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Across a Dark and Wild Sea: The Life of Columcille of Ireland
by Don Brown
(K-4th grade)

Ansel Adams, America's Photographer
by Beverly Gherman
(5th grade and up)

A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull
by Joseph Bruchac
(3rd-5th grade)

Champion: The Story of Muhammad Ali
by James Haskins
(3rd grade and up)

Confucious, the Golden Rule
by Russell Freedman
(4th grade and up)

Dear Benjamin Banneker
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
(3rd-5th grade)

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Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
(3rd-5th grade)

Einstein: Visionary Scientist
by John B. Severance
(5th grade and up)

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
(1st-4th grade)

Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England
by Diane Stanley
(3rd-6th grade)

Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit
by Laurie Lawlor
(4th grade and up)

If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks
by Faith Ringgold
(K and up)

John Winthrop, Oliver Cromwell, and the Land of Promise
by Marc Aronson
(6th grade and up)

Langston Hughes: American Poet
by Alice Walker
(6th grade and up)

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
by James Cross Giblin
(6th grade and up)

The Life and Death of Crazy Horse
by Russell Freedman
(5th grade and up)

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Michelangelo
by Diane Stanley
(4th-6th grade)

No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War
by Anita Lobel
(5th grade and up)

Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein
by Don Brown
(2nd-5th grade)

Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange
by Elizabeth Partridge
(5th grade and up)

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
by Eleanor Coerr
(3rd-5th grade)

Saladin, Noble Prince of Islam
by Diane Stanley
(2nd-5th grade)

The Secret of the Great Houdini
by Robert Burleigh
(3rd-6th grade)

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Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
by James Rumford
(3rd-5th grade)

Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado
by Marc Aronson
(5th grade and up)

Ten Kings and The World They Ruled
by Milton Meltzer
(5th grade and up)

They Called Her Molly Pitcher
by Anne Rockwell
(2nd grade and up)

This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie
by Elizabeth Partridge
(6th grade and up)

Through My Eyes: The Story of Ruby Bridges
by Ruby Bridges
(3rd-5th grade)

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To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers
by Wendie Old
(3rd grade and up)

Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354
by James Rumford
(2nd grade and up)

Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa
by Don Brown
(3rd-5th grade)

Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
by Kathleen Krull
(3rd-5th grade)

A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull
by Kathleen Krull
(3rd-5th grade)

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