Tag search:biography

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

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

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 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

Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints

by Daneen Akers
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
RELIGION, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, DIVERSITY, MIDDLE GRADES, biography, Activism, LGBTQIA, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, LATINX — 2 more, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
Barcode
2128
Status
Available
Call number
200.922

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World

by Cynthia Chin-Lee
Paperback, 2008
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE, biography, grades 3 - 7, LATINX, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES — 2 more, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, NON-FICTION
Barcode
1070
Status
Available
Call number
920.72

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music

by Roberta Flack
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, music, piano, biography
Barcode
1999
Status
Available
Call number
782.42164092

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, NON-FICTION, Social Activist
Barcode
1774
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

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

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

Born Curious: 20 Girls Who Grew Up to Be Awesome Scientists

by Martha Freeman
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, science, curiosity, tenacity, biography, NON-FICTION
Barcode
2172
Status
Available
Call number
509.2

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

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

If You’re a Kid Like Gavin: The True Story of a Young Trans Activist

by Gavin Grimm
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, NONFICTION, transgender, school, Activism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2058
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

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, ages 5-9
Barcode
1785
Status
Available
Call number
616.85

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

Follow Your Dreams, Little One (Vashti Harrison’s Little Ones, 3)

by Vashti Harrison
Board book, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, BOARD BOOK, history, black history, biography, NONFICTION
Barcode
2168
Status
Available
Call number
305.38

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

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

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

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

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

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

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

by Rachel Ignotofsky
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, NON-FICTION, biography, 10 and up, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN
Barcode
242
Status
Available
Call number
509.2

Ibn Yunus: The Father of Astronomy (Muslim Scientists)

by Ahmed Imam
Paper Book, 2019
Tags
RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, Islam, Muslim, science, scientist, discovery, history, biography
Barcode
2127
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

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

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

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

Great Black Heroes: Five Brilliant Scientists: Five Brilliant Scientist

by Lynda Jones
Paperback, 2000
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE, biography, grades 2 - 3, NON-FICTION, black history, science
Barcode
109
Status
Available
Call number
509.2273
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