Biography & Autobiography - General
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The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Revolution
$18.99 Read moreThe Sweetest Scoop is a picture book biography of the entrepreneurial activist duo behind Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and their rocky road to success, from author Lisa Robinson and award-winning illustrat… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1419748033
- Language: English
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Sundiata: The Self-Determined King
$10.99 Add to cartJourney to the enchanting land of Mali, where a young prince named Sundiata faces challenges that test his strength and spirit. Despite being born into royalty, Sundiata’s weak legs make others doubt
- Author: Myrie Ed D., Doreen N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 22
- Publish Date: August 29 2024
- ISBN10: 969499277X
- Language: English
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The Sun Does Shine (Young Readers Edition): An Innocent Man, a Wrongful Conviction, and the Long Path to Justice
$10.99 Add to cartA Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
The Sun Does Shine is an extraordinary testament to the power of hope sustained through the darkest times, now adapted for younger readers, with a revise- Author: Hinton, Anthony Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1250327113
- Language: English
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Let’s Meet Chicago: Real Kids in the Windy City
$21.99 Add to cartA book for kids by kids that takes you on a tour around Chicago’s neighborhoods. Veteran journalist Alina Dizik interviews school-aged children around the city to learn about their likes, dislikes and
- Author: Dizik, Alina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: April 29 2020
- ISBN10: 0578677601
- Language: English
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Jacob Deshazer: Forgive Your Enemies
$11.99 Read moreThree thousand feet above China, it was Jake’s turn to jump. He slid his pistol, knife, and ration packets into the pockets of his leather jacket and edged toward the open hatch of the B-52 bomber. He… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 221
- Publish Date: January 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1576584755
- Language: English
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Walter Payton: Football’s Sweetest Superstar
$12.95 Add to cartWalter 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… [more below]
- Series: Great American Sports Legends
- Author: Towle, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 225
- Publish Date: August 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1581824769
- Language: English
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Papa The Popular Printer
$24.99 Add to cart“A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and further will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.”
– Daisaku Ikeda
Papa the P
- Author: Yankson, T. Lynette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 9798891098688
- Language: English
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Papa The Popular Printer
$14.99 Add to cart“A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and further will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.”
– Daisaku Ikeda
Papa the P
- Author: Yankson, T. Lynette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 9798891091702
- Language: English
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Fantastic Failures: True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling Down First
$12.99 Add to cartEven 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… [more below]
- Author: Reynolds, Luke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1582706654
- Language: English
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Betty Green: Wings to Serve
$11.99 Add to cartAs a young girl growing up on the shores of Lake Washington, Betty Greene had two passions: a love for Christ and a love of flying. As a young World War II WASP pilot, Betty dreamed of combining her t… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 195
- Publish Date: December 05 2001
- ISBN10: 1576581527
- Language: English
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Listen to the Wind: A Village in Pakistan Builds a School
$18.99 Read moreGreg Mortenson stumbled, lost and delirious, into a remote Himalayan village after a failed climb up K2. The villagers saved his life, and he vowed to return and build them a school. The remarkable st… [more below]
- Series: Rise and Shine
- Author: Mortenson, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 22 2009
- ISBN10: 0803730586
- Language: English
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Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
$21.99 Add to cartThe story that inspired the major motion picture Beautiful Boy featuring Steve Carell and Timoth e Chalamet.
This New York Times bestselling memoir of a young man’s addiction to methamphetamine tells- Author: Sheff, Nic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1416913629
- Language: English
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This Side of Wild: Mutts, Mares, and Laughing Dinosaurs
$7.99 Add to cartIn the National Book Award longlist book This Side of Wild, Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion,… [more below]
- Author: Paulsen, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 1481451510
- Language: English
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The Young People’s Book of Saints
$15.95 Add to cartAge Range: 8 and up
Saints are the men and women who best love Christ and His Church. They may be kings or queens, statesmen or soldiers, scholars, visionaries, workmen or beggars. They teach us the r
- Author: Williamson, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 05 2009
- ISBN10: 1933184620
- Language: English
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One Million Trees: A True Story
$8.99 Read moreThe real-life story of a family who planted 1,000,000 trees–yes, it’s true!–to fight deforestation in British Columbia.
When Kristen Balouch was 10 years old, her parents made a surprising announcem- Author: Balouch, Kristen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0823454584
- Language: English
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Hazelle Boxberg
$5.99 Add to cartTexas Bound
Hazelle has been living in the Grace Home, an orphanage in New York City, for almost a year. Now she and several other children have been put on a train headed for Texas, where they will … [more below]- Series: Brave Kids
- Author: Goodman, Susan E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: June 09 2008
- ISBN10: 0689849826
- Language: English
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Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier
$14.95 Add to cartDozens 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 Moody
In 1826
- Author: Moody, Ralph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0803283040
- Language: English
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Mighty Micah the Marathoner
$25.00 Add to cartIn many ways, Micah is a typical second grader who likes to do typical second-grade stuff. He loves to play, go to school, and of course, spend time with his friends. However, Micah connects with the
- Author: Snell, MacKenzie Brett
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 26
- Publish Date: September 15 2018
- ISBN10: 099909243X
- Language: English
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That’s Not Fair! / ¡No Es Justo!: Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice/La Lucha de Emma Tenayuca Por La Justicia
$22.95 Add to cartA vivid depiction of the early injustices encountered by a young Mexican-American girl in San Antonio in the 1920’s, this book tells the true story of Emma Tenayuca. Emma learns to care deeply about p… [more below]
- Author: Tafolla, Carmen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0916727335
- Language: Spanish
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Who Was Sam Walton?
$6.99 Add to cartThe story of a department-store trainee who became the richest man in America and owner of the biggest retail store in the world: Walmart.
Sam Walton used the money he earned in the army, along with- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1524792705
- Language: English
