9 must-read biography books like Milloo's Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women's Education by Reem Faruqi

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Milloo's Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women's Education

By: Reem Faruqi

4.32

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Lailah’s Lunchbox and Unsettled comes a powerful picture book biography about M…

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1. Big

By: Vashti Harrison

4.66

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

2. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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3. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

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  • childrens
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4. An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.63

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author  of  The Undefeated , Kwame Alexander, pens … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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5. The House Before Falling into the Sea

By: Ann Suk Wang

4.35

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A child and her family take in refugees during the Korean War in this poignant picture book about c… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. In Every Life

By: Marla Frazee

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A simple and profound meditation on the many wonders of life from two-time Caldecott Honor recipien… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. Remember

By: Joy Harjo

4.42

Format: 40 pages, None

Michaela Goade, invites young readers to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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8. How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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9. Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider

By: Jessica Lanan

4.40

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A nonfiction story following a day in the life of a backyard jumping spider.What if you were small … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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10. The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music

By: Roberta Flack

4.09

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This autobiographical picture book by the multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack recoun… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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11. Beneath

By: Cori Doerrfeld

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning story from New York Times bestselling creator Cori Doerrfeld, a child and their gr… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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12. Once Upon a Book

By: Grace Lin

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner comes a modern fol… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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13. The Book of Turtles

By: Sy Montgomery

4.50

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Everyone loves turtles. And no wonder: long-lived, unhurried, and ancient, these shelled reptiles a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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14. All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, is an inspiration and r… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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15. Make Way: The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings

By: Angela Burke Kunkel

4.39

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and fascinating picture book biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, crea… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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16. All the Beating Hearts

By: Julie Fogliano

3.76

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A tender and compassionate exploration of the shared experiences that bring us all together, be the… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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17. Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport

By: Caren Stelson

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This powerful story is told from the collective perspective of the children who were rescued from C… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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18. My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.57

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and bestselling author of We Are Water Protectors comes an empowering pictur… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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19. The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of

By: Kirsten W. Larson

4.35

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A poetic picture book celebrating the life and scientific discoveries of the groundbreaking astrono… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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20. Glitter Everywhere!

By: Chris Barton

4.22

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

If you love glitter, this book is for you. If you hate glitter, this book is also for you. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
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21. We Are Branches

By: Joyce Sidman

4.16

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott winner Beth Krommes and Newbery Honor-winning poet Joyce Sidman team up in this singular … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine by Hannah Moushabeck

22. Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine

By: Hannah Moushabeck

4.56

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

As bedtime approaches, three young girls eagerly await the return of their father who tells them st… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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23. Milloo's Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women's Education

By: Reem Faruqi

4.32

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Lailah’s Lunchbox and Unsettled comes a powerful picture book biography about M… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • school
  • picture books
  • pakistan
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • womens
  • education
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24. Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

By: Breanna J. McDaniel

4.41

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

From an award-winning author and illustrator comes this picture book biography about beloved librar… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • womens
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25. Salat in Secret

By: Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

4.55

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Your Name Is a Song and the bestselling illustrator of The … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • school
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26. These Olive Trees

By: Aya Ghanameh

4.64

Format: 40 pages, None

The story of a Palestinian family's ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care fo… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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27. The World and Everything in It

By: Kevin Henkes

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

There are big things and little things in the world, and everything in between. Caldecott Medal wi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya Bolden

28. Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll

By: Tonya Bolden

3.99

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

"A profile as bold and vivacious as the singer herself." —Kirkus (starred review) Perfect for f… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem by Melissa Stewart

29. Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem

By: Melissa Stewart

4.41

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This fascinating nonfiction picture book filled with stunning illustrations details the end of life… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Before Colors: Where Pigments and Dyes Come From by Annette Bay Pimentel

30. Before Colors: Where Pigments and Dyes Come From

By: Annette Bay Pimentel

4.25

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

Colors don’t come out of nothing. They always start somewhere . . . with something . . . with some… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • history
  • childrens
Cover of And Yet You Shine: The Kohinoor Diamond, Colonization, and Resistance by Supriya Kelkar

31. And Yet You Shine: The Kohinoor Diamond, Colonization, and Resistance

By: Supriya Kelkar

4.34

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The story of one of the world’s most famous diamonds—stolen from South Asia during colonization and… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • india
  • nonfiction

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4.63

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