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December 29, 2020 ·

Biography Booklist

Biography Collection

The following books are a great supplement to the Biography Collection. Below are Amazon links to the books.

Google Chrome Library Extension

While Amazon is a great resource, many of these books may be available at your local library.

There is a Google Chrome Library Extension that will help you search for these books at your library.

It’s an easy extension to install and use for any book on many different websites.

Links to Picture and Read Aloud Biographies

The following books are arranged by person in alphabetical order.

Abraham Lincoln

The Story of Abraham Lincoln: A Biography Book for New Readers

Abe Lincoln’s Hat

National Geographic Readers: Abraham Lincoln

Albert Einstein

National Geographic Readers: Albert Einstein 

Who Was Albert Einstein?

The Story of Albert Einstein

Alexander Graham Bell

Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell

Who Was Alexander Graham Bell?

National Geographic Readers: Alexander Graham Bell

Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl

Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson

Playing to Win: How Althea Gibson Broke Barriers and Changed Tennis Forever

Amelia Earhart

I am Amelia Earhart

The Story of Amelia Earhart: A Biography Book for New Readers

A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart

Anne Frank

A Picture Book of Anne Frank

I am Anne Frank

National Geographic Readers: Anne Frank

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley – Little Sure Shot

Who Was Annie Oakley?

Annie Oakley: American Tall Tales and Legends 

Barack Obama

Barack Obama: Out of Many, One

Who Is Barack Obama?

The Story of Barack Obama

Benjamin Franklin

Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia

The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin

Who Was Ben Franklin?

Bessie Coleman

Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman

Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of “Brave Bessie” Coleman

Bessie Coleman: Trailblazing Pilot

Betsy Ross

Betsy Ross

Betsy Ross: Designer of Our Flag

Who Was Betsy Ross?

Booker T. Washington

Who Was Booker T. Washington?

More Than Anything Else

With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School

César Chávez

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

Who Was Cesar Chavez?

A Picture Book of Cesar Chavez

Clara Barton

Who Was Clara Barton?

Brave Clara Barton

Clara Barton: Spirit of the American Red Cross 

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers

Side by Side/Lado a lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez

Dolores Huerta: Labor Activist

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt?

A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor

Frederick Douglass

Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass

National Geographic Readers: Frederick Douglass 

Who Was Frederick Douglass?

Garrett Morgan

Garrett Augustus Morgan: Businessman, Inventor, Good Citizen

The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan

Garrett Morgan

George Washington Carver

National Geographic Readers: George Washington Carver

Who Was George Washington Carver?

The Groundbreaking, Chance-Taking Life of George Washington Carver

George Washington

Who Was George Washington?

National Geographic Readers: George Washington 

The Story of George Washington

Harriet Tubman

Before She Was Harriet

The Story of Harriet Tubman

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People To Freedom

Helen Keller

The Story of Helen Keller

I am Helen Keller 

Who Was Helen Keller?

Jackie Robinson

Who Was Jackie Robinson?

I am Jackie Robinson

A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson

Jane Goodall

The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps

The Story of Jane Goodall

I am Jane Goodall

Jessie Owens

Jesse Owens

A Picture Book of Jesse Owens

Who Was Jesse Owens?

Juliette Gordon Low

Who Was Juliette Gordon Low?

Here Come the Girl Scouts!

Juliette Gordon Low: America’s First Girl Scout 

Louis Armstrong

Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong

Who Was Louis Armstrong?

A Horn for Louis: Louis Armstrong as a kid!

Mae Carol Jemison

Blast off into space like Mae Jemison

Mae Among the Stars

Mae Jemison

Malala Yousafzai

The Story of Malala Yousafzai

Who Is Malala Yousafzai?

For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai’s Story 

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher : The Iron Lady Who Made History

Marie Curie

I am Marie Curie

The Story of Marie Curie

Marie Curie and the Power of Persistence

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou: Journey of the Heart

Who Was Maya Angelou?

Rise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou

Mother Theresa

Mother Teresa 

National Geographic Readers: Mother Teresa

Who Was Mother Teresa?

Rosa Parks

I am Rosa Parks

Rosa

National Geographic Readers: Rosa Parks

Ruby Bridges

The Story Of Ruby Bridges

Ruby Bridges Goes to School

Through My Eyes

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Who Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

The Story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

Sally Ride

Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America’s Pioneering Woman in Space

Sally Ride : The First American Woman in Space

Who Was Sally Ride?

Sarah E. Goode

Sweet Dreams, Sarah 

Sojourner Truth

Who Was Sojourner Truth?

So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom

My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth

Susan B. Anthony

Who Was Susan B. Anthony?

Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Women’s Rights 

Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage

The Wright Brothers

First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers

The Story of the Wright Brothers

The Wright Brothers

Thomas Edison

Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives

National Geographic Readers: Thomas Edison 

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

Thomas Jefferson

The Story of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library

Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything

Thurgood Marshall

A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood

Amazing Americans: Thurgood Marshall

Walt Disney

Who Was Walt Disney?

National Geographic Readers: Walt Disney

I am Walt Disney 

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