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Incoming Resources
- Notorious RBG, the life and times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
- Who was Neil Armstrong?, by Roberta Edwards ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- Who was Frank Lloyd Wright?, by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Ted Hammond
- Maid, hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive, Stephanie Land ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Planting stories, the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré, words by Anika Aldamuy Denise ; illustrations by Paola Escobar
- George Washington, Caroline Crosson Gilpin
- Brazen, rebel ladies who rocked the world, Pénélope Bagieu ; English translation by Montana Kane
- Women who broke the rules, Dolley Madison, by Kathleen Krull ; interior illustrations by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
- I dissent, Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes her mark, written by Debbie Levy ; illustrations by Elizabeth Baddeley
- The deer camp, a memoir of a father, a family, and the land that healed them, Dean Kuipers
- Hidden figures, the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Koko's story, by Dr. Francine Patterson ; photographs by Dr. Ronald H. Cohn
- Nelson Mandela, words and paintings by Kadir Nelson
- The pioneer woman, black heels to tractor wheels--a love story, Ree Drummond
- 42 is not just a number, the odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American hero, Doreen Rappaport
- Living history, Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Sam Walton, made in America, my story, by Sam Walton with John Huey
- The hitchhiking grandmother, by "that" Grace Small, as told to Ruth Barton Davis
- Dewey, the small-town library cat who touched the world, Vicki Myron, with Bret Witter
- Abraham Lincoln, an illustrated history of his life and times, Time ; [editor, Kelly Knauer ; designer, Ellen Fanning ; picture editor, Patricia Cadley ; writer/researcher, Matthew McCann Fenton ; copy editor, Bruce Christopher Carr]
- For the love of the game, my story, by Michael Jordan ; edited by Mark Vancil
- When Grandma Gatewood took a hike, written by Michelle Houts ; illustrated by Erica Magnus
- She persisted, 13 American women who changed the world, written by Chelsea Clinton ; illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
- Medicine women, a pictorial history of women healers, Elisabeth Brooke
- Emmanuel's dream, the true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, by Laurie Ann Thompson ; illustrated by Sean Qualls
- Little author in the big woods, a biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrations by Jennifer Thermes
- Chester Nez and the unbreakable code, a Navajo code talker's story, Joseph Bruchac, pictures by Liz Amini-Holmes
- Who was Abraham Lincoln?, by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- Whoosh!, Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions, Chris Barton ; illustrated by Don Tate
- A life made by hand, the story of Ruth Asawa, Andrea D'Aquino
- Tuesdays with Morrie, an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson, Mitch Albom
- Forgotten genius, a Nova production for WGBH Boston ; written by Stephen Lyons & Llewellyn M. Smith ; directed by Llewellyn M. Smith ; produced by Llewellyn M. Smith, Stephen Lyons
- Born to run, Bruce Springsteen
- Between the lines, how Ernie Barnes went from the football field to the art gallery, Sandra Neil Wallace ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Who was Sojourner Truth?, by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Jim Eldridge
- Leadership, by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with a foreword by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- House calls and hitching posts, stories from Dr. Elton Lehman's career among the Amish, as told to Dorcas Sharp Hoover
- Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom
- Powerful stories of perseverance in sports, Brad Herzog
- Who was Johnny Appleseed?, by Joan Holub ; illustrated by Anna DiVito
- If I am missing or dead, Janine Latus
- Pope Francis, by Barbara Kramer
- Balloons over Broadway, the true story of the puppeteer of Macy's Parade, written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
- Who was Louis Braille?, by Margaret Frith ; illustrated by Robert Squier
- Who is Michael Jordan?, by Kirsten Anderson ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- Project 2-3-1, two boxcars, three blocks, one city : a story of Elgin's African American heritage, Elgin History Museum, Ernie Broadnax, Grindstone Productions present ; executive producer Ernie Broadnax ; producer/director Phil Broxham ; script, Ernie Broadnax, Phil Broxham
- Crossing Niagara, the death-defying tightrope adventures of the Great Blondin, Matt Tavares
- Brown girl dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson
- Art 21, art in the twenty-first century, a production of Art 21, Inc. ; created and produced by Susan Sollins, Susan Dowling ; directed by Catherine Tatge and Deborah Shaffer