11 best-selling biography books like Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History by Gloria Respress-Churchwell

Cover of Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History by Gloria Respress-Churchwell

Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

By: Gloria Respress-Churchwell

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A little-known civil rights hero and college football MVP finally gets a voice in this fictional ac…

If you liked the biography plot in Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History by Gloria Respress-Churchwell , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Colors of the Wind: The Story of Blind Artist and Champion Runner George Mendoza

By: J.L. Powers , George Mendoza , Hayley Morgan-Sanders , George Mendoza

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

George was one of those kids. You know, the kind that never stays still. Then one day, the doctor s… read more

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  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • sports

2. Law of Attraction (Anna Curtis, #1)

By: Allison Leotta

4.47

Format: 907 pages,

As a newly minted Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., Anna Curtis has already developed th… read more

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3. Egg

By: Kevin Henkes

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Hardcover

Egg is a graphic novel for preschoolers about four eggs, one big surprise, and an unlikely friendsh… read more

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4. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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5. The Year We Learned to Fly

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bests… read more

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  • cultural
  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. The Talk

By: Darrin Bell

4.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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7. Saga, Volume 8

By: Brian K. Vaughan

4.46

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

After the traumatic events of the War for Phang, Hazel, her parents, and their surviving companions… read more

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"Welcome to Abortion Town!"

-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8

"Is this some kind of kinky thrupple thing? Because I'm not necessarily opposed."

-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8

"I´ve held you in my heart since the day you left me. But you´re too heavy to carry another step. And I need to keep moving."

-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8

"Doubt can paralyze you, can make you not want to do anything. But if you learn to channel it, to turn those feelings away from yourself and out at the world you can doubt what's impossible."

-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8

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8. Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.47

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Love in the Library book and Gloria Respress-Churchwell's Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

  • picture books
  • childrens
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9. Things to Look Forward To: 52 Large and Small Joys for Today and Every Day

By: Sophie Blackall

4.19

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Everyone needs things to look forward big things and small things, on good days and on bad days, w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
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10. A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

By: Barry Wittenstein

4.43

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

As a new generation of activists demands an end to racism, A Place to Land reflects on Martin Luthe… read more

Similar categories in Barry Wittenstein's A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation book and Gloria Respress-Churchwell's Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
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11. Huda F Are You?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From the creator of Yes, I'm Hot In This, this cheeky, hilarious, and honest graphic novel asks the… read more

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"Use your hijab, woman! Cover that forehead!"

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

"I swear if we end up getting joint weddings, we're running away."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

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12. Farmhouse

By: Sophie Blackall

4.53

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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13. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Very Good Hats by Emma Straub

14. Very Good Hats

By: Emma Straub

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The first picture book by bestselling novelist Emma Straub, this joyous and inventive read-aloud wi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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15. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
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16. The Sun Is Late and So Is the Farmer

By: Philip C. Stead

3.80

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

On a peculiarly long night, three farm animals set off on a daring quest to bring the sunrise. A… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
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17. Clark and Division (Japantown Mystery, #1)

By: Naomi Hirahara

3.63

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where… read more

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18. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
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19. Nigel and the Moon

By: Antwan Eady

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Antwan Eady and artist Gracey Zhang comes a glowing tale about the young dreaming… read more

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  • cultural
  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth by Alice Faye Duncan

20. Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth

By: Alice Faye Duncan

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Black activist Opal Lee had a vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone. Growing up in Texas, … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
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21. Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott

By: Joyce Scott

4.54

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

A moving and powerful introduction to the life and art of renowned artist, Judith Scott, as told by… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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22. I Am Golden

By: Eva Chen

4.27

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

What do you see when you look in the mirror, Mei? Do you see beauty? We see eyes that point towa… read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate by Melissa Stewart

23. Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate

By: Melissa Stewart

4.16

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A 2022 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book Everyone knows about animals that hibernate in the winter. But … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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24. Magnolia Flower

By: Zora Neale Hurston

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From beloved African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston comes a moving adaptation by National B… read more

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  • social justice
  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie

25. Still This Love Goes On

By: Buffy Sainte-Marie

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A love letter to Indigenous communities everywhere, this picture book gorgeously illustrated by Jul… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book) by Angela Joy

26. Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book)

By: Angela Joy

4.66

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's d… read more

Similar categories in Angela Joy's Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book) book and Gloria Respress-Churchwell's Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

27. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
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28. Nellie vs. Elizabeth: Two Daredevil Journalists' Breakneck Race around the World

By: Kate Hannigan

4.02

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this real-life adventure, daredevil and groundbreaking journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisl… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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29. The Adventures of Qai Qai

By: Serena Williams

3.45

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From superstar athlete, record breaker, entrepreneur, philanthropist (and mama) Serena Williams, co… read more

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  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History by Gloria Respress-Churchwell

30. Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

By: Gloria Respress-Churchwell

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A little-known civil rights hero and college football MVP finally gets a voice in this fictional ac… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Respress-Churchwell's Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History book and Gloria Respress-Churchwell's Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

  • cultural
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • football
  • african american

9 Best history books like Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History by Gloria Respress-Churchwell

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A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

Barry Wittenstein

4.43

Transform Your Habits

How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

Transform Your Habits

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music

Roberta Flack

4.09

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Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth

Alice Faye Duncan

4.31

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4.50

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Darrin Bell

4.65

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Jillian Tamaki

3.77

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Emily Carroll

4.06

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