Biographies: The Ones Your Students WANT To Read!

Biographies: The Ones Your Students WANT To Read! While bios of Lincoln, Washington, & Sacagawea are indeed important, here are some timely, high-interest books to update your 920-921's.

Many of the best and most exciting/inspiring athletes from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio are now immortalized for the history books...

Grade K-2. 9781510722477

Golden Girls of Rio

Grade 2-5. 9781680785500

Simon Biles: Olympic Gymnast

Grade 4-8. 9781680785623

Aly Raisman

Grade 4-6. 9780062677310

I Got This: To Gold & Beyond

Grade 2-5. 9781512453966

Michael Phelps

Grade 4-8. 9781680785593

Katie Ledecky

Entertainment and technology always resonate in youth culture, with Star Wars & social media being especially hot topics...

3-6. 9781680781816

JJ Abrams: Director of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

4-8. 9781624692604

Daisy Ridley

4-8. 9781624692864

John Boyega

10-Adult. 9780316257442

George Lucas: A Life

Grade 3-6. 9781680781830

John Lasseter: Director of Toy Story

Grade 4-6. 9781508148036

Mark Zuckerberg: Founder of Facebook

Grade PS-3. 9781626720923

John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J.R.R. Tolkien

Books that focus on social/cultural topics are extremely important, and these titles show that those issues can be examined in fun, fresh perspectives...

Grade 4-6. 9781465456885

100 Women Who Made History

Grade 5-8. 9780062662385

Hidden Figures: Young Readers Edition

Grade 6-9. 9780399548345

Strong Inside: Young Readers Edition

Grade 6-10. 9781596439542

Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team

Grade 9-12. 9780062472502

Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done

Grade 10-Adult. 9781501131714

The Girl Who Escaped ISIS

Grade 10-Adult. 9781616204662

Dust Bowl Girls

Finally, these bios come from the realm of sports, pop culture, or whatever else can't be easily categorized...

Grade 1-3. 9781338054521

Bindi Irwin's Wild Life

Grade 1-3. 9781482446401

Lebron James

Grade 4-6. 9780762460601

New Big Book of U.S. Presidents

Grade 7-12. 9780448493589

This Is Really Happening

Grade 8-12. 9780062463289

Elon Must & The Quest For A Fantastic Future

Grade 10-Adult. 9780544814622

When Nobody Was Watching

Grade 10-Adult. 9781101984925

Relentless Spirit: The Unconventional Raising of a Champion

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