Biography

A lively portrait of potato expert Alberto Salas shows science, agriculture, and Peruvian food culture working together through curiosity and care.

Mae Jemison's childhood imagination and scientific ambition come together in a picture-book biography about looking upward and reaching farther.

William Kamkwamba's childhood ingenuity turns scrap materials and observation into a windmill that helps his village.

This lively bilingual biography introduces Tito Puente through rhythm, performance, and the joy of making people dance.

Paula Young Shelton recalls what it was like to grow up inside the daily reality of the civil rights movement.

This biography introduces Claudette Colvin and the youth activism behind a major civil-rights moment.

Troy Andrews's New Orleans childhood comes alive through brass bands, practice, and neighborhood sound.

This science-rich picture book reframes rocks as dynamic objects with many forms, stories, and uses.

The life of Alice Eastwood becomes a story of botany, rescue, and a determined scientist who refused to let plants be lost.

Maria Mitchell's stargazing and discovery of a comet become a luminous story about patience, observation, and astronomy.