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- August 1 Birthday: William Clark. A PICTURE BOOK OF LEWIS AND CLARK
- August 1 Birthday: Francis Scott Key and “The Star Spangled Banner”
- August 1 Birthday: ABBIE BURGESS, LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER
- August 1 Birthday: MARIA’S COMET. Maria Mitchell
- August 3 Birthday: Alexander Posey. HOW WE ARE SMART
- August 4 Birthday: Maurice Richard. LIVES OF THE ATHLETES: THRILLS SPILLS (and WHAT THE NEIGHBORS THOUGHT)
- August 4 Birthday: IF ONLY I HAD A HORN: YOUNG LOUIS ARMSTRONG
- August 4 Birthday: BARACK OBAMA: SON OF PROMISE, CHILD OF HOPE
- August 4 Birthday: SAWDUST AND SPANGLES: THE AMAZING LIFE OF W.C. COUP
- August 5 Birthday: ONE GIANT LEAP: THE STORY OF NEIL ARMSTRONG
- August 6 Birthday: FABULOUS! A PORTRAIT OF ANDY WARHOL
- August 7 Birthday: Ralph Bunche. PATHS TO PEACE: PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
- August 8 Birthday: WHEN ESTHER MORRIS HEADED WEST: WOMEN, WYOMING, AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE
- August 8 Birthday: I COULD DO THAT: ESTHER MORRIS GETS WOMEN THE VOTE
- August 10 Birthday: Herbert Hoover. LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS
- August 12 Birthday: Katharine Lee Bates. PURPLE MOUNTAIN MAJESTIES
- August 13 Birthday: BULLS-EYE: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANNIE OAKLEY
- August 15 Birthday: Julia Child. MINETTE’S FEAST.
- August 16 Birthday: Joe Switzer. THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS
- August 16 Birthday: George Littlechild. THIS LAND IS MY LAND
- August 17 Birthday: Jorge Posada. PLAY BALL!
- August 17 Birthday: A PICTURE BOOK OF DAVY CROCKET
- August 17 Birthday: Elinor Smith. SOAR ELINOR
- August 18 Birthday: ROBERTO CLEMENTE: PRIDE OF THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES
- August 18 Birthday: Meriwether Lewis. A PICTURE BOOK OF LEWIS AND CLARK
- August 19 Birthday: The Boy Who Invented TV, Philo Farnsworth
- August 19 Birthday: William (Bill) Clinton. LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS
- August 19 Birthday: Orville Wright. INTO THE AIR: THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHER’S FIRST FLIGHT
- August 19 Birthday – Orville Wright, TO FLY: THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
- August 20 Birthday: Benjamin Harrison. LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS
- August 20 Birthday – Demi Lovato, DEMI LOVATO: TAKING ANOTHER CHANCE
- August 24 Birthday: DUKE KAHANAMOKU, athlete
- August 24 Birthday – Duke Kahanamoku, SURFER OF THE CENTURY
- August 25 Birthday: NOTHING BUT TROUBLE: THE STORY OF ALTHEA GIBSON
- August 26 Birthday: MOTHER TERESA
- August 27 Birthday: Lyndon Baines Johnson
- August 28 Birthday: FOR THE BIRDS: THE LIFE OF ROGER TORY PETERSON
- August 29 Birthday: Bird & Diz
- August 29 Birthday: MY DAD, JOHN MCCAIN
- August 29 Birthday: RACING AGAINST THE ODDS: THE STORY OF WENDELL SCOTT, STOCK CAR RACING’S AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHAMPION
- August 29 Birthday: Charlie Parker
- August 29 Birthday – Lea Michele, LEA MICHELE (STARS OF TODAY)
- August 30 Birthday: THROUGH THE TEMPEST DARK AND WILD: A STORY OF MARY SHELLEY, CREATOR OF FRANKENSTEIN
- August 30 Birthday: LIFE IN THE OCEAN: THE STORY OF OCEANOGRAPHER SYLVIA EARLE
