Tag search:biography

Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines

by Jeanne Walker Harvey
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, biography, Chinese-American, architect, art, design, memorial, Vietnam War
Barcode
1875
Status
Available
Call number
720.92

Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, biography, history, American History, black history
Barcode
1774
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

by Cynthia Levinson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, RELIGION, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NONFICTION, biography, Jewish, Judaism, Hebrew, Yiddish — 9 more, art, painting, protest, photography, poverty, court case, artist, Lithuania, deportation
Barcode
1655
Status
Available
Call number
759.13

Our House Is on Fire: Greta Thunberg's Call to Save the Planet

by Jeanette Winter
Ebook, 2019
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, JUSTICE, environmentalism, climate, biography, WOMEN AND GIRLS, Greta Thunberg
Barcode
1630
Status
Available
Call number
363.7056109485

When Sue Found Sue: Sue Hendrickson Discovers Her T. Rex

by Toni Buzzeo
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography, science, paleontologist, pioneer, scientist, discovery, curiousity
Barcode
1632
Status
Available
Call number
560.92

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)

by Vashti Harrison
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE, Kirkus Starred Review, history, biography
Barcode
1658
Status
Available
Call number
920.72089

She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm

by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, Politics, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1752
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

by Debbie Levy
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, biography, women's rights, supreme court, Jewish
Barcode
1668
Status
Available
Call number
347.73

Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader

by Michelle Duster
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, biography, NONFICTION, American History, black history, civil rights
Barcode
1631
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

No Truth Without Ruth: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, supreme court, PICTURE BOOK, preschool - grade 3, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, biography, RELIGION, Judaism, sexism — 1 more, women's rights
Barcode
1789
Status
Available
Call number
347.73

The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NONFICTION, biography, history, American History, New Deal, worker's rights, social work
Barcode
1841
Status
Available
Call number
331.092

How to Build a Hug: Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine

by Amy Guglielmo
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, autism, biography
Barcode
1785
Status
Available
Call number
616.85

Finding My Dance

by Ria Thundercloud
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, Native author, biography, dance, jingle dance, pow wow, Ho-Chunk, Sandia Pueblo
Barcode
1831
Status
Available
Call number
305.897

Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man

by Tonya Bolden
Paperback, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, biography, slavery, enslavement, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1642
Status
Available
Call number
973.8092

Living for Change: An Autobiography (Posthumanities)

by Grace Lee Boggs
Paperback, 2016
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, ADULT, biography, Activism, social justice, history
Barcode
1734
Status
Available
Call number
303.48

Swing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm

by Karen Deans
Paperback, 2021
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, music, jazz, civil rights, biography
Barcode
1732
Status
Available
Call number
781.65082

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

by Ibi Zoboi
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, writer, biography, poetry, history, science fiction, civil rights
Barcode
1731
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Muhammad Ali (Volume 26) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 26)

by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, RELIGION, PICTURE BOOK, biography, Islam, boxing, War
Series
Little People, BIG DREAMS (26)
Barcode
1707
Status
Available
Call number
796.83092

Sarah and the Big Wave: The True Story of the First Woman to Surf Mavericks

by Bonnie Tsui
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, sports, surfing, ocean, pioneer, biography
Barcode
1702
Status
Available
Call number
797.3

Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor

by Robert Burleigh
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, scientist, science, curiosity, Kirkus Starred Review, pioneer, biography, oceanology, oceans, continental drift — 1 more, earth
Barcode
1703
Status
Available
Call number
526.092

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

by Mac Barnett
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, biography, author, writer, pioneer, Kirkus Starred Review, bisexuality
Barcode
1627
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver

by Gene Barretta
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, nature, plants, gardener, gardens, biography, scientist, science, pioneer
Barcode
1624
Status
Available
Call number
630.92

On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson for Kids, Biography of Female Poet for Kids)

by Jennifer Berne
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography, poetry, Emily Dickinson, Kirkus Starred Review, curiosity, imagination, writer, writing
Barcode
1622
Status
Available
Call number
811.4

Pigskins to Paintbrushes: The Story of Football-Playing Artist Ernie Barnes

by Don Tate
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, biography, sports, art
Barcode
1588
Status
Available
Call number
796.332092

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

by Kyo Maclear
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Japanese American, Japanese internment, JUSTICE, artist, art, biography, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1584
Status
Available
Call number
741.6092

Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ People Who Made History

by Sarah Prager
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, biography, history, DIVERSITY
Barcode
1562
Status
Available
Call number
306.76092

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

by Michelle Markel
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, Immigrants and refugees, RELIGION, workers rights, labor, unions, Yiddish, Jewish — 3 more, factories, Kirkus starred review, biography
Barcode
1560
Status
Available
Call number
331.892

Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History

by Blair Imani
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
DIVERSITY, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, GENDER, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, LATINX, JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES — 3 more, Activism, biography, TEEN
Barcode
1509
Status
Available
Call number
320.082

How to Build a Hug: Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine

by Amy Guglielmo
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, autism, biography
Barcode
1484
Status
Checked out
Call number
616.85

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

by Phillip Hoose
Paperback, 2010
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, 12 and up, biography, civil rights, NON-FICTION, Segregation
Barcode
1310
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

The Story of Harriet Tubman: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers)

by Christine Platt
Paperback, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, biography, JUVENILE, 6 - 10 years, slavery, enslaved people, underground railroad
Barcode
1288
Status
Available
Call number
306.362092

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Young Readers Edition) (ReVisioning History for Young People)

by Brandy Colbert Adapter
Paperback, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, biography, TEEN, civil rights
Barcode
1289
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

She Persisted: Harriet Tubman

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Paperback, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, biography, JUVENILE, 6 - 10 years, slavery, enslaved people, underground railroad
Series
She Persisted
Barcode
1290
Status
Available
Call number
973.7115

Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Runner (Childhood of Famous Americans)

by Jo Harper
Paperback, 2004
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, JUVENILE, biography
Series
Childhood of Famous Americans II
Barcode
1162
Status
Available
Call number
796.42092

Who Was Roberto Clemente?

by James Buckley Jr.
Paperback, 2014
Tags
LATINX, 8 - 12 years, MIDDLE GRADES, sports, baseball, Puerto Rico, JUVENILE, biography
Series
Who Was ...? (77)
Barcode
1133
Status
Available
Call number
796.357092

Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation (Pantheon Graphic Library)

by Anne Frank
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, RELIGION, TEEN, graphic memoir, Judaism, Holocaust, grade 8 and up, biography
Barcode
1199
Status
Available
Call number
940.53

Write On, Irving Berlin!

by Leslie Kimmelman
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, 6 - 9 years, biography, music, Jewish, Judaism
Barcode
1101
Status
Available
Call number
782.42164092

One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books)

by Miranda Paul
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, 5 - 8 years, Africa, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, Gambia, plastic, recycling, biography, environmentalism
Barcode
1090
Status
Available
Call number
363.72880966

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World

by Susan Hood
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, biography, 4 - 8 years
Barcode
1095
Status
Available
Call number
305.4

Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins

by Michelle Meadows
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Preschool - Grade 2, biography, dance, ballet, Segregation
Barcode
1099
Status
Available
Call number
792.802

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

by Phillip Hoose
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, 12 and up, MIDDLE GRADES, biography, civil rights
Barcode
1100
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

Gloria Takes a Stand

by Jess Rinker
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, JUVENILE, feminism, biography, grades 2 - 5
Barcode
1096
Status
Available
Call number
305.42092

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

by Anika Aldamuy Denise
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, books, Puerto Rico, 4 - 8 years, biography
Barcode
1119
Status
Available
Call number
020.92

The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

by Sue Macy
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, PICTURE BOOK, 5 - 8 years, grades k - 3, Judaism, Yiddish, Kirkus Starred Review, books, biography
Barcode
1088
Status
Available
Call number
020.75

Maya Angelou: Diversity Makes for a Rich Tapestry (African-American Biography Library)

by Donna Brown Agins
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography, 10 and up, NON-FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
African-American Biography Library
Barcode
953
Status
Available
Call number
818.5409

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Doreen Rappaport
Paperback, 2007
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, Martin Luther King Jr., biography, PICTURE BOOK, grades 1 - 4
Series
Big Words
Barcode
788
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald

by Roxane Orgill
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, music, jazz, PICTURE BOOK, biography, grades 3 - 6
Series
Candlewick Biographies
Barcode
810
Status
Available
Call number
782.42165092

My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey

by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, BODIES AND ABILITIES, leg braces, dance, PICTURE BOOK, biography, 5 - 10 years, FAMILIES
Barcode
644
Status
Available
Call number
792.82092

Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, biography, sports, basketball, Islam, Activism, Grade 5 and up, RELIGION, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN
Barcode
759
Status
Available
Call number
796.323092

Ray Charles

by Sharon Bell Mathis
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, biography, PICTURE BOOK, music, preschool and up, BODIES AND ABILITIES, blindness, sight, 8 and up
Barcode
729
Status
Available
Call number
782.42164
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