Tag search:biography

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

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

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

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

Ballad of an American: A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson

by Sharon Rudahl
Paperback, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, graphic, biography, music, protest, Activism, antiwar, civil rights, colonialism — 2 more, acting, athlete
Barcode
2065
Status
Available
Call number
781.5

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, biography, music, singing, civil rights, American History — 3 more, black history, opera, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2053
Status
Available
Call number
782.1092

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: "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

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
Book Bag 7
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

by Breanna J. McDaniel
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, stories, folktales, libraries, history, black history, American history, Kirkus Starred Review, biography
Barcode
2196
Status
Available

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

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

Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes

by Traci N. Todd
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, cartoonist, women's rights, civil rights, history, American History — 4 more, black history, artist, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2169
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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

Grandad Mandela

by Ambassador Zindzi Mandela
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, apartheid, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Black, rights, biography, black history — 4 more, Activism, protest, social justice, JUVENILE
Barcode
2129
Status
Available
Call number
968.06

There Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, black joy, black history, American History, history, poetry, dance, biography, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2170
Status
Available
Call number
818.5209

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

by Michelle Markel
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, 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, feminism, Activism, biography, nonbinary, social justice, TEEN
Barcode
1509
Status
Book Bag 16
Call number
320.082

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

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
Book Bag 11
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
Book Bag 12
Call number
323.092

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

by Angela Joy
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, racism, civil rights, activism, Kirkus Starred Review, MIDDLE GRADES, graphic non-fiction, biography
Barcode
1988
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

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

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
Book Bag 9
Call number
968.06

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
Book Bag 7
Call number
509.2273

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
Book Bag 7
Call number
323.092
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