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Biographies for children

Inspiring stories about real people. Selected by Susan C.

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25 items

  • Suni Lee

    Gymnastics Superstar

    Kim, Cheryl
    Book, 2023North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, 2023. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Wood, Wire, Wings

    Emma Lilian Todd Invents An Airplane

    Larson, Kirsten W.
    Book, 2020New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2020] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Book, 2019Emeryville, California : Rockridge Press, [2019] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • The Right Word

    Roget and His Thesaurus

    Bryant, Jen, 1960-
    Book, 2014Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2014. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Girls Think of Everything

    Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

    Thimmesh, Catherine
    Book, 2000Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000. — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • The Girl From the Tar Paper School

    Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement

    Kanefield, Teri, 1960-
    Book, 2014New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Book, 2014New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, c2014. — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • Book, 2018Seattle, WA : The Innovation Press, [2018] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Feed Your Mind

    a Story of August Wilson

    Bryant, Jen, 1960-
    Book, 2019New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Streetcar to Justice

    How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

    Hearth, Amy Hill, 1958-
    Book, 2018New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Book, 2019New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2019. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • No Truth Without Ruth

    the Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Krull, Kathleen
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Just Like Rube Goldberg

    the Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines

    Aronson, Sarah
    Book, 2019New York : Beach Lane Books, [2019] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Her Fearless Run

    Kathrine Switzer's Historic Boston Marathon

    Chaffee, Kim
    Book, 2019Salem, Massachusetts : Page Street Kids, 2019. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • The Inventor's Secret

    What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford

    Slade, Suzanne
    Book, 2015Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2015] — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • Book, 2013New York : Scholastic, Inc, [2013] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Fab Four Friends

    the Boys Who Became the Beatles

    Reich, Susanna
    Book, 2015New York : Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2015. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Josephine

    the Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

    Powell, Patricia Hruby, 1951-
    Book, 2014San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2014] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)