Tag search:biography

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

Amazing: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Inspire Us All

by Maia Shibutani
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, DIVERSITY, WOMEN AND GIRLS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, Marshall Islands, Philippines, Hawaiian, Bangladeshi, Thai, Filipino, disabilities — 4 more, history, biography, NON-FICTION, JUVENILE
Barcode
1954
Status
Available
Call number
973.04950099

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

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

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

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

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

Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Paperback, 1999
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE, biography, PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION
Barcode
1077
Status
Available
Call number
636.2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa (Great Black Performers, 3)

by Andrea Pinkney
Paperback, 2007
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, music
Barcode
1901
Status
Available
Call number
921

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
LATINX, JUVENILE, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, biography
Barcode
50
Status
Available
Call number
331.88

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joan of Arc

by Diane Stanley
Paperback, 2002
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE, grades 4 - 7, biography, FICTION
Barcode
36
Status
Available
Call number
944.026092

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

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
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