All my book lists are now indexed and cross-referenced: List of Lists/All My Book Lists. A collection of the best biography book lists I have found is also on my Pinterest board below.
21 Biography Children’s Book Lists
Olympians Who Overcame Disease & Physical Issues 
Children’s Books about Unconventional, Inspirational Artists
10 Picture Books About Women Scientists Who Became Activists
10 Picture Book Biographies to Celebrate Women’s History Month
10 Picture Books on People Protecting the Planet
Great Picture Book Biographies of Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Women Inventors That Changed the World Picture Books
Inspirational Role Models Picture Books
5 Picture Book Biographies to Teach Kids Perseverance
Seven Picture Books About Women Who Dared
Great Biographies for Kids From Paula Yoo
Fabulous Flying Females: Books on Female Aviators
Great Books on Jane Goodall for Women’s History Month
African-American Pioneering Female Musicians
5 African Americans Who Excelled in the Arts
Great Biographies for Kids
Anna May Wong
Is Coco Chanel A Real Person?
Gordon Parks: Black History Month
Abigail Adams: Activist and Influencer
Enslaved Poet: Phillis Wheatley
Suffragist Lost to History: Lucy Stone
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My books:
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- California Eureka Non-Fiction Gold Award
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
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Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación
- ⭐ Starred review from Kirkus
- Kirkus: The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of Spring 2026
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The Traveling Taco:
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Silver Award
- Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025
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We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
- ALSC Notable Children’s Book
- 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
- Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
- 2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
- Recommended Reading for the Social Justice Literature Award 2025 (International Literacy Association)
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
- Sunshine State Young Readers Award Orange Blossom List for Nonfiction
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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Bank Street College’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year
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