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Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Alexander von Humboldt : explorer, naturalist & environmental pioneer by Novgorodoff, Danica BTSB Prebound(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2022)Publication Date: 02/22/2022 BTSB #: 683907 Available Dewey: 509.2/BAges: 4-8 Lexile: 760 F&P: Q Genres: Subjects: Humboldt, Alexander von,|d1769-1859 Scientists - Biography Ecologists - Biography Explorers - Biography Germans - Biography Summary: Whether sailing across the ocean, hiking through the jungle, or climbing the highest volcanic peaks, everywhere Alexander went, he observed the land, animals, and culture. And where others saw differences, Alexander spotted connections. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Alice across America : the story of the first women's cross-country road trip by Marsh, Sarah Glenn BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2020)Publication Date: 02/04/2020 BTSB #: 604970 Available Dewey: 917.3/BAges: 4-8 Genres: Subjects: Ramsey, Alice - Travel - United States Women automobile drivers - United States - Biography Automobile travel - United States - History|y20th century Overland journeys to the Pacific Gender role Summary: The inspiring true story of Alice Ramsey, the first woman to drive a car across America in 1909. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- All in a drop : how Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered an invisible world by Alexander, Lori BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)Publication Date: 08/06/2019 BTSB #: 050030 Available Dewey: 579.092/BAges: 7-10 AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.7 3-5 Lexile: 890 F&P: X Genres: Subjects: Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van,|d1632-1723 Microbiologists - Netherlands - Biography Biologists - Netherlands - Biography Microscopes - History Microbiology - History Summary: This chapter book biography shows how a self-taught scientist was the first to observe the microbial life in and around us. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Amazing travels of Ibn Battuta by Sharaf al-Din, Fatimah BTSB Prebound(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2014)Publication Date: 11/17/2014 BTSB #: 806598 Available Dewey: 900/BAges: 7-10 Lexile: 960 Genres: Subjects: Batuta, Ibn,|d1304-1377 Travelers - Islamic Empire Summary: The true story of a fourteenth-century traveler, whose journeys through the Islamic world and beyond were extraordinary for his time. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- American gothic : the life of Grant Wood by Wood, Susan BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017)Publication Date: 09/05/2017 BTSB #: 962339 Available Dewey: 759.13/BAges: 5-7 AR: 5.3 LG RC: 8.4 3-5 Lexile: 990 Genres: Subjects: Wood, Grant,|d1891-1942 Artists Summary: A picture book biography celebrating 20th century American artist Grant Wood and his most iconic work. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Anthology of amazing women by Lawrence, Sandra BTSB Prebound(Little Bee, 2017)Publication Date: 02/13/2018 BTSB #: 231231 Available Dewey: 920/CAges: 8-12 Genres: Subjects: Women - Biography Summary: From athletes to scientists, painters to politicians, fifty awe-inspiring women from the past and present. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Apple : skin to the core : a memoir in words and pictures by Gansworth, Eric BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2020)Publication Date: 10/06/2020 BTSB #: 366032 Available Dewey: 970.0049/AAges: 12-18 AR: 7.6 UG Genres: Subjects: Gansworth, Eric,|d1965- American authors Onondaga Indians Tuscarora Nation - Biography Free verse Summary: The author tells his story--the story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds. Gansworth shatters the racial slur "Apple" and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Art is life : the life of artist Keith Haring by Brown, Tami Lewis BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020)Publication Date: 12/01/2020 BTSB #: 158032 Available Dewey: 740/BAges: 4-7 Genres: Subjects: Haring, Keith Artists - Biography Drawing Painters - Biography Art and popular culture Summary: A picture book biography of Keith Haring who believed that art should be enjoyed by everyone. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Away with words : the daring story of Isabella Bird by Mortensen, Lori BTSB Prebound(Peachtree, 2019)Publication Date: 03/15/2019 BTSB #: 660463 Available Dewey: 910.4092/BAges: 6-10 Lexile: 750 F&P: U Genres: Subjects: Bird, Isabella L.|q(Isabella Lucy),|d1831-1904 Women travelers - Great Britain - Biography Summary: This picture book biography takes us around the world with a daring nineteenth-century female explorer and author. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Because Claudette by Baptiste, Tracey BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2022)Publication Date: 02/01/2022 BTSB #: 088589 Available Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 6-8 Lexile: 980 NC F&P: O Genres: Subjects: Colvin, Claudette,|d1939- African American women - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography African Americans - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956 Segregation in transportation - Alabama - Montgomery - History Montgomery (Ala.) - Biography Montgomery (Ala.) - Race relations - History|y20th century Summary: A picture book biography about Claudette Colvin, the teen whose activism launched the Montgomery bus boycott, and a celebration of collective action. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Becoming Madeleine : a biography of the author of A Wrinkle in Time by her granddaughters by Voiklis, Charlotte Jones BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018)Publication Date: 02/15/2018 BTSB #: 911366 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 9-12 AR: 7 MG RC: 10.3 6-8 Lexile: 1090 Genres: Subjects: L'Engle, Madeleine American authors Summary: The story of Madeleine L'Engle, whose many works for children and adults are beloved around the world. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Before she was Harriet by Cline-Ransome, Lesa BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2019)Publication Date: 11/15/2017 BTSB #: 222880 Available Dewey: 973.7115/BAges: 5-8 AR: 4.5 LG Lexile: NP Genres: Subjects: Tubman, Harriet,|d1820?-1913 Slaves African Americans - Biography African American women - Biography Underground Railroad Summary: Poetry that celebrates the diverse accomplishments of Harriet Tubman as revealed by her many names. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Big machines : the story of Virginia Lee Burton by Rinker, Sherri Duskey BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017)Publication Date: 09/05/2017 BTSB #: 754758 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 4-7 AR: 3.4 LG RC: 2.7 K-2 Lexile: 640 AD Genres: Subjects: Burton, Virginia Lee,|d1909-1968 American authors Illustrators Children's stories - Authorship Illustration of books Summary: A biography of one of the most beloved author/illustrators in children's literature. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Bluest of blues : Anna Atkins and the first book of photographs by Robinson, Fiona BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019)Publication Date: 02/15/2019 BTSB #: 759437 Available Dewey: 580.92/BAges: 6-9 AR: 5.2 LG RC: 5.3 3-5 Lexile: 800 F&P: U Genres: Subjects: Atkins, Anna,|d1799-1871 Women botanists - England - Biography Women photographers - England - Biography Summary: A picture book biography of botanist and photographer Anna Atkins-the first person to ever publish a book of photography. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Bowl full of peace : a true story by Stelson, Caren Barzelay BTSB Prebound(Carolrhoda, 2020)Publication Date: 05/05/2020 BTSB #: 848342 Available Dewey: 940.54/BAges: 6-8 AR: 3.6 LG Lexile: 650 Genres: Subjects: Yasui, Sachiko Atomic bomb victims - Japan - Nagasaki-shi - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - Japan - Nagasaki-shi Nagasaki-shi (Japan) - History|yBombardment, 1945 Summary: Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Brave ballerina : the story of Janet Collins [Who Did It First? Book]by Meadows, Michelle BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2019)Publication Date: 01/18/2019 BTSB #: 634324 Available Dewey: 792.802/BAges: 4-8 AR: 3.3 LG Lexile: 570 Genres: Subjects: Collins, Janet,|d1917-2003 Ballet dancers - United States - Biography Ballerinas - United States - Biography African American dancers - Biography Summary: A picture book tribute to Janet Collins, the first African American principal dancer at the Metropolitan Opera House. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Bread for words : a Frederick Douglass story by Keller, Shana BTSB Prebound(Sleeping Bear Press, 2020)Publication Date: 01/15/2020 BTSB #: 512011 Available Dewey: 973.8092/BAges: 5-8 Lexile: 560 Genres: Subjects: Douglass, Frederick,|d1818-1895 - Childhood and youth Slaves - Maryland - Biography Books and reading - Maryland - History|y19th century Literacy - Maryland - History|y19th century English language - Writing Abolitionists - United States - Biography African American abolitionists - Biography Summary: Frederick Douglass knew that learning to read and write would be the first step in his quest for freedom. Told from first-person perspective and using some of Douglass's own words, this biography draws from his experiences as a young boy and his attempts to learn how to read and write. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Building Zaha : the story of architect Zaha Hadid by Tentler-Krylov, Victoria BTSB Prebound(Orchard Books, 2020)Publication Date: 11/10/2020 BTSB #: 875346 Available Dewey: 720/BAges: 4-8 AR: 5.3 LG Genres: Subjects: Hadid, Zaha Women architects - Biography Architecture Building Summary: A picture book biography about British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, who was a pioneer in her field. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- By and by : Charles Albert Tindley, the father of gospel music by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020)Publication Date: 01/14/2020 BTSB #: 924769 Available Dewey: 287/BAges: 4-8 AR: 3.7 LG Lexile: 580 Genres: Subjects: Tindley, Charles Albert Methodist Church - Clergy - Biography Hymn writers - United States - Biography Gospel music - History and criticism Summary: A picture book biography about gospel composer and preacher Charles Albert Tindley. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- * Your Discounted Price You can't see me! I am INVISIBLE! 215 total titles found Page 1 of 11 View page of 11 1 2 3 1 each from this page1 each from all results You are viewing: 2025 Warehouse Sale - BiographiesSubject Search for humorous fictionSort By Age Sort By Author Sort By Availability Sort By Dewey Sort By Media, Author, Title Sort By Price Sort By Pub. Year Sort by Relevance,Author Sort by Relevance,Title Sort By Stoplight Sort By Title Sort by Language Display 10 items Display 15 items Display 20 items Display 25 items Display 30 items Display 35 items Display 40 items Display 45 items Display 50 items Loading...