Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

Image of Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion
Author(s):
Charles R. Smith
Illustrator(s):
Leo Espinosa
Genre(s):
Children, 9-12, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Sports

Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

September 11, 2023
Reviewed by: 
Cindy Helms

“delivers an exciting biography of triumph in spite of the odds and will be an uplifting and inspiring message for a young mind looking for encouragement to follow their dreams and see what

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Image of A Mind Like Mine: 21 famous people and their mental health
Author(s):
Rachael Davis
Illustrator(s):
Islenia Mil
Genre(s):
Children, 9-12, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

A Mind Like Mine: 21 Famous People and Their Mental Health

November 10, 2022
Reviewed by: 
Susan Middleton Elya

A Mind Like Mine looks at more than a dozen famous people who are no longer on Earth and nine who are still living.

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Image of Marvin: Based on The Way I Was by Marvin Hamlisch
Author(s):
Ian David Marsden
Genre(s):
Children, 9-12, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

Marvin: Based on The Way I Was by Marvin Hamlisch

March 12, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Marissa Moss

“a compelling story”

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Image of Ona Judge Outwits the Washingtons: An Enslaved Woman Fights for Freedom (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books)
Author(s):
Gwendolyn Hooks
Genre(s):
Children, 9-12, Historical, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

Ona Judge Outwits the Washingtons: An Enslaved Woman Fights for Freedom (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books)

October 10, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Marissa Moss

“A historical gem . . .”

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Image of Struttin' with Some Barbecue: Lil Hardin Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz
Author(s):
Patricia Hruby Powell
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

Struttin' with Some Barbecue: Lil Harden Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz

December 10, 2018
Reviewed by: 
Marissa Moss

“Struttin' with Some Barbecue provides an important introduction to a musical figure most people won't have heard of, along with the story of her better-known part

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Image of When Paul Met Artie: The Story of Simon & Garfunkel
Author(s):
G. Neri
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

When Paul Met Artie: The Story of Simon & Garfunkel

March 19, 2018
Reviewed by: 
Susan Middleton Elya

Along the lines of the musicals Jersey Boys (Franky Valli and the Four Seasons) and Beautiful (Carol King), the dual biography When Paul Met Artie tells the story of the

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