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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Story of Ruby Bridges
Robert Coles · 32 pages
For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story
Ken Mochizuki · 32 pages
A biography of Chiune Sugihara, who with his family's encouragement saved thousands of Jews in Lithuania during World War II.
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson · 32 pages
Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
I am Amelia Earhart
Brad Meltzer · 40 pages
Presents the life of the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White
Melissa Sweet · 176 pages
In this stunning, first-ever fully-illustrated biography of legendary author E.B. White, Sibert medalist and Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet uses White's letters, photos, and mementos, as well as her original collaged art, to tell the true story of one of the most beloved authors of all time.
Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein
Don Brown · 32 pages
An introduction to the work and early life of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.
The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever
H. Joseph Hopkins · 32 pages
Learn about Katherine Olivia Sessions who brought trees to San Diego and created what eventually became Balboa Park.
Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois
Amy Novesky · 40 pages
Just as spiders spin and repair their webs, Louise s own mother was a weaver of tapestries. Louise spent her childhood in France as an apprentice to her mother before she became a tapestry artist herself. She worked with fabric throughout her career, and this biographical picture book shows how Bourgeois s childhood experiences weaving with her loving, nurturing mother provided the inspiration for
Steve Martin: A Little Golden Book Biography
Andrea Posner-Sanchez; illustrated by Brenna Vaughan
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
Deborah Heiligman · 42 pages
Most people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation. And, it's true, many of them do. But Paul Erdos never followed the usual path. At the age of four, he could ask you when you were born and then calculate the number of seconds you had been alive in his head. But he didn't learn to butter his own bread until he turned twenty. Instead, he traveled around the world, from one
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
Laurie Wallmark · 38 pages
Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine.
Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: a Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix
Gary Golio · 32 pages
Before he became one of the greatest guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix was a boy who loved to paint and listen to records, and who asked himself an unusual question: could someone paint pictures with sound?
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Debbie Levy · 40 pages
Traces the achievements of the celebrated Supreme Court justice through the lens of her many famous acts of civil disagreement against inequality, unfair treatment, and human rights injustice.
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
Kathleen Krull · 44 pages
A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
Jennifer Fisher Bryant
Snowflake Bentley
Jacqueline Briggs Martin · 32 pages
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
She Persisted
Chelsea Clinton · 80 pages
"A nonfiction picture book compilation of the stories of 13 American women who persisted in overcoming obstacles and changing the world"--Provided by publisher. "Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted. Through
Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton
Meghan Mccarthy · 48 pages
In the 1930s most girls were happy playing with dolls. But one girl, Betty Skelton, liked playing with airplanes, watching them fly around outside, and even flying airplanes herself! She lived for an adventure—in the air, the water, and on land—and nothing could stop her, especially not being a girl. When Betty Skelton was young there weren’t many women flying airplanes or racing cars, but she
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Laurie Ann Thompson · 33 pages
The story of a West African youth who pursued an education, helped support his family, and became a record-setting cyclist in spite of a disability traces his ongoing achievements as an activist. Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, a West African youth who pursued an education, helped support his family, and became a record-setting cyclist in spite of a disability, traces his ongoing achievements as an activi
Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson
Sharon Robinson
As a testament to his courage, Jackie Robinson's daughter shares memories of him, from his baseball career to the day he tests the ice for her, her brothers, and their friends.
Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
Tomie dePaola · 32 pages
Relates the life and legends of Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
Andrea Davis Pinkney · 32 pages
A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category.
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell (Christy Ottaviano Books)
Tanya Lee Stone
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
Chris Barton
"A picture book biography of John Roy Lynch, one of the first African-Americans elected into the United States Congress"--Provided by publisher.