# Biography books assigned in US schools

**10** books in the Biography genre that US schools assign. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** K–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/genre/biography
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- biography (6)
- frontier and pioneer life (2)
- bilingüe
- blind
- blind-deaf women
- caldecott medal
- daredevils
- deaf
- dogs
- dogs, fiction

## Authors in this genre

- Carmen Lomas Garza
- Catherine Owens Peare
- Chris Van Allsburg
- Ingri Parin D'Aulaire
- James Daugherty
- Marc Tyler Nobleman
- Pamela S. Turner
- Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen
- Robert Lawson
- Sorche Nic Leodhas

## Biography titles

- [Thirty Minutes Over Oregon](https://readinglist.school/book/thirty-minutes-over-oregon) by Marc Tyler Nobleman _(Grades 2–8)_
- [Adopted by an Owl](https://readinglist.school/book/adopted-by-an-owl) by Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen _(Grades 2–8)_
- [Hachiko](https://readinglist.school/book/hachiko) by Pamela S. Turner _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Queen of the Falls](https://readinglist.school/book/queen-of-the-falls) by Chris Van Allsburg _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Helen Keller Story](https://readinglist.school/book/the-helen-keller-story) by Catherine Owens Peare _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Abraham Lincoln](https://readinglist.school/book/abraham-lincoln) by Ingri Parin D'Aulaire _(Grades 1–4)_
- [Always Room for One More](https://readinglist.school/book/always-room-for-one-more) by Sorche Nic Leodhas _(Grades K–3)_
- [Daniel Boone](https://readinglist.school/book/daniel-boone) by James Daugherty _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Family Pictures](https://readinglist.school/book/family-pictures) by Carmen Lomas Garza _(Grades K–1)_
- [They Were Strong and Good](https://readinglist.school/book/they-were-strong-and-good) by Robert Lawson _(Grades 1–4)_

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