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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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	A is for Abigail The Almanac of Amazing American Women by Lynne Cheney 1^st edition from Simon and Schuster for Kindergarten-4th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $19.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
	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) $8.99
	Abraham Lincoln (hardcover) by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire; edited by Rea Berg 75th Anniversary from Beautiful Feet Books Biography for 1st-6th grade 1940 Caldecott Medal winner in Biographies (Location: BIO) $21.95
	Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by James Cross Giblin from Scholastic Inc. for 1st-4th grade 2001 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.99
	Before There Was Mozart The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome 2nd ed. from Beautiful Feet Books for 1st-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $12.95
	Boy Who Drew Birds A Story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davies New title from Houghton Mifflin for 1st-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $17.99
	Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider The Story of E. B. White by Barbara Herkert, illustrated by Lauren Castillo from Henry Holt and Company for Preschool-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $18.99
	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) $18.95
	Choosing Brave How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy, illustrated by Janelle Washington from Roaring Brook Press for 1st-4th grade 2023 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $19.99
	Church History ABCs Augustine and 25 Other Heroes of the Faith by Ned Bustard, Stephen J. Nichols from Crossway Books for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Church History for Kids (Location: XCH-KID) $13.59
	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) $14.99
	Eleanor by Barbara Cooney 1st Scholastic from Puffin Books for 1st-3rd in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.99
	Fifty Famous People by James Baldwin from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-4th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $11.95
	Finding Narnia The Story of C. S. Lewis and His Brother by Caroline McAlister, Illustrated by Jessica Lanan from Roaring Brook Press for Preschool-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $19.99
	Hole Story of the Doughnut by Pat Miller from HMH Books for Young Readers for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $18.99
	How Sweet the Sound The Story of Amazing Grace by Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated by Frank Morrison from Atheneum for 1st-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $17.99
	Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by Mac Barnett First Edition from Balzer & Bray for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $17.99
	In Search of the Little Prince The Story of Antoine de Saint-Exupery by Bimba Landmann from Eerdmans for 1st-4th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $17.00
	Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion by Andrea Gianopoulos 1^st edition from Capstone Press for 1st-4th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.95 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	John Ronald’s Dragons The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien by Caroline McAlister, Illustrated by Eliza Wheeler from Roaring Brook Press for Preschool-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $21.99
	Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh from Little, Brown & Company Poetry for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.99
	Johnny Appleseed by Gini Holland from Steck-Vaughn Company for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $10.95 $5.00 (3 in stock)
	Little Naturalists: John James Audobon Painted Birds A BabyLit Book by Kate Coombs from Gibbs M. Smith for Nursery-1st grade in Board Books (Location: PIC-BOARD) $9.99
	Little Naturalists: The Adventures of John Muir A BabyLit Book by Kate Coombs from Gibbs M. Smith for Nursery-1st grade in Board Books (Location: PIC-BOARD) $11.99
	Make Way The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schon, and Some Very Famous Ducklings by Angela Burke Kunkel, illustrated by Claire Keane from Random House for Preschool-2nd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $19.99
	Moses by Carole Boston Weatherford 1^st edition from Hyperion/Madison Press for Preschool-3rd grade 2007 Caldecott Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $18.99
	One Giant Leap The Story of Neil Armstrong by Don Brown from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 1st-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.95
	Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland Patron Saint of Ireland by Tomie dePaola from Holiday House for Preschool-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.99
	Picture Book of Sacagawea by David A. Adler, illustrated by Dan Brown from Holiday House for 1st-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.99
	Pilot and the Little Prince The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry by Peter Sís from Farrar, Straus and Giroux for Preschool-2nd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $18.99
	Radiant Child The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe First Edition from Little, Brown & Company 2017 Caldecott Medal in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $17.99
	Right Word Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant from Eerdmans for 1st-4th grade 2015 Caldecott Honor Book, 2015 Robert F. Sibert Medal winner in Biographies (Location: BIO) $18.99
	River of Words Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant First Edition from Eerdmans for 1st-4th grade 2009 Caldecott Honor Book, Sibert Medal in Biographies (Location: BIO) $18.00
	Rosa by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier from Square Fish Publishing for 1st-4th grade 2006 Caldecott Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.99
	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) $17.99
	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) $8.99
	So Tall Within Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary D. Schmidt, Illustrated by Daniel Minter from Roaring Brook Press for Preschool-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $18.99
	Sparky & Spike Charles Schulz and the Wildest, Smartest Dog Ever by Barbara Lowell, illustrated by Dan Andreasen from Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Picture Biography for Preschool-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.95
	Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston from Yesterday's Classics Narrative History for 1st-4th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $11.95
	Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston 2^nd edition from Memoria Press Narrative History for 1st-4th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $14.65
	Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges, Compiled and Edited by Margo Lundell from Scholastic Inc. for 1st-4th grade 2000 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award in Biographies (Location: BIO) $17.99
	Through the Wardrobe How C.S. Lewis Created Narnia by Lina Maslo from Balzer & Bray for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $17.99
	Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews, illustrated by Bryan Collier from Harry N. Abrams, Inc. for Kindergarten-3rd grade 2016 Caldecott Honor Book, 2016 Coretta Scott King Award Winner in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $17.95
	Who in the World Was the Acrobatic Empress? The Story of Theodora by Robin Phillips & Jeff West from Well-Trained Mind Press Picture Book Biography for 1st-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.50
	Who in the World was the Forgotten Explorer? The Story of Amerigo Vespucci by Lorene Lambert & Jed Mickle from Well-Trained Mind Press Picture Book Biography for 1st-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.50
	Who in the World Was the Secretive Printer? The Story of Johannes Gutenberg by Robert Beckham & Jed Mickle from Well-Trained Mind Press Picture Book Biography for 1st-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.50
	Who in the World Was the Unready King? The Story of Ethelred by Connie Clark & Jed Mickle from Well-Trained Mind Press for 1st-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.50
	Who Owns the Sun? by Stacy Chbosky from Purple House Press in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $18.95

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