Tag search:biography

Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist

by Barbara Herkert
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
biography, quilts, Civil War, slavery, Georgia, Events and Eras, Black history, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
746.46092

Kids Who Are Changing the World (You Should Meet)

by Sheila Sweeny Higginson
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Environment and Nature, environmental justice, Government Justice and Civic Responsibility, community, biography
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
333.7083

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

by Phillip Hoose
Paperback, 2010
Tags
biography, Historical Figures and Leaders, Black history, Racism Prejudice and Discrimination, segregation, civil rights, speak up, black mc, Women and Girls
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

Elie Wiesel: A Holocaust Survivor Cries Out for Peace (High Five Reading)

by Sarah Houghton
Paperback, 2003
Tags
High interest lower RL, biography, Jewish, Holocaust, peace, Historical Figures and Leaders, white mc
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
940.53

The Story of Harriet Tubman

by Debra J. Housel
Paperback, 2011
Tags
biography, Women and Girls, black mc, slavery, freed slaves, Underground Railroad
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Series
Junior Biography Series
Status
Available

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
aging, slavery, Emancipation Proclamation, Events and Eras, Historical Figures and Leaders, Black history, biography, Reading Rainbow, books, literacy
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
306.3

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

by Zora Neale Hurston
Paperback, 2020
Tags
Clotilda, slavery, slave ship, Middle Passage, black mc, biography, Cudjo
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
306.3

The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Johnson

by Devika Jina
Paperback, 2020
Tags
math, Black history, biography, space, NASA, women's history, Women and Girls, STEM, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
510.92

Martin Luther King Jr.: Internet Referenced (Usborne Young Reading: Series Three)

by Rob Lloyd Jones
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
biography, Historical Figures and Leaders, black mc, Black history, Racism Prejudice and Discrimination
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Usborne Famous Lives, Usborne Young Reading (series 3)
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

Sterling Biographies®: Marian Anderson: A Voice Uplifted

by Victoria Garrett Jones
Paperback, 2008
Tags
biography, singer, civil rights, Events and Eras, Black history, black mc, Historical Figures and Leaders, segregation
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Sterling Biographies
Status
Available

The Extraordinary Life of Amelia Earhart

by Dr. Sheila Kanani
Tags
women's history, aviation, pilot, biography, white mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
629.13092

Sports Heroes and Legends: Hank Aaron

by Serena Kappes
Paperback, 2005
Tags
sports, baseball, biography, racism, Black history, Historical Figures and Leaders, segregation, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
796.357

Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes

by Wab Kinew
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Native American, native mc, biography
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
970.004

John Muir And Stickeen: An Alaskan Adventure

by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Historical Figures and Leaders, Alaska, biography, dog, adventure, snow, white mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
333.7

The Story of George Washington Carver

by Jennifer Kroll
Paperback, 2011
Tags
biography, science, invention, early reader level 2, black mc
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Status
Available

Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman

by Kathleen Krull
Paperback, 2000
Tags
sports, polio, Olympics, women's history, Black history, biography, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
796.42092

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

by Monica Kulling
Paperback, 1999
Tags
First Lady, Historical Figures and Leaders, women's history, biography, white mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
973.917

Henry's Freedom Box: True Story from the Underground Railroad (Paperback)

by Ellen Levine
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Black history, slavery, Underground Railroad, biography, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
973.7

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad (Hardcover)

by Ellen Levine
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Black history, slavery, Underground Railroad, biography, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
973.7

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

by Debbie Levy
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
women's history, civil rights, protest, biography, girl power, white mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
347.73

March: Book Three: 3

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Tags
graphic novel, biography, John Lewis, Historical Figures and Leaders, Black history, black mc, civil rights, Government Justice and Civic Responsibility
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
March (3)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

The Story of Wilma Rudolph

by Stephanie E. Macceca
Paperback, 2011
Tags
biography, sports, Women and Girls, black mc, track
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Status
Available

The Story of Jackie Robinson

by Stephanie E. Macceca
2011
Tags
biography, black mc, sports, baseball
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Status
Available

Ketanji: Justice Jackson's Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court

by Kekla Magoon
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
biography, black mc, Women and Girls, Historical Figures and Leaders, Supreme Court
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
347.73

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King

by Jean Marzollo
Paperback, 1993
Tags
biography, Historical Figures and Leaders, Black history, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride
Paperback, 2006
Tags
memoir, biography, family, black mc
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
974.71004960730092

I am Amelia Earhart (Ordinary People Change the World)

by Brad Meltzer
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
biography, Women and Girls, women's history, Historical Figures and Leaders, aviation
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Ordinary People Change the World
Status
Available
Call number
629.13092

I am Albert Einstein

by Brad Meltzer
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
science, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Ordinary People Change the World
Status
Available
Call number
530.092

I am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change the World)

by Brad Meltzer
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
biography, Civil War, white mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Ordinary People Change the World
Status
Available
Call number
973.7092

I Look Up To... Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by Anna Membrino
Board book, 2018
Tags
women's history, justice, government, biography, board book, white mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
347.73

50 Unbelievable Women and Their Fascinating (and True!) Stories (They Did What?)

by Saundra Mitchell
Paperback, 2016
Tags
Women and Girls, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collections
Children's Circulating, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
920.72

Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

by Anne Moody
Paperback, 2004
Tags
autobiography, Mississippi, American South, civil rights, biography, black mc
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography, Government, Justice, and Civic Responsibility, Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Status
Available
Call number
917.62250360924

Little Feminist Picture Book (Inspiring Children’s Books, Feminist Books for Kids, Children’s Social Activists Biographies)

by Mudpuppy
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Women and Girls, women's history, Historical Figures and Leaders, biography, diverse community
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
305.42

Frederick Douglass: Voice for Justice, Voice for Freedom (Step into Reading)

by Frank Murphy
Paperback, 2019
Tags
biography, black mc, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
973.8092

At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess In Victorian England

by Walter Dean Myers
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Africa, biography, Queen Victoria, England, refugee, Women and Girls, women's history, Black history, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
941.08092

Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told

by Walter Dean Myers
Paperback, 2015
Tags
biography, Black history, protest, voting rights, women's history, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Checked out
Call number
323.092

Yayoi Kusama: Ready-to-Read Level 3 (You Should Meet)

by May Nakamura
Paperback, 2021
Tags
asian mc, biography
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
709.2

Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother

by Sonia Nazario
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Honduras, immigrant, family, Latinx mc, documentary, biography
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
305.23089687283073

A Peace of My Mind: Exploring the Meaning of Peace One Story At a Time

by John Noltner
Paperback, 2011
Tags
biography, history, peace, diverse community
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
172

The Extraordinary Life of Nelson Mandela

by E. L. Norry
Paperback, 2020
Tags
South Africa, apartheid, protest, segregation, Racism Prejudice and Discrimination, Historical Figures and Leaders, biography, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
968.071

I Am Sacagawea (I Am... #1)

by Grace Norwich
Paperback, 2012
Tags
Native American, biography, Lewis and Clark expedition, women's history, Women and Girls, native mc, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
I Am (#1)
Status
Available
Call number
978.004

I Am Helen Keller (I Am... #3)

by Grace Norwich
Paperback, 2012
Tags
blind, deaf, Braille, women's history, Women and Girls, biography, white mc, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
I Am (#3)
Status
Available
Call number
362.4

Mary Cassatt: Family Pictures (Smart About Art)

by Jane O'Connor
Paperback, 2003
Tags
biography, art, painting, family, women's history, Women and Girls, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
759.13

Discovery Stem Stars Women Who Rocked Medicine

by Parragon Books Ltd.
Paperback, 2017
Tags
STEM, medicine, doctor, science, women's history, Women and Girls, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
610.82

Who Was Dr. Seuss?

by Janet B. Pascal
Paperback, 2011
Tags
author, biography, children's literature, white mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (42)
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

Alvin Ailey

by Andrea Pinkney
Paperback, 1995
Tags
dance, Historical Figures and Leaders, biography, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
792.8

Duke Ellington

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Paperback, 1998
Tags
biography, music, jazz, Historical Figures and Leaders, Black history, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
781.65092

Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker

by Patricia Hruby Powell
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
biography, Historical Figures and Leaders, Black history, black mc, women's history, Women and Girls
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ People Who Made History

by Sarah Prager
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
LGBTQ, Events and Eras, biography, Pride
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
306.76092

Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World

by Sarah Prager
Paperback, 2018
Tags
Historical Figures and Leaders, LGBTQ, protest, biography
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
306.766
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