Biography

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.

Brief biographies introduce Black women who changed the world in a format designed for very young readers.

Maria Merian's artwork and close study of insects become a vivid portrait of careful looking and scientific artistry.

Maria Merian's fascination with insects and metamorphosis becomes a vivid story about observation, art, and scientific wonder.

This biography imagines the childhood reading life that helped shape writer and scholar Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.