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Biographies & History

Biographies & History

Andrea Callahan is the Biographies & History curator. Check out her page to see what she's currently reading and learn more about her personal faves.

Magic in a Drop of Water

Birdlore

Caitlin Clark (DK Super Readers Level 3)

Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony

Make Your Mark

The ABCs of Women's History (The ABCs of History)

The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs (Ready-To-Read: Level Three)

The One & Only Googoosh: Iran's Beloved Superstar

Go Tell It

You Are a Star, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Biographies

The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice

Michelle Yeoh (Little Golden Book)

Ruby Bridges

Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination

Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding

Unstoppable John

Kamala Harris (She Persisted)

Lewis Hamilton (Racing Legends)

It Belongs to the World: Frederick Banting and the Discovery of Insulin

Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!

History

Twist, Tumble, Triumph

If You Were a Kid at the Declaration of Independence (If You Were a Kid)

What Happened on Thursday?: A Nigerian Civil War Story

Beam of Light: The Story of the First White House Menorah

Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber

A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home

Who Needs a Statue?

Exploring Ancient Egypt (The Timekeepers)

Historical Fiction

Are We There Yet?

The Many Problems of Rochel-Leah

An Etrog from Across the Sea

Dear Mr. Rosenwald

Veena and the Red Roti: A Story of Hope During Partition

Doing Her Bit: A Story about the Woman's Land Army of America

The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story

Harriet's Ruffled Feathers: The Woman Who Saved Millions of Birds

The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle

At the Mountain's Base