Biography and Autobiography
Selected Books
These biographies and autobiographies and many more can be found in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.
Listen: how Evelyn Glennie, a deaf girl, changed percussion by 
Choosing Brave by Biography & Autobiography
A biography is factual account of someone's life written by another person, while an autobiography is a factual account of a person's life written by that person.
Find these biography & autobiography picture books and many others in the Children's Collection on Montgomery Library's main floor.
| Ada Lovelace: poet of science / Diane Stanley | QA 29 .L72 S73 2016 | |
| Bad news for outlaws: the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. Marshall / Vaunda Nelson | F 697 .R44 N45 2009 | |
| Becoming Babe Ruth / Matt Tavares | GV 865 .R8 T38 2013 | |
| Becoming Dr. Seuss / Brian Jay | PS 3513 .E2 Z687 2019 | |
| The boy who drew birds: a story of John James Audubon / Jacqueline Davies | QL 31 .A9 D38 2004 | |
| Chef Roy Choi and the street food remix / Jacqueline Briggs Martin | TX 649 .C54 M37 2017 | |
| Choosing brave / Angela Joy | E 185.97 .T546 J69 2022 | |
| The courage of Helen Keller / Jean Meyer | HV 1624 .K4 S25 1982 | |
| Dancing hands / Margarita Engle | ML 3930 .C2635 E55 2019 | |
| Dare the wind / Tracey Fern | G 478 .C74 F47 2014 | |
| Dave the Potter: artist, poet, slave / Laban Carrick Hill | NK 4210 .D27 H55 2010 | |
| Diego Rivera: his world and ours / Duncan Tonatiuh | ND 259 .R5 T57 2011 | |
| Electric Ben: the amazing life and times of Benjamin Franklin / Robert Byrd | E 302.6 .F8 B97 2012 | |
| Esquivel: space age sound artist / Susan Wood | ML 3930 .E83 V36 2016 | |
| George did it / Suzanne Tripp Jurmain | E 312.66 .J87 2006 | |
| Hello, I'm Johnny Cash / Greg Neri | ML 3930 .C27 N475 2014 | |
| The house Baba built: an artist's childhood in China / Ed Young | NC 975.5 .Y68 A2 2011 | |
| I could do that: Esther Morris gets women the vote / Linda Arms White | JK 1899 .M67 M55 2005 | |
| I dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes her mark / Debbie Levy | KF 8745 .G56 L48 2016 | |
| The iridescence of birds: a book about Henri Matisse / Patricia Maclachlan | ND 553 .M37 M25 2014 | |
| Josephine: the dazzling life of Josephine Baker / Patricia Hruby Powell | GV 1785 .B3 P68 2014 | |
| Just being Audrey / Margaret Cardillo | PN 2287 .H43 C37 2011 | |
| Listen: how Evelyn Glennie, a deaf girl, changed percussion / Shannon Stocker | ML 3930 .G6 S76 2022 | |
| Malala: activist for girls' education | LC 2330 .F7513 2017 | |
| Martin de Porres: the rose in the desert / Gary D. Schmidt | BX 4700 .M397 S46 2012 | |
| Monsieur Marceau / Leda Schubert | PN 1986 .M3 S48 2012 | |
| Nadia: the girl who couldn't sit still / Karlin Gray | GV 460.2 .C65 G73 2016 | |
| Nelson Mandela / Kadir Nelson | DT 1974 .N43 2013 | |
| The noisy paint box / Barb Rosenstock | ND 699 .K3 R67 2014 | |
| Odd boy out: young Albert Einstein / Don Brown | QC 16 .E5 B76 2004 | |
| Paper son: the inspiring story of Tyrus Wong, immigrant and artist / Julie Leung | N 6537 .W647 L48 2019 | |
| The people's painter: how Ben Shahn fought for justice with art / Cynthia Levinson | ND 237 .S465 L48 2021 | |
| A picture book of Thomas Jefferson / David A. Adler | E 332.79 .A25 1990 | |
| Planting stories: the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpre / Anika Aldamuy Denise | Z 720 .B426 D47 2019 | |
| Poet: the remarkable story of George Moses Horton / Don Tate | PS 1999 .H473 Z88 2015 | |
| Preaching to the chickens: the story of a young John Lewis / Jabari Asim | E 840.8 .L43 A75 2016 | |
| Queen of physics / Teresa Robeson | QC 16 .W785 R63 2019 | |
| Radiant child: the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat / Javaka Steptoe | N 6537 .B223 S84 2016 | |
| Rescue and Jessica: a life-changing friendship / Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes | PZ 7.1 .K5087 Res 2018 | |
| RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, queen of Soul / Carole Boston Weatherford | ML 3930 .F68 W43 2020 | |
| The right word: Roget and his thesaurus / Jennifer Bryant | CT 788 .R534 B79 2014 | |
| Rosa / Nikki Giovanni | F 334 .M753 P38427 2005 | |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg / Jonah Winter | KF 8745 .G56 W56 2018 | |
| The scraps book: notes from a colorful life / Lois Ehlert | NC 975.5 .E36 A2 2014 | |
| Sea otter heroes: the predators that saved an ecosystem / Patricia Newman | QL 737 .C25 N49 2017 | |
| Silent days, silent dreams / Allen Say | PZ 7 .S2744 Sk 2017 | |
| Six dots: a story of young Louis Braille / Jen Bryant | HV 1624 .B65 B793 2016 | |
| Snowflake Bentley / Jacqueline Briggs Martin | QC 858 .B46 M37 1999 | |
| Star stuff: Carl Sagan and the mysteries of the cosmos / Stephanie Roth Sisson | QB 36 .S15 S57 2014 | |
| Stitching stars: the story quilts of Harriet Powers / Mary E. Lyons | TT 835 .L95 1997 | |
| Tomfoolery: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children's Books / Michelle Markel, Barbara McClintock |
NC 978.5 .C3 M375 2023 |
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| The tower of life / Chana Stiefel | DS 135 .L52 E357 2022 | |
| Viva Frida! / Yuyi Morales | ND 259 .K33 M66 2014 | |
| Voice of freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the Civil Rights Movement / Carole Boston Weatherford | E 185.97 .H35 W43 2015 | |
| The wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain / Peter Sis | NC 975.5 .S57 A2 2007 | |
| When angels sing: the story of rock legend Carlos Santana / Michael Mahin | ML 3930 .S26 M34 2018 | |
| Who says women can't be doctors?: the story of Elizabeth Blackwell / Tanya Lee Stone | R 692 .S755 2013 | |
| The Words in My Hands / Asphyxia | F 454 .B66 D78 2022 |
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