Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book A Voice Named Aretha The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged! Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman The Life of / La Vida de Llort
Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion Love to Langston Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist Mavynee Betsch The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality
The Story of Ruby Bridges The Legendary Miss Lena Horne She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball's Negro Leagues Heart on Fire: Susan B. Anthony Votes for President Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon

Biographies: Early Elementary

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By Social Justice Books of Teaching for Change

Biographies: Early Elementary

This list includes both non-fiction biographies and those told in story format. Also see biographies for upper elementary, middle school, and young adults. For collections of biographies, see our Changemakers booklist.

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

Shannon Stocker and Devon Holzwarth

$18.99
$17.66
Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist Mavynee Betsch

Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American...

Heidi Tyline King and Ekua Holmes

$17.99
$16.73
The Life of / La Vida de Llort

The Life of / La Vida de Llort

Cynthia Gonzalez and Citlali Reyes

$10.99
$10.22
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Shabazz Larkin

$19.95
$18.55
Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina

Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina

Carmen Bernier-Grand and Raul Colon

$9.99
Heart on Fire: Susan B. Anthony Votes for President

Heart on Fire: Susan B. Anthony Votes for President

Ann Malaspina and Steve James

$17.99
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

Jeanette Winter

$17.99
$16.73
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

Suzanne Slade and Cozbi A. Cabrera

$18.99
$17.66
The Story of Ruby Bridges

The Story of Ruby Bridges

Robert Coles and George Ford

$7.99
$7.43
She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm

She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm

Katheryn Russell-Brown and Eric Velasquez

$20.95
$19.48
Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman

Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman

Sharice Davids, Nancy K. Mays, et al.

$17.99
$16.73
Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!

Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!

Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki Rudnicki

$9.95
$9.25
A Voice Named Aretha

A Voice Named Aretha

Katheryn Russell-Brown and Laura Freeman

$17.99
$16.73
Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon

Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon

Kelly Lyons and Laura Freeman

$20.95
$19.48
Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber

Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber

Sue Macy and C. F. Payne

$18.99
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the...

Dee Romito and Laura Freeman

$17.99
$16.73
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality

Jonah Winter and Stacy Innerst

$18.95
$17.62
Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School

Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School

Janet Halfmann and London Ladd

$20.95
$19.48
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin

The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple...

Julia Finley Mosca and Daniel Rieley

$9.95
$9.25
Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book

Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book

Keila V. Dawson and Alleanna Harris

$19.99
$18.59
Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States

Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the...

Shari Becker, Louisa Jaggar, et al.

$17.99
$16.73
Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México

Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México

Duncan Tonatiuh

$19.99
$18.59
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne

The Legendary Miss Lena Horne

Carole Boston Weatherford and Elizabeth Zunon

$17.99
$16.73
Love to Langston

Love to Langston

Tony Medina and R. Gregory Christie

$11.95
Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree

Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree

William Miller, Cornelius Van Wright, et al.

$11.95