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Lincoln: A Photobiography

Written by Russell Freedman
A biography of Abraham Lincoln told in illustrations and photographs. The book spans Lincoln’s life...
5th - 8th

Rad American Women A-Z Rebels Trailblazers and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!

Written by Kate Schatz and Illustrated by Miriam Klein Stahl
Readers will enjoy colorful and hip potraitures of 26 American women from the 18th through 21st...
3rd - 11th

Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History

Written by Karen Blumenthal
In Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, critically acclaimed author Karen Blumenthal...
7th - 12th

Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women

Written by Cornelia Meigs
Before Louisa May Alcott wrote her iconic and beloved novel, Little Women, she had her own...
6th - 8th

Brainstorm!: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors

Written by Tom Tucker and Illustrated by Richard Loehle
Every year thousands of patents are filed in the United States, some of them by kids. Learn all...
6th - 8th

Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium

Written by Carla Killough McClafferty
Marie Curie's worked on radioactivity changed science forever. Explore the life of one of the most...
5th - 9th

Presenting Buffalo Bill The Man Who Invented the Wild West

Written by Candace Fleming
Everyone knows the name Buffalo Bill, but few these days know what he did or, in some cases, didn't...
5th - 9th

Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas

Written by Jim Ottaviani and Illustrated by Maris Wicks
Jim Ottaviani returns with an action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last...
7th - 12th

Andrew Carnegie

Written by Sarah DeCapua
Readers will be introduced to Andrew Carnegie and his rise from impoverished immigrant to one of the...
4th - 8th

Bill and Melinda Gates

Written by Dana Mechen Rau
Looks at the life of the founder of Microsoft, discusses the history of the company, and describes...
4th - 8th

Bono

Written by Christin Ditchfield
Bono and the band U2 have delighted audiences worldwide for more than 20 years. Readers will learn...
4th - 8th

Ellen Ochoa

Written by Annie Buckley
Ellen Ochoa's has a passion for engineering, space, and science. Readers will find out how Ochoa...
4th - 8th

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Written by James M Flammang
Discover how Larry Page and Sergey Brin started out as two ordinary computer science graduate...
4th - 8th

Madame C. J. Walker

Written by Katie Marsico
A biography of the African American businesswoman whose invention of facial creams and other...
4th - 8th

Yo-Yo Ma (Life Skills Biographies)

Written by Annie Buckley
Yo-Yo Ma is a world-class cellist who has won numerous Grammy awards and is beloved by audiences...
4th - 8th

Me Llaman Heroe: Recuerdos de Mi Juventud (They Call Me Hero: A Memoir of My Youth)

Written by Daniel Hernandez (author), ‎ Carlos Verdecia (Translator) and ‎ Susan Goldman Rubin (Contributor)
When Daniel Hernandez was twenty years old, he was working as an intern for U.S. Representative...
7th - 12th

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings, A Memoir

Written by Margarita Engle
Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother’s tropical island country, a...
7th - 9th

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Written by Frederick Douglass
Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose...
6th - 12th

Chasing Space

Written by Leland Melvin
Former football player, astronaut, and engineer, Leland Melvin recounts his career and achieving his...
5th - 8th

Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!

Written by Marley Dias
Drawing from her experience, Marley shows kids how they can galvanize their strengths to make...
5th - 10th

Barack Obama

Written by Beatrice Gormley
The fascinating life and early struggles of Barack Obama, who has consistently broken barriers for...
6th - 9th

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