Biography & Autobiography

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, from Argentina, is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere. Since being elected pope he has shown a humbler, less formal approach to his office than his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448425221Author True KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 108gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689813245Author Marie HammontreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 192mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Cybils 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781623541606Author Emma Bland SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Publisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142413838Author Roald DahlFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481415583Author Ashley Rhodes-CourterFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Atheneum BooksPublisher Atheneum BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

This fascinating, interactive autobiography presents Chuck Close's story, his art, and a discussion of the many processes he uses in the studio. The question-and-answer format is based on real kids' inquiries about Close's life and work, and his answers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Grades K-3) 2011 and Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award 2011.Book InformationISBN 9780786851416Author Doreen RappaportFormat...

The New York Times bestselling author of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, Joanna Ho, delivers a poignant picture book biography about the musician Yo-Yo Ma, immigration, and using music to build bridges.Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award Honor * Featured...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780736896443Author Kay OlsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Coughlan Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481451130Author Kathleen KrullFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576581995Author Janet BengeFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint YWAM Publishing,U.S.Publisher YWAM Publishing,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534439290Author Linda SarsourFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Once a year, Abuelo comes from Mexico to visit his family. He brings his guitar, his music-and his memories. In this story inspired by the life of Apolinar Navarrete Diaz-author Angela Dominguez's grandfather and a successful mariachi musician-Abuelo...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375812118Author Marvin BarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Random House USA Children's BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Caldecott Medal 1990.Book InformationISBN 9780395689820Author Bill PeetFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593380574Author Erin FrankelFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448487601Author Barbara LowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781888365597Author Heinz SponselFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint AwsnaPublisher AwsnaWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

Born in Siberia with fibular hemimelia, Jessica Long was adopted from a Russian orphanage at thirteen months old and has since become the second most decorated U.S. Paralympic athlete of all time. Now, Jessica shares all the moments in her life - big and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780762465927Author Ben BrooksFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Running Press KidsPublisher Running Press KidsWeight(grams) 671gDimensions(mm) 249mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of CCBC Choices 2017 and NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2017.Book InformationISBN 9781620916506Author Heather LangFormat HardbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448439020Author S. A. KramerFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 120gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484625200Author Ben HubbardFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone Press

In this biography for middle-grade readers, Nancy Roe Pimm tells the story of Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world. In her trusty Cessna, The Spirit of Columbus-also known as Charlie-she traveled from Columbus, Ohio, on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684125463Author James Buckley, Jr.Format HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Portable PressPublisher Portable PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689865138Author Patricia LakinFormat PaperbackPage Count 47Imprint Simon SpotlightPublisher Simon SpotlightWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455625277Author Nancy RustFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Pelican Publishing CompanyPublisher Pelican Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375803956Author James T. de KayFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448483214Author Gail HermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 194mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977118011Author Laura K MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone Press, IncorporatedPublisher Capstone Press, Incorporated

The true story of the invention, disasters, and adventures of the first bathysphere-a small, cramped, bare-bones spherical deep-sea submersible that set the world record for deepest dive in 1934. Explorer William Beebe and engineering grad student Otis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802854674Author Carmen OliverFormat HardbackPage Count 44Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142407790Author Veronica ChambersFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 190gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer - writing close to 3,000 songs in his lifetime and capturing the spirit of the Black experience in the Unites States. Over a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593373354Author Angela Burke KunkelFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous Black female journalist in nineteenth-century America. Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation...

It took her two tries, but in 1955, sixty-seven-year-old Emma "Grandma" Gatewood became the first woman to solo hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one thru-hike. Gatewood, who left an abusive marriage after raising eleven children, has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525428503Author Brad MeltzerFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Dial Books for Young Readers,USPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999588802Author Randy L SchmidtFormat HardbackPage Count 34Imprint Tribal Clef BooksPublisher Tribal Clef BooksWeight(grams) 318g