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Summary: Biography of Davy Crockett.
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Call #: J B CROCKETT
Location: Junior Biographies
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Linda Bailey
(1,578)
Summary: How does a story begin? Sometimes it begins with a dream, and a dreamer. Mary is one such dreamer, a little girl who learns to read by tracing the letters on the tombstone of her famous feminist...
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Call #: J B SHELLEY
Location: Junior Biographies
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Helaine Becker
(1,315)
Summary: You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 mission. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo 13 returned safely home? As a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count....
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Call #: J B JOHNSON
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Natascha Biebow
(1,532)
Summary: Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys.
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Call #: J B BINNEY
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Toni Buzzeo
(455)
Summary: From a very young age, Sue Hendrickson was meant to find things: lost coins, perfume bottles, even hidden treasure. Her endless curiosity eventually led to her career in diving and paleontology,...
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Call #: J B HENDRICKSON
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Kim Chaffee
(346)
Summary: Kathrine Switzer changed the world of running. This narrative biography follows Kathrine from running laps as a girl in her backyard to becoming the first woman to run the Boston Marathon with...
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Call #: J B SWITZER
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Lesa Cline-Ransome
(1,954)
Summary: A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.
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Call #: J B TUBMAN
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Matthew Cordell
(602)
Summary: How was "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" created, and who was the man that started it all? This moving and informative picture book explores the history of this acclaimed television show and its...
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Call #: J B ROGERS
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Anika Denise
(2,237)
Summary: Nonfiction picture book about the life and legacy of Pura Belpre, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City.
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Call #: J B BELPRE
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Alice Faye Duncan
Series:
People Who Shaped Our World
(230)
Summary: A collection of poems profiles the Chicago author who gave voice to the urban African American experience in the twentieth century.
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Call #: J B BROOKS
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Margarita Engle
(1,391)
Summary: Looks at the life and accomplishments of Teresa Carreño, one of the world's most famous pianists who, by age nine, performed for President Abraham Lincoln at the White House.
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Call #: J B CARRENO
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Kathryn Erskine
(359)
Summary: A harrowing picture biography of civil-rights activist and Grammy Award-winning South African singer Miriam Makeba.
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Call #: J B MAKEBA
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Tracey E Fern
(419)
Summary: Ellen Prentiss's papa said she was born with saltwater in her veins, so he gave her sailing lessons and taught her how to navigate. As soon as she met a man who loved sailing like she did, she...
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Call #: J B CREESY
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Candace Fleming
(227)
Summary: Joey Cornell collected everything -- anything that sparked his imagination or delighted his eye. His collection grew and grew until he realized that certain pieces just looked right together. He...
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Call #: J B CORNELL
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Jan Greenberg
(196)
Summary: Everyone who knew them agreed. Alberto was the genius of the family. His younger brother Diego was his opposite -- he didn't care much for books or schoolwork, and he had no idea what he would be...
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Call #: J B GIACOMETTI
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Amy Guglielmo
(462)
Summary: Presents the story of Grandin's "squeeze machine," describing her childhood love of building and design, as well as her sensitivities.
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Call #: J B GRANDIN
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Bethany Hegedus
(468)
Summary: The inspiring true story of Nelle Harper Lee, the girl who grew up to write To Kill a Mockingbird. Growing up in Monroeville, Alabama she wore overalls, went to the courtroom to watch her daddy try...
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Call #: J B LEE
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
H. Joseph Hopkins
(2,882)
Summary: Learn about Katherine Olivia Sessions who brought trees to San Diego and created what eventually became Balboa Park.
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Call #: J B SESSIONS
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Rita L. Hubbard
(2,965)
Summary: A picture book biography sharing the inspiring and incredible true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who learned to read at the age of 116.
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Call #: J B WALKER
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Barbara Kerley
(482)
Summary: Before Ralph Waldo Emerson was a great writer, he was a city boy who longed for the broad, open fields and deep, still woods of the country, and then a young man who treasured books, ideas, and...
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Call #: J B EMERSON
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Kathleen Krull
(463)
Summary: Presents a lively, whimsically illustrated tribute to the Fab Four's offbeat humor that traces the rise of Beatlemania and the influence of their humor on their musical achievements.
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Call #: J B BEATLES
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Cynthia Levinson
(1,615)
Summary: Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this picture book that proves you're never too little to make a difference. Nine-year-old...
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Call #: J B HENDRICKS
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Aura Lewis , illustrator
(270)
Summary: Gloria Steinem is known as a leader of the feminist movement and a trailblazer who fights for equality for all people. This unofficial biography for young readers tells her story, from being a young...
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Call #: J B STEINEM
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Michelle Markel
(227)
Summary: Chronicles the life and works of the surrealist artist, who created some of the most enigmatic and startling works of the twentieth century.
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Call #: J B CARRINGTON
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Linda Elovitz Marshall
(80)
Summary: Readers are introduced to Anne Frank through her love of writing, in this thoughtful and evocative biography.
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Call #: J B FRANK
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Tracy Maurer
(299)
Summary: Tells the story of the young blacksmith, John Deere, who changed farming forever with the invention of the steel plow.
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Call #: J B DEERE
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Brad Meltzer
Series:
Ordinary People Change The World
(65)
Summary: Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of seventeen for speaking out against injustice even when it was terrifying to do so. She was an ordinary Muslim girl who wanted to attend...
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Call #: J B YOUSAFZAI
Location: New Junior Biographies
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Brad Meltzer
Series:
Ordinary People Change The World
(1,026)
Summary: Even when he was a kid, Albert Einstein did things his own way. He thought in pictures instead of words, and his special way of thinking helped him understand big ideas like the structure of music...
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Call #: J B EINSTEIN
Location: Junior Biographies
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Brad Meltzer
Series:
Ordinary People Change The World
(863)
Summary: Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. He could run, leap, and throw better than any other kid around. But he lived at a time when the rules weren't fair to African Americans. Even...
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Call #: J B ROBINSON
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Yuyi Morales , illustrator
(6,004)
Summary: An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story.
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Call #: J B MORALES
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Julia Finley Mosca
Series:
Amazing Scientists
(1,576)
Summary: Describes the life and accomplishments of the animal scientist and designer of cruelty-free livestock facilities, from her early life and autism diagnosis through her journey to become a livestock expert.
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Call #: J B GRANDIN
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Claire Rudolf Murphy
(44)
Summary: Sacajawea, a Shoshoni woman, and York, a slave, assist Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their westward expedition; Sacajawea using her knowledge of the land, and York using his superior hunting...
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Call #: J B SACAGAWEA
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
S. D. Nelson , illustrator
(377)
Summary: A simple biography of Lakota-Oglala medicine man Black Elk, from his childhood vision which shaped his life through his battles with the whites and his travels with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show....
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Call #: J B BLACK ELK
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Annette Bay Pimentel
(517)
Summary: Because Bobbi Gibb is a girl, she's not allowed to run on her school's track team. But after school, no one can stop her -- and she's free to run endless miles to her heart's content. She is told no...
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Call #: J B GIBB
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Greg Pizzoli
(428)
Summary: The true story of the British explorer Percy Fawcett, who set out on a doomed expedition to find a lost city in the Amazon jungle.
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Call #: J B FAWCETT
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Patricia Polacco
(414)
Summary: Depicts the life of a young Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross.
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Call #: J B BARTON
Location: Junior Biographies
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by
Doreen Rappaport
Series:
Big Words
(1,686)
Summary: An introduction to the life and legacy of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan.
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Call #: J B KELLER
Location: Junior Biographies
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