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Diego : bigger than life by Bernier-Grand, Carmen T (#26522Z6)

Hardcover — Marshall Cavendish Children, 2009
Price: USD 17.62

Dewey: 759.972; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 5.6
AR 5.3 MG+ 1 130662EN; LEX 760L
From the publisher: Grades 9-12; Ages 8-12
From Booklist: Grades 7-10; Kirkus: Young Adult; SLJ: Gr 5-9

Tags: Biography The Arts

Drawing from memory by Say, Allen (#0100SW0)

FollettBound Glued — Scholastic Press, 2011
Price: USD 22.16

Dewey: 741.6; Audience: Middle School; Reading Level: 4.1
AR 4.1 MG 1 146341EN; RC 4.2 5; LEX HL560L; F&P W
From the publisher: Grades 3-7; Ages 8-12
From Booklist: Grades 4-7; Kirkus: Ages 10+; PW: Ages 10-up; SLJ: Gr 4-7

Tags: Biography Memoir Picture Books for Older Readers World War II

The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain by Sis, Peter (#27781VX)

FollettBound Glued — Frances Foster Books, 2007
Price: USD 24.26

Dewey: 943.7; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 5.2
AR 5.2 MG 1 117633EN; RC 4.5 3; LEX AD760L; F&P Y
From the publisher: Grades 3-7; Ages 8-12
From Booklist: Grades 7-10; Kirkus: Ages 8+; PW: Ages 8-up; SLJ: Gr 5-Up

Tags: Biography Cold War (1945-1989) Picture Books for Older Readers World Literature

The boy who harnessed the wind by Kamkwamba, William (#0532HZ2)

FollettBound Glued — Puffin Books, 2015
Price: USD 17.16

Dewey: 621.4; Audience: Middle School; Reading Level: 6.2
AR 5.8 MG 9 171666EN; RC 5.6 15; LEX 860L; F&P P
From the publisher: Age 10
From Booklist: Grades 5-8; Kirkus: Ages 11-16; SLJ: Gr 4-7

Tags: Africa Biography Energy Inventions Memoir Narrative Nonfiction STEM

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One plastic bag : Isatou Ceesay and the recycling women of the Gambia by Paul, Miranda (#0657AS1)

Hardcover (library binding) — Millbrook Press, 2015
Price: USD 15.04

Dewey: 363.7288; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 3.0
AR 2.9 LG .5 170587EN; RC 1.6 1; LEX AD570L; F&P P
From the publisher: Grades Pre-K/K-3; Ages 5-9
From Kirkus: Ages 5-8; PW: Ages 5-9; SLJ: Gr 1-4

Tags: Biography Includes Back Matter Narrative Nonfiction Picture Book Problem & Solution (Text Structure) Responsible Decision-making

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On a beam of light : a story of Albert Einstein by Berne, Jennifer (#1283HA1)

FollettBound Sewn — Chronicle Books, 2016
Price: USD 15.66

Dewey: 530; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 4.5
AR 4.5 LG .5 157835EN; RC 3.2 2; LEX AD680L
From the publisher: Grades Pre-K/K-3; Ages 5-8
From Booklist: Grades 1-3; Kirkus: Ages 6-9; PW: Ages 6-9; SLJ: Gr 1-3

Tags: Biography First Person (Point of View) Includes Back Matter Physical Science Picture Books for Older Readers Sequence (Text Structure)

Red land, Yellow River : a story from the Cultural Revolution by Zhang, Ange (#20322Q4)

Hardcover — Groundwood Books, 2004
Price: USD 18.47

Dewey: 951.05; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 5.6
AR 5.6 MG 1 83227EN; RC 4 4; LEX 740L; GR Y; F&P Y
From the publisher: Age 8
From Booklist: Grades 5-8; PW: Ages 8-up; SLJ: Gr 4-Up

Tags: Asia Biography Human Rights

Solving the puzzle under the sea : Marie Tharp maps the ocean floor by Burleigh, Robert (#0846TY6)

Hardcover — Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016
Price: USD 17.62

Dewey: 526; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 4.4
AR 5 LG .5 179979EN; RC 4.6 3; LEX 750L; F&P S
From the publisher: Grades Pre-K/K-3; Ages 4-8
From Booklist: Grades 1-3; Kirkus: Ages 5-9; PW: Ages 4-8; SLJ: Gr 2-4

Tags: Biography Earth Science Includes Back Matter Narrative Nonfiction Oceanography Picture Book Picture Books for Older Readers Self-Management

Norman Rockwell : storyteller with a brush by Gherman, Beverly (#03019KX)

Hardcover — Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000
Price: USD 22.90

Dewey: 759.13; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 6.7
AR 6.6 MG 2 36235EN; RC 8.2 5; LEX 980L
From the publisher: Grades 3-7; Ages 8-12
From Booklist: Grades 4-7; PW: Ages 8-up; SLJ: Gr 4-8

Tags: Biography

Seeds of change : planting a path to peace by Johnson, Jen Cullerton (#29792D5)

Hardcover — Lee & Low Books, 2010
Price: USD 18.47

Dewey: 333.72; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 4.8
AR 4.8 LG .5 137343EN; RC 5.4 3; LEX 820L; F&P S
From the publisher: Grades 1-6; Ages 1-6
From Booklist: Grades 2-4; Kirkus: Ages 6-11; PW: Ages 6-11; SLJ: Gr 2-4

Tags: Biography Picture Books for Older Readers

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Electrical wizard : how Nikola Tesla lit up the world (Candlewick Biographies) by Rusch, Elizabeth (#0520YX1)

FollettBound Sewn — Candlewick Press, 2015
Price: USD 14.56

Other available formats

Hardcover — Candlewick Press, 2013

USD 16.74

Paperback — Candlewick Press, 2015

USD 6.99

Dewey: 621.3; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 5.3
AR 5.3 LG .5 162951EN; LEX 840L; GR S; F&P S
From the publisher: Grades 3-7; Ages 8-12
From Booklist: Grades 3-5; Kirkus: Ages 7-10; SLJ: Gr 2-5

Tags: Biography Electricity Inventions Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books for Older Readers

Cool melons-- turn to frogs! : the life and poems of Issa by Gollub, Matthew (#32629W3)

FollettBound Sewn — Lee & Low Books, 1998
Price: USD 18.76

Dewey: 895.6; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 4.7
AR 4.4 LG .5 26747EN; RC 4.6 2; LEX AD860L
From the publisher: Grades 1-6; Ages 1-6
From PW: Ages 4-up; SLJ: Gr 2-5

Tags: Biography Poetry

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Leonardo, beautiful dreamer by Byrd, Robert (#15752P6)

Hardcover — Dutton Children's Books, 2003
Price: USD 16.74

Dewey: 709; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 7.6
AR 8 MG 2 71975EN; RC 5.9 6; LEX 1120L
From the publisher: Grades 2-5; Ages 7-10
From Booklist: Grades 4-6; Kirkus: Ages 7-10; PW: Ages 7-10; SLJ: Gr 3-8

Tags: Biography

Lives of the artists : masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought) (Lives Of... (Harcourt)) by Krull, Kathleen (#0653VR0)

FollettBound Glued — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014
Price: USD 16.26

Dewey: 709.2; Audience: Middle School; Reading Level: 7.8
AR 7.8 MG 3 26763EN
From the publisher: Grades 5-7; Ages 10-12
From Booklist: Grades 4-6; SLJ: Gr 6-Up

Tags: Biography

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Planting the trees of Kenya : the story of Wangari Maathai by Nivola, Claire A (#39846Z1)

Hardcover — Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008
Price: USD 18.50

Dewey: 333.72; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 5.6
AR 5.9 LG .5 121421EN; RC 9.2 3; LEX AD870L
From the publisher: Grades Pre-K/K-3; Ages 5-8
From Kirkus: Ages 5-9; PW: Ages 5-8; SLJ: Gr 2-4

Tags: Africa Biography Conservation & Environment Picture Books for Older Readers

Miss Mary reporting : the true story of sportswriter Mary Garber by Macy, Sue (#0939CX2)

Hardcover — Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016
Price: USD 17.62

Dewey: 070.4; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 3.3
AR 5.2 LG .5 180477EN; RC 5.3 2; LEX NC910L
From the publisher: Grades Pre-K/K-3; Ages 5-8
From Booklist: Grades 2-4; Kirkus: Ages 5-9; PW: Ages 5-8; SLJ: Gr 2-4

Tags: Biography Includes Timelines Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books for Older Readers Sports

Manfish : a story of Jacques Cousteau by Berne, Jennifer (#03474V3)

Hardcover — Chronicle Books, 2008
Price: USD 15.86

Dewey: 551.46; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 4.3
AR 4.3 LG .5 122568EN; RC 3.7 2; LEX AD800L; GR N
From the publisher: Grades 1-4; Ages 6-9
From Kirkus: Ages 7-11; SLJ: Gr 1-4

Tags: Biography Picture Books for Older Readers Sequence (Text Structure)

Master of deceit : J. Edgar Hoover and America in the age of lies by Aronson, Marc (#0058AW3)

Hardcover — Candlewick Press, 2012
Price: USD 23.78

Dewey: 363.25; Audience: Young Adult
AR 9 UG 9 150643EN; RC 10.3 12; LEX 1090L; F&P Z
From the publisher: Age 14
From Booklist: Grades 9-12; Kirkus: Ages 14+; PW: Ages 14-up; SLJ: Gr 9-Up

Tags: Biography Includes Primary Sources Narrative Nonfiction

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A song for Cambodia by Lord, Michelle (#0852ZW3)

FollettBound Glued — Lee & Low, 2015
Price: USD 18.76

Dewey: 959.604; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 5.4
AR 5.4 LG .5 121696EN; RC 5.5 2; LEX AD840L; F&P X
From the publisher: Grades 1-6; Ages 6-11
From Booklist: Grades 3-5; Kirkus: Ages 8-10; PW: Ages 6-11; SLJ: Gr 4-6

Tags: Biography

Malala, a brave girl from Pakistan by Winter, Jeanette (#0993JQ0)

Hardcover — Beach Lane Books, 2014
Price: USD 16.74

Dewey: 331.3; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 3.3
AR 3.6 LG .5 171599EN; RC 2.7 1; LEX AD640L
From the publisher: Grades 1-5; Ages 6-10
From Booklist: Grades 1-3; Kirkus: Ages 5-9; PW: Ages 4-8; SLJ: Gr 2-4

Tags: Biography Courage (Literary Theme) Multicultural Self-Awareness

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Headstrong : 52 women who changed science-- and the world by Swaby, Rachel (#0543PU1)

Paperback — B\D\W\Y Broadway Books, 2015
Price: USD 15.87

Dewey: 509.2; Audience: Adult

Tags: Biography Narrative Nonfiction STEM

Marcel Marceau : master of mime by Spielman, Gloria (#0238UPX)

Hardcover (library binding) — Kar-Ben Pub., 2011
Price: USD 7.54

Dewey: 792.302; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 5.1
AR 5.1 MG .5 145226EN; RC 5.6 3; LEX 860L
From the publisher: Grades 3-5; Ages 8-11
From Kirkus: Ages 8-10; PW: Ages 8-11; SLJ: Gr 2-5

Tags: Biography Picture Books for Older Readers The Arts World War II

Ada Byron Lovelace and the thinking machine by Wallmark, Laurie (#0894WV8)

Hardcover — Creston Books, LLC, 2015
Price: USD 13.59

Dewey: 510; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 3.4
AR 4.6 LG .5 179119EN; RC 4.5 2
From the publisher: Grades Pre-K/K-6; Ages 4-12
From Booklist: Grades 1-3; Kirkus: Ages 5-8; PW: Ages 5-up; SLJ: Gr 1-4

Tags: Biography Computers & Coding Includes Back Matter Picture Book Picture Books for Older Readers STEM

The cosmobiography of Sun Ra : the sound of joy is enlightening by Raschka, Christopher (#0571GM4)

Hardcover — Candlewick Press, 2014
Price: USD 14.98

Dewey: 781.65; Audience: Lower Elementary; Reading Level: 4.7
AR 5.1 LG .5 166189EN; RC 5.5 1; LEX 1000L
From the publisher: Grades 1-4; Ages 6-9
From Booklist: Grades 1-3; Kirkus: Ages 6-9; PW: Ages 6-9; SLJ: Gr 3-6

Tags: African American Biography Music Picture Book Picture Books for Older Readers

Honda : the boy who dreamed of cars by Weston, Mark (#0755QP5)

Paperback — Lee & Low Books, Inc., 2008
Price: USD 11.43

Dewey: 338.7; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 5.4
AR 5.4 LG .5 125261EN; RC 3.4 3; LEX AD870L; F&P S
From the publisher: Grades 1-6; Ages 1-6
From Booklist: Grades 2-4; Kirkus: Ages 7-12; SLJ: Gr 3-5

Tags: Biography

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