Alabama Spitfire: The Story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird
10 best books like Alabama Spitfire: The Story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird (Bethany Hegedus): The Undefeated, Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré, Let the Children March, Alma and How She Got Her Name, Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery, A Big Mooncake for Little Star, Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala, Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams, Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13, What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
The Undefeated
| Author | Kwame Alexander |
| ISBN | 1328780961 |
Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma...
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
| Author | Anika Aldamuy Denise |
| ISBN | 0062748688 |
When she came to America in 1921, Pura carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular stories...
| Author | Monica Clark-Robinson |
| ISBN | 0544704525 |
I couldn't go to their schools.
I couldn't drink from their water fountains.
There were so many things I couldn't do.
In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to...
Alma and How She Got Her Name
| Author | Juana Martinez-Neal |
| ISBN | 0763693553 |
If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for...
| Author | Sandra Neil Wallace |
| ISBN | 1481443879 |
When Ernie Barnes was growing up in North Carolina in the 1940s, he loved to draw....
A Big Mooncake for Little Star
| Author | Grace Lin |
| ISBN | 0316404489 |
Pat, pat, pat...
Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake.
Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she...
Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala
| Author | Lina Maslo |
| ISBN | 0062560778 |
When Malala Yousafzai was born, some people shook their heads because girls were considered bad luck. But her father looked...
| Author | Lesa Cline-Ransome |
“This lovingly crafted picture book biography centers on the incredible bond between Venus and Serena Williams…An important selection for biography and sports collections.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“Will appeal to children and...
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
| Author | Helaine Becker |
| ISBN | 1250137527 |
You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 moon landing. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo...
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
| Author | Chris Barton |
| ISBN | 1481465619 |
Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, Barbara Jordan...
| Author | Gary D. Schmidt |
| ISBN | 1626728720 |
| Author | Margot Lee Shetterly |
| ISBN | 0062742469 |
They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a...
Hello Lighthouse
| Author | Sophie Blackall |
| ISBN | 0316362387 |
at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse.
It is built to last forever. Sending its light out to sea.
The fog rolls in, and the fog rolls out.
The waves rise and crash. The wind blows and blows...
This beautiful picture book caught my eye on the Goodreads...
| Author | Kate Messner |
| ISBN | 1452133506 |
One coral gamete to start a colony
One person to make a difference
One idea to change the world
The ongoing efforts to save and rebuild the world's coral reefs--with hammer and glue, and grafts of newly grown coral--are the living legacy of Ken Nedimyer.
Kate...
The Honeybee
| Author | Kirsten Hall |
| ISBN | 1481469975 |
Bzzz…
What’s that?
Do you hear it?
You’re near it.
...
| Author | Patricia Valdez |
| ISBN | 0399557261 |
Back in the days of long skirts and afternoon teas, young Joan Procter entertained the most unusual party guests: slithery and scaly ones, who turned over teacups...
| Author | Kerascoët |
| ISBN | 1524769568 |
| Author | Michelle Markel |
| ISBN | 0811879224 |
| Author | Annette Bay Pimentel |
Because Bobbi Gibb is a girl, she's not allowed to run on her school's track team. But after school, no one can stop her--and she's free to run endless miles to her heart's...
| Author | Barry Wittenstein |
| ISBN | 1632895579 |
This is the evolution of what we now know as our go to bandage. They even...
Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebel
| Author | Lisa Pliscou |
| ISBN | 1627796436 |
Born in the late 1700s, Jane Austen was a smart, creative girl in a house full of boys, all of whom could aspire to accomplish many things as adults while girls were raised primarily to become good wives. Jane didn’t have much opportunity to...
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
| Author | Sonia Sotomayor |
| ISBN | 0525514120 |
Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more...
The Flying Girl: How Aida de Acosta Learned to Soar
| Author | Margarita Engle |
On a lively street in the lovely city of Paris, a girl named Aída...