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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Noisy Paint Box
Barb Rosenstock · 33 pages
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmAD630L Lexile
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?
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
Kathryn Gibbs Davis · 40 pages
Capturing an engineer's creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world's most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris wheel. Capturing an engineer's creative vision and mind for detail, this biography sheds light on how the American inven
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.
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
Laurie Halse Anderson · 40 pages
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
Jeanette Winter · 32 pages
This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.
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 Abraham Lincoln
Brad Meltzer · 40 pages
Focusing on a character trait that makes the featured role model heroic, this book shows how Abraham Lincoln always spoke up about fairness. Abraham Lincoln always spoke up about fairness and thus led the country to abolish slavery. This simple biography follows him from childhood to the presidency, including the Civil War and his legendary Gettysburg Address.
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
Duncan Tonatiuh · 40 pages
Presents the life of the Mexican artist, who became famous for his drawings of skeletons in multiple everyday poses which have become identified with the Mexican Day of the Dead.
Pocahontas
Ingri d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire · 44 pages
A simple biography of the proud Indian princess who saved the life of John Smith, married an Englishman, and went to England where she met the Queen.
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
Chris Barton · 33 pages
Chronicles the life and achievements of the NASA engineer and inventor, from his childhood to his accidental invention of the Super Soaker water gun.
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage
Selina Alko
The story of interracial couple Mildred and Richard Perry, who got married in Washington, D.C., and were arrested after they returned to Virginia, and took their legal case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. This tribute to the Loving family describes how they were arrested in mid-twentieth-century Virginia for violating laws against interracial marriage and argued their case all the way to t
Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution
Mara Rockliff · 32 pages
"A stirring picture book biography about a forgotten hero of the American Revolution who rose to the occasion and served his country, not with muskets or canons, but with gingerbread!"-- This picture-book biography introduces a forgotten hero of the American Revolution who rose to the occasion and served his country, not with muskets or canons, but with gingerbread.
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters
Barack Obama · 40 pages
"In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America's
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
Monsieur Marceau: Actor Without Words
Leda Schubert
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
Jennifer Fisher Bryant
Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei
Peter Sis · 37 pages
Describes the life and work of the courageous man who changed the way people saw the galaxy, by offering objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe.
Me, Frida
Amy Novesky · 32 pages
Artist Frida Kahlo finds her own voice and style when her famous husband, Diego Rivera, is commissioned to paint a mural in San Francisco, California, in the 1930s and she finds herself exploring the city on her own.
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.
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
Laban Carrick Hill
Grandfather Gandhi
Arun Gandhi, Bethany Hegedus · 48 pages