Biography and autobiography Books

Age range 6 to 9This beautifully illustrated book covers 10 most popular sports and how they developed during the history, including the rules, equipment, and the star players.From the prehistory until today, this book provides young readers with a...

We have all heard of famous people like Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Cleopatra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and William Shakespeare. But what do we know about their childhoods? Play a game and guess which celebrity is hidden on each spread. Clues from...

Age range 11 to 13An inspiring journey of women's struggles and victories around the globe as they fought for the right to vote.Citizen She! tracks the global fight for women's suffrage from the first pioneers in the eighteenth century to the heroines of...

Age range 8+From music to movies, literature to dance the arts have always been influenced by the work of LGBTQ people. LGBTQ+ Iconsspotlights the history and contributions of 50 pioneering artists who lived and worked around the world.Bold, whimsical...

Zaynab Abdi chronicles her journey from Somalia to Yemen and ultimately the United States, where she shares a stage with Malala and becomes a voice for refuge. Her graphic memoir is told in both English and Arabic. Zaynab was born in Somalia and raised...

A beautifully illustrated, adventure-filled graphic novel that provides a kid's-eye view of living with diabetes.Emily is excited to go camping in the Northwoods of Minnesota with her family. She makes sure to pack her glucose monitor, insulin and other...

Age range 5 to 9If you've ever felt different, if you've ever been low, if you don't quite fit in, there's a name you should know...Meet Dr. Temple Grandin - one of the world's quirkiest science heroes! When young Temple was diagnosed...

Ibn Sina, who is referred to as Avicenna in Latin, was a true polymath. Born in Persia in the tenth century, his passion for knowledge was unbound, and he made lasting contributions to medicine, math, and philosophy. Due to the scope and brilliance of...

Age range 12 to 17A book for comic lovers and Japanophiles of all ages, Diary of a Tokyo Teen presents a unique look at modern-day Japan through a young woman's eyes. Born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an American father in 1997, Christine Mari Inzer...

Are we alone in the cosmos? Could we one day live on a different planet? How is life formed? What other secrets does the universe hold? Through profiles of seven remarkable women scientists and their achievements in their respective fields, Searching...

Age range 9 to 12 Join TV's Survivorman on twelve edge-of-your-seat adventures as he proves anyone can be an outdoor explorer.From surviving a frigid night in northern Canada to munching on grubs in the Australian Outback, Les Stroud's passion for the...

The amazing story of Emily Warren Roebling, the woman who stepped in to oversee the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was completed in 1883.Emily was not an engineer, but she was educated in math and science. She married Washington Roebling, the...

From the award-winning author of No Shelter Here: Making the World a Kinder Place for Dogs and Bat Citizens: Defending the Ninjas of the Night comes an immersive compendium about dogs and dog guardianship. In The Dog Patrol: Our Canine Companions and the...

Tuyet remembers little about life before the Saigon orphanage, before polio left her limping and in constant pain, before the war made it too dangerous to stand under the bomb-filled Vietnam sky. Unable to play with the other children and knowing that at...

Kirkus Best Teen & YA Nonfiction of 2022"An unforgettable physical and emotional journey." - Kirkus, STARRED review In this harrowing survival story, Brian Koonoo takes off on a hunting trip in Canada's Arctic. After his snowmobile breaks down, his...

A celebration of a beloved folk artist, and her artistic expression of joy and beauty.Known for her vibrant and cheerful paintings of landscapes, plants, and animals, Maud Lewis' iconic folk art is celebrated around the world. Despite her beautiful art,...

Explore 35 of the most groundbreaking, creative female photographers in history and modern times!Ever since photography was invented almost 200 years ago, women have broken barriers and influenced the artform. Now, this first-ever children's book about...

"A compelling introduction to Hank Greenberg for a new generation of baseball fans." --Kirkus ReviewsStory of MVP and Hall-of-Famer "Hammerin" Hank Greenberg, one of the greatest hitters of all time, and the first openly Jewish sports star. "Greenberg's...

Nothing moves us like music.Music Mavens transports readers around the world (and beyond) to a jazz performance in Genoa, an instrument lab in London, a Tokyo taiko dojo, a New York City beatbox battle, and even a film scoring session aboard the starship...

Age range 12+These 15 contemporary climate champions are on the frontlines of science to create a sustainable future on Earth.They are climate scientists, journalists, professors, academics, researchers, and policy makers from around the world who draft...

Age range 12+Entrepreneurship can change your life - and even the world. Idea Makers shares the incredible stories of 15 women who changed the world through their entrepreneurship. Author Lowey Bundy Sichol presents five industries that women are leading...

Sharing perspectives on their journeys into the physical sciences, these heroes provide readers with advice about overcoming adversity.Quake Chasers: 15 Women Rocking Earthquake Science explores the lives of 15 diverse, contemporary female scientists...

When engineers are faced with an impossible problem, they don't quit. They look for solutions. These 15 women are coders and engineers who have faced impossible problems and found solutions. They are each doing amazing work in technical fields while...

Age range 12+These 15 women work with animals on land, air, and sea.Corina Newsome is saving seaside sparrows while Michelle LaRue uses satellites to study Antarctic birds. Lizzy Lowe takes on what many fear in researching spiders, and Erin Ashe lives...

John James Audubon's passion for birds inspired a national movement to protect birds and their habitats.As a child, John would often skip school to roam the countryside. He collected bird nests, unique stones, bits of moss, and other items of interest...

Age range 9+ Discover Her Art invites young art lovers and artists to learn about painting through the lives and masterpieces of 24 women from the 16th to the 20th century.In each chapter, readers arrive at a masterwork, explore it with an artist's eye,...

Emily Dickinson wrote short, often enigmatic poems that are widely read and quoted by people of every age. Yet, as well known as her poetry is, Dickinson as a person is considered to have been a mysterious recluse-a silent figure who wore only white,...

These 15 women fly outside the lines.Soar beside Black Hawk helicopter pilot turned politician Tammy Duckworth, hot air balloonist Edgora McEwan, or medevac pilot Dede Murawsky. Higher up, meet commercial and military aviators such as the Coast Guard's...

2022 INDIES Winner Silver, Juvenile Nonfiction (Children's)Many young people aren't aware that determined individuals created the rights we now take for granted.The idea of human rights is relatively recent, coming out of a postWorld War II effort to...

Age range 9 to 12Beatrix Potter forged her own creative path to independence, fame, and financial success.Peter Rabbit, HuncaMunca, Mrs.Tiggy-Winkle, SquirrelNutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck - many readers are familiar with the animal characters created by...

Age range 9 to 12Introduce a new generation of readersto the man who wrote the phenomenally beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit.J. R. R. Tolkien for Kids takes young readers through the exciting life of the man who created amazing new worlds...

Age range 12+When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be nineteen years before another woman got a chance - cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982 - followed by...

Age range 12+Pirates are a perennially popular subject, depicted often in songs, stories, and Halloween costumes. Yet the truth about pirates - who they were, why they went to sea, and what their lives were really like - is seldom a part of the...

Big Book of WHO is a book your young sports fans will return to again and again!This 128-page collection features the brightest stars in sports, past and present. The editors of Sports Illustrated Kids profile the top stars in sports history, with...

Featuring dozens of iconic NBA superstars like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, LeBron James, Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, and Steph Curry, B is for Baller is the ultimate alphabet book for young hoops fans-whether they're taking their first shot at the...

Best known for his general theory of relativity and the famous equation linking mass and energy, E=mc2, Albert Einstein had a lasting impact on the world of science, teh extent of which is illuminated - along with his fascinating life and unique...

2018 San Diego Book Awards FinalistCleopatra has been called intelligent and scheming, ambitious and ruthless, sensual and indulgent. This unique biographycaptures the excitement of her life story, including portions that have been largely neglected,...

Michelangelo Buonarroti-known simply as Michelangelo-has been called the greatest artist who has ever lived. His impressive masterpieces astonished his contemporaries and remain some of today's most famous artworks. Young readers will come to know...

Age range 9+ The 17th-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho practically invented the haiku. He's most famous for his travel journals. But how did he come to be such a traveler in the first place? This delightful volume - written entirely in haiku...

This sequel continues the critically-acclaimed graphicnovel Awesome Asian Americans!Learnabout 20 more trailblazers who have enriched the USA.This diverse cast includes historictrailblazers (actor George Takei, author Amy Tan) to current celebrities...

In Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety, Yvonne Castaeda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba . . . and how she came to develop an unhealthy relationship with food.To...

Amy Chan Zhou's searing memoir about growing up in rural Communist China features descriptions of pastoral beauty and tales of the simple joys of raising farm animals or catching fish in a local river. However, her childhood is scarred by the primitive...

Age range 3 to 6A parable for children about allyship, solidarity, and liberation, inspired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, 'If an elephant has its foot on the tail of mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse...

Age range 6 to 12Create, prevail, change the world...like a GIRL! This celebration of international girl power honours a multitude of women who made a difference. Once upon a time, "like a girl" was an insult. Not anymore! In every walk of life,...

Age range 6+Obsessed with Wii, Nintendo, X-Box, and PlayStation? Meet the inventor whose work made them all possible: Ralph Baer, creator of the first home video game system! Today, the video game industry keeps growing, with ever more platforms...

*Winner of The 2020 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature Picture Book**Winner of the 2020 The Best Children's Books of the Year by Bank Street College in the STEM category**Nominated for an Ezra Jack Keats Award*Age range 5+Meet Wu Chien...

*Winner of the 2020 Crystal Kite Awards* *Winner of the Cook Prize (Silver Medalist)**Winner of the Best Children's Books of the Year by Bank Street College 2020 in the STEM category**Finalist for a SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award, Atlantic...

Age range 5 & upMore than a century before the Wright Brothers invented their plane, Josephand tienne Montgolfier sent a flying machine into the skies-a hot-air balloon with three animals in the basket. Go up, up, and away with them on their first,...