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Odetta: The Queen of Folk

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Amazing Women

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Biographies for Women’s History Month

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Celebration and Remembrance: Children’s Books About Black Lives

Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map

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Exploring Lives

Maya Lin touching the wall of the Vietnam Memorial

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Inspiring Lives: Asian Pacific American Heritage

The Inker’s Shadow

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Meet New Friends: 10 Picture Book Biographies

The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss

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Nine Picture Book Biographies

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People Make the Difference: A Celebration of Black History Month

From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg Changed the World

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Say Hello! Meet Someone New

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

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Strong Women in History and the Present

Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History

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Ten Unforgettable Biographies

Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx

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Then and Now: Interesting Girls and Women in Fact and Fiction

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