Biography & Autobiography

How many women artists can you name? From Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe, to Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and Xenobia Bailey, this lushly illustrated alphabet picture book presents both famous and underrepresented women in the fine arts from a variety of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375803468Author Ann CameronFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)Publisher Random House USA...

The Apgar Score is known the world over: a test given to babies to determine their health moments after they are born. Less well-known is the story of the brilliant, pioneering woman who invented it. Born at the turn of the twentieth century, Virginia...

Winner at the 2017 International Latino Book Awards. From the beginning, honesty and true values have always guided the great tennis player Rafa Nadal through success."Once upon a time, there was a little boy who loved tennis and soccer, just like so...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580893862Author J. H. ShapiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Publisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780764820298Author Colleen SwaimFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Liguori Publications,U.S.Publisher Liguori Publications,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2017.Book InformationISBN 9781596438200Author Charles R SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 56Imprint Roaring...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Find out about the fascinating life of William Shakespeare - the world's most famous playwright. How did the politics of the time, and the queens, kings and rulers,...

Why do I have to wash? Why don't aeroplanes fall down? Where do mountains come from? Why is the sea blue? Why do I dream? This book invites young people to discover more about the world around them by asking and answering questions for themselves. The...

He would go on to become the first and only three-time (in succession) World Heavyweight Champion. Nicknamed "The Greatest," Ali was as well known for his unique boxing style, consisting of the Ali Shuffle and the rope-a-dope, as he was for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823410774Author Tomie dePaolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618494781Author John FleischmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinDimensions(mm) 229mm * 191mm * 6mm

A bestselling and prize-winning memoir by African American ballerina Misty Copeland, Life in Motion is the vividly told story of her journey to the world-class American Ballet Theatre-and delves into the harrowing family conflicts that nearly drove her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621380740Author Joan WindhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

This compelling, timely, and empowering picture book introduces children to Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a Pakistani girl who braved threats from the Taliban in order to play the sport she loved. Meet Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a Pakistani girl who loved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374470272Author Peter SisFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

The endearing true story of how a love of birds connected and inspired two literary giants--Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe.Years before Edgar Allan Poe's raven said "Nevermore," Charles Dickens' pet raven, Grip, was busy terrorizing the Dickens...

Painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) led a highly nontraditional life, especially for a woman in the nineteenth century. She kept lions as pets, was awarded the Legion of Honor by Empress Eugenie, and befriended "Buffalo Bill" Cody. She became a...

Named Temujin at birth by his nomadic family in early Mongolia, the great Genghis Khan used his skill and cunning to create the Mongol Empire and conquer almost the entire continent of Asia. As ruler of the largest empire in human history, he was as...

Finalist for the 2020 AAAS / Subaru SB&F Excellence in Science Book exemplify outstanding and engaging science writing and illustration for young readers Nikola Tesla was a physicist, electrical engineer, and world-renowned inventor whose accomplishments...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426371851Author National Geographic KidsFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint National Geographic KidsPublisher National Geographic KidsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448437651Author Margaret FrithFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525579540Author Anna MembrinoPage Count 22Imprint Random House USA Children's BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

Gregor Mendel explains to children the theory of heredity in simple-to-understand language and examples. Regarded as the world's first geneticist, Gregor Mendel discovered one of the fundamental aspects of genetic science: animals, plants, and people all...

"I am not going to apologize for speaking the name of Jesus . . . If I have to sacrifice everything . . . I will." -Rachel ScottThe Columbine tragedy in April 1999 pierced the heart of our country. We later learned that the teenage killers specifically...

The true story of the high-flying Harlem Globetrotters -- the team that changed basketball forever.In this book you will find one-finger ball-spinning, rapid-fire mini-dribbling, and a ricochet head shot! You will find skilled athletes, expert players,...

"What an amazing story this is! One family's struggle for survival in the chaos of Syria, and one boy's courageous decision to risk his life to tell the story. This graphic memoir is inspiring and exciting, powerful and very poignant. I loved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499809152Author Vivian KirkfieldFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Little Bee BooksPublisher Little Bee BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 287mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448431048Author Yona Zeldis McDonoughPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780823440559Author Yuyi MoralesFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Holiday House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Orbis Pictus Award 2015 and Cook Prize 2015. Short-listed for Keystone to Reading Book Award (Intermediate) 2016 and Beehive Awards (Informational) 2016 and...

Take a gruesome trip through time with this grisly compendium of death! From the best way to shrink a head to making a mummy in eight simple steps, and with fascinating facts about botched beheadings, greedy royals and the plague, Hung, Drawn and...

Before Malala Yousafzai (1997&;) became the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, she was just a girl fighting for her education in Pakistan. When Malala was growing up, her father encouraged her to be politically active and speak out about her educational...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448444826Author Ann AbramsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 102gDimensions(mm) 194mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448479514Author James BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 102gDimensions(mm) 194mm *...

OLYMPIAN, WORLD CHAMPION RUNNER AND IRISH SPORTING LEGEND 'Sonia walked to the start line with the other athletes, her tummy full of butterflies. She could feel the eyes of the crowd upon them. Sixty-five thousand people, all here to watch their race...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award 2011. Nominated for Indiana Young Hoosier Award and Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711245808Author Maria Isabel Sanchez VegaraFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint White Lion PublishingPublisher Quarto Publishing PLCWeight(grams)...

Presented for the first time in paperback reader format, a classic anthology of Dick King-Smith's real-life animal encounters, narrated with anecdotal charm.With an autobiographical foreword from the author, this collection traces Dick King-Smith's...

The ultimate empowering gift for kids 4 to 8 years old!Featuring 10 empowering hardcover easy readers, this treasury shares 100 tales about extraordinary women and girls from all around the world.To create the Little Library, Rebel Girls has chosen 100...