Tag search:biography

The Extraordinary Life of Mahatma Gandhi

by Chitra Soundar
Paperback, 2020
Tags
biography, protest, civil rights, South Africa, India, asian mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
954.035092

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

Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
jazz, music, biography, North Carolina, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
788.7

A Picture Book of Helen Keller (Picture Book Biography)

by David A. Adler
Paperback, 1990
Tags
blind, deaf, white mc, Historical Figures and Leaders, biography
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Picture Book Biographies
Status
Available
Call number
362.41092

What Are You Figuring Now?: A Story about Benjamin Banneker (Creative Minds Biography)

by Jeri Ferris
Paperback, 1988
Tags
biography, black mc, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Creative Minds Biographies
Status
Available
Call number
520.924

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer

by Diane Stanley
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
STEM, science, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders, white mc
Collections
Children's Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
510.92

Kid Innovators: True Tales of Childhood from Inventors and Trailblazers (Kid Legends)

by Robin Stevenson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
STEM, science, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders, anthology
Collections
Children's Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
609.22

Kid Scientists: True Tales of Childhood from Science Superstars (Kid Legends)

by David Stabler
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
STEM, science, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders, anthology
Collections
Children's Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
509.22

Tesla For Beginners

by Robert I. Sutherland-Cohen
Paperback, 2016
Tags
STEM, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders, science, engineering, white mc
Collections
Children's Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
621.3

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

Faith Ringgold (Portraits of Women Artists)

by Robyn Montana Turner
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
biography, illustrator, artist, quilter, black mc, Women and Girls
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Portraits of Women Artists for Children
Status
Available
Call number
709.2

Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie: A Story About Edna Lewis

by Robbin Gourley
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
food, cultural food, chef, biography, women's history, Black history, black mc, recipe, healthy cooking
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
641.5

Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl's Brave Fight to Walk (Scholastic Focus)

by Meredith Davis
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Rwanda, Africa, World Peoples Cultures and Traditions, surgery, operation, disability, Bodies Minds and Abilities, biography, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
617.5

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

A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero

by Gina Capaldi
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
biography, Native American, Historical Figures and Leaders, native mc, doctor, activist, protest, Racism Prejudice, slavery
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
970.004

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

Everyday Racism: A Book for All Americans

by Annie Barnes
Paperback, 2000
Tags
biography, Racism Prejudice and Discrimination
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
305.896

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

Sisters

by Raina Telgemeier
Paperback, 2014
Tags
family, sisters, new baby, road trip, graphic novel, biography, based on a true story
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Smile (2)
Status
Available
Call number
306.875

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

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

The Education of Little Tree

by Forrest Carter
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Native American, biography, Cherokee, native mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Emily

by Michael Bedard
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
poetry, biography, writing, social anxiety, women's history, Women and Girls, Historical Figures and Leaders, white mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

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

How to Build a Hug: Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine

by Amy Guglielmo
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
autism, invention, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders, sensory overload, Bodies Minds and Abilities, white mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
616.85

Smile

by Raina Telgemeier
Paperback, 2010
Tags
family, sisters, braces, graphic novel, based on a true story, biography, friendship, school, bullying
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Smile (1)
Status
Available
Call number
617.645

Different . . . Not Less: Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful Employment from Adults with Autism, Asperger's, and ADHD

by Temple Grandin
Paperback, 2012
Tags
biography, autism, Asperger's, disability, Bodies Minds and Abilities
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
618.9285

I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present

by Cerrie Burnell
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
biography, disability, accessibility, Bodies Minds and Abilities
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
305.9080922

Two Miserable Presidents

by Steve Sheinkin
Paper Book, 2010
Tags
biography, Civil War, Events and Eras, presidents, Government Justice and Civic Responsibility, white mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
973.7

Nelson Mandela: No Easy Walk To Freedom

by Barry Denenberg
Paperback, 1991
Tags
biography, South Africa, apartheid, Historical Figures and Leaders, Black history, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
324.268083092

How Did Helen Keller Make History?

by Jane Sutcliffe
Paperback
Tags
biography, Bodies Minds and Abilities, blind, deaf, women's history, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
362.4

Harriet Tubman: Secret Agent - How Daring Slaves And Free Blacks Spied For The Union During The Civil War.

by Thomas B. Allen
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Civil War, slavery, spies, Union, biography, Black history, Historical Figures and Leaders, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
973.7

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

Nelson Mandela: No Easy Walk To Freedom

by Barry Denenberg
Paperback, 1991
Tags
South Africa, apartheid, biography
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
324.268083092

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

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

LeBron James: King of the Court (High Five Reading)

by Tom Sibila
Paperback, 2005
Tags
High interest lower RL, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders, black mc, Black history, basketball
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
796.323

The Truth About Sacajawea (Lewis & Clark Expedition)

by Kenneth Thomasma
Paperback, 1998
Tags
biography, Native American, native mc, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Amazing Indian Children (10)
Status
Available
Call number
920

Venus & Serena: The Grand Slam Williams Sisters (Scholastic Biography)

by Bill Gutman
Paperback, 2001
Tags
tennis, black mc, Women and Girls, Historical Figures and Leaders, sports, biography
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Scholastic Biography
Status
Available
Call number
796.342092273

Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie (Great Discoveries)

by Barbara Goldsmith
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
biography, Women and Girls, women's history, science, Historical Figures and Leaders, white mc
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
540.92

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

Venus and Serena Williams: The Smashing Sisters (High Five Reading)

by Roxanne Dorrie
Paperback, 2003
Tags
High interest lower RL, Historical Figures and Leaders, Black history, sports, tennis, biography
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
796.342

The Harlem Globetrotters: Clown Princes of Basketball

by Robbie Butler
Paperback, 2001
Tags
High interest lower RL, sports, history, Historical Figures and Leaders, biography, Black history, black mc, basketball
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
796.323

Latino Legends: Hispanics in Major League Baseball (High Five Reading)

by Michael Silverstone
Paperback, 2003
Tags
High interest lower RL, sports, baseball, biography, Latinx mc, Latinx
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
796.357

Nina: A Story of Nina Simone

by Traci N. Todd
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
biography, music, civil rights, Racism Prejudice and Discrimination, Historical Figures and Leaders, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
782.42164092

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

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

Barack Obama: A Little Golden Book Biography

by Frank Berrios
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
biography, Little Golden Book, presidents, black mc
Collections
At Higher Works Collaborative, Children's Circulating
Series
Little Golden Book Biographies
Status
Available
Call number
973.932092

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

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
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