Picture This Recommendation ListNonfiction: Biographies2018

Given by Wisconsin State Reading Association (WSRA)

22 Works 5,832 Books 420 Reviews 4.3
Committee members dedicate themselves to reading widely to evaluate the newest books published each year, in order to recommend the most interesting and valuable books for educators and children show more to read.

Submitted and nominated titles are evaluated based on appeal for students and value for classroom use while also representing high-quality literature with a focus on diversity, authenticity, real-world awareness, thought-provoking response, engaging storytelling, artistry of writing craft, and exemplary illustrations. show less
Categories:
All, Fiction (383), Nonfiction (194), Nonfiction: Biographies (22), No Category (395)
Years:
All, 2018 (22)
Announced:
February 10: 2023 Recent
WorkYear
Martina & Chrissie: The Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports by Phil Bildner
2018
Dumpling Dreams: How Joyce Chen Brought the Dumpling from Beijing to Cambridge by Carrie Clickard
2018
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton
2018
The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation by Gilbert Ford
2018
Malala: Activist for Girls' Education by Raphaёle Frier
2018
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing by Kay Haring
2018
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker Harvey
2018
A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E. B. White by Barbara Herkert
2018
Mission To Space by John Herrington
2018
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating
2018
Swimming with Sharks: The Daring Discoveries of Eugenie Clark by Heather Lang
2018
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson
2018
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
2018
Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books by Michelle Markel
2018
John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien by Caroline McAlister
2018
Margaret and the Moon by Dean Robbins
2018
Vincent Can't Sleep: Van Gogh Paints the Night Sky by Barb Rosenstock
2018
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
2018
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark
2018
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne by Carole Boston Weatherford
2018
When Jackie Saved Grand Central: The True Story of Jacqueline Kennedy's Fight for an American Icon by Natasha Wing
2018
The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, The First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon by Kristina Yee
2018

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