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Black and Irish: Legends, Trailblazers, and Everyday Heroes

Black and Irish

By: Leon Diop, Briana Fitsimons
Illustrated by:
 Jessica Louis
ISBN: 9781915071231
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Of Words and Water: The Story of Wilma Dykeman–Writer, Historian, Environmentalist

Of Words and Water

By: Shannon Hitchcock
Illustrated by:
 Sophie Page
ISBN: 9781478870371
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Nothing: John Cage and 4’33”

Nothing

By: Nicholas Day
Illustrated by:
 Chris Raschka
ISBN: 9780823454099
Fiction, 4-6, Music / Art
And Yet You Shine

And Yet You Shine

By: Supriya Kelkar
Illustrated by:
 Supriya Kelkar
ISBN: 9781536228298
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Stronger Than She Thinks

Stronger Than She Thinks

By: Nancy Kerrigan with Ryan G. Van Cleave
Illustrated by:
 Arief Putra
ISBN: 9781638192077
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
See It, Dream It, Do It

See It, Dream It, Do It

By: Kathie Macisaac, Colleen Nelson
Illustrated by:
 Scot Ritchie
ISBN: 9781772782882
Nonfiction, 7-12, Careers / Hobbies
Manjhi Moves a Mountain

Manjhi Moves a Mountain

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
 Danny Popovici
ISBN: 9781939547347
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
I Just Am: A Story of Down Syndrome Awareness and Tolerance

I Just Am

By: Bryan and Tom Lambke
ISBN: 9781589850804
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
The Girl Who Heard the Music

The Girl Who Heard the Music

By: Marni Fogelson, Mahani Teave
Illustrated by:
 Marta Álvarez Miguéns
ISBN: 9781728262314
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Girl Who Figured It Out : The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming an Ironman World Champion

The Girl Who Figured It Out

By: Minda Dentler
Illustrated by:
 Stephanie Dehennin
ISBN: 9781728276533
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Yukie’s Island

Yukie’s Island

By: Yukie Kimura, Kodo Kimura, Steve Sheinkin
Illustrated by:
 Kodo Kimura
ISBN: 9781250206503
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
A Year of Black Joy: 52 Black Voices Share Their Life Passions

A Year of Black Joy

By: Jamia Wilson
Illustrated by:
 Jade Orlando
ISBN: 9781419767784
Nonfiction, 7-12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
The Trail Blazing Life of Viola Desmond: Civil Rights Icon

The Trail Blazing Life of Viola Desmond

By: Rachel Kehoe with Wanda Robson
Illustrated by:
 Chelsea Charles
ISBN: 9781459833975
Nonfiction, 7-12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir (Scholastic Focus)

This Indian Kid

By: Eddie Chuculate
ISBN: 9781338802085
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Swimming Toward a Dream: Yusra Mardini’s Incredible Journey from Refugee to Olympic Swimmer

Swimming Toward a Dream

By: Reem Faruqi
Illustrated by:
 Asma Enayeh
ISBN: 9781645679837
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
She Kept Dancing

She Kept Dancing

By: Sydney Mesher, Catherine Laudone
Illustrated by:
 Natelle Quek
ISBN: 9781250842671
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Rise Up and Sing!: Power, Protest, and Activism in Music

Rise Up and Sing!

By: Andrea Warner
Illustrated by:
 Louise Reimer
ISBN: 9781771648981
Nonfiction, Teen, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Race to the Truth: Slavery and the African American Story

Race to the Truth

By: Patricia Williams Dockery
ISBN: 9780593480465
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Put Your Shoes On & Get Ready!

Put Your Shoes On & Get Ready!

By: Raphael G. Warnock
Illustrated by:
 Temika Grooms
ISBN: 9780593528877
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Presidents Decoded: A Guide to the Leaders Who Shaped Our Nation

The Presidents Decoded

By: Katie Kennedy
Illustrated by:
 Monique Steele
ISBN: 9781523515868
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, History
Muzoon

Muzoon

By: Muzoon Almellehan with Wendy Pearlman
Illustrated by:
  
ISBN: 9781984851987
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Milloo’s Mind

Milloo’s Mind

By: Reem Faruqi
Illustrated by:
 Hoda Hadadi
ISBN: 9780063056619
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Masked Hero : How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic

Masked Hero

By: Shan Woo Liu
Illustrated by:
 Lisa Wee
ISBN: 9781536228984
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Make Way

Make Way

By: Angela Burke Kunkel
Illustrated by:
 Claire Keane
ISBN: 9780593373354
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

Major Taylor

By: Charles R. Smith
Illustrated by:
 Leo Espinosa
ISBN: 9781536214987
Nonfiction, 7-12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Loud and Proud:the Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm

Loud and Proud

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by:
 Kaylani Juanita
ISBN: 9781534463523
Nonfiction, 4-6, BIPOC Characters and Creators
A Long Time Coming: a Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama

A Long Time Coming

By: Ray Anthony Shepard
Illustrated by:
 R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9781662680663
Nonfiction, Teen, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Little People, BIG DREAMS: American Dreams

Little People, BIG DREAMS

By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Lisbeth Kaiser
ISBN: 9780711285576
Nonfiction, 3-5, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Lift Every Voice and Change

Lift Every Voice and Change

By: Charnaie Gordon
Illustrated by:
 Aeron Cargill
ISBN: 9780760374597
Nonfiction, 7-12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Ketanji Brown Jackson: A Justice for All

Ketanji Brown Jackson

By: Tami Charles
Illustrated by:
 Jemma Skidmore
ISBN: 9781665935265
Nonfiction, 4-6, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Ketanji

Ketanji

By: Kekla Magoon
Illustrated by:
 Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9780063296169
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Kati’s Tiny Messengers

Kati’s Tiny Messengers

By: Megan Hoyt
Illustrated by:
 Vivien Mildenberger
ISBN: 9780063216624
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Jackie Ormes Draws the Future

Jackie Ormes Draws the Future

By: Liz Montague
ISBN: 9780593426548
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

How Do You Spell Unfair?

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
 Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9781536215540
Nonfiction, 7-12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Hispanic Star: Sonia Sotomayor

Hispanic Star

By: Claudia Romo Edelman, Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by:
 Alexandra Beguez
ISBN: 9781250828224
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
From Here

From Here

By: Luma Mufleh
ISBN: 9780593354452
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Door by Door

Door by Door

By: Meeg Pincus
Illustrated by:
 Meridth McKean Gimbel
ISBN: 9780593484654
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Cut!

Cut!

By: C. E. Winters
Illustrated by:
 Matt Schu
ISBN: 9780063067394
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Cantora

Cantora

By: Melisa Fernández Nitsche
ISBN: 9780593645970
Nonfiction, 4-6, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Brave Volodymyr: The Story of Volodymyr Zelensky and the Fight for Ukraine

Brave Volodymyr

By: Linda Elovitz Marshall
Illustrated by:
 Grasya Oliyko
ISBN: 9780063294141
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Boundless (Scholastic Focus)

Boundless (Scholastic Focus)

By: Chaunté Lowe
ISBN: 9781338741520
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Ashe Brothers: How Arthur and Johnnie Changed Tennis Forever

The Ashe Brothers

By: Judy Allen Dodson
Illustrated by:
 David Wilkerson
ISBN: 9781684465361
Nonfiction, 7-12, Sports / Games / Recreation
Amazing

Amazing

By: Maia Shibutani, Alex Shibutani, Dane Liu
Illustrated by:
 Aaliya Jaleel
ISBN: 9780593525432
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson

All Rise

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
 Ashley Evans
ISBN: 9780593650165
Nonfiction, 3-5, Biography / Memoir
A Steminist Force

A Steminist Force

By: Laura Carter
Illustrated by:
 Anna Doherty
ISBN: 9781641709606
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Space Torah

Space Torah

By: Rachelle Burk
Illustrated by:
 Craig Orback
ISBN: 9781951365196
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
She Spoke Too

She Spoke Too

By: Kathy MacMillan, Manueal Bernardi
Illustrated by:
 Becky Thorns
ISBN: 9781641707510
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie

By: Luke Hanlon
ISBN: 9781634947909
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Gifts from Georgia’s Garden

Gifts from Georgia’s Garden

By: Lisa Robinson
Illustrated by:
 Hadley Hooper
ISBN: 9780823452668
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park

Cactus Queen

By: Lori Alexander
Illustrated by:
 Jenn Ely
ISBN: 9781662680212
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Bird Girl: Gene Stratton-Porter Shares Her Love of Nature With the World

Bird Girl

By: Jill Esbaum
Illustrated by:
 Rebecca Gibbon
ISBN: 9781635926866
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Be Strong: The Rise of Beloved Public Art Sculptor Nancy Schön

Be Strong

By: Darcy Pattison
Illustrated by:
 Rich Davis
ISBN: 9781629442365
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Bard and the Book

The Bard and the Book

By: Ann Bausum
Illustrated by:
 Marta Sevilla
ISBN: 9781682634950
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Primetime: Legends Simone Biles: Gymnastics Legend

Primetime

By: Chrös McDougall
ISBN: 9781634947848
Nonfiction, 7-12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Pedal, Balance, Steer: Annie Londonderry, the First Woman To Cycle Around the World

Pedal, Balance, Steer

By: Vivian Kirkfield
Illustrated by:
 Alison Jay
ISBN: 9781635926828
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
One Of a Kind: The Life Of Sydney Taylor

One Of a Kind

By: Richard Michelson
Illustrated by:
 Sarah Green
ISBN: 9781635925319
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More 

My Antarctica

By: G. Neri
Illustrated by:
 Corban Wilkin
ISBN: 9781536223323
Nonfiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
The Longest Shot

The Longest Shot

By: Chad Soon and George Chiang
Illustrated by:
 Amy Qi
ISBN: 9781459835030
Nonfiction, 7-12, Sports / Games / Recreation
Journey to the Stars

Journey to the Stars

By: Laurie Wallmark, Raakhee Mirchandani
Illustrated by:
 Maitreyi Ghosh
ISBN: 9781506484693
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet

How the Boogeyman Became a Poet

By: Tony Keith, Jr.
ISBN: 9780063296008
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Guts for Glory: The Story of Civil War Soldier Rosetta Wakeman

Guts for Glory

By: Joanna Lapati
Illustrated by:
 Joanna Lapati
ISBN: 9780802854643
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
You Are a Star, Malala Yousafzai

You Are a Star, Malala Yousafzai

By: Dean Robbins
Illustrated by:
 Maithili Joshi
ISBN: 9781338895087
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Fabulous Fannie Farmer: Kitchen Scientist And America’s Cook

The Fabulous Fannie Farmer

By: Emma Bland Smith
Illustrated by:
 Susan Reagan
ISBN: 9781635926125
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision Of Photographer Roy Decarava

Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem

By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
 E. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9781662680557
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Be A Creative Changemaker

Be A Creative Changemaker

By: Paula Liz
Illustrated by:
 Babmi Ramsey
ISBN: 9780760378021
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers

Barracoon

By: Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Ibram X. Kendi
Illustrated by:
 Jazzmen Lee-Johnson
ISBN: 9780063098336
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Nour’s Secret Library

Nour’s Secret Library

By: Wafa' Tarnowska
Illustrated by:
 Vali Mintzi
ISBN: 9781646862917
Fiction, 7-12, Family / Community
Human Kindness

Human Kindness

By: John Francis
Illustrated by:
 Josy Bloggs
ISBN: 9781912920327
Nonfiction, 7-12, Kindness / Generosity
I’m Going to Be a Princess

I’m Going to Be a Princess

By: Stephanie Taylor
Illustrated by:
 Jade Orlando
ISBN: 9798887770345
Fiction, 4-6, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Shining Star: Vera Rubin Discovers Dark Matter

Shining Star

By: Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by:
 Susan Reagan
ISBN: 9781635926019
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Santiago Saw Things Differently

Santiago Saw Things Differently

By: Christine Iverson
Illustrated by:
 Luciano Lozano
ISBN: 9781536224535
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA’s Seamstresses

Sew Sister

By: Elise Matich
Illustrated by:
 Elise Matich
ISBN: 9780884489825
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Santiago Saw Things Differently : Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience

Santiago Saw Things Differently

By: Christine Iverson
Illustrated by:
 Luciano Lozano
ISBN: 9781536224535
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Rooting for Plants: the Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector

Rooting for Plants

By: Janice N. Harrington
Illustrated by:
 Theadore Taylor III
ISBN: 9781662680199
Nonfiction, 7-12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Never Give Up: Dr. Kati Karikó and the Race for the Future of Vaccines

Never Give Up

By: Debbie Dadey
Illustrated by:
 Juliana Oakley
ISBN: 9781728456331
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion: A True Story

Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion

By: Dave Eggers
Illustrated by:
 Júlia Sardà
ISBN: 9781536215885
Nonfiction, 4-6, STEM / STEAM
Masked Hero

Masked Hero

By: Shan Woo Liu
Illustrated by:
 Lisa Wee
ISBN: 9781536228984
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine: Josephine Cochrane’s Bright Invention Makes a Splash

Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine

By: Kate Hannigan
Illustrated by:
 Sarah Green
ISBN: 9781635926217
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever

Jerry Changed the Game!

By: Don Tate
Illustrated by:
 Cherise Harris
ISBN: 9781665919081
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
How to Spacewalk : Step-by-Step with Shuttle Astronauts

How to Spacewalk

By: Michael J. Rosen, Kathryn D. Sullivan
Illustrated by:
 Michael J. Rosen
ISBN: 9781536226218
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Friend of Numbers: The Life of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan

Friend of Numbers

By: Priya Narayanan
Illustrated by:
 Satwik Gade
ISBN: 9780802856081
Nonfiction, 7-12, Math
Ellen Takes Flight: The Life of Astronaut Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Takes Flight

By: Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by:
 Oliver Dominguez
ISBN: 9780759554948
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America

The Brilliant Calculator

By: Jan Lower
Illustrated by:
 Susan Reagan
ISBN: 9781662680069
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Woman in the Moon

The Woman in the Moon

By: Richard Maurer
ISBN: 9781626728561
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Technology / Computers
Sisters in Science: Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood

Sisters in Science

By: Linda Elovitz Marshall
Illustrated by:
 Anna and Elena Balbusso
ISBN: 9780593377581
Nonfiction, 4-6, Technology / Computers
Shining Star: Vera Rubin Discovers Dark Matter

Shining Star

By: Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by:
 Susan Reagan
ISBN: 9781635926019
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA’s Seamstresses

Sew Sister

By: Elise Matich
Illustrated by:
 Elise Matich
ISBN: 9780884489825
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience

Santiago Saw Things Differently

By: Christine Iverson
Illustrated by:
 Luciano Lozano
ISBN: 9781536224535
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Queen of Leaves: the Story of Botanist Ynes Mexia

Queen of Leaves

By: Stephen Briseño
Illustrated by:
 Isabel Muñoz
ISBN: 9781959244011
Nonfiction, 7-12,Biography / Memoir
Old Enough to Make a Difference: Be inspired by real-life children building a more sustainable future

Old Enough to Make a Difference

By: Hui, Rebecca
ISBN: 9781419765995
Nonfiction, 7-12, Series
Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic

Masked Hero

By: Shan Woo Liu
Illustrated by:
 Lisa Wee
ISBN: 9781536228984
Nonfiction, 4-6, Technology / Computers
How to Spacewalk: Step-by-Step with Shuttle Astronauts

How to Spacewalk

By: Michael J. Rosen, Kathryn D. Sullivan
Illustrated by:
 Michael J. Rosen
ISBN: 9781536226218
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
The Clues Are in the Poo: The Story of Dinosaur Scientisct Karen Chin

The Clues Are in the Poo

By: Karen Chin, Jane Kurtz
Illustrated by:
 Francisco Riolobos
ISBN: 9781478876175
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
Bone Wars: the True Story of an Epic Battle to Find Dinosaur Fossils

Bone Wars

By: Jane Kurtz
Illustrated by:
 Alexander Vidal
ISBN: 9781534493643
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Leo Messi

Little People, BIG DREAMS

By: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Florencia Gavilán
ISBN: 9780711290587
Nonfiction, 4-6, Prose, Biography / Memoir, History, Background / Culture
I’m Gonna Paint

I’m Gonna Paint

By: Anne Broyles
Illustrated by:
 Victoria Tentler-Krylov
ISBN: 9780823450060
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
I’m Going to Be a Princess

I’m Going to Be a Princess

By: Stephanie Taylor
Illustrated by:
 Jade Orlando
ISBN: 9798887770345
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Presidents Decoded

The Presidents Decoded

By: Katie Kennedy
Illustrated by:
 Monique Steele
ISBN: 9781523515868
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Painting with Bob Ross for Kids

Painting with Bob Ross for Kids

By: Bob Ross Inc
ISBN: 9780760385319
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
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