Books for Kids - Biographies

Check out this list generated by our Youth Services Librarians for the Scotch Plains Public Library's annual summer reading challenge.


Updated May 4, 2023
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Marvelous Mabel : figure skating superstar
Hubbard, Crystal
Paper Book
Josephine and her dishwashing machine : Josephine Cochrane's bright invention makes a splash
Hannigan, Kate
Paper Book
Schomburg : the man who built a library
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Paper Book
Itzhak : a boy who loved the violin
Newman, Tracy
Ebook
The cat man of Aleppo
Latham, Irene
Paper Book
Whoosh! : Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions
Barton, Chris
Paper Book
Dancing hands : how Teresa Carreno played the piano for President Lincoln
Engle, Margarita
Paper Book
Joan Procter, dragon doctor : the woman who loved reptiles
Valdez, Patricia
Paper Book
Shark lady : the true story of how Eugenie Clark became the ocean's most fearless scientist
Keating, Jess.
Paper Book
What Miss Mitchell saw
Barrett, Hayley
Paper Book
Planting stories : the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpre
Denise, Anika
Paper Book
Finding my dance
Thundercloud, Ria
Paper Book
Jump at the sun : the true life tale of unstoppable storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston
Williams, Alicia
Paper Book
Mae among the stars
Ahmed, Roda
Paper Book
Shapes, lines, and light : my grandfather's American journey
Yamasaki, Katie
Paper Book
Queen of physics : how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom
Robeson, Teresa
Paper Book

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