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Updated 03/18/2026
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1.

The diary of a young girl

Frank, Anne,

2.

Henri Matisse : he saw the world in bold color

Alexander, Heather,

3.

Taylor Swift : superstar!

Corey, Shana,

4.

Who is Taylor Swift?

Anderson, Kirsten,

5.

Katherine Johnson

Feldman, Thea,

6.

7.

Go, Wilma, go! : Wilma Rudolph, from athlete to activist

Davis, Amira Rose,

8.

Who was Louis Braille?

Frith, Margaret,

9.

SaÌnchez Vegara, Ma Isabel

10.

McCormick, Lisa Wade,

11.

Markegard, Blake.

12.

Who is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?

Buckley, James,

13.

The girl with a mind for math : the story of Raye Montague

Mosca, Julia Finley,

14.

Who was Alexander Hamilton?

Pollack, Pam,

15.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg couldn't drive?

Gutman, Dan,

16.

Who is R. L. Stine?

Payne, M. D.

17.

Who is Dolly Parton?

Kelley, True,

18.

Just like Beverly

Conrad, Vicki,

19.

Who says women can't be computer programmers? : the story of Ada Lovelace

Stone, Tanya Lee,

20.

Joey : the story of Joe Biden

Biden, Jill.,

21.

Mother Teresa : a life of caring

Nelson, Robin,

22.

Geras, Adèle.

23.

Eddy, Susan,

24.

Jane Goodall : chimpanzee expert & activist

Hansen, Grace,

25.

Abraham Lincoln : a life of respect

Rivera, Sheila,

26.

Who was her own work of art? : Frida Kahlo

Blas, Terry,

27.

Look up with me : Neil deGrasse Tyson : a life among the stars

Berne, Jennifer,

28.

Who was Theodore Roosevelt?

Burgan, Michael,

29.

Abraham Lincoln

Raatma, Lucia,

30.

Mae Jemison : shooting for the stars : the first Black woman in space

Singleton, Chris,

31.

Who was Davy Crockett?

Herman, Gail,

32.

Who was Catherine the Great?

Pollack, Pam,

33.

Six dots : a story of young Louis Braille

Bryant, Jennifer,

34.

Saanchez Vegara, Ma Isabel

35.

Florence Nightingale

SaÌnchez Vegara, Ma Isabel

36.

Malala Yousafzai : education activist

Hansen, Grace.

37.

Who was Albert Einstein?

Brallier, Jess M.,

38.

Hatshepsut : the princess who became king

Galford, Ellen,

39.

Thomas Jefferson grows a nation

Thomas, Peggy,

40.

Hammering for freedom : the William Lewis story

Hubbard, Rita L,

41.

Henri's scissors

Winter, Jeanette.

42.

Who is LeBron James?

Hubbard, Crystal,

43.

Who is Derek Jeter?

Herman, Gail,

44.

Abraham Lincoln

Duffield, Katy S.,

45.

46.

SaÌnchez Vegara, Ma Isabel

47.

Who is Aaron Judge?

Buckley, James,

48.

Who was Henry Ford?

Burgan, Michael,

49.

Jane Goodall : chimpanzee protector

Doak, Robin S.

50.

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

Fradin, Dennis B.,

51.

Slade, Suzanne,

52.

You wouldn't want to be Cleopatra! : an Egyptian ruler you'd rather not be

Pipe, Jim,

53.

Dinosaur lady : the daring discoveries of Mary Anning, the first paleontologist

Skeers, Linda,

54.

Who is J.K. Rowling?

Pollack, Pam.

55.

Elvis : the story of the rock and roll King

Christensen, Bonnie.

56.

Who was Leif Erikson?

Medina, Nico,

57.

The girl who thought in pictures : the story of Dr. Temple Grandin

Mosca, Julia Finley,

58.

Simone Biles : golden girl of gymnastics

Morgan, Sally,

59.

A voice for the Everglades : Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Conrad, Vicki,

60.

Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Bader, Bonnie,

61.

Romero, Libby,

62.

The one & only Googoosh : Iran's beloved superstar

Westergaard, Azadeh,

63.

Crossing Niagara : The Death-Defying Tightrope Adventures of the Great Blondin

Tavares, Matt

64.

The boy who invented TV : the story of Philo Farnsworth

Krull, Kathleen.

65.

I am Malala Yousafzai

Meltzer, Brad,

66.

John Adams : Second President 1797-1801

Venezia, Mike,

67.

Ida B. Wells : Journalist, advocate & crusader for justice

Dunbar, Erica Armstrong,

68.

Whoosh! : Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions

Barton, Chris,

69.

Defiant : growing up in the Jim Crow South

Hudson, Wade,

70.

Who was King Tut?

Edwards, Roberta,

71.

I am Ruby Bridges

Bridges, Ruby,

72.

Pinkney, Andrea Davis,

73.

The slave who went to Congress

Rosner, Marti,

74.

Polette, Nancy,

75.

Prince among slaves : the remarkable true story of an African prince enslaved in Mississippi, and his journey home

Senzai, N. H.,

76.

Ruby Bridges and the desegregation of American schools

Harris, Duchess,

77.

Rappaport, Doreen,

78.

Who was Sally Ride?

Stine, Megan.

79.

Yours for justice, Ida B. Wells the darling life of crusading journalist / The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist

Dray, Philip,

80.

Nat Turner and the Virginia slave revolt

Neshama, Rivvy,

81.

Escape North! : the story of Harriet Tubman

Kulling, Monica,

82.

Jump! : from the life of Michael Jordan

Cooper, Floyd,

83.

George Washington Carver

Bolden, Tonya,

84.

Phillis's big test

Clinton, Catherine,

85.

Abraham, Philip,

86.

Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Demuth, Patricia,

87.

Zora Neale Hurston : African American writer

Cannarella, Deborah,

88.

Never Caught, the story of Ona Judge : George and Martha Washington's courageous slave who dared to run away

Dunbar, Erica Armstrong,

89.

Ruby Bridges goes to school : my true story

Bridges, Ruby.

90.

I've seen the promised land : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Myers, Walter Dean,

91.

Let's fly : Barrington Irving's record-breaking flight around the world

Irving, Barrington,

92.

Lin-Manuel Miranda : raising theater to new heights

Scaletta, Kurtis,

93.

Langston Hughes : African-American poet

Raatma, Lucia,

94.

Go forth and tell : the life of Augusta Baker, librarian and master storyteller

McDaniel, Breanna J.,

95.

George Washington Carver

Rau, Dana Meachen,

96.

Zora Neale Hurston, writer and storyteller

McKissack, Pat,

97.

Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom

Weatherford, Carole Boston,

98.

Who is Michelle Obama?

Stine, Megan,

99.

Winter, Jonah,

100.

Wetzel, Dan,