Best Biography Books for 2nd Grade

For second graders, ages seven and eight, this page gathers picture book biographies of people who opened doors for others. Traci Sorell's Classified tells how Cherokee mathematician Mary Golda Ross became the first female engineer at Lockheed, and Maryann Cocca-Leffler's Fighting for Yes! follows Judith Heumann's fight for the rights of people with disabilities. The list also traces Ketanji Brown Jackson's path to the Supreme Court and includes two Caldecott honor books, Jovita Wore Pants and Up, Up, Ever Up!