Biography & Autobiography - Women
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Girls Who Rocked the World: Heroines from Joan of Arc to Mother Teresa
$12.99 Add to cart“Young women looking for inspiration will surely find it” (Booklist) in these profiles of forty-six movers and shakers who made their mark before they turned twenty.
This fun and inspiring collection- Author: Roehm McCann, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 30 2012
- ISBN10: 1582703027
- Language: English
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Miss Betti, What Is This?: How Detroit’s School Lunch Lady Got Good Food on the Menu
$18.99 Add to cartDiscover the changemaker who transformed the Detroit Public School lunch program–in stunning illustration.
Miss Betti knew wholesome, nourishing food. She also knew the kids in Detroit’s public schoo
- Author: Nargi, Lela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1534113258
- Language: English
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Make Your Mark: The Empowering True Story of the First Known Black Female Tattoo Artist
$18.99 Add to cartA picture book biography celebrating the first known Black female tattoo artist in the U.S., Jacci Gresham, co-authored by Jacci herself, and with stylish, accessible artwork by David Wilkerson
How to- Author: Gresham, Jacci
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 059361836X
- Language: English
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She Persisted: Kamala Harris
$16.99 Add to cartInspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds–including Democratic pr… [more below]
- Series: She Persisted
- Author: Mirchandani, Raakhee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 9798217039586
- Language: English
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Ellie: An Inspiring Story about Inclusivity and Growing Up with Down Syndrome
$17.99 Add to cartThis empowering and up-lifting picture book by Ellie Goldstein will inspire young children to be free to become whoever they are. Ellie is a powerful story about determination to overcome challenges d
- Author: Goldstein, Ellie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1915749239
- Language: English
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Girls to the Front: 40 Asian American Women Who Blazed a Trail
$19.99 Add to cartStand back, the girls are coming through: Learn about forty amazing Asian American women who have changed the course of history!
From the big stage to the US Navy, from laboratories to the boardroom, f
- Author: Mata, Niña
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0063216280
- Language: English
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Who Is Katie Ledecky?
$5.99 Add to cartLearn how a young girl who loved being in the water became one of the greatest Olympic swimmers of all time in this exciting addition to the Who HQ Now series featuring newsmakers and trending topics.… [more below]
- Series: Who HQ Now
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0593752848
- Language: English
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Of Words and Water: The Story of Wilma Dykeman–Writer, Historian, Environmentalist: The Story of Wilma Dykeman–Writer, Historian, Environmentalist
$18.95 Add to cartExperience the lyrical beauty of this picture book biography as it unveils the remarkable life of Wilma Dykeman, a writer and environmentalist whose deep connection to a local river ignited her passio… [more below]
- Author: Hitchcock, Shannon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1478870370
- Language: English
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Never Silent: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Story
$22.99 Add to cartTo be published on what will be the 80th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, survivor Setsuko Thurlow shares her memories of that horrific event and her resulting lifelong com
- Author: Thurlow, Setsuko
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1773219855
- Language: English
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Women Who Dared Volume 2: 52 More Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels
$16.99 Add to cartWomen Who Dared Volume 2 brings readers 52 MORE incredible stories of daredevils and adventurers from around the world for readers of all ages. Celebrate and be inspired by the amazing, outrageous sto
- Series: Women Who Dared
- Author: Skeers, Linda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1728297788
- Language: English
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Your Crown Shines: For Ketanji Brown Jackson and You
$19.99 Add to cartKetanji.
Unshook.
Unbothered.
Poised for position.
Based on the electric and historic appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, this poetic picture book from powerhouse jessica Care mo
- Author: Moore, Jessica Care
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 0063311399
- Language: English
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Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt’s Heart
$20.99 Add to cartIn this riveting YA non-fiction set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, trace Lorena Hickok–or Hick’s– rise from devastating childhood to renowned journalist, and watch as she forms the mo… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0593649095
- Language: English
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Who Is Carol Burnett?
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover why comedian and actress Carol Burnett is one of the most iconic entertainers of the twentieth century.
From an early age, Carol Burnett developed a love for entertainment, teaching herself t- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Stabler, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0593886569
- Language: English
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Birdlore: The Iridescent Life of Florence Merriam Bailey
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the author of Shark Lady comes the true story of Florence Merriam Bailey, the groundbreaking scientist who inspired a nation to take up bird-watching and worked tirelessly to protect our feathere… [more below]
- Author: Keating, Jess
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 059348858X
- Language: English
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She Persisted: Kamala Harris
$6.99 Add to cartInspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds–including Democratic pr… [more below]
- Series: She Persisted
- Author: Mirchandani, Raakhee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79822E+12
- Language: English
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An Owl on Every Post
$15.99 Add to cartSanora Babb experienced pioneer life in a one-room dugout, eye-level with the land that supported, tormented and beguiled her; where her family fought for their lives against drought, crop-failure, st
- Author: Babb, Sanora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 098599150X
- Language: English
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One Girl’s Voice: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land
$18.99 Add to cartSuffragist and abolitionist Lucy Stone, a pioneer in the 19th century’s two greatest movements for equality, finds her voice in this STEAM picture book for budding activists.
Lucy Stone grew up in a w- Author: Kirkfield, Vivian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1662680457
- Language: English
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Camino a Las Estrellas: Mi Recorrido de Girl Scout a Ingeniera Astron?utica (Path to the Stars Spanish Edition)
$9.99 Read moreUna familia cari?osa, un vecindario repleto de ni?os y una mam? que cantaba todo el d?a… Sylvia Acevedo amaba todo lo que ten?a en la vida. Un d?a se enferm? su hermanita, y todo cambi?.
Mientras su
- Author: Acevedo, Sylvia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1328809579
- Language: Spanish
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Cuentos de Buenas Noches Para Ni?as Rebeldes. 100 Mexicanas Extraordinarias: 100 Mexicanas Extraordinarias
$17.95 Read moreHab?a una vez 100 mujeres extraordinarias. etas so sus historias.
La publicaci?n del primer volumen de esta serie sacudi? al mundo y le mostr? a las Ni?as Rebeldes de todo el planeta que no hay fronter
- Author: Favilli, Elena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 6070774116
- Language: Spanish
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The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs
$19.99 Add to cartAuthor/illustrator Fiona Robinson’s Bluest of Blues is a gorgeous picture book biography of botanist and photographer Anna Atkins–the first person to ever publish a book of photography.
An ALSC Notab- Author: Robinson, Fiona
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1419725513
- Language: English
