Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
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Who Is Derek Jeter?
$6.99 Read moreWhen Derek Jeter was eight years old, he announced that he was going to play baseball for the New York Yankees. Jeter earned the attention of major league scouts in high school and was drafted to the … [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Herman, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 18 2015
- ISBN10: 0448486970
- Language: English
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Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories
$19.99 Read moreFrom surviving a plane crash in the jungle to striking against climate change, you won’t believe the incredible stories of the challenges these brave kids from around the world have overcome
Rise Up:- Author: Li, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1524855294
- Language: English
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Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden
$18.99 Read moreFrom an all-star team comes a lyrical picture-book biography about a writer and master gardener who created beauty in a harsh island habitat that was visited by literary and artistic luminaries of her… [more below]
- Author: Root, Phyllis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1536204293
- Language: English
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Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Astronauts: With STEM Projects for Kids
$14.95 Add to cartHands-on space science projects help launch kids ages 8 to 11 into learning about fearless female astronauts who broke barriers across space and gender in this full-color book full of real-world conne
- Series: Girls in Science
- Author: Klepeis, Alicia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1619307812
- Language: English
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Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman
$7.99 Add to cartBorn into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. Escape seemed impossible – certainly dangerous. Yet Harriet did escape North, by the secret route called the Underground Railroa… [more below]
- Author: Sterling, Dorothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0590436287
- Language: English
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A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin
$18.99 Read moreFor take-charge girls in the making and fans of I Dissent and Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice, this is the story of Jeannette Rankin, the first US congresswoman.
Jeannette Rankin was always a take-ch- Author: Woelfle, Gretchen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 7, 2023
- ISBN10: 1662680120
- Language: English
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Who Was Bob Marley?
$6.99 Add to cartGet Up, Stand Up for the king of reggae music
Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and so- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Ellison, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 6, 2017
- ISBN10: 0448489198
- Language: English
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Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women
$11.99 Add to cartAward-winning duo Catherine Thimmesh and Melissa Sweet inspire a new generation of innovators in this fascinating celebration of women inventors from diverse backgrounds. For fans of Women Who Dared a
- Author: Thimmesh, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0618195637
- Language: English
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Woodsong
$7.99 Add to cartA LIFE AS EXCITING AS FICTION
Gary Paulsen, three-time Newbery Honor author, is no stranger to adventure. He has flown off the back of a dogsled and down a frozen waterfall to near disaster, and wait- Author: Paulsen, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 1, 2007
- ISBN10: 1416939393
- Language: English
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Old Enough to Make a Difference: Be Inspired by Real-Life Children Building a More Sustainable Future
$18.99 Add to cartIn social entrepreneur Rebecca Hui’s Old Enough to Make a Difference, meet 12 enterprising and inspiring kids from around the world who have started businesses to help people and the planet, featuring… [more below]
- Series: Changemakers
- Author: Hui, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 141976599X
- Language: English
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Who Was Sojourner Truth?
$6.99 Add to cartAlmost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court–and won Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was kno… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0448486784
- Language: English
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Cuentos Para Niños Que Se Atreven A Ser Diferentes = Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different
$20.95 Add to cartUna colecci?n inspiradora de 100 hombres famosos y no tan famosos que hicieron del mundo un lugar mejor a trav?s de la compasi?n, la generosidad y la confianza en s? mismos.
Los ni?os al crecer pueden- Author: Brooks, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 20 2018
- ISBN10: 6073169361
- Language: Spanish
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Rebel Girls Level Up: 25 Tales of Gaming and the Metaverse
$8.99 Read moreTRUE STORIES OF CREATORS AND COMMUNITY!
Meet 25 inspiring women in the world of gaming and the metaverse. Read about how they’ve created innovative technology, designed the video games you play, and b- Series: Rebel Girls Minis
- Author: Rebel Girls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1953424465
- Language: English
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Who Was Marie Curie?
$6.99 Add to cartBorn in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There sh… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Stine, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 07 2014
- ISBN10: 044847896X
- Language: English
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Dazzlin’ Dolly: The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton
$18.99 Add to cartThis inspirational and dazzlin’ story of Dolly Parton–noted singer, songwriter, and humanitarian–follows her rise to fame, from her beginnings in East Tennessee to performing to thousands at the Gra… [more below]
- Author: Slade, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1635928419
- Language: English
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Who Was William Shakespeare?
$6.99 Add to cartThe beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world’s most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Mannis, Celeste
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 28, 2006
- ISBN10: 0448439042
- Language: English
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Who Was Alexander the Great?
$6.99 Add to cartAlexander the Great conquers the New York Times best-selling Who Was…? series
When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great k- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Waterfield, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0448484234
- Language: English
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Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing Boys Who Changed the World Without Killing Dragons
$17.99 Add to cartBoys can be anything they want to be This timely book joins and expands the gender-role conversation and gives middle-grade boys a welcome alternative message: that masculinity can mean many things.
- Series: The Dare to Be Different
- Author: Brooks, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 25, 2018
- ISBN10: 0762465921
- Language: English
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Who Is Megan Rapinoe?
$5.99 Read moreLearn about the bold and courageous life of soccer champion and activist Megan Rapinoe in the new Who HQ Now format of #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series.
On July 7, 2019, Megan Rapinoe ra- Series: Who HQ Now
- Author: Loh, Stefanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0593520807
- Language: English
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Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World-Traveling Bug Hunter
$17.99 Add to cartBack in 1881, when Evelyn Cheesman was born, English girls were expected to be clean and dressed in frilly dresses. But Evelyn crawled in dirt and collected glow worms in jars. When girls grew up they
- Author: Evans, Christine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 24, 2019
- ISBN10: 1943147663
- Language: English
