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African-American Crafts Kids Can Do! (Multicultural Crafts Kids Can Do!)
Carol Gnojewski - Enslow Elementary
Format: Library Binding
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Learn more about the African-American culture with these ten easy-to-do crafts. Also, while you do these crafts read about famous African Americans. Some of the exciting crafts included are a Star Puzzle, a Paper Basketball, and Invisible Postcards! |
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All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
Angela Johnson - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Experience the joy of Juneteenth in this celebration of freedom from the award-winning team of Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis.Through the eyes of one little girl, All Different Now tells the story of the first Juneteenth, the day freedom finally came to the last of the slaves in the South.... |
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An American Story
Kwame Alexander - Little, Brown Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestselling author Kwame Alexander pens a powerful picture book that tells the story of American slavery through the voice of a teacher struggling to help her students understand its harrowing history.From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable... |
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You
Carole Boston Weatherford - Bloomsbury Usa
Format: Print book
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You can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall.You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience.Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him,... |
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The Big Bed
Bunmi Laditan - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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From the creator of the Honest Toddler blog, The Big Bed is a humorous picture book about a girl who doesn't want to sleep in her little bed, so she presents her dad with his own bed -- a camping cot! -- in order to move herself into her parents' big bed in his place. A twist on the classic... |
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Black Magic
Dinah Johnson - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Black is a look, a taste, a speed, an emotion. It's the surprising stripes on a zebra, the taste of dark chocolate, the scary, exciting feeling of going inside a tunnel, and a mother's voice as her daughter falls asleep. In this celebration of the African American spirit, Dinah Johnson... |
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Busy-Eyed Day
Anne Marie Pace - Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover
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See the world through fresh eyes with this lush and lyrical picture book.There are so many intriguing eyes out in the world ... and so many amazing things for those eyes to see! From a big-eyed bug and a stalk-eyed slug to a side-eyed frog and a wide-eyed dog, the family in this book doesn't... |
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Circle Unbroken
Margot Theis Raven - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Print book
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Keeping the African heritage aliveAs she teaches her granddaughter to sew a traditional sweetgrass basket, a grandmother weaves a story, going back generations to her old-timey grandfather's village in faraway Africa. There, as a boy, he learned to make baskets so tightly woven they could... |
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The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: the Story of Dr. Patricia Bath
JULIA FINLEY MOSCA - The Innovation Press
Format: Hardcover
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If you like to think big, but some say you're too small, or they say you're too young or too slow or too tall... Meet Dr. Bath -- the scientist who never lost sight of her dreams!As a girl coming of age during the Civil... |
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Don't Touch My Hair!
Sharee Miller - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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An entertaining picture book that teaches the importance of asking for permission first as a young girl attempts to escape the curious hands that want to touch her hair. It seems that wherever Aria goes, someone wants to touch her hair. In the street, strangers reach for her fluffy curls;... |
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Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfields First Ride
Joel Christian Gill - Oni Press
Format: Hardcover
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"A playful introduction to Bessies exciting, triumphant, and unforgettable story." - KirkusHave you ever been told that youre not enough? That youre not strong enough, tall enough, fast enough? Bessie was told she was not enough. Bessie dreams of riding her bike with the boys... |
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Grace Goes to Washington
Kelly DiPucchio - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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"Who's in charge here?"When Grace learns about the three branches of the United States government, she and the rest of the student council put the lesson into practice as they debate how to spend the money from a school fund-raiser. Should they buy new sports equipment? Books... |
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Grandma's tiny house
JaNay Brown-Wood - Charlesbridge
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In rhyming text, when the whole family and guests show up for the big dinner at Grandma's house, it becomes clear that the house is much too small to hold them all. |
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Hair Dance!
Dinah Johnson - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Hair comes in all colors, textures, and styles. Whether it is worn long or short, in braids or cornrows, or left natural in an Afro, hair plays a big part in who we are and how we feel about ourselves. In this inspiring book, Kelly Johnson’s stunning photographs of girls wearing... |
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Hair Love
Matthew A. Cherry - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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It's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters, from former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry and New York Times bestselling illustrator Vashti Harrison.Zuri's hair has a mind of its own.... |
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Hands Up!
Breanna J. McDaniel - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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This triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl's everyday life--hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five--before culminating in a moment of resistance at a protest march.A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun,... |
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Happy to Be Nappy
bell hooks - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The groundbreaking picture book by legendary author bell hooks and multi-Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka that celebrates hair, perfect for fans of Hair Love and I Love My Hair!. . Happy with hair all short and strong. Happy with locks that twist and curl.Just all girl happy! Happy to be nappy... |
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Hey Black Child
Useni Eugene Perkins - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins |
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The Hickory Chair
Lisa Rowe Fraustino - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Luis, a blind boy, tells of his warm relationship with his grandmother and the gift she left for him after her death, in a unique and beautiful book about love, from the perspective of a blind child. |
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Homemade Love [Board Book]
bell hooks - Jump At The Sun
Format: Board book
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The world-renowned poet, cultural critic, feminist theorist, intellectual, and award-winning author, bell hooks, brings together with the resplendent artwork of Shane W. Evan, a beautiful board book perfect for little hands.PRAISE FOR HOMEMADE LOVE"The rhythm of the words, the smoothness... |
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I Am Famous
Tara Luebbe - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Kiely knows she is famous! The paparazzi (her parents) follow her every move, documenting with cameras. It's exhausting being famous, but someone has to do it! She even gets to perform a big song at her grandfather's birthday. When she messes it up, she's worried she's lost her audience... |
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I am Rosa Parks
Brad Meltzer - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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"We can all be heroes" is the message entertainingly told in this picture-book biography series from #1 New York Times Bestselling author Brad Meltzer."Kids always search for heroes, so we might as well have a say in it," Brad Meltzer realized, and so he envisioned this... |
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I Love My Hair!
Natasha Tarpley - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Every night before she goes to bed, Keyana sits down between her mother's knees to have her hair combed. But no matter how gently Mama pulls, it still hurts sometimes! Keyana doesn't feel lucky to have such a head of hair--until Mama reminds her of all the lovely ways her wonderful... |
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I Love You More Than . . .
Taye Diggs - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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My child. I am not always with youas much as I'd like. But you are always in my mind and my heart. Some families look different than others. A father who doesn't live full-time with his son tells him all the ways he misses and loves him. Perfect for families... |
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In Your Hands
Carole Boston Weatherford - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A black mother expresses the many hopes and dreams she has for her child in this powerful picture book masterpiece that's perfect for gift-giving.When you are a newborn, I hold your hand and study your face. I cradle you as you drift to sleep. But I know that I will not always hold your... |
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Islandborn
Junot Díaz - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Daz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places. So when... |
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Just Like Jesse Owens
ANDREW YOUNG - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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Civil rights icon, Ambassador Andrew Young and his daughter, Paula Young Shelton, deliver a powerful oral history about a special day in Andrew's childhood that changed him forever. This story of race relations in the 1930s South is illustrated by bestselling Caldecott Honor winner... |
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Leo Gets a Checkup
Anna McQuinn - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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When Dad takes Leo to visit the doctor, Leo learns to wait his turn, sit quietly while his eyes and ears are checked, and be brave during a shot. And, of course, Leo gets a book before he leaves! Little brother Leo was first introduced through the best-selling Lola Reads series in Lola... |
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Let the Children March
Monica Clark-Robinson - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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I couldn't play on the same playground as the white kids. I couldn't go to their schools. I couldn't drink from their water fountains. There were so many things I couldn't do. In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered... |
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Lola Goes to School
Anna McQuinn - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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Spunky Lola embarks on a new adventure--the first day of school!Lola and her family prepare for the first day of school the night before, then get up early, take pictures, and head to class. Lola puts her things in her cubby, chooses her activities, reads, plays, and has a snack. Before... |
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Lullaby
Langston Hughes - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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“My little dark baby, / My little earth-thing, / My little love-one, / What shall I sing / For your lullaby?" With a few simple words as smooth as a song, the poet Langston Hughes celebrates the love between an African American mother and her baby. The award-winning illustrator... |
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Mae Among the Stars
RODA AHMED - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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A beautiful picture book for sharing, inspired by the life of the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison.A great classroom and bedtime read-aloud, Mae Among the Stars is the perfect book for young readers who have big dreams and even bigger hearts!When Little Mae was a child,... |
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Make a Change
Rhonda Rucker - Pelican Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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"A fine picture book to sit on the shelf alongside Ruby Bridges Through My Eyes." - Kirkus When Marvin asks his mama why they have to stand and wait to take their food home while everyone else can eat at the lunch counter, her answer doesnt make a lot of sense to him. "When... |
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My Hair Is a Garden
Cozbi A Cabrera - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover
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After a day of being taunted by classmates about her unruly hair, Mackenzie can't take any more. On her way home from school, she seeks the guidance of her wise and comforting neighbor, Miss Tillie. Using the beautiful garden in her backyard as a metaphor, Miss Tillie shows Mackenzie... |
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My People
Langston Hughes - Atheneum Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Langston Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribue to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Charles R. Smith Jr. interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the beauty, and the soul of being a black American today. |
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My Red, White, and Blue
Alana Tyson - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful story about the mixture of pride and pain that one Black family finds in the American flag, and an invitation for each of us to choose how we relate to America, its history, and the flag that means so many things to so many people.. What does the American flag mean to you? For some,... |
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Natalie's Hair Was Wild!
LAURA FREEMAN - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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Natalie's hair is really wild - and she likes it that way! A host of friendly animals agree, and they move right in. At first it's just butterflies and birds that take up residence atop Natalie's head, but soon there are zebras, elephants, even a tiger! With all the roaring and squawking... |
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A Night Out with Mama
Quvenzhané Wallis - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From Academy Award-nominated actress Quvenzhan Wallis comes a story about glitz, glamour, and the most important thing of all - family.A very talented little girl has a very special night ahead of her. A night where she'll get to wear a new dress in the most beautiful shade of blue... |
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Please, Baby, Please
Spike Lee - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Go back to bed, baby, please, baby, please. Not on your HEAD, baby baby baby, please!... From moments fussy to fond, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, producer Tonya Lewis Lee, present a behind-the-scenes look at the chills, spills, and unequivocal thrills of bringing... |
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Princess Hair
SHAREE MILLER - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Princesses with curls wear pearls.Princesses with head wraps take long naps.And princesses with teeny-weeny Afros wear teeny-weeny bows.Celebrate different hair shapes, textures, and styles in this self-affirming picture book! From dreadlocks to blowouts to braids, Princess Hair shines... |
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Princess Truly in I Am Truly
Kelly Greenawalt - Orchard Books
Format: Hardcover
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Princess Truly is strong and confident, beautiful and brave, bright and brilliant. She can do anything she sets her mind to...I can fly to the moonAnd dance on the stars.I can tame wild lions...And race fast cars.Brimming with warmth and color, Princess Truly's rhythmic rhyming adventures... |
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Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina
Lea Lyon - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring picture book for little ballerinas everywhere!Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV.Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s,... |
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Rox's Secret Code
Mara Lecocq - POW!
Format: Hardcover
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A coding adventure about a brilliant inventor and her runaway robot, Rox's Secret Code aims to inspire the next generation of female leaders in STEM! Rox is happy to spend the whole day on her laptop inventing awesome robots, but her dad wants her to clean up! When the Chorebot... |
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Dear Yesteryear
Kimberly Annece Henderson - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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From historical curator and researcher Kimberly Annece Henderson comes this moving letter connecting Black history with the present, with archival photographs and beautiful handlettering by Ciara LeRoy. In 2020, Kimberly Annece Henderson started emaline and 'nem, an Instagram-based... |
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Skin Again
BELL HOOKS - Jump At The Sun
Format: Hardcover
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The skin I'm in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. The skin I'm in is just a covering. If you want to know who I am, you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide.Celebrating all that makes us unique and different, Skin Again offers new ways to talk about race... |
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Standing in the need of prayer : a modern retelling of the classic spiritual
Carole Boston Weatherford - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From an award-winning author and critically acclaimed artist comes a stunning and deeply moving picture book based on the popular spiritual "Standing in the Need of Prayer." The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs... |
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Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO
Tamara Pizzoli - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Hilarious and smart, Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO is a modern take on the classic tooth fairy story by Tamara Pizzoli with illustrations by Federico Fabianiis that is perfect for powerful little leaders ready to take on the world -- one tooth at a time.Meet Tallulah. She's the Tooth... |
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Tar Beach
Faith Ringgold - Crown Books for Young Readers; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Illus. in full color. "Ringgold recounts the dream adventure of eight-year-old Cassie Louise Lightfoot, who flies above her apartment-building rooftop, the 'tar beach' of the title, looking down on 1939 Harlem. Part autobiographical, part fictional, this allegorical tale sparkles... |
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That Is My Dream!: A picture book of Langston Hughes's "Dream Variation"
Langston Hughes - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover
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"Dream Variation," one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial prejudice, is now a picture book stunningly illustrated by Daniel Miyares, the acclaimed creator of Float. To fling my arms wide In... |
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This Is the Dream
Diane ZuHone Shore - HarperCollinsPublishers
Format: Print book
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Our nation was founded on the belief that all men are created equal. Nearly two hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, slavery had been abolished but America was still segregated.Then: Enter the students who marched into the first desegregated school, the passengers... |
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This Little Light of Mine
Public Domain - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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There is a light inside of YOU. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine! "This Little Light of Mine" is an African-American spiritual dating back to the days of slavery. The score is included in this book so that you can learn to play and sing and shine your light for everyone... |
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The Undefeated
Kwame Alexander - Versify
Format: Hardcover
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The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable... |
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You Come from Greatness: A Celebration of Black History: A Picture Book
Sara Chinakwe - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover
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A young boy learns that he is walking in the footsteps of greatness through a vibrant, lyrical retelling of Black history - both a love letter to Black children and an anthem empowering them to know their God-given worth.You came bustling into the world,a mighty bundle of energy, ready... |
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