Picture Book Biographies for Storytime!

Join Books of Wonder for this inspiring virtual panel that covers the remarkable lives and misadventures of true innovators! Featuring:

• The journey of Edith Head, a miner's daughter turned fashion designer — whose styles dazzled all of Hollywood and had leading ladies vying to wear her gowns!

• The never-before-seen camping trips together of three great inventors and one great writer: Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs!

• The motorcycle queen of Miami, Bessie Stringfield, a rider who paved the way for Black bikers across the country!

• The real life story of Maya Angelou, a remarkable and iconic poet and visionary!
  

• The fantastically feminist, totally true story of three astonishing writers: it can only be the Brontë sisters!

Be sure to mark the date for this showing of picture book biographies, with the authors and illustrators who have dedicated their imaginations to some of the most outstanding figures in American history. Get all the details below! 

• Dressing Up the Stars by JEANNE WALKER HARVEY and illustrated by DIANA TOLEDANO
  
  

• Road Trip by CLAUDIA FRIDDELL
  
  

• Bessie the Motorcycle Queen written by CHARLES R. SMITH JR. and illustrated by CHARLOT KRISTENSEN
  
  

• Maya’s Song illustrated by BRYAN COLLIER
  
  

• The Brontës: The Fantastically Feminist (and Totally True) Story of the Astonishing Author by ANNA DOHERTY
  
  

Sunday, September 25th at 1:00PM EST via Crowdcast!

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