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All of my children lean heavily toward fiction in their personal reading, but in the last year or so, my two older girls have developed an interest in biographies and our dinner conversations often sounds like a game show as they quiz us about famous people. Ordinary People Change the World by Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos This wildly popular biography series is perfect for young readers.

Each book is 40 pages long, has full-color illustrations and is bursting with interesting stories, quotes, and facts.

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Both of my older girls 8 and 11 love reading these solo, and my 6 year old loves for me to read them to her. They cover a wide range of people from politicians to athletes, movie stars to artists, historical figures to scientists. I think I love them as much as much as my girls do! Who Was. Little Leaders by Vashti Harrison This is a little different than some of the biography books on this list, because these books each feature more than a dozen different people rather than each book focuses on a single person.

Little Leaders is about women in Black history, Little Legends is about men in Black history, and Little Dreamers features visionary woman around the world. These are absolutely beautiful books, both story and illustration wise.

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At the back of the book, there is a section with photographs and facts about their life. She Persisted Series This chapter book biography series was inspired by the picture book collections Chelsea Clinton wrote that featured a dozen plus incredible women. These chapter book versions focus instead on a single woman and are each written by a different author.

I love seeing some of the lesser-known women they choose to feature along with more widely known women. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo This four book collection the fourth book comes out later this month has bite-size stories of incredible women from around the world with stories in each of the books.

For those younger readers who are fascinated by true stories, this is the series for them! The Story Of.