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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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	Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter from Simon and Schuster for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.64
	Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illustrated by Brian Pinkney from Hyperion Books for Children for Preschool-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Amazing American Presidents What a Character! Notable Lives from History by Marilyn Boyer from Master Books for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
	Amelia Earhart Adventure in the Sky by Francene Sabin and Joanne Mattern, illustrated by Karen Milone from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.40 (1 in stock)
	Boy Who Loved Bugs The Story of Jean-Henri Fabre by Molly Sanchez, illustrated by Larissa Sharina from The Good and the Beautiful for Preschool-2nd grade in GATB Science & Health (Location: CUR-GABSc)
	Buddy's Crazy True-Life Adventures Buddy Davis Amazing Adventures by Buddy Davis from Answers in Genesis for 3rd-6th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Changing Weather The Story of June Bacon-Bercey by Ashlee Klemm, illustrated by Vanessa Toye from The Good and the Beautiful for 1st-3rd grade in GATB Science & Health (Location: CUR-GABSc) $5.10 (2 in stock)
	Charlotte Mason The Teacher Who Revealed Worlds of Wonder by Lanaya Gore, illustrated by Twila Farmer from Blue Sky Daisies for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Charlotte Mason Education (Location: HSR-METCM) $16.11
	Colors of the Wind by J L Powers, illustrated by George Mendoza & Hayley Morgan-Sanders from Purple House Press for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $12.74
	Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham from Scholastic Inc. for 1st-4th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Famous Pioneers & Frontiersmen What a Character! Notable Lives from History by Marilyn Boyer from Master Books for 4th-8th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
	George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden from Harry N. Abrams, Inc. for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Girl Who Thought in Pictures The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca, illustrated by Daniel Rieley from The Innovation Press for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Mike Wimmer from Clarion Books for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.50 (1 in stock)
	If You Grew Up With George Washington If You Were There by Ruth Belov Gross from Scholastic Inc. for 2nd-5th grade in Colonial America (1690-1765) (Location: HISA-17COL) $2.80 (1 in stock)
	Joseph, Chief of the Nez Perce by Dean Pollock from Binford & Mort Publishing Picture Book Biography for 5th-7th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Kinderlager by Milton J. Nieuwsma from Scholastic Inc. for 6th-Adult in Holocaust (Location: HISW-20WW2H) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Left-Handed History of the World by Ed Wright from Metro Books for 10th-Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Louisa May Alcott: Her Girlhood Diary by Louisa May Alcott from Troll Medallion for 2nd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Mary Cassatt Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists by Mike Venezia from Children's Press Picture Book Biography for 4th-6th grade in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS) $2.80 (1 in stock)
	Mary Cassatt Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists by Mike Venezia Revised from Children's Press Picture Book Biography for 4th-6th grade in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS)
	My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir from Living Book Press for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $9.34
	My Name is York by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk, illustrated by Bill Farnsworth from Rising Moon Books for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	On the Wings of Wonder The Story of John James Audubon Good and the Beautiful Library Level 7 by Shannen Yauger, illustrated by Kessler Garrity from The Good and the Beautiful for 2nd-4th grade in GATB Science & Health (Location: CUR-GABSc) $3.83 (1 in stock)
	Picture Book of Florence Nightingale by David A. Adler, illustrated by John & Alexandra Wallner Repackaged from Holiday House for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Picture Book of Sojourner Truth by David A. Adler from Holiday House Picture Book Biography for 1st-3rd grade in Clearance: Biographies (Location: ZCLE-BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Polycarp of Smyrna The Man Whose Faith Lasted Heroes of the Faith by Sinclair B. Ferguson from Banner of Truth Trust for 3rd-6th grade in Church History for Kids (Location: XCH-KID) $8.50
	Portraits of African-American Heroes by Tonya Bolden, illustrated by Ansel Pitcairn from Scholastic Inc. for 3rd-6th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $5.60 (2 in stock)
	Quarter-Acre Farm How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for a Year by Spring Warren, illustrated by "Nemo" from Seal Press for Adult in Self-Sufficiency (Location: SS-Self) $5.60 (1 in stock)
	Rosa by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier from Square Fish Publishing for 1st-4th grade 2006 Caldecott Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.49
	Rosa by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier from Scholastic Inc. for 1st-4th grade 2006 Caldecott Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Roy Lichtenstein Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists by Mike Venezia from Children's Press Picture Book Biography for 3rd-5th grade in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS) $2.80 (1 in stock)
	Sacajawea: Wilderness Guide by Kate Jassem from Troll Publishing Biography for Preschool-2nd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin from Houghton Mifflin Biographies of Scientists and Inventors for 1st-3rd grade 1999 Caldecott Medal winner in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.49 $4.40 (1 in stock)
	Story of Maria Merian by Ashlee Klemm, illustrated by Anna Speshilova from The Good and the Beautiful for Kindergarten-3rd grade in GATB Science & Health (Location: CUR-GABSc)
	Superstars of History The Good, the Bad, and the Brainy Basher History by R.J. Grant, art direction by Simon Basher from Scholastic Inc. for 3rd-6th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Wangari's Trees of Peace A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter 1^st edition from HMH Books for Young Readers for Preschool-1st grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	War Boy A Wartime Childhood by Michael Foreman from Farshore for 3rd-6th grade in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $12.74
	Young Frederick Douglass Fight for Freedom by Laurence Santrey from Troll Publishing for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)

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