Picture book biographies

Miss Franklin: How Miles Franklin’s brilliant career began

Libby Hathorn

This is a story about iconic Australian writer Stella Miles Franklin, namesake of two major literary prizes, during her brief but formative time as a governess in rural New South…

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Vivienne Westwood

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Part of the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Vivienne Westwood tells the inspiring story of this flame-haired fashion designer and businesswoman.

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Maria Montessori

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Part of the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Maria Montessori tells the inspiring story of this pioneering teacher and researcher.

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She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein

Lynn Fulton,Felicita Sala

On a stormy night two hundred years ago, a young woman sat in a dark house and dreamed of her life as a writer. She longed to follow the path…

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Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli

Kyo Maclear

A dazzling first-person picture book biography of the life of fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli by gifted team Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad.

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I See the Promised Land

Arthur Flowers

This graphic novel brings together an African American storyteller and an Indian folk artist to tell the story of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This substantially revised edition…

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Mother Teresa

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

New in the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the incredible life of Mother Teresa, in this true story of her life.

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Josephine Baker

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara,Agathe Sorlet

New in the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the incredible life of Josephine Baker, the world-famous entertainer, activist and French Resistance agent in this true story of her life.

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Simone de Beauvoir

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

New in the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the incredible life of Simone de Beauvoir, the great French philosopher, in this true story of her life.

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Jane Goodall

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Part of the bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, Jane Goodall tells the inspiring true story of the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees.

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Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall’s Life and Art

Barb Rosenstock,Mary GrandPre

Known for both his paintings and stained-glass windows, Marc Chagall rose from humble beginnings to become one of the world’s most renowned artists. The team behind the Caldecott Honor Book…

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Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen

Deborah Hopkinson

This gorgeous picture book biography of one of the most beloved writers of all time pays tribute to an independent thinker who turned ordinary life into extraordinary stories and created…

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Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles

Patricia Valdez,Felicita Sala

A picture-book biography of the early 20th-century woman who became the Curator of Reptiles at the British Museum and went on to design the Reptile House at the London Zoo.

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Amazing Australians in Their Flying Machines

Prue & Kerry Mason,Tom Jellett

Author and licensed pilot Prue Mason shares how a handful of early aviators helped Australia reach beyond its borders to lands far away.

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William Bligh: A Stormy Story of Tempestuous Times

Michael Sedunary

William Bligh: a stormy story of tempestuous times unpeels the layers of some of the most incredible circumstances in Australia’s colonial history. Some people may have heard of the famous…

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The Shack That Dad Built

Elaine Russell

When Elaine Russell was five, her dad built the family a shack just outside the Aboriginal mission at La Perouse in Sydney. In this book, aimed at ages 4-8, she…

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Remembering Lionsville

Bronwyn Bancroft

Renowned artist Bronwyn Bancroft’s Remembering Lionsville brings to vivid life her family’s oral history and her own childhood memories.

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Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell

Tanya Lee Stone

A nonfiction picture book telling the inspiring story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor.

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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Margot Shetterly

Author Shetterly and illustrator Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black female mathematicians who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers in this adaptation…

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What I can learn from the incredible and fantastic life of Oprah Winfrey

Melissa Medina,Fredrik Colting

An inspirational biography about Oprah Winfrey

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Frida Kahlo And Her Animalitos

Monica Brown,John Parra

Containing a biography in narrative format, the artist Frida Kahlo’s love of her pets and painting them is explored.

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The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

Barb Rosenstock

The incredible story of the world’s largest visionary environment: the Rock Garden of Chandigarh in India, kept secret by outsider artist Nek Chand for 15 years. Illustrations.

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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist

Jess Keating

At nine years old, Eugenie Clark developed an unexpected passion for sharks after a visit to the Battery Park Aquarium in New York City. At the time, sharks were seen…

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On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein

Jennifer Berne

Jennifer Berne and Vladimir Radunsky invite the reader to travel along with Einstein, on a journey full of curiosity, laughter, and science that shows the powerful difference imagination can make…

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The Legend of Moondyne Joe

Mark Greenwood (Author)

They’ll not take my freedom away! These are the words of Moondyne Joe, the beloved scoundrel and expert bushman of early Australian convict history. There wasn’t a cell built that…

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A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women’s Rights

Kate Hannigan

This picture-book biography illuminates the life of activist Belva Lockwood, a woman who fought for equality for women in the classroom, the courtroom and politics.

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Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan

Jeanette Winter

Based on a true story. After her parents are taken away by the Taliban, young Nasreen stops speaking. But as she spends time in a secret school, she slowly breaks…

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Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

Laurie Wallmark

Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the famous romantic poet, Lord Byron, develops her creativity through science and math. When she meets Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical computer…

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Ada’s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World’s First Computer Programmer

Fiona Robinson

A picture book biography of mathematician Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, by the award-winning author/illustrator Fiona Robinson

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The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid

Jeanette Winter

Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect’s life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter.

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Me…Jane

Patrick McDonnell

In this inspiring true tale of Jane Goodall’s early years, bestselling author Patrick McDonnell gently reminds readers that with determination, you really can make your dreams come true.

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Superstar Grandmas: An A-Z of Seriously Cool Seniors

Andrea Gallagher

A read-aloud picture book, based on the real lives and faces of a group of ladies who all adore their grandkids. Each page features a different character and rhyme to…

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Cloth Lullaby:The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois

Amy Novesky

With a beautifully nuanced and poetic story, this book stunningly captures the relationship between mother and daughter and illuminates how memories are woven into us all.

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Coco and the Little Black Dress

Annemarie van Haeringen

Hurry up! You may only go to bed when all the sheets are ironed. Little Coco grew up in the orphanage and had to work hard for a living sewing…

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Miss Todd and Her Wonderful Flying Machine

Kristina Yee,Frances Poletti

One young woman, Miss Lily Todd, is inspired and she’ll do whatever it takes to fly. But oh, no, no, no! At a time when becoming sky-born is already a…

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Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton

Sherri Duskey Rinker

In this loving tribute to Virginia Lee Burton, New York Times bestselling creators Sherri Duskey Rinker and John Rocco pay homage to the storied life of one of the most…

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The Peasant Prince

Li Cunxin

This is your one chance. You have your secret dreams. Follow them! Make them come true … In a poor village in northern China, a small boy is about to…

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Shackleton’s Journey

William Grill

Delicate drawings in vibrant colors bring the story of Shackleton’s journey to life.

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The Man Who Loved Libraries: The Story of Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Larsen

A picture book biography of American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

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Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille

Jen Bryant,Jen Bryant

An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet.

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The Shape of the World

K.L. Going

A little boy who loves to find shapes in nature grows up to be one of America’s greatest architects in this inspiring biography of Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Javaka Steptoe

Visually stunning picture book biography about modern art phenomenon Jean-Michel Basquiat, written and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award winner Javaka Steptoe.

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Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova

Laurel Snyder

A picture book introduction to the life and career of Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.

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Sonia Delaunay: A Life of Color

Cara Manes,Fatinha Ramos

A celebration of the remarkable life and art of Sonia Delaunay, a groundbreaking artist of the early 20th century.

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Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity

Sarah Suzuki,Ellen Weinstein

Provides an introduction to the Japanese artist who is known for her use of dots.

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Audrey Hepburn

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Discover the life of Audrey Hepburn, the famous actress, dancer and UNICEF ambassador. The next title in the Little People, Big Dreams series.

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Frida Kahlo

Isabel Sanchez Vegara,Gee Fan Eng

Learn all about the life of inspiring Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, in this new addition to the lively biography picture book series Little People, Big Dreams.

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Amelia Earhart

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Meet the first female flier to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean in this book for readers as young as 4 years. Part of the Little People, Big Dreams series…

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Picture book biographies

Miss Franklin: How Miles Franklin’s brilliant career began

Vivienne Westwood

Maria Montessori

She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein

Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli

I See the Promised Land

Mother Teresa

Josephine Baker

Simone de Beauvoir

Jane Goodall

Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall’s Life and Art

Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen

Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles

Amazing Australians in Their Flying Machines

William Bligh: A Stormy Story of Tempestuous Times

The Shack That Dad Built

Remembering Lionsville

Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

What I can learn from the incredible and fantastic life of Oprah Winfrey

Frida Kahlo And Her Animalitos

The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist

On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein

The Legend of Moondyne Joe

A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women’s Rights

Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan

Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

Ada’s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World’s First Computer Programmer

The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid

Me…Jane

Superstar Grandmas: An A-Z of Seriously Cool Seniors

Cloth Lullaby:The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois

Coco and the Little Black Dress

Miss Todd and Her Wonderful Flying Machine

Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton

The Peasant Prince

Shackleton’s Journey

The Man Who Loved Libraries: The Story of Andrew Carnegie

Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille

The Shape of the World

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova

Sonia Delaunay: A Life of Color

Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity

Audrey Hepburn

Frida Kahlo

Amelia Earhart