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There are a lot more genres of biographies than we have listed here, but they aren't included because we simply don't have titles to put in them. Again, these categories are in place to help you narrow the focus of your search, and to find the book you need with as little frustration as possible.

Autobiographies & Memoirs are books written by the person about whom they're about. Autobiographies are explicitly biographical, written in order to impart information about the author's life and context; memoirs, on the other hand, are often more creative, and are usually about something bigger than the details of the subject's life.

While we don't encourage getting all your history from fiction (or even most of it), a good Biographical Novel will combine the best elements of fiction and biography into a personal portrait that imparts both the essence of the subject's life, and the cultural context in which he or she lived. Plus, they're just more fun to read.

You won't find any of these for people who lived more than a couple hundred years ago, but Photobiographies can be especially useful for helping readers understand the person and era they're learning about. Often times these don't have as much outright information as a more traditional biography, but enough quality photographs are a good compensation.

For younger kids (though there are some great ones for older readers, too), Picture Book Biographies help us visualize who it is we're reading about....or simply keep us interested. The best ones do both, and the very best ones do both while still highlighting the artist's vision and interpretation of people and events.

Different genres will fill different needs; if you're working on a big project or unit study, it's a good idea to select titles from all of them. The goal of listing them here is to help narrow your search; as our collection expands, we'll likely be adding genres to the list, and shaping your search results in increasingly precise and illuminating ways.

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	100 African-Americans Who Shaped American History by Chrisanne Beckner from Bluewood Books for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Bill Peet An Autobiography by Bill Peet from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 4th-8th grade 1990 Caldecott Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $19.99
	Black Heroes of the American Revolution by Burke Davis 1992 Odyssey Classics edition from Clarion Books for 5th-8th grade in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV) $8.99
	Boy on the Wooden Box How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List by Leon Leyson Reprint from Atheneum for 4th-8th grade Christopher Award in Holocaust (Location: HISW-20WW2H) $9.99 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Boy's War by David Michell 1^st edition from OMF for 5th-8th grade in WWII: Pacific Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2P) $4.00 (3 in stock)
	Catherine's War by Julia Billet and Claire Fauvel, translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger from Harperalley for 7th-8th grade in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC) $12.99 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Early Church Fathers Legends of Faith by Marilyn Boyer from Master Books for 7th-12th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $10.39
	Escape from Slavery The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words by Frederick Douglass, edited and illustrated by Michael McCurdy, foreword by Coretta Scott King from Beautiful Feet Books for 6th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $13.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Every Falling Star by Sungju Lee and Susan McClelland from Amulet Books for 6th-9th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.99
	Famous Preachers and Evangelists Legends of Faith by Marilyn Boyer from Master Books for 7th-12th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $10.39
	For God and Country by John Riddle from Barbour Publishing for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Girl From Yamhill by Beverly Cleary from HarperCollins for 3rd-7th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $12.99
	Going Solo by Roald Dahl from Puffin Books for 7th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Going Solo by Roald Dahl from Puffin Books for 7th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom 35th Anniversary Edition from Chosen Books Biography for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $17.99 $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz from PaperStar Books Autobiography for 4th-8th grade 1983 Newbery Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Joan of Arc by M. Boutet De Monvel from Beautiful Feet Books for 4th-7th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $13.95
	Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest Dover editions by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca from Dover Publications for 5th-Adult in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN) $10.95
	Journey That Saved Curious George The True Wartime Escape of Margaret and H. A. Rey by Louise W. Borden from HMH Books for Young Readers for 3rd-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.99
	Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 5th-9th grade 1988 Newbery Medal winner in Biographies (Location: BIO) $13.99 $7.00 (4 in stock)
	Little White Farm House in Iowa Precious Memories Book 1: The First 10 Years by Carol Brands from Inheritance Publications for 4th-9th grade in Inheritance Fiction (Location: FIC-WH03) $9.00
	Little Yellow Farm House in Iowa Precious Memories Book 2: Years 11-17 by Carol Brands from Inheritance Publications for 4th-9th grade in Inheritance Fiction (Location: FIC-WH03) $9.00
	Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot from St. Martin's Press for 7th-Adult in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $20.00
	Man's Search for Meaning - Young Readers edition by Viktor E. Frankl; foreword by John Boyne from Beacon Press for 6th-12th grade in Holocaust (Location: HISW-20WW2H) $11.99
	March (Book One) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin from Top Shelf Productions for 5th-9th grade Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Winner, Coretta Scott King Honor Book in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	March (Book Two) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin from Top Shelf Productions for 5th-9th grade Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Winner, Coretta Scott King Honor Book in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	March - Boxed Set by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin from Top Shelf Productions for 5th-9th grade Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Winner, Coretta Scott King Honor Book in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC) $24.00 (1 in stock)
	Mexikid A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martin from Dial Books for Young Readers for 5th-8th grade in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC) $14.99
	Mountain Boyhood by Joe Mills, introduction and notes by James H. Pickering, illustrated by Enos B. Comstock from University of Nebraska for 6th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Outrageous Women of the American Frontier Outrageous Women by Mary Furbee 1^st edition from Jossey-Bass in Pioneer & Frontier Life (Location: HISA-19PIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Peter the Great by Diane Stanley from InquisiCorp Corporation for 4th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (2 in stock)
	Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac from Harcourt for 4th-7th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $9.99
	Prairie Town Boy by Carl Sandburg, illustrated by Joe Krush from Harcourt Autobiography for 5th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Profiles of Integrity #1: 1775-1781 Real People Who Demonstrated Godly Character by Marilyn Boyer and Grace Tumas Ehrman from Master Books for 6th-9th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $8.79
	Profiles of Integrity #2: 1804-1865 Real People Who Demonstrated Godly Character by Marilyn Boyer and Grace Tumas Ehrman from Master Books for 6th-9th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $8.79
	Profiles of Integrity #3: 1872-1919 Real People Who Demonstrated Godly Character by Marilyn Boyer and Grace Tumas Ehrman from Master Books for 6th-9th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $8.79
	Profiles of Integrity #4: 1920-1945 Real People Who Demonstrated Godly Character by Marilyn Boyer and Grace Tumas Ehrman from Master Books for 6th-9th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $8.79
	Profiles of Valor #1: July 9, 1755–June 17, 1775 Character Studies from the War of Independence by Marilyn Boyer and Grace Tumas Ehrman from Master Books for 6th-9th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $8.79
	Profiles of Valor #2: December 11775–December 1777 Character Studies from the War of Independence by Marilyn Boyer and Grace Tumas Ehrman from Master Books for 6th-9th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $8.79
	Profiles of Valor #3: December 1777–October 1780 Character Studies from the War of Independence by Marilyn Boyer and Grace Tumas Ehrman from Master Books for 6th-9th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $8.79
	Profiles of Valor #4: January 1781–February 1832 Character Studies from the War of Independence by Marilyn Boyer and Grace Tumas Ehrman from Master Books for 6th-9th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $8.79
	Rosanna of the Amish by Joseph Warren Yoder Revised from Herald Press for 4th-7th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Sergeant York and the Great War His Own Life Story and War Diary by Alvin C. York from My Father's World Autobiography for 7th-Adult in World War I (1914-1919) (Location: HISA-20WW1) $22.00 $10.00 (2 in stock)
	Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong 1st Pbk. Ed from Crown Publishers for 4th-8th grade 1999 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award in 20th Century Exploration (Location: HISW-20EXP) $13.99
	Standing Tall: The Stories of Ten Hispanic-Americans by Argentina Palacios from Scholastic Reference for 4th-7th grade in Clearance: Biographies (Location: ZCLE-BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp from HarperCollins Biography for 7th-10th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $18.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand 30th Anniversary from Living Sacrifice Book Co. Autobiography for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, Susan Washburn Buckley from Speak for 4th-8th grade in Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) (Location: HISA-20CIV) $10.99
	Upon the Head of the Goat A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 by Aranka Siegal First Square Fish: Aug.2012 from Farrar, Straus and Giroux for 5th-9th grade 1982 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $9.99
	Walking with Spring by Earl V. Shaffer from Appalachian Trail Conservancy for 7th-Adult in Hiking & Outdoor Adventures (Location: NAT-HIKE) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	With Custer's Cavalry by Katherine Gibson Fougera from University of Nebraska in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Wright Brothers How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman from Holiday House Biography for 5th-8th grade 1992 Newbery Honor Book in Aviation History (Location: HISV-AVIA) $16.99
	Yankee Doodle Boy A Young Soldier's Adventures in the American Revolution Told by Himself by Joseph Martin from Holiday House Historical Non-Fiction for 5th-8th grade in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV) $9.99
	Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)

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