Tag search:biography

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 ...? (Who HQ) (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

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Paperback, 2006
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, American History, music, PICTURE BOOK, biography, kindergarten - grade 3
Barcode
834
Status
Available
Call number
781.65092

Young Pele: Soccer's First Star

by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, biography, sports, Brazil, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Soccer, 4 - 8 years
Barcode
731
Status
Available
Call number
796.334092

Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong

by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, music, biography, grades 1 - 4, NON-FICTION
Barcode
934
Status
Available
Call number
781.65092

Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem

by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, preschool - grade 3, Art, biography, NON-FICTION
Barcode
940
Status
Available
Call number
759.13

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Clarion Nonfiction)

by Russell Freedman
Paperback, 1997
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography, TEEN
Barcode
221
Status
Available
Call number
973.917

Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

by Laurie Wallmark
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography, math, computers, NON-FICTION, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
237
Status
Available
Call number
510.92

Nelson Mandela: South African Revolutionary (A Real-Life Story)

by Beatrice Gormley
Paperback, 2016
Tags
JUSTICE, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Africa, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, South Africa, biography, 8 - 12 years, JUVENILE, nonfiction
Barcode
446
Status
Available
Call number
968.06

Harriet Tubman: A Woman of Courage

by Editors of Time for Kids
Paperback, 2005
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, slavery, biography, PICTURE BOOK
Series
Time for Kids Biographies
Barcode
459
Status
Available
Call number
973.7115

Nelson Mandela: "No Easy Walk to Freedom"

by Barry Denenberg
Paperback, 2014
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Africa, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, South Africa, biography
Barcode
466
Status
Available
Call number
324.268083092

Just Like Me: Stories and Self-Portraits by Fourteen Artists

by Harriet Rohmer
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
DIVERSITY, biography, grades 1 - 4, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION
Barcode
378
Status
Available
Call number
704.9

Emma Goldman: Political Activist (Women of Achievement)

by David Waldstreicher
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, grades 4 - 7, biography, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
American Women of Achievement
Barcode
381
Status
Available
Call number
335.83

Turning Pages: My Life Story

by Sonia Sotomayor
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, biography, books, reading
Barcode
437
Status
Available
Call number
347.73

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography, PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, JUSTICE, music, child prodigy, jazz
Barcode
548
Status
Available
Call number
788.9

Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, slavery, biography, PICTURE BOOK, grades k - 3, 5 - 9 years
Barcode
438
Status
Available
Call number
306.3

Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, biography, PICTURE BOOK, Segregation, artist, photography, racism, notable people, grades 1 - 4
Barcode
244
Status
Available
Call number
770.89

Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills

by Renée Watson
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, biography, PICTURE BOOK, music, 3 - 7 years
Barcode
607
Status
Available
Call number
782.42165092

Duke Ellington: the piano prince and his orchestra

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Paperback, 1998
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, American History, music, PICTURE BOOK, biography, kindergarten - grade 3
Barcode
295
Status
Available
Call number
781.65092

Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

by Laurie Ann Thompson
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, DIVERSITY, biography, Africa, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, 4 - 8 years, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
343
Status
Available
Call number
362.4092

Proud (Young Readers Edition): Living My American Dream

by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, RELIGION, GENDER, NON-FICTION, autobiography, biography, memoir, 10 - 13 years, MIDDLE GRADES, Muslim — 1 more, Kirkus Starred review
Barcode
922
Status
Available
Call number
796.862092

Nothing Stopped Sophie: The story of unshakable mathematician Sophie Germain

by Cheryl Bardoe
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, biography, 6 - 9 years
Barcode
984
Status
Available
Call number
510.92

Eleanor Everywhere (Step into Reading, Step 4, paper)

by Monica Kulling
Paperback, 1999
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography, 8 - 10 years, JUVENILE
Barcode
56
Status
Available
Call number
973.917

When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Built a Community

by Gayle E. Pitman
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, biography, 4 - 8 years
Barcode
406
Status
Available
Call number
979.4

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

by Rob Sanders
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, LGBTQIA, biography, 5 - 8 years, Voices for Trans Youth
Barcode
492
Status
Available
Call number
979.4

California Dreamin': Cass Elliot Before The Mamas & the Papas

by Pénélope Bagieu
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, TEEN, graphic novel, NON-FICTION, biography
Barcode
216
Status
Available
Call number
782.42166092

Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist

by Jess Keating
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, biography
Barcode
991
Status
Available
Call number
597.3

It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference: How They Do It - How You Can, Too!

by Phillip M Hoose
Paperback, 2002
Tags
JUSTICE, Activism, DIVERSITY, NON-FICTION, biography, 10 - 14 years, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
355
Status
Available
Call number
302.14

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards))

by James Rumford
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Cherokee, biography, JUVENILE, 4 - 7 years, NON-FICTION
Barcode
65
Status
Available
Call number
975.004

Zora Neale Hurston: I Have Been in Sorrow's Kitchen (African-American Biographies (Enslow))

by Laura Baskes Litwin
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, biography, NON-FICTION, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
African-American Biography Library
Barcode
15
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

Anne Frank

by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, RELIGION, Judaism, JUVENILE, biography, 7 - 11 years, NON-FICTION
Barcode
373
Status
Available
Call number
940.53

Who Was Louis Armstrong?

by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Paperback, 2004
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE, 8 and up, NON-FICTION, black history, jazz, music, musicians, biography, history
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (15)
Barcode
158
Status
Available
Call number
781.65
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