New Books
Picture Book Biographies by Subject
Jackie Ormes Draws the Future: The Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist by Call Number: PN6727.O74 Z77 2023ISBN: 9780593426548Publication Date: 2023-05-16
Curve and Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams by Call Number: NA737.W527 L66 2022ISBN: 9780593429075Publication Date: 2022-09-27
Extraordinary Magic: The Storytelling Life of Virginia Hamilton by Call Number: PS3558.A444 Z64 2024ISBN: 9780316383592Publication Date: 2024-01-09
There Was a Party for Langston by Call Number: PZ7.R33593 Th 2023ISBN: 9781534439443Publication Date: 2023-10-03
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Call Number: PS3503.R7244 Z885 2020ISBN: 9781419734113Publication Date: 2020-04-07
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne by Call Number: PN4874.P367 C55 2020ISBN: 9781481462891Publication Date: 2020-01-14
Bessie the Motorcycle Queen by Call Number: GV1060.2.S75 S65 2022ISBN: 9781338752472Publication Date: 2022-09-20
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Call Number: E444.W235 H83 2020ISBN: 9781524768287Publication Date: 2020-01-07
Love Is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: E185.97.N37 W35 2023ISBN: 9781534451032Publication Date: 2023-01-10
A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington by Call Number: E185.97.R93 W43 2022ISBN: 9781250779502Publication Date: 2022-11-08
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: E185.97.T546 J69 2022ISBN: 9781250220950Publication Date: 2022-09-06
Today Is Different by Call Number: PZ7.1.M679 To 2022ISBN: 9781728430294Publication Date: 2022-04-05
Because Claudette by Call Number: F334.M753 C6552 2022ISBN: 9780593326404Publication Date: 2022-02-01
Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Call Number: F334.M753 G557 2022ISBN: 9781524720643Publication Date: 2022-01-11
Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader by Call Number: E185.97.W55 D878 2022ISBN: 9781250239464Publication Date: 2022-01-04
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom by Call Number: E185.97.T8 S34 2018ISBN: 9781626728721Publication Date: 2018-09-25
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Call Number: F334.B653 L48 2017ISBN: 9781481400701Publication Date: 2017-01-17
Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever by Call Number: GV1469.3 .T37 2023ISBN: 9781665919081Publication Date: 2023-08-29
Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Bette by Call Number: TX649.J334 A76 2023ISBN: 9780593563229Publication Date: 2023-01-17
Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker by Call Number: TT653.R44 R48 2022ISBN: 9780525645856Publication Date: 2022-05-24
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson by Call Number: KF8745.J25 W43 2023ISBN: 9780593650165Publication Date: 2023-02-28
Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change by Call Number: E840.8.C48 B68 2022ISBN: 9781728420080Publication Date: 2022-11-01
The Faith of Elijah Cummings: The North Star of Equal Justice by Call Number: E185.97.C966 W43 2021ISBN: 9780593306505Publication Date: 2022-01-11
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Call Number: E840.8.J62 B37 2018ISBN: 9781481465618Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Lift Every Voice and Change: A Celebration of Black Leaders and the Words That Inspire Generations (A Sound Book) by Call Number: E185 .G67 2023ISBN: 9780760374597Publication Date: 2023-01-10
Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book by Call Number: E185.61 .B67 2022ISBN: 9780062967404Publication Date: 2022-10-04
Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book by Call Number: E185.61 .D385 2021ISBN: 9781506467917Publication Date: 2021-01-26
Charlotte the Ballerina: The True Story of a Girl Who Made Nutcracker History by Call Number: PZ7.1.N383 Ch 2023ISBN: 9780593651322Publication Date: 2023-10-17
Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Call Number: ML3930.T425 P55 2023ISBN: 9780593571064Publication Date: 2023-02-28
Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Call Number: BL625.2 .W43 2022ISBN: 9780593306345Publication Date: 2022-09-20
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Call Number: ML3930.S553 T64 2021ISBN: 9781524737283Publication Date: 2021-09-28
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Call Number: ML3930.F68 W43 2020ISBN: 9781534452282Publication Date: 2020-08-25
The Queen of Kindergarten by Call Number: PZ7.B26154 Qu 2022ISBN: 9780593111420Publication Date: 2022-05-24
Born Driven, Wendell Scott by Call Number: GV1032.S36 M66 2023ISBN: 9781637152461Publication Date: 2023-11-28
Heroic Heart: An Illustrated Biography of Joe Delaney by Call Number: GV939.D44 M87 2023ISBN: 9781637273166Publication Date: 2023-10-17
Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion by Call Number: GV1051.T3 S65 2023ISBN: 9781536214987Publication Date: 2023-09-12
The Ashe Brothers: How Arthur and Johnny Changed Tennis Forever by Call Number: GV994.A7 D64 2023ISBN: 9781684465361Publication Date: 2023-01-01
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery by Call Number: GV939.B376 W35 2018ISBN: 9781481443876Publication Date: 2018-01-23
Dream Big: Michael Jordan and the Pursuit of Excellence by Call Number: PZ7.J7622 Dr 2014ISBN: 9781442412705Publication Date: 2014-05-06
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Crowned: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora by Call Number: PZ8.1.B455 Cr 2023ISBN: 9781250281388Publication Date: 2023-05-23
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by Call Number: PZ8.S585 Mu 1987ISBN: 0688040454Publication Date: 2018-12-31
Daddy Speaks Love by Call Number: PZ7.1.H462 Dad 2022ISBN: 9780593354360Publication Date: 2022-01-04
We Wait for the Sun by Call Number: KF373.R686 A3 2021ISBN: 9781250229021Publication Date: 2021-02-09
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Call Number: PS3602.A76 B37 2017ISBN: 9781572842243Publication Date: 2017-10-10
Juneteenth: A Picture Book for Kids Celebrating Black Joy by Call Number: PZ7.1.G37634 Ju 2023ISBN: 9780358574323Publication Date: 2023-05-02
Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom by Call Number: E185.93.T4 W94 2022ISBN: 9780593434796Publication Date: 2022-05-10
The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States by Call Number: E185.93.T4 A3678 2022ISBN: 9780760375143Publication Date: 2022-05-03
Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth by Call Number: E185.93.T4 D86 2022ISBN: 9781400231256Publication Date: 2022-01-11
- The Queen of Kindergarten by Call Number: PZ7.B26154 Qu 2022ISBN: 9780593111420Publication Date: 2022-05-24
The King of Kindergarten by Call Number: PZ7.B26154 Kin 2019ISBN: 9781524740740Publication Date: 2019-07-02
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys by Call Number: PZ7.H83273 Vi 2000ISBN: 0689800762Publication Date: 2000-02-01
Parker's Big Feelings by Call Number: PZ7.1.C8665 Pb 2023ISBN: 9781665942751Publication Date: 2023-12-12
The Me I Choose to Be by Call Number: PZ8.3.T1475 Me 2021ISBN: 9780316461542Publication Date: 2021-10-19
We Listen to Our Bodies by Call Number: BF723.S35 B69 2021ISBN: 9781631985003Publication Date: 2021-03-05
I Am Every Good Thing by Call Number: PZ7.B26154 Iaak 2020ISBN: 9780525518778Publication Date: 2020-09-01
A Place Inside of Me by Call Number: PS3605.L463 E45 2020ISBN: 9780374307417Publication Date: 2020-07-21
