Search by: Biography / Memoir
The Sculptors of Light
By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
Cecilia Puglesi
Cecilia Puglesi
ISBN: 9781478879602
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Continental Drifter
By: Kathy Macleod
ISBN: 9781250813749
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Biography / Memoir
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet
By: Tony Keith Jr.
ISBN: 9780063296008
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Seeker of Truth—Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor
By: Srividhya Venkat
Illustrated by:
Danica da Silva Pereira
Danica da Silva Pereira
ISBN: 9781499815696
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Héroes afroamericanos del salvaje Oeste (Black Heroes of the Wild West)
By: James Otis Smith; translated by Maria E. Santana
ISBN: 9781662665592
7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
How to Draw a Secret
By: Cindy Chang
Illustrated by:
Cindy Chang
Cindy Chang
ISBN: 9780358659655
7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
How to Love the Whole World
By: Henry Martin
Illustrated by:
Shelley Hampe
Shelley Hampe
ISBN: 9781949480535
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
If Kamala Can…You Can Too!
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Ariana Pacino
Ariana Pacino
ISBN: 9781464247989
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams
By: Katherine Paterson
Illustrated by:
Sally Deng
Sally Deng
ISBN: 9781452182629
7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
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
7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Sea Legs
By: Jules Bakes
Illustrated by:
Niki Smith
Niki Smith
ISBN: 9781338835861
7-12, Graphic Novel, Places / Travel
Yayoi Kusama
By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Ryoko Ichikawa
Ryoko Ichikawa
ISBN: 9780711292970
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Dragonflies Of Glass
By: Susan Goldman Rubin
Illustrated by:
Susanna Chapman
Susanna Chapman
ISBN: 9781419754364
7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Game Changers—Stories of Hijabi Athletes from around the World
By: Charlene Smith
Illustrated by:
Natalya Tariq
Natalya Tariq
ISBN: 9781459838048
7-12, Anthology / Collection, Sports / Games / Recreation
The ABCs of Women’s History
By: Rio Cortez
Illustrated by:
Lauren Semmer
Lauren Semmer
ISBN: 9781523523290
4-6, Picture Book, History
Carl Walker—The Sound of Justice
By: Majeste Phillip
Illustrated by:
Chasity Hampton
Chasity Hampton
ISBN: 9781959223603
7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem
By: Nancy Johnson James
Illustrated by:
Diana Ejaita
Diana Ejaita
ISBN: 9781951836535
4-6, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Biography / Memoir
Make a Pretty Sound
By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
Eleanor Davis
Eleanor Davis
ISBN: 9781452170640
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Passover on Everest
By: Rachelle Burk
Illustrated by:
Craig Orback
Craig Orback
ISBN: 9781951365288
4-6, Picture Book, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
Ruby Bridges—A Talk with My Teacher
By: Ruby Bridges
Illustrated by:
Trudy Tran
Trudy Tran
ISBN: 9781338753943
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Shirley Chisholm—Champion of Change
By: Dr. Tonya Allen
Illustrated by:
Chasity Hampton
Chasity Hampton
ISBN: 9781959223610
7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
The Story of Fannie Lou Hamer
By: Margeaux Weston
Illustrated by:
Simone Douglas
Simone Douglas
ISBN: 9798886509526
7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Taylor Swift’s Music Through the Eras
By: Kristen Rajczak Nelson
ISBN: 9781482469455
7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Ada and the Number-Crunching Machine
By: Zoë Tucker
Illustrated by:
Rachel Katstaller
Rachel Katstaller
ISBN: 9780735843172
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Map of You
By: Sophie Williams
Illustrated by:
Sophie Williams
Sophie Williams
ISBN: 9781800660151
Fiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee
Illustrated by:
Julie Wilson
Julie Wilson
ISBN: 9780998047713
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Sticker Life Stories—Maya Angelou
By: Evie Day
Illustrated by:
Julie Bereciartu
Julie Bereciartu
ISBN: 9781684649068
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
This Book Will Make You An Artist
By: Ruth Millington
Illustrated by:
Ellen Surrey
Ellen Surrey
ISBN: 9798887770420
Nonfiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
Introducing Sandwina—the Strongest Woman in the World!
By: Vicki Conrad
Illustrated by:
Jeremy Holmes
Jeremy Holmes
ISBN: 9781662680151
7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Little People, BIG DREAMS Katherine Johnson
By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Jemma Skidmore
Jemma Skidmore
ISBN: 9781836001775
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Little People, BIG DREAMS Patrick Mahomes
By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Guilherme Karsten
Guilherme Karsten
ISBN: 9781836005070
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Taylor Swift—Wildest Dreams
By: Erica Wainer
Illustrated by:
Joanie Stone
Joanie Stone
ISBN: 9780063399174
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Venus and Serena Williams
By: David Lee Morgan Jr.
ISBN: 9798889982715
7-12, Early Reader, Sports / Games / Recreation
Winter Olympics All-Time Greats
By: Anthony Streeter
ISBN: 9781634948845
7-12, Early Reader, Sports / Games / Recreation
Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera
By: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by:
Nik Henderson
Nik Henderson
ISBN: 9780593426814
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Fabulous Fannie Farmer—Kitchen Scientist and America’s Cook
By: Emma Bland Smith
Illustrated by:
Susan Reagan
Susan Reagan
ISBN: 9781635926125
Nonfiction, 4-6, Food / Cooking
Skybound! Starring Mary Myers as Carlotta, Daredevil Aeronaut and Scientist
By: Sue Ganz-Schmitt
Illustrated by:
Iacopo Bruno
Iacopo Bruno
ISBN: 9781635928150
Nonfiction, 4-6, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Up Periscope! How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding
By: Jennifer Swanson
Illustrated by:
Veronica Miller Jamison
Veronica Miller Jamison
ISBN: 9780316565486
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Whirligigs—The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson’s Imagination
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Edwin Fotheringham
Edwin Fotheringham
ISBN: 9781662680410
Nonfiction, 4-6, Art / Performing Arts
The Next Scientist—The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Futures of the World’s Greatest Scientist
By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Julia Kuo
Julia Kuo
ISBN: 9781452176963
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Of Words and Water—The Story of Wilma Dykeman–Writer, Historian, Environmentalist
By: Shannon Hitchcock
Illustrated by:
Sophie Page
Sophie Page
ISBN: 9781478870371
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Planting Hope—A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado
By: Philip Hoelzel
Illustrated by:
Renato Alarcão
Renato Alarcão
ISBN: 9781534477650
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Remembering Rosalind Franklin—Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA
By: Tanya Lee Stone
Illustrated by:
Gretchen Ellen Powers
Gretchen Ellen Powers
ISBN: 9780316351249
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Up Periscope! How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding
By: Jennifer Swanson
Illustrated by:
Veronica Miller Jamison
Veronica Miller Jamison
ISBN: 9780316565486
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Else B. in the Sea—The Woman Who Painted the Wonders of the Deep
By: Jeanne W. Harvey
Illustrated by:
Melodie Stacey
Melodie Stacey
ISBN: 9781949480283
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Enigma Girls—How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II
By: Candace Fleming
ISBN: 9781338749571
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube
By: Kerry Aradhya
Illustrated by:
Kara Kramer
Kara Kramer
ISBN: 9781682636640
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Adoptees Who Changed the World
By: Lorri Antosz Benson
Illustrated by:
Juanita Londono Gaviria
Juanita Londono Gaviria
ISBN: 9781641709941
0-3, Board Book, Biography / Memoir
Kid Musicians—True Tales of Childhood from Entertainers, Songwriters, and Stars
By: Robin Stevenson
Illustrated by:
Allison Steinfeld
Allison Steinfeld
ISBN: 9781683693918
7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron’s
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Savanna Durr
Savanna Durr
ISBN: 9781419771484
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
A Meerkat Diary—My Journey into the Wild World of a Meerkat Mob
By: Suzi Eszterhas
ISBN: 9781771476386
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
Side Quest—A Visual History of Roleplaying Games
By: Samuel Sattin
Illustrated by:
Steenz
Steenz
ISBN: 9780358616375
Teen, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
Toypurina—Japchivit Leader, Medicine Woman, Tongva Rebel
By: Cheyenne M. Stone and Glenda Armand
Illustrated by:
Katie Dorame
Katie Dorame
ISBN: 9781499814668
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
We Sing From the Heart—How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
By: Mia Wenjen
Illustrated by:
Victor Bizar Gómez
Victor Bizar Gómez
ISBN: 9781636550879
7-12, Picture Book, Government / Politics / Law
Yes, Boys Can!
By: Jonathan Juravich and Richard Reeves
Illustrated by:
Chris King
Chris King
ISBN: 9780760391952
7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Food for Hope
By: Jeff Gottesfeld
Illustrated by:
Michelle Laurentia Agatha
Michelle Laurentia Agatha
ISBN: 9781954354241
Nonfiction, 7-12, Kindness / Generosity
I Am, I Can, I Will
By: Dr. Cynthia Jacobs Carter and Ruth Chamblee
ISBN: 9781523514571
Nonfiction, 7-12, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
The Soul of the Violin
By: Nivola Uya
Illustrated by:
Nivola Uya
Nivola Uya
ISBN: 9788419464705
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Summer Olympics All-Time Greats
By: Anthony Streeter
ISBN: 9781634948647
7-12, Early Reader, Sports / Games / Recreation
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix (paperback)
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee
Illustrated by:
Man One
Man One
ISBN: 9780998436654
7-12, Picture Book, Food / Cooking
Great Minds of Science (Black Lives #1)
By: Tonya Bolden
Illustrated by:
David Wilkerson
David Wilkerson
ISBN: 9781419752698
7-12, Graphic Novel, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Oh No They Didn’t—Presidents
By: Eric Huang
Illustrated by:
Sam Cadwell
Sam Cadwell
ISBN: 9780711292840
7-12, Illustrated Prose, History
Ping-Pong Shabbat—The True Story of Champion Estee Ackerman
By: Ann Diament Koffsky
Illustrated by:
Abigail Rajunov
Abigail Rajunov
ISBN: 9781499816099
4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Little by Little—You Can Change the World
By: Sonya Ballantyne
Illustrated by:
Rhael McGregor, Toben Racicot
Rhael McGregor, Toben Racicot
ISBN: 9781774920985
7-12, Graphic Novel, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Call Me Roberto!
By: Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by:
Rudy Gutierrez
Rudy Gutierrez
ISBN: 9781635928112
7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Caitlin Clark
By: Anthony K. Hewson
ISBN: 9781634949316
7-12, Early Reader, Sports / Games / Recreation
Stan Lee
By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Ana Albero
Ana Albero
ISBN: 9780711292109
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Seeker of Truth
By: Srividhya Venkat
Illustrated by:
Danica da Silva Pereira
Danica da Silva Pereira
ISBN: 9781499815696
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Samba! The Heartbeat of a Community
By: Philip Hoelzel
Illustrated by:
Andre Ceolin
Andre Ceolin
ISBN: 9781534112957
Nonfiction, 4-6, Art / Performing Arts
Rollin’ on Down the Line
By: Helen Kampion, Renee Critcher
Illustrated by:
Erin McGuire
Erin McGuire
ISBN: 9781534113015
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Women in Engineering
By: Mary Wissinger
Illustrated by:
Danielle Pioli
Danielle Pioli
ISBN: 9781938492525
Nonfiction, 7-12, STEM / STEAM
See it, Dream It, Do It
By: Colleen Nelson, Kathie Maclsaac
Illustrated by:
Scot Ritchie
Scot Ritchie
ISBN: 9781772782882
Nonfiction, 7-12, Careers / Hobbies
Notable Notebooks
By: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Illustrated by:
Linda Olliver
Linda Olliver
ISBN: 9781681403076
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
Kid Innovators
By: Robin Stevenson
Illustrated by:
Allison Steinfeld
Allison Steinfeld
ISBN: 9781683692270
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Gaudí–Architect of Imagination
By: Susan B. Katz
Illustrated by:
Linda Schwalbe
Linda Schwalbe
ISBN: 9780735844872
Nonfiction, 4-6, Imagination / Play
Exemplary Evidence
By: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Illustrated by:
Linda Olliver
Linda Olliver
ISBN: 9781681403618
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
Dear Humans
By: R. Emily Irby
Illustrated by:
Ken Silbert
Ken Silbert
ISBN: 9781735364124
Fiction, 7-12, Animals
Bright and Beautiful, The Story of the Mercy Full Project
By: Precious McKenzie
Illustrated by:
Shelby Koehler
Shelby Koehler
ISBN: 9781962981040
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
An Unexpected Light
By: José Saramago (trans. by Margaret Jull Costa)
Illustrated by:
Armando Fonseca
Armando Fonseca
ISBN: 9781644213407
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Socrates— A Life Worth Living
By: Devra Lehmann
ISBN: 9781644212615
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
MAGNET—How William Gilbert Discovered That Earth Is a Great Magnet
By: Darcy Pattison
Illustrated by:
Peter Willis
Peter Willis
ISBN: 9781629442457
Nonfiction, 7-12, STEM / STEAM
Farmer Eva’s Green Garden Life
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by:
Christy Hale
Christy Hale
ISBN: 9780998047775
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube
By: Kerry Aradhya
Illustrated by:
Kara Kramer
Kara Kramer
ISBN: 9781682636640
Nonfiction, 4-6, Technology / Inventions
The Unboxing of a Black Girl
By: Angela Shanté
ISBN: 9798890039538
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time Greats
By: Luke Hanlon
ISBN: 9781634948005
Nonfiction, 7-12, Sports / Games / Recreation
Heroes of World War II
By: Jarret Keene
Illustrated by:
Roberto Gualberto
Roberto Gualberto
ISBN: 9781638191711
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Black History Matters
By: Chris Singleton with Ryan G. Van Cleave
Illustrated by:
Adriana Pérez Perales
Adriana Pérez Perales
ISBN: 9781638191780
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Black and Irish
By: Leon Diop, Briana Fitsimons
Illustrated by:
Jessica Louis
Jessica Louis
ISBN: 9781915071231
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Black History Matters
By: Chris Singleton with Ryan G. Van Cleave
Illustrated by:
Adriana Pérez Perales
Adriana Pérez Perales
ISBN: 9781638191773
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Of Words and Water
By: Shannon Hitchcock
Illustrated by:
Sophie Page
Sophie Page
ISBN: 9781478870371
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Nothing
By: Nicholas Day
Illustrated by:
Chris Raschka
Chris Raschka
ISBN: 9780823454099
Fiction, 4-6, Music / Art
And Yet You Shine
By: Supriya Kelkar
Illustrated by:
Supriya Kelkar
Supriya Kelkar
ISBN: 9781536228298
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Stronger Than She Thinks
By: Nancy Kerrigan with Ryan G. Van Cleave
Illustrated by:
Arief Putra
Arief Putra
ISBN: 9781638192077
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
See It, Dream It, Do It
By: Kathie Macisaac, Colleen Nelson
Illustrated by:
Scot Ritchie
Scot Ritchie
ISBN: 9781772782882
Nonfiction, 7-12, Careers / Hobbies
Manjhi Moves a Mountain
By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
Danny Popovici
Danny Popovici
ISBN: 9781939547347
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
