(Auto)biography/Memoir

Almuerzo gratis (Spanish Edition)

Author: Rex Ogle Publisher: Norton Young Readers Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir

The highly anticipated Spanish language edition of Free Lunch , Rex Ogle’s award-winning and groundbreaking memoir about hunger, poverty, and hope. Ganador del Premio YALSA a la Excelencia en No Ficción “Un poderoso retrato de la pobreza en medio de la crueldad y el optimismo”. ― Kirkus Reviews , reseña destacada Almuerzo gratis es la historia de los esfuerzos de Rex Ogle por abrirse camino en su primer semestre de sexto grado como niño pobre en un distrito escolar rico: decidir con quién sentarse, no poder unirse al equipo de fútbol americano, además de lidiar con nuevos compañeros de clase y con una profesora que de solo mirarlo lo tilda de problemático. Y en lugar de darle dinero para el almuerzo, la madre de Rex lo inscribe en el programa de almuerzo gratis. Ni ella ni su novio tienen trabajo, y la vida en su casa está marcada por estallidos de violencia. Implacable y realista, la desgarradora autobiografía de Rex Ogle es una historia de adversidades entrelazadas con esperanza y momentos de gracia. La voz de Rex es convincente y auténtica, lo que hace de Almuerzo gratis una obra honesta, oportuna y esencial que ilustra la experiencia de la pobreza en Estados Unidos. Read more

Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom

Author: Carl Bernstein Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir

A New York Times bestseller In this triumphant memoir, Carl Bernstein, the Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of All the President’s Men and pioneer of investigative journalism, recalls his beginnings as an audacious teenage newspaper reporter in the nation’s capital―a winning tale of scrapes, gumshoeing, and American bedlam. In 1960, Bernstein was just a sixteen-year-old at considerable risk of failing to graduate high school. Inquisitive, self-taught―and, yes, truant―Bernstein landed a job as a copyboy at the Evening Star , the afternoon paper in Washington. By nineteen, he was a reporter there. In Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom , Bernstein recalls the origins of his storied journalistic career as he chronicles the Kennedy era, the swelling civil rights movement, and a slew of grisly crimes. He spins a buoyant, frenetic account of educating himself in what Bob Woodward describes as “the genius of perpetual engagement.” Funny and exhilarating, poignant and frank, Chasing History is an extraordinary memoir of life on the cusp of adulthood for a determined young man with a dogged commitment to the truth. Read more

Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story by Lila Perl (1999-11-03)

Author: Lila Perl Publisher: Greenwillow Books Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir

The twentieth-anniversary edition of Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s acclaimed Holocaust memoir features new material by the author, a reading group guide, a map, and additional photographs. “The writing is direct, devastating, with no rhetoric or exploitation. The truth is in what’s said and in what is left out.”—ALA Booklist (starred review)Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s unforgettable and acclaimed memoir recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood. Following Hitler’s rise to power, the Blumenthal family—father, mother, Marion, and her brother, Albert—were trapped in Nazi Germany. They managed eventually to get to Holland, but soon thereafter it was occupied by the Nazis. For the next six and a half years the Blumenthals were forced to live in refugee, transit, and prison camps, including Westerbork in Holland and Bergen-Belsen in Germany, before finally making it to the United States. Their story is one of horror and hardship, but it is also a story of courage, hope, and the will to survive.Four Perfect Pebbles features forty archival photographs, including several new to this edition, an epilogue, a bibliography, a map, a reading group guide, an index, and a new afterword by the author. First published in 1996, the book was an ALA Notable Book, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and IRA Young Adults’ Choice, and a Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and the recipient of many other honors. “A harrowing and often moving account.”—School Library Journal Read more

How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together

Author: Dan Kois Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir

In this "refreshingly relatable" ( Outside ) memoir, perfect for the self-isolating family, Slate editor Dan Kois sets out with his family on a journey around the world to change their lives togethe r. What happens when one frustrated dad turns his kids' lives upside down in search of a new way to be a family? Dan Kois and his wife always did their best for their kids. Busy professionals living in the D.C. suburbs, they scheduled their children's time wisely, and when they weren't arguing over screen time, the Kois family-Dan, his wife Alia, and their two pre-teen daughters-could each be found searching for their own happiness. But aren't families supposed to achieve happiness together? In this eye-opening, heartwarming, and very funny family memoir, the fractious, loving Kois' go in search of other places on the map that might offer them the chance to live away from home-but closer together. Over a year the family lands in New Zealand, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, and small-town Kansas. The goal? To get out of their rut of busyness and distractedness and to see how other families live outside the East Coast parenting bubble. HOW TO BE A FAMILY brings readers along as the Kois girls-witty, solitary, extremely online Lyra and goofy, sensitive, social butterfly Harper-like through the Kiwi bush, ride bikes to a Dutch school in the pouring rain, battle iguanas in their Costa Rican kitchen, and learn to love a town where everyone knows your name. Meanwhile, Dan interviews neighbors, public officials, and scholars to learn why each of these places work the way they do. Will this trip change the Kois family's lives? Or do families take their problems and conflicts with them wherever we go? A journalistic memoir filled with heart, empathy, and lots of whining, HOW TO BE A FAMILY will make readers dream about the amazing adventures their own families might take. Read more

It's Her Story - Rosalind Franklin - A Graphic Novel

Author: Karen de Seve Publisher: Sunbird Books Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir Illustrator: Samantha F. Chow

"Science and everday life cannot and should not be seperated." -Rosaline Franklin A graphic novel for children ages 7 to 10. Rosalind Franklin was a British chemist during the 1940s and 1950s, when few women worked in the sciences. During WWII, she expanded our knowledge of the physics of coal and carbon, and later she studied viruses. Her "Photo 51" was central to understanding the double-helix structure of DNA, groundbreaking work she was never given credit for in her lifetime. This is her story. . Read more

MAE JEMISON: The Space Explorer Who Never Gave Up (A Biography Book For Kids)

Author: DOUGLAS HAMMOCK Publisher: Independently published Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir

MAE JEMISON: The Space Explorer Who Never Gave Up (A Biography Book For Kids) Do you know that any kid can achieve their dreams, no matter how big or small they may seem? This inspiring biography book for kids aged 8-12 tells the amazing story of Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space. Join Mae on her journey from being a curious kid who loved stars to becoming a NASA astronaut. In this book, Douglas Hammock shares how Mae's passion, perseverance, and determination helped her overcome obstacles and achieve greatness. From her early years to her historic spaceflight, Mae's story teaches valuable lessons about believing in yourself, working hard, and chasing your dreams. With dedication and persistence, anything is possible. Get ready to be inspired and motivated to reach for the stars, just like Mae did. Order your copy today and help your child learn from Mae's remarkable journey. This book encourages kids to never give up and follow their dreams, no matter how impossible they may seem. Read more

My Life with the Chimpanzees

Author: Jane Goodall Publisher: Aladdin Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir

Inspired by a stuffed toy, Jane Goodall became the first woman to study chips in the wild and in the process made history. As a child, Jane Goodall was given a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubilee, and she has said her fondness for this figure started her early love of animals. While others thought Jane would be terrified by the toy, she adored it and it inspired a life-long love of animals in her. Jane dreamed of a life spent working with animals, and when she was twenty-six years old, she ventured into the forests of Africa to observe chimpanzees in the wild. During her expeditions she braved many dangers and she got to know an amazing group of wild chimpanzees—intelligent animals whose lives, in work and play and family relationships, bear a surprising resemblance to our own. Through her work at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania and her own Roots and Shoots program she has become a tireless advocate for animals and the planet. As for that stuffed toy, Jubilee still sits on Goodall’s dresser in London. Read more

Please Open in the Event of My Death: A Father's Advice to His Daughters in Case Something Horrible Happens (Which Hopefully It Won't But Just in Case...)

Author: Mark Hsu Publisher: Dear Kids Books Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir

Winner of the Best Indie Book Award for Non-Fiction: Fatherhood "Deftly written with a great deal of wit and wisdom, making it a 'must read' choice for all fathers of small (and even not-so-small) children, Please Open in the Event of My Death is a unique and unreservedly recommended addition to all . . . collections." — Midwest Book Review A fear of flying inspired this book. Mark, a law firm partner in New York City, was consumed with the unavoidable truth that if his plane went down during one of his business trips, his four- and three-year old daughters would not remember a thing about him. Mark proceeded to write a book of astute and often hilarious advice (as hinted by the long and unwieldy subtitle) that’s addressed to his children but geared toward adults. The life lessons from a longtime New York litigator are not corny or blindingly idealistic. He wants to tell his girls and us about the unwritten rules of the world, everything from character to friends to fear to social facility to work success to marriage to kids―in essence, a Manual for Life. Throughout, Mark weaves in personal stories, including his fascinating childhood as the only child of a deep-cover CIA spy, the night he first met his Italian wife and determined that the Japanese-Chinese guy needed to show off his Roman-accented Italian, his transformation from a Clown About Town to a doting and sometimes grossly incompetent father, and the struggle to preserve his soul while being a litigator. Drawing inspiration from sources as varied as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off , Prince, Tina Fey and a Nike ad, Mark’s poignant and sidesplitting debut will not just resonate with parents, but will also provide guidance to navigate the modern world. Read more

Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me (National Geographic-memoirs)

Author: John A. Stokes Publisher: National Geographic Kids Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir

John Stokes has waited more than 50 years to give his eyewitness account of "The Manhattan Project." This was the name he and a group of fellow students gave their strike at R.R. Moton High School that helped to end separate schooling for blacks and whites, not only in his home state of Virginia, but throughout America. Told in Stokes’ own words, the story vividly conveys how his passion for learning helped set in motion one of the most powerful movements in American history, resulting in the desegregation of schoolsand lifein the United States. As a child tending crops on the family farm, John Stokes never dreamed that one day he would be at the center of the Civil Rights Movement. Yet, on April 23, 1951, he and his fellow students walked out of the school and into the history books. Their school was built to accommodate 180 students, yet over 400 black students attended classes in leaky buildings with tar paper walls. A potbelly stove served as the only source of heat, and the school lacked running water, indoor plumbing, and a cafeteria. Yet to Stokes and his fellow students, it was their path to a better life. Students on Strike is an evocative first-person narrative from a period of radical change in American history. Stokes recounts the planning of the student walkout, the secret meetings, the plot to send the principal on a wild goose chase after "truant" students, and the strategy to boycott classes until conditions improved. The author recalls the challenges in persuading teachers and parents to support the strike, and the intimidation that came in the form of threats and a cross-burning on school grounds. Archival illustrations from Stokes’ scrapbook add to the emotional impact of his story. The narrative follows the course of the lawsuits filed by the NAACP, which would became part of the historic Brown v Board of Education ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court and the subsequent end to segregation in America. Young readers will relish this inspirational account of the heroic struggles of John Stokes and his fellow students; they will also learn a timeless lesson that people with little influencebut with great determination can make a difference. Read more

The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam – An ALA Notable Memoir About Jungle Wildlife and Highlands Life for Kids (Ages 8-12) (Harper Trophy Book)

Author: Quang Nhuong Huynh Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir Illustrator: Vo-Dinh Mai

An ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Booklist Editors’ Choice, about one young man’s memories of the land he called home. The land I love was lost to me forever. Huynh Quang Nhuong grew up in the highlands of Vietnam, next to the jungle teeming with wildlife. Encounters with tigers, wild hogs, and deadly snakes were as much a part of his life as tending the rice fields while on the back of his pet water buffalo, Tank. Perfect for classrooms, as well as fans of Linda Sue Park and Thanhha Lai, these fifteen tales will transport readers into a world of lush beauty and terrible danger—and a way of life that is gone forever. Read more

The Z-Boys and Skateboarding (Graphic Library: Inventions and Discovery)

Author: Jameson Anderson Publisher: Capstone Pr Inc Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir Illustrator: Steve Erwin

Describes the birth of the Z-Boys skateboarding team and how they influenced modern skateboarding. Written in graphic-novel format. Read more

What Was Built to Be a Ship of Dreams?: The Titanic: A Who HQ Graphic Novel

Author: Emmett Nahil Publisher: Penguin Workshop Genre: (Auto)biography/Memoir Illustrator: Shazleen Khan

Discover the story of the Titanic ’s ill-fated voyage through three diverse perspectives of survivors in this affecting graphic novel by Let Me Out author Emmett Nahil and award-winning illustrator Shazleen Khan. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Who Was? series! Follow the journeys of Syrian Lebanese siblings Jamilah and Ilyas Yarred, the Haitian French Laroche family, and American socialite Margaret Brown as history’s most famous ship heads toward disaster. A story of class disparity, family, and survival, this graphic novel immerses readers in the different experiences that passengers from varying backgrounds faced before, during, and after the Titanic ’s sinking. This gripping narrative is brought to life by atmospheric full-color illustrations that will transport readers to that fateful wreck. Read more

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