Tag search:biography

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

by Vashti Harrison
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE, NONFICTION, biography, history, American History, black history, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Little Leaders
Barcode
1987
Status
Available
Call number
920.72089

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
Series
Little Leaders
Barcode
1658
Status
Available
Call number
920.72089

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

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

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Man of Peace (Hello Reader!, Level 4)

by Garnet Jackson
Paperback, 2001
Tags
JUVENILE, biography, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, Martin Luther King Jr., NON-FICTION
Barcode
28
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

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

Maya Angelou: Diversity Makes for a Rich Tapestry (African-American Biographies (Enslow))

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
63
Status
Available
Call number
818.5409

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

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

Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History

by Blair Imani
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
DIVERSITY, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, GENDER, feminism, Activism, biography, nonbinary, social justice, TEEN
Barcode
1509
Status
Available
Call number
320.082

Mohandas K. Gandhi (OA) (Z) (Overcoming Adversity)

by Charles J. Shields
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
NON-FICTION, grades 8-12, biography, JUSTICE, TEEN
Series
Overcoming Adversity
Barcode
29
Status
Available
Call number
954.03

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

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

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

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

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

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

On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson

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

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

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

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

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

A Picture Book of Jesse Owens (Picture Book Biography)

by David A. Adler
Paperback, 1993
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, biography, history, American History, black history, athlete, running, Olympics
Series
Picture Book Biographies
Barcode
2153
Status
Available
Call number
796.42092

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

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

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

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

Queer and Fearless: Poems Celebrating the Lives of LGBTQ+ Heroes

by Rob Sanders
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, biography, queer, transgender, history — 4 more, American History, queer history, Activism, poetry
Barcode
2195
Status
Available

Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future! (City Lights/Sister Spit)

by Kate Schatz
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, NON-FICTION, biography, MIDDLE GRADES, 11 - 14 years, TEEN, DIVERSITY
Series
Rad Women (1)
Barcode
99
Status
Available
Call number
920.72

Rad women worldwide : artists and athletes, pirates and punks, and other revolutionaries who shaped history

by Kate Schatz
Paper Book, 2016
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, NON-FICTION, biography, 11 and up, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN
Series
Rad Women (2)
Barcode
100
Status
Available
Call number
920.72

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

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

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

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

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

Seeds of Change: Wangari's Gift to the World

by Jen Cullerton Johnson
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, Wangari, environmentalism, environmental justice, trees — 4 more, forest, Kenya, science, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2202
Status
Available
Call number
333.72092

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

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

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

She Persisted

by Chelsea Clinton
Board book, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, JUSTICE, BOARD BOOK, biography, change, Activism, feminism
Series
She Persisted (Board Book)
Barcode
2045
Status
Available
Call number
796.42092

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

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

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

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

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

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 — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2019
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

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 — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1731
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

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

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

Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman

by Nikki Grimes
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
NON-FICTION, PICTURE BOOK, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography
Barcode
10
Status
Available
Call number
629.13092
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