: 9781938492303
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Women in Chemistry
By: Mary Wissinger
Illustrated by:
Danielle Pioli
Danielle Pioli
ISBN: 9781938492310
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Women in Physics
By: Mary Wissinger
Illustrated by:
Danielle Pioli
Danielle Pioli
ISBN: 9781945779114
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Your Life Matters
By: Chris Singleton
Illustrated by:
Taylor Barron
Taylor Barron
ISBN: 9781952239311
Fiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Areli is a Dreamer
By: Areli Morales
Illustrated by:
Luisa Uribe
Luisa Uribe
ISBN: 9781984893994
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Sharice’s Big Voice
By: Sharice Davids and Nancy K. Mays
Illustrated by:
Joshua Mangeshig Pawls-Steckley
Joshua Mangeshig Pawls-Steckley
ISBN: 9780062979667
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Shirley Chisholm Dared
By: Alicia D. Williams
Illustrated by:
April Harrison
April Harrison
ISBN: 9780593123683
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
My Way West
By: Elizabeth Goss
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Goss
Elizabeth Goss
ISBN: 9781513267302
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
RuPaul (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)
By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Wednesday Holmes
Wednesday Holmes
ISBN: 9780711246812
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Two Grooms on a Cake
By: Rob Sanders
Illustrated by:
Robbie Cathro
Robbie Cathro
ISBN: 9781499809565
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Bobbie the Wonder Dog
By: Tricia Brown
Illustrated by:
Cary Porter
Cary Porter
ISBN: 9781513277387
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Born Ready
By: Jodie Patterson
Illustrated by:
Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
ISBN: 9780593123638
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight
By: Margaret Muirhead
Illustrated by:
Adam Gustavson
Adam Gustavson
ISBN: 9781580898805
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
How to Become an Accidental Activist
By: Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky
Illustrated by:
Jenn Playford
Jenn Playford
ISBN: 9781459826113
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
The Year of the Buttered Cat
By: Susan Haas with Lexi Haas
Illustrated by:
Shanna Compton
Shanna Compton
ISBN: 9781734225938
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Women in Physics
By: Mary Wissinger
Illustrated by:
Danielle Pioli
Danielle Pioli
ISBN: 9781938492341
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
All the Way to the Top
By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by:
Nabi H. Ali
Nabi H. Ali
ISBN: 9781492688976
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Born Just Right
By: Jordan Reeves, Jen Lee Reeves
ISBN: 9781534428393
Fiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults)
By: Alice Wong
ISBN: 9780593381670
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Dorothea’s Eyes
By: Barb Rosenstock
Illustrated by:
Gérard DuBois
Gérard DuBois
ISBN: 9781629792088
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
I Am Not a Label
By: Cerrie Burnell
Illustrated by:
Lauren Mark Baldo
Lauren Mark Baldo
ISBN: 9780711247451
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Looking Out for Sarah
By: Glenna Lang
Illustrated by:
Glenna Lang
Glenna Lang
ISBN: 9781570916076
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Stay Curious!
By: Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer
Illustrated by:
Boris Kulikov
Boris Kulikov
ISBN: 9780399550287
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Stevie Wonder (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)
By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Melissa Lee Johnson
Melissa Lee Johnson
ISBN: 9780711257757
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Fastest Girl on Earth!
By: Dean Robbins
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Baddeley
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
By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by:
Nabi H. Ali
Nabi H. Ali
ISBN: 9781492688976
Nonfiction, Diversity, K-2 Grade
Art Is Life. The Life of Artist Keith Haring
By: Tami Lewis Brown
Illustrated by:
Keith Negley
Keith Negley
ISBN: 9780374304249
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-12 Grade
Beautiful Shades of Brown. The Art of Laurie Wheeler Waring
By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
Felicia Marshall
Felicia Marshall
ISBN: 9781939547651
Nonfiction, Diversity, 3-5 Grade
BOX. Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Michele Wood
Michele Wood
ISBN: 9780763691561
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 6-8 Grade
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)
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
By: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and Laura L. Sullivan
ISBN: 9781547604531
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 9-12 Grade
Chance. Escape from the Holocaust
By: Uri Shulevitz
ISBN: 9780374313715
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 6-12 Grade
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
By: Linda Skeers
Illustrated by:
Marta Álvarez Miguéns
Marta Álvarez Miguéns
ISBN: 9781728209517
Nonfiction, Science, K-5 Grade
Flight for Freedom. The Wetzel Family’s Daring Escape from East Germany
By: Kristen Fulton
Illustrated by:
Torben Kuhlmann
Torben Kuhlmann
ISBN: 9781452149608
Nonfiction, History, K-5 Grade
Flying Free. How Bessie Coleman’s Dreams Took Flight
By: Karyn Parsons
Illustrated by:
R. Gregory Christie
R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9780316457194
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-2 Grade
Fred’s Big Feelings. The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers
By: Laura Renauld
Illustrated by:
Brigette Barrager
Brigette Barrager
ISBN: 9781534441224
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-2 Grade
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
By: Beth Anderson
Illustrated by:
E.B. Lewis
E.B. Lewis
ISBN: 9781629799391
Nonfiction, History, 3-5 Grade
Mamie on the Mound. A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues
By: Leah Henderson
Illustrated by:
George Doutsiopoulos
George Doutsiopoulos
ISBN: 9781684460236
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-5 Grade
Marie’s Ocean
By: Josie James
Illustrated by:
Josie James
Josie James
ISBN: 9781250214737
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Mary Seacole. Bound for the Battlefield
By: Susan Goldman Rubin
Illustrated by:
Richie Pope
Richie Pope
ISBN: 9780763679941
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
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
By: Sarah Jane Marsh
Illustrated by:
Edwin Fotheringham
Edwin Fotheringham
ISBN: 9781368026833
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
No Voice Too Small. Fourteen Young Americans Making History
By: Edited by Lindsay H. Metcalf , Keila V. Dawson, Jeanette Bradley
Illustrated by:
Jeanette Bradley
Jeanette Bradley
ISBN: 9781623541316
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
Normal. One Kid’s Extraordinary Journey
By: Magdalena Newman and Nathaniel Newman
Illustrated by:
Neil Swaab
Neil Swaab
ISBN: 9781328631831
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 6-8 Grade
The Oldest Student. How Mary Walker Learned to Read
By: Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Illustrated by:
Oge Mora
Oge Mora
ISBN: 9781524768287
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-5 Grade
The Power of Her Pen. The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by:
John Parra
John Parra
ISBN: 9781481462891
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
Respect. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Frank Morrison
Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9781534452282
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-2 Grade
Saving Lady Liberty
By: Claudia Friddell
Illustrated by:
Stacy Innerst
Stacy Innerst
ISBN: 9781684371303
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
The Secret Garden of George Washingon Carver
By: Gene Barretta
Illustrated by:
Frank Morrison
Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9780062430151
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-2 Grade
A Sporting Chance. How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games
By: Lori Alexander
Illustrated by:
Allan Drummond
Allan Drummond
ISBN: 9781328580795
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 6-8 Grade
Thanks to Frances Perkins. Fighter for Workers’ Rights
By: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by:
Kristy Caldwell
Kristy Caldwell
ISBN: 9781682631362
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
Voices of Justice. Poems about People Working for a Better World
By: George Ella Lyon
Illustrated by:
Jennifer M. Potter
Jennifer M. Potter
ISBN: 9781250263209
Nonfiction, Poetry, 3-5 Grade
Wood, Wire, Wings. Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane
By: Kirsten W. Larson
Illustrated by:
Tracy Subisak
Tracy Subisak
ISBN: 9781629799384
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
A Plan for the People
By: Lindsey McDivitt
Illustrated by:
Charly Palmer
Charly Palmer
ISBN: 9780802855022
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Alan Turing and the Power of Curiosity
By: Karla Valenti, with Michaela Crespo Quesada PhD
Illustrated by:
Annalisa Beghelli
Annalisa Beghelli
ISBN: 9781728220437
Fiction, 4-6, Science
Finding Home
By: Jen Sookfong Lee
Illustrated by:
Drew Shannon
Drew Shannon
ISBN: 9781459818996
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Malala Yousafzai
By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Manal Mirza
Manal Mirza
ISBN: 9780711259041
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Seen
By: Birdie Willis
Illustrated by:
Rii Abrego
Rii Abrego
ISBN: 9781684156481
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Walking Toward Peace
By: Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by:
Annie Bowler
Annie Bowler
ISBN: 9781947888265
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Wonder Women of Science
By: Tiera Fletcher; Ginger Rue
Illustrated by:
Sally Wern Comport
Sally Wern Comport
ISBN: 9781536207347
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter
By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
Brooke Smart
Brooke Smart
ISBN: 9781419739637
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Finding My Way 6-Book English Set
By: Jo Meserve Mach and Vera Lynna Stroupe-Rentier
Illustrated by:
Photographs by Mary Birdsell
Photographs by Mary Birdsell
ISBN: 9781612545103
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Goodnight, Astronaut
By: Scott Kelly
Illustrated by:
Izzy Burton
Izzy Burton
ISBN: 9781524764289
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call
By: Claudia Friddell
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Baddeley
Elizabeth Baddeley
ISBN: 9781684373505
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Kid Innovators
By: Robin Stevenson
Illustrated by:
Allison Steinfeld
Allison Steinfeld
ISBN: 9781683692270
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Latinitas
By: Juliet Menéndez
Illustrated by:
Juliet Menéndez
Juliet Menéndez
ISBN: 9781250234629
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee
By: Julie Leung
Illustrated by:
Julie Kwon
Julie Kwon
ISBN: 9780759554955
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Leaf Detective
By: Heather Lang
Illustrated by:
Jana Christy
Jana Christy
ISBN: 9781684371778
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Baby Young, Gifted, and Black
By: Jamia Wilson
Illustrated by:
Andrea Pippins
Andrea Pippins
ISBN: 9780711261419
Fiction, 0-3, Biography / Memoir
Lincoln Clears a Path
By: Peggy Thomas
Illustrated by:
Stacy Innerst
Stacy Innerst
ISBN: 9781684371532
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars
By: Isabelle Marinov
Illustrated by:
Deborah Marcero
Deborah Marcero
ISBN: 9781592703173
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
We Are The Supremes
By: Zoë Tucker
Illustrated by:
Salini Perera
Salini Perera
ISBN: 9780711261518
Fiction, 0-3, Biography / Memoir
Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Afterword by Alice Waters
Illustrated by:
Hayelin Choi
Hayelin Choi
ISBN: 9781430117810
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Alphamaniacs
By: Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by:
Melissa Sweet
Melissa Sweet
ISBN: 9780763690663
Nonfiction, Teen, History
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin & June Jo Lee
Illustrated by:
Man One
Man One
ISBN: 9781430131007
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Afterword by Will Allen
Illustrated by:
Shabazz Larkin
Shabazz Larkin
ISBN: 9781430117414
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
I Talk Like A River
By: Jordan Scott
Illustrated by:
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
ISBN: 9780823445592
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Miguel’s Brave KnightYoung Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote
By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
Raúl Colón
Raúl Colón
ISBN: 9781561458561
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
Somebody Give This Heart a Pen
By: Sophia Thakur
ISBN: 9781536209921
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Ada Lovelace (The First Names Series)
By: Ben Jeapes
Illustrated by:
Nick Ward
Nick Ward
ISBN: 9781419740756
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir