Category Archives: Autobiography

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

Posted on March 19, 2023 by kyurenka

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat. First Second, 2023. 9781250851048  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Paperback graphic biography Genre: Biography What did you like about the book? When Dan Santat was … Continue reading →

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We’re in This Together: A Young Readers Edition of We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders by Linda Sarsour

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Stephanie Tournas

We’re in This Together: A Young Readers Edition of We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders by Linda Sarsour. Salaam Reads, 2022. 9781534439290 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Memoir What did you … Continue reading →

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The Green Piano by Roberta Flack with Tonya Bolden, illustrated by Hayden Goodman

Posted on February 13, 2023 by susanh579

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack with Tonya Bolden, illustrated by Hayden Goodman. Anne Schwartz Books, 2023. 9780593479872 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre: Autobiography/memoir  … Continue reading →

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A Name From the Sky by Diane Kruger, illustrated by Christa Unzner

Posted on January 5, 2023 by susanh579

A Name From the Sky by Diane Kruger, illustrated by Christa Unzner. MineditionUS, 2022. 9781662650918 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre:  Autobiography What did you like about the book? Actress … Continue reading →

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Tacko Fall: To New Heights by Tacko Fall and Justin Haynes, illustrated by Reggie Brown

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Stephanie Tournas

Tacko Fall: To New Heights by Tacko Fall and Justin Haynes, illustrated by Reggie Brown. Candlewick Entertainment, 2022. 9781536219586 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? … Continue reading →

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Courage: My Story of Persecution (I, Witness) by Freshta Tori Jan

Posted on March 31, 2022 by susanh579

Courage: My Story of Persecution (I, Witness) by Freshta Tori Jan. Norton Young Readers, 2022. 9781324016670  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Autobiography What did you like about the book? Freshta Tori Jan … Continue reading →

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Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Adapted for Young Adults by Barack Obama

Posted on January 29, 2022 by susanh579

Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Adapted for Young Adults by Barack Obama. Delacorte Press, 2021. 9780385738729 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Autobiography What did you like … Continue reading →

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The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin

Posted on October 15, 2021 by kyurenka

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain – Eugene Yelchin, Candlewick Press, 2021. 9781536215526 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Hardcover Genre: Autobiography What did you like about the book? … Continue reading →

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Zion Unmatched by Zion Clark and James S. Hirsch

Posted on September 26, 2021 by susanh579

Zion Unmatched by Zion Clark and James S. Hirsch. Candlewick Press, 2021. 9781536224184 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Autobiography What did you like about the book?  This visually striking autobiographical picture … Continue reading →

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Watercress  – Andrea Wang, pictures by Jason Chin

Posted on June 3, 2021 by kyurenka

Watercress  – Andrea Wang, pictures by Jason Chin. Neal Porter Books, 2021. 9780823446247 Format: Hardcover Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5  Genre:  autobiographical What did you like about the book?  As her family drives down … Continue reading →

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