President Joe Biden
"Long-serving congressman, Vice President, and now President, Joe Biden's journey to the highest position in the land has been long and winding.
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year:
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: biden, joseph r., united states, presidents, politicians, presidential candidates, legislators, united states, delaware, biographies
Thurgood Marshall
A brief biography of Thurgood Marshall, a civil rights lawyer who became the first African American justice on the United States Supreme Court, that discusses his early life, challenges he faced, and his major accomplishments.
FIC
year:
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: marshall, thurgood, united states, african american judges, judges, african american, biographies
Ada Lovelace
In this kids' biography, discover the inspiring story of Ada Lovelace, who wrote the world's first computer program.
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year:
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: lovelace, ada king, countess of, computers, mathematicians, women, computer programmers, great britain
American Biographies
Contains twenty biographies of famous American people followed by student comprehension exercises.
FIC
year: 1987
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: united states
Chasing Hillary
"For nearly a decade, award-winning New York Times journalist Amy Chozick chronicled Hillary Clinton's pursuit of the presidency.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: clinton, hillary rodham, chozick, amy, 2000-2099, presidential candidates, presidents, women journalists, biography & autobiography / personal memoirs, biography & autobiography / political, political science / political process / campaigns & elections, political and social views, politics and government, united states, biographies, biography, biografie
Billie Eilish, The Unofficial Biography
Looks at the life of American singer-songwriter, Billie Eilish.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1250
Amanda Gorman
"The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers.
FIC
year:
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: gorman, amanda, african american women poets, african americans, women, poets, biographies, readers (publications), biographies
Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady Who Made History
Introduces young readers to Margaret Thatcher, also known as The Iron Lady, discussing her youth, her rise to Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, her successes, and more.
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year:
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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Deb Haaland
Examines the life of Deb Haaland, the first confirmed Native American Cabinet secretary.
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year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: haaland, debra a., united states, women legislators, native american legislators, legislators, pueblo women, pueblo indians, new mexico, biographies, nonfiction / biography & autobiography / cultural, ethnic & regional
Speak Up, Speak Out!
"A biography of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: chisholm, shirley, united states, african american legislators, african americans, women legislators, women, legislators, african american presidential candidates, women presidential candidates, presidential candidates, brooklyn (new york, n.y.), new york (n.y.), biographies
Who Is Chloe Kim?
"At the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, Chloe Kim became the youngest woman to ever receive an Olympic gold medal in snowboarding, and she was only seventeen! This amazing accomplishment led to Chloe winning three ESPY awards, becoming the inspiration for her own Barbie doll, and gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: kim, chloe, snowboarders, women olympic athletes, winter olympic games, korean americans, biographies, nonfiction / biography & autobiography / sports & recreation, nonfiction / biography & autobiography / cultural, ethnic & regional, women snowboarders, olympic athletes
Thomas H. Begay And The Navajo Code Talkers
"Through Thomas H. Begay's singular story, this richly illustrated biography for young readers describes aspects of Navajo history and culture and shows how a select group of Navajo soldiers used their native Din? language to invent and operate a secret communications system that was crucial to a US victory in the Pacific during World War II"--Provided by the publisher.
FIC
year:
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: begay, thomas h., united states, navajo code talkers, navajo indians, world war, 1939-1945, indians of north america, cryptography, united states, biographies
Daniel Boone
An illustrated biography of American frontiersman and adventurer Daniel Boone.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: boone, daniel, explorers, pioneers, frontier and pioneer life, kentucky, cumberland gap (ky. and va.), biographies
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Couldn't Drive?
"From the best-selling author of My Weird School: a new entry in the cheerful and engaging biography series centered on high-interest historic figures.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
The Happiest Man On Earth
"Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: jaku, eddie, auschwitz (concentration camp), buchenwald (concentration camp), jewish holocaust, world war, 1933-1945, world war, 1939-1945, nazi concentration camp inmates, immigrants, holocaust survivors, holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), jews, centenarians, happiness, guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, d?tenus de camp de concentration nazi, survivants de l'holocauste, holocauste, 1939-1945, juifs, centenaires, bonheur, biography & autobiography, history, concentration camp prisoners, holocaust, 1939-1945, germany, allemagne, australia, autobiographies, autobiography, personal narrative, biography, biographies, history, personal narratives, r?cits personnels