Comics & Graphic Novels - Biography & Memoir
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Avicenna and the Book of Medicine
$10.99 Read moreAvicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, was a physician and philosopher in an era known as the Islamic Golden Age. When he was not working as a healer in the courts of different rulers, he collected the bes
- Series: Graphic Science Biographies
- Author: Dolz, Jordi Bayarri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1728478286
- Language: English
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Jesse Owens: Athletes Who Made a Difference
$8.99 Add to cartIn 1936, Adolf Hitler attempted to make the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, a showcase of Nazi superiority with a new stadium and the first television broadcast of the Games. He didn’t account for A
- Series: Athletes Who Made a Difference
- Author: Hoena, Blake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1728402956
- Language: English
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Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom
$19.99 Read moreThis illuminating graphic novel biography about Harriet Tubman sheds new light on one of American history’s bravest heroes.
Harriet Tubman did something exceptionally courageous: She escaped sl- Series: Center for Cartoon Studies Presents
- Author: Taylor, Whit
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 0759555508
- Language: English
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The Great Explorer of Mammoth Cave: A Graphic Novel Biography of Stephen Bishop
$36.65 Read moreMammoth Cave, a National Park in Brownsville, Kentucky, is the world’s largest cavern with more than 400 miles of cavern space. The first to explore the cave was an enslaved Black man, Stephen Bishop…. [more below]
- Series: Barrier Breakers
- Author: Pryor, Shawn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669061760
- Language: English
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Chasing Dreams, Becoming a Doctor
$14.99 Add to cartThis unique English-Khmer bilingual graphic memoir starts and ends in Cambodia for a girl who will inspire readers to hold on to their dreams.
Kim Uy and her parents waited 15 years in Cambodia before… [more below]
- Series: Our Stories Carried Us Here #3
- Author: Uy, Kim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1732790671
- Language: English
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It’s Her Story Rosalind Franklin a Graphic Novel
$10.99 Read moreA graphic novel for children ages 7 to 10. Rosalind Franklin was a British chemist during the 1940s and 1950s, when few women worked in the sciences. During WWII, she expanded our knowledge of the phy
- Author: Seve, Karen de
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1503764923
- Language: English
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Great Lives in Graphics: Mandela
$14.99 Add to cartGreat Lives in Graphics: Mandela is a graphic retelling of Mandela’s story which gives
children a visual snapshot of his life and long fight for freedom, while
educating them on everything from the hist… [more below]- Series: Great Lives in Graphics
- Author: Graphics, Great Lives in
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1787081362
- Language: English
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Drawing from Memory
$24.99 Add to cartCaldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan’s premier cartoonist
DRAWING FROM MEMORY i… [more below]
- Author: Say, Allen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0545176867
- Language: English
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Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice
$19.99 Read moreFrom the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a biographical graphic novel about celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a mo- Author: Levy, Debbie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1534424563
- Language: English
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Great Lives in Graphics: Marie Curie
$14.99 Add to cartGreat Lives in Graphics: Marie Curie is a graphic retelling of Curie’s story which gives children a visual snapshot of her life and the world she grew up in, while educating them on everything from ho… [more below]
- Series: Great Lives in Graphics
- Author: Graphics, Great Lives in
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1787081338
- Language: English
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Great Lives in Graphics: Frida Kahlo
$14.99 Read moreGreat Lives in Graphics: Frida Kahlo is a graphic retelling of Frida’s story which gives children a colorful snapshot of her life and the world she grew up in, while educating them on everything from
- Series: Great Lives in Graphics
- Author: Books, Button
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1787081141
- Language: English
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Before They Were Artists: Famous Illustrators as Kids
$17.99 Read moreThis vibrantly illustrated graphic novel anthology brings to life the childhood experiences of beloved artists and illustrators such as Wanda G?, Maurice Sendak, and Jerry Pinkney. Stylish illustratio… [more below]
- Author: Haidle, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1328801543
- Language: English
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Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice
$12.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a biographical graphic novel about celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a mo- Author: Levy, Debbie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1534424555
- Language: English
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It’s Her Story Shirley Chisholm a Graphic Novel
$10.99 Read more“Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, where she served for seven terms. She worked to improve the lives of children in need and was an outspoken champion o… [more below]
- Author: Jenai, Markia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1503762416
- Language: English
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The Circuit Graphic Novel
$15.99 Add to cartPoignantly told from a young boy’s perspective, the popular and award-winning memoir centered on a Mexican family working California’s fields is now a powerful graphic novel that will appeal to reader
- Series: Circuit
- Author: Jiménez, Francisco
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0358348226
- Language: English
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Button Pusher
$22.99 Read moreA memoir-driven realistic graphic novel about Tyler, a child who is diagnosed with ADHD and has to discover for himself how to best manage it.
Tyler’s brain is different. Unlike his friends, he has a- Author: Page, Tyler
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1250758343
- Language: English
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It’s Her Story Irena Sendler a Graphic Novel
$10.99 Add to cartIrena Sendler was a humanitarian and social worker in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Her job allowed her to pass through the armed gates of the Warsaw ghetto, bringing limited aid to the 45… [more below]
- Author: Littman, Margaret
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1503765784
- Language: English
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Bad Sister
$14.99 Add to cartThis middle grade graphic memoir by Charise Mericle Harper, featuring illustrations by Rory Lucey, follows a young girl who undergoes a crisis of conscience, realizing that she is a “bad sister.”
Mee- Author: Harper, Charise Mericle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1250219051
- Language: English
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Who Is the Man in the Air?: Michael Jordan: A Who HQ Graphic Novel
$12.99 Add to cart“Pulse-pounding, both as a sports highlight and a tribute to the character and determination of one of the game’s unexcelled greats.” — Kirkus
Discover the story behind Michael Jordan’s incredible tr- Series: Who HQ Graphic Novels
- Author: Soria, Gabe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0593385926
- Language: English
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Who Is Tibet’s Exiled Leader?: The 14th Dalai Lama: An Official Who HQ Graphic Novel
$12.99 Read moreDiscover the story behind the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s journey from Tibet to permanent exile in India in this captivating graphic novel written by 2020 APALA Award-winning author Teresa Robeson and ill
- Series: Who HQ Graphic Novels
- Author: Robeson, Teresa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593384601
- Language: English
