Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
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Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker’s Story
$9.99 Add to cartA Junior Library Guild Selection April 2018
2018 Cybils Award Finalist, Elementary Non-Fiction
BRLA 2018 Southwest Book Award
2019 Southwest Books of the Year: Kid Pick
2020 Grand Canyon Award, Nonfic- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0807511358
- Language: English
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Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics
$19.99 Read moreMusician, botanist, baseball player, pilot–the Latinos featured in Bravo!, by author Margarita Engle and illustrator Rafael López, come from many different countries and from many different backgroun
- Author: Engle, Margarita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 14, 2017
- ISBN10: 0805098763
- Language: English
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Philip Vera Cruz
$29.93 Read moreThe United Farm Workers union has an interesting past, and it’s all thanks to Philip Vera Cruz. This biography tells the story an unsung hero and Filipino farm worker that led the historic Delano stri
- Series: Leaders Like Us
- Author: Su, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1731656319
- Language: English
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The Untold Story of Larry Itliong: Labor Rights Hero
$8.99 Add to cartYou may have read about Cesar Chavez’s leadership in organizing the well-known Delano Grape Strike and Boycott of the 1960s. But did you know it began as a strike led by Larry Itliong? He was a Filipi… [more below]
- Series: First But Forgotten
- Author: Oxtra, Cristina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669004759
- Language: English
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My Name is an Address
$17.99 Add to cartYou are not lost! You are not alone! A GPS system navigates you to where you are going, but your name could lead to what you are looking for. What’s in a name? Ekuwah Mends uses the alphabet letters t
- Author: Moses, Ekuwah Mends
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1953852300
- Language: English
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The Seagull and the Sea Captain
$17.99 Read moreFrom New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award Nominee Sy Montgomery comes the sweet, brightly illustrated true story of a seagull and a sea captain who became friends over the course … [more below]
- Author: Montgomery, Sy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1534482245
- Language: English
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Sweet Dreams, MIS Hijos: Inspiring Bedtime Stories about Latino Leaders
$19.99 Read moreBilingual mini biographies (in English and Spanish) introduce young readers to groundbreaking Latino leaders–from Roberto Clemente and Cesar Chavez to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sonia Sotomayor.
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1950587339
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan
$17.99 Read moreA young mathematical genius from India searches for the secrets hidden inside numbers — and for someone who understands him — in this gorgeous picture-book biography.
A mango . . . is just one thing- Author: Alznauer, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0763690481
- Language: English
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Pass It On!
$23.99 Add to cartPass It On by Gloria J. McEwen Burgess and illustrated by Gerald Purnell is a children’s picture book about the author’s father, Earnest McEwen Jr., and his life-changing relationship with Nobel Laur
- Author: Burgess, Gloria J. McEwen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: November 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0998631426
- Language: English
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Fantastic Kids: George Washington Carver
$11.99 Read moreGeorge Washington Carver was born into slavery. No one thought much of him because he was sick and weak. He would spend his life proving them wrong. Learn more about the “Plant Doctor” turned “Peanut … [more below]
- Series: Exploring Reading
- Author: Jovin, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 142584961X
- Language: English
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Sojourner Truth: Voice for Freedom
$7.99 Read moreGet to know the activist Sojourner Truth in this middle grade nonfiction biography of her early years!Sojourner Truth was born into slavery under the name Isabella Bomfree. As an adult she gained free… [more below]
- Series: Childhood of Famous Americans (Paperback)
- Author: Kudlinski, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0689852746
- Language: English
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Saving Granddaddy’s Stories: Ray Hicks, the Voice of Appalachia
$7.95 Read moreAs a young boy living in the Appalachian Mountains, Ray Hicks loved his grandfather’s stories because he told them “the mountain way.” After his grandfather’s death, Ray continued to tell these storie… [more below]
- Author: Hitchcock, Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 22 2021
- ISBN10: 1478869674
- Language: English
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Hispanic Star: Roberto Clemente
$9.99 Add to cartRead about Puerto Rican Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente in Hispanic Star: Roberto Clemente, and learn the most groundbreaking, iconic Hispanic and Latinx heroes that have shaped our culture a
- Series: Hispanic Star #1
- Author: Edelman, Claudia Romo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1250828104
- Language: English
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Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
$11.99 Add to cart2001 Coretta Scott King Honor Book
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and sparked a boycott that changed America. Harriet Tubman helped more than three hundred slaves escape the South on- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: January 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0547906048
- Language: English
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Carter Reads the Newspaper: The Story of Carter G. Woodson, Founder of Black History Month
$8.99 Read moreEssential Black History Reading
The first-ever picture book biography of Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History Month Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Honor Book), NCSS
Parents’ Choice Silver Hono- Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1682633322
- Language: English
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The Secret Weapon… a Dream Deferred
$14.99 Add to cartIn Clyde Hall’s debut adolescent novel, “The Secret Weapon: A Dream Deferred,” he thoroughly articulates how easily people attempt to impose the same limitations on others that have been placed on the
- Author: Hall, Clyde
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 82
- Publish Date: May 19 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987492536
- Language: English
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Dalip Singh Saund
$29.93 Read moreDalip Singh Saund was born to a Sikh family in a small village in India. He went on to become a scholar, public speaker, author, farmer, judge, and the first Asian American elected to the United State
- Series: Leaders Like Us
- Author: Su, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1731657374
- Language: English
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Twice as Good: The Story of William Powell and Clearview, the Only Golf Course Designed, Built, and Owned by an African American
$16.95 Read moreTo nine-year-old Willie Powell, there was no prettier sight than the smooth grass lawns of Edgewater Golf Cource. He had been so eager to see them that he’d run seven miles to where the course was sit
- Author: Michelson, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 15, 2012
- ISBN10: 1585364665
- Language: English
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Drum from the Heart
$12.95 Add to cartWhen he is gifted a handmade drum by his mother, Ren learns the teachings of the drum that she also passes down to him. Ren discovers that through this special drum, he is able to connect to his cultu… [more below]
- Author: Louie, Ren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1989122884
- Language: English
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Heroes with Chutzpah: 101 True Tales of Jewish Trailblazers, Changemakers & Rebels
$35.00 Read moreA young teenager who spoke out for gun control in front of tens of thousands.
An Israeli street artist who painted an ancient city with modern images. A biotechnologist who led the quest for a Covid v- Author: Bodin Cohen, Rabbi Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: January 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1953829619
- Language: English
