RecommendedReads: JNon-Fiction:Biographies
TheWondersWeSeek:ThirtyIncredible MuslimsWhoHelpedShapetheWorld SaadiaFarqui&AneesaMumtaz
J 297.092 FARU, S
Discover the lives, stories, and accomplishments of many great accomplishments of many great Muslims throughout history.
KidTrailblazers RobinStevenson
J 920.02 STEV, R
Childhood biographies of sixteen changemakers in government, social activism, environmental justice, and the arts.
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The story follows Jane from her first realization of the unfairness that limited the lives, livelihoods, and health of disadvantaged people in the late 1800s to her becoming one of the most beloved-and most dislikedwomen of her day.
JBANDR, J
A biography about chef José Andrés, who, through his World Central Kitchen organization, is fulfilling a vision to feed people in need all over the world.
TheGirlWhoFiguredItOut MindaDentler
JBDENT, M
The uplifting true story of Minda Dentler, the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship triathlon.
ExtraordinaryMagic:TheStorytellingLifeof VirginiaHamilton NinaCrews
JBHAMI, V
A picture book biography [in poems] that tells the story of one of America's most celebrated children's book authors, Virginia Hamilton-- the first African American to win the Newbery Medal.
JerryChangedtheGame! DonTate
JBLAWS, J
This engaging picture book biography explores how Jerry Lawson, a Black engineer, revolutionized the video game industry.
CynthiaLevinson
A picture book about Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court ruling that mandated that public schools educate all US residents, including undocumented ones. JBLOPE, A
JBRAMI, L
Experience a 60-mile run with indigenous athlete Lorena Ramirez, who captured the world's attention when she won an ultramarathon in Mexico wearing a skirt and rubber sandals-the traditional clothes of the Rarámuri, "the light-footed people."
Star Trek actor, activist, and author George Takei shares his empowering and moving story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII. JBTAKE, G
Engaging artwork accompanies inspiring text in this STEM-focused addition that introduces readers to women scientists who didn't listen to those who told them "no" and who used their smarts, skills and persistence to discover, invent, create, and explain.
RootingforPlants:TheUnstoppableCharles S.Parker,BlackBotanistandCollector JaniceN.Harrington
OSJBPARK, C
Meet Charles S. Parker, an unsung yet trailblazing Black scientist who made major contributions to the fields of botany (the study of plants) and mycology (the study of fungi) in this inspiring STEM/STEAM picture book biography.
TheFastestDrummer:ClapYourHandsfor ViolaSmith! DeanRobbins
OSJBSMIT, V
Clap your hands for Viola Smith the pioneering female drummer at the heart of this bright and rhythmic biography, who rat-tat-tat-bang-crash-clink-boomed for nearly a century.
IAmOsage:HowClarenceTinkerBecame theFirstNativeAmericanMajorGeneral KimRogers
OSJBTINK, C
A biographical picture book about Clarence Tinker, a member of the Osage Nation, who endured abuse growing up at the hands of a boarding school and went on to serve in the United States Air Force in World War II.
IdaB.WellsMarchesfortheVote DinahJohnson
OSJBJOHN, D
A picture book biography about Ida B. Wells and her life as a suffragist, with a focus on the Women's March of 1913.