Biography & Autobiography - Kids

#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer brings together a remarkable group of heroes with one thing in common: they were ordinary people who became extraordinary. A perfect companion to girl power collections like Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, Rachel Ignotofsky's Women in...

What happens when Victoria's mother dies, leaving one-year-old Victoria and the rest of her siblings to fend for themselves? Will there be someone to take care of Victoria? God never forgets anyone, and He had not forgotten about Victoria. Open the book to find...

Through her eyes, the moving story of a young Rwandan girl born with clubfeet and the risk she takes for the chance to walk on the bottoms of her feet for the first time.Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rwanda with curled and twisted feet,...

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of professional tennis player Naomi Osaka in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a table of contents, author biography,...

Play ball with Satchel Paige with this nonfiction picture book biography from two Coretta Scott King Award-winning creators. No one pitched like Leroy "Satchel" Paige. Fans packed the stands to see how many batters he could strike out in one game. He dazzled them...

Although she ruled England for less than two weeks, Lady Jane Grey has been admired for generations for her courage and faithfulness to the gospel--even though she was executed for treason at the age of sixteen. In this addition to the Christian Biographies for...

Calling Paw Patrol fans and all dog lovers Follow the real life adventures of dogs with jobs as they help their communities and save the day. In this endearing read-aloud picture book, readers meet courageous canine Dolley, and follow her as she spends an...

"Grandma Moses is a name synonymous with American folk art. Considered by many to be America's preeminent folk painter, her winsome style, evocative of a simpler, bygone era, has endeared her to millions worldwide. The landscape is probably the most popular of Grandma Moses's...

Black people have fought in every war the United States has been in, even when they weren't able to officially serve. Readers will discover the bravery and achievements of Black soldiers and units--including the storied 6888th battalion of tenacious Black women. The Racial Justice...

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of professional snowboarder and Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a table of...

Greeks were history's great men of thought. John Haaren has collected stories from the lives of thirty famous Greek Men, detailing the rise, Golden Age, and fall of Greece. Among these men are Aristotle, Ptolemy, Ulysses, Pericles, and Alexander the Great. Your children will...

Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her compelling experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her "compelling...unvarnished, resonant" (BookPage) memoir, The Distance Between Us. When her parents make the dangerous and illegal trek across the Mexican border in pursuit of...

Dancing With Tex: The Remarkable Friendship To Save The Whooping Cranes brings a true environmental story to life about the power of friendship in saving the Whooping Cranes from extinction. Tex is a rare Whooping Crane from Texas who believes she belongs with people....

An account of the explorations of Eric the Red and his son, Leif Ericson, in the New World, 500 years before Columbus.Author: Elizabeth JanewayISBN-10: 1893103358ISBN-13: 9781893103351Publisher: Beautiful Feet BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/16/2010Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.36d

The extraordinary true crime story of a family, a brutal shooting, and the year that would change their lives forever. When Cylin Busby was nine years old, she was obsessed with Izod clothing, the Muppets, and a box turtle she kept in a shoebox....

Count Zinzendorf opened his estate to persecuted Moravian Christians, and under his leadership this vibrant community launched the modern missions movement. Beginning at Herrnhut and traveling as far as Africa, America, and Russia, the bold believers of the Moravian Church planted seeds that continue...

Ten true stories of real-life heroes of the Vietnam War!Twenty-eight soldiers--all but five badly wounded or dead in the first few minutes of a devastating ambush--are fending off 200 North Vietnamese soldiers. US platoon leader Lieutenant Hal Fritz shouts to his comrades, "We will...

Discover Jane Goodall's big ideas about conserving habitats and ways even the youngest kids can help, too! Even little children can make a positive impact on the environment. Jane Goodall has dedicated her life to studying chimpanzees, and realized that sometimes people hurt the...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second woman justice to serve on the Supreme Court. But do you know what she was like as a child? Strong role models and encouragement to be herself led Ruth to speak her mind and to stand up for...

Meet the black inventors who lived their dreams--from the early years to modern times Benjamin BannekerAndrew Jackson BeardGeorge E. Carruthers, Ph.D.George Washington CarverMichael Croslin, Ph.D.David Nelson Crosthwait Jr.Charles Richard Drew, M.D.Meredith Gourdine, Ph.D.Claude HarvardShirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.Frederick McKinley JonesPercy Lavon Julian, Ph.D.Ernest Everett Just,...

This book examines the boy king both through his historical narrative and through the objects discovered in his tomb. Clear text and vibrant photos grab and hold readers' interest, and QR Codes in each chapter link to book-specific videos, activities, and more. Features include...

Just in time for Black History Month and every other month, too Baltimore-based, black attorney Craig Thompson presents us with The ABCs of Black History. The ABCs celebrates 26 notable greats, past and present, like Booker T. Washington, Fannie Lou Hamer, Malcolm X, and...

He was too tough even for the Marine Corps Chesty Puller enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1918 at the age of 20. He chased bandits in Haiti and Nicaragua, commanded the Horse Marines in Peking, battled his way from island to bloody island...

The story of Truman Everts survival for 37 days in Yellowstone is an astonishing tale of one man's struggle against the wilderness.What started out as an expedition to explore the beauty of Yellowstone, soon turned into a fight for survival when he became separated...

In this breathtaking companion to the award-winning Grandfather Gandhi, Arun Gandhi, with Bethany Hegedus, tells a poignant, personal story of the damage of wastefulness, gorgeuously illustrated by Evan Turk. At Grandfather Gandhi's service village, each day is filled, from sunrise to sunset, with work...

Did you know that the man behind Hershey's chocolate used to work in an ice cream parlor? Or that he had to try over and over again to get his now-famous chocolate to taste as delicious as it does today? Milton Hershey's life wasn't...

Out of the desert God called a man to pave the way for the coming of Jesus. A courageous man who would stand up to leaders of his day. A humble man who recognized that he was not to be the star of salvation...

Why do I have to sit separately in a corner of the classroom? Why can't I drink water from the tap like other children? Why do the teachers never touch my books?The 'whys' shout louder in little Bhim's head as he grows up, trailed...

Pursuing his calling with singleness of vision, John Wesley (1703 -1791) defied the strength of angry mobs and longwithstanding traditions to offer the hope of Christ to millions of people who were outside the influence of the churches of the day. Passionate and tireless,...

Dozens of books and dime novels have been written about the reckless, daring adventures of Kit Carson's youth. Little has been told of the wisdom and greatness of his later years.--Ralph MoodyIn 1826 an undersized sixteen-year-old apprentice ran away from a saddle maker in...

This extraordinary true story introduces readers to the unforgettable Waterhouse Hawkins: Victorian artist and visionary who built the world's first life-size models of dinosaurs Can you fathom a time when almost no one in the world knew what a dinosaur looked like? That was...

Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable--and 100% true. A star-studded group...

Even the most well-known people have struggled to succeed Find out what they learned and how they turned their failures into triumphs with this engaging and youthful guide on how to succeed long term. There is a lot of pressure in today's society to...

Fans of Thirteen Reasons Why, Running with Scissors, and Girl, Interrupted will be entranced by this remarkable true story of teenage despair and recovery. "[The Burn Journals] describes a particular kind of youthful male desolation better than it has ever been described before, by...

Every night, when Naiya's mom tucks her into bed, she tells her about a different woman who helped make the world a better place. Join Naiya as she learns about the diverse careers of 99 Muslim women.Author: Shazia LatifISBN-10: 1737155826ISBN-13: 9781737155829Publisher: ProlanceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2021Pages:...

From "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens" to "Doe, a deer, a female deer," many people have grown up humming the tunes or singing the lyrics to the songs from the beloved movie The Sound of Music. But what is the real story...

Son of a Scottish trader and an Indigenous mother, Cuthbert Grant became a leader of the M騁is--a distinct group of mixed European and Indigenous people who developed communities along fur trading routes in the 1800s. He saw his people through conflict and change and...

Could you survive trapped underwater? Harrison Okene: Sixty Hours Underwater in the True Survival series explores Okene's shocking survival story. The book is written with a high interest level and lower level of complexity to serve more mature students reading at lower levels. Clear...

Fans of the New York Times best-selling series can find out what makes a hero with puzzles, mazes, quizzes, and brain-busting challenges. Based on Brad Meltzer's series about historical figures from Martin Luther King Jr. to Sacagawea, this activity book features favorites from the...

The Extraordinarily Ordinary Life of Prince: Everybody's Good at Something, The sequel to Which Forks First, is based on actual events from Prince A Sanders' life. This story embodies two major themes that are commonly faced in today's society; The journey to discovering one's...

Welcome to the disaster zone where awful accidents kill people around the world. Follow along to see how a famous stuntman met his end at the hands (peel) of an orange, a harsh Greek lawmaker was killed by cloaks, and a groundbreaking balloonist died...

Miriam wasn't perfect . . . but with God's power, her courage changed the world.Miriam was given one of the world's hardest babysitting jobs: to hide her infant brother in the Nile River while danger lurked. Her quick thinking protected little Moses and helped...

Welcome to the disaster zone where we can learn all about atrocious animal deaths. We'll see how the father of tragedy was killed by a tragic turtle, a gutsy soldier experienced death by elephant, and a king died from a monkey bite. There's no...

Welcome to the disaster zone where frightful foods are killer. Discover the Swedish king who killed himself by stuffing his gut, the famous philosopher who was taken down by apricots, and how the love for beans killed in ancient Greece. There's so much to...

In one decisive moment, Cameron Townsend understood that God had called him to translate the Bible into the language of his Guatemalan friends. For Cam, the obstacles were small in comparison to the growing reward of helping the diverse people of Guatemala, Mexico, and...

An estimated 13 million students in the United States have dyslexia, a neurologic disorder that impairs reading. Reading quickly and accurately is often the key to success in school. Without it, many dyslexics struggle and fail. Some, however, go on to achieve wild success....

As early as second grade, I discovered a passion for American history. John Lewis marched with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. John Lewis inspired me to become involved as an advocate for common sense gun control, climate change, racial justice,...

At age six the sharp bite of a whip taught Harriet Tubman what it meant to be a slave. The other slaves scoffed when Harriet resolved to escape north someday. Little did they know that this girl would one day lead hundreds of slaves...

Walter Payton was arguably the greatest running back in the history of professional football. A star for the Chicago Bears from 1974 to 1987, Payton rushed for a National Football League career record of 16,726 yards. Known to football fans everywhere as "Sweetness," he...

Even the most well-known people have struggled to succeed! This follow-up to Fantastic Failures offers up a second dose of fascinating stories featuring flops that turned into triumphs.Kids today are under a lot of pressure to succeed, but failure has an important place in...