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by Carol Hinz, Associate Publisher of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books
I love picture book biographies, both because of the fascinating range of people featured and because of the wide range of approaches authors use in writing them. Would I have known about Isatou Ceesay’s efforts to clean up her community in the Gambia if it weren’t for One Plastic Bag? Would I have had any idea how Cherokee values shaped Mary Golda Ross’s career as an aerospace engineer without Classified? Would I have been aware that a Mexican American teen girl with a passion for woodworking made a gift for President Roosevelt during the Great Depression if not for the forthcoming Piece by Piece?
Picture book bios are a mainstay of children’s nonfiction, but there are a lot of them, which can make it hard to stand out from the crowd. What elements does a picture book bio need to be successful?
A Tight Focus
This may sound obvious, but because of the constraints of the picture book format, authors need to zoom in on a specific moment or accomplishment. People are complex and multifaceted, but a manuscript that tries to capture everything about a person’s life inevitably ends up feeling disjointed. For this reason, I find that the most effective picture books tend to have a really tight focu
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Biographies and autobiographies for children and teens, with life stories, heroic profiles, true recollections, and tales of survival, exploration, resilience and perseverance. There’s a range of first person and third person accounts suitable for school libraries, independent reading and classroom teaching in KS1, KS2 and KS3 to inspire, surprise and enthral young readers. This list features books by Mick Manning, Brita Granström, Michael Rosen, Vashti Harrison, Floella Benjamin, John Agard, Jacqueline Wilson, Alastair Humphreys, Malala Yousafzai, David Long, William Grill and Linda Sue Park.
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Biographies and autobiographies books for children and teens – our recommendations
Biographies and autobiographies for KS1
One Day in Wonderland by Kathleen Krull & Júlia Sardà
This beautifully illustrated large-format picture book retells Lewis Carrol’s life through biography, bibliograp