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Gift Guide: History Buffs

For kids who love to immerse themselves in history and read celebrity biographies, check out our full curated collection of history books & biographies.

Picture Books

Do You Know Them?: Families Lost and Found After the Civil War by Shana Keller

Elinor McGrath, Pet Doctor: The Story of America's First Female Veterinarian by Jacqueline Johnson

You Are Fearless: A Book for the Littlest Taylor Swift Fans by Odd Dot

A Grand Idea: How William J. Wilgus Created Grand Central Terminal by Megan Hoyt

Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J McDaniel

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Kindergarten to 1st Grade

Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy Decarava by Gary Golio

Let Freedom Sing by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Beautiful Noise: The Music of John Cage by Lisa Rogers

A Steminist Force: A Stem Picture Book for Girls by Laura Carter

Moving and Grooving to Fillmore's Beat by Rachel Werner

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2nd to 3rd Grade

She Persisted: Deb Haaland by Laurel Goodluck

Jimmy's Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin by Michelle Meadows

Threads: Zlata's Ukrainian Shirt by Lina Maslo

Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park by Lori Alexander

Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five by Phil Bildner

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4th to 5th Grade

I Am Osage: How Clarence Tinker Became the First Native American Major General by Kim Rogers

The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey by Chad Soon

Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell

Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King by Coretta Scott King

Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla by Alexandra Diaz

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