Suggest Reading About Real Lives: Picture Book and Easy Reader Biographies
Need a picture book or easy reader biography? Choose one of these biographies about intriguing people from many walks of life!
Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer by Michaela DePrince
A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull by Joseph Bruchac
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos by Deborah Heiligman
Columbus by Demi
Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman by Monica Kulling
Eliza’s Cherry Trees: Japan’s Gift to America by Andrea Griffing Zimmerman
Francis Scott Key’s Star-Spangled Banner by Monica Kulling
Helen’s Big World by Doreen Rappaport
Henry Ford by Josh Gregory
Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played With Puppets by Kathleen Krull
Johnny Appleseed: My Story by David L. Harrison
Little Sure Shot: The Story of Annie Oakley by Stephanie Spinner
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne
A Picture Book Of series by David A. Adler
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jennifer Bryant
Silent Star: The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy by Bill Wise
Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas by Meghan McCarty
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library by Barbara Rosenstock
Tito Puente, Mambo King by Monica Brown
Walt Disney: The Man Behind the Magic by Tamra Orr
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
War Dogs: Churchill and Rufus by Kathryn Selbert
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax? by Jonah Winter
Jennifer Schultz, Youth Services, Warrenton central library
For book lists, reviews and staff suggestions for children published prior to January 2015, visit Kiddosphere, our blog about children/young adult fiction and non-fiction.