Andrea Davis Pinkney
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
While spending the summer with Aunt Ursa and her fourteen-year-old cousin Foley, twelve-year-old Nell is happy to be in the company of her cousin and his friend Slade until they ask her to hide a pistol in her old doll house.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Explores the intersecting lives of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson at the historic moment when their joined voices inspired landmark changes.
23) Bird in a box
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome. Includes author's notes.
Author
Publisher
Disney/Jump at the Sun
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Presents the stories of ten African-American men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day.
27) Peek-a-you!
Author
Publisher
Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text and bright illustrations capture the whimsical joy of a game of peek-a-boo with little ones.
"Peek-a-you, peek-a-you, can you see? Here's the pretty brown face of me? Cuddle up with your little one and play a happy game of peekaboo! You won't be able to resist this adorable board book with adorable rhymes and endless brown baby energy and fun. With bouncing, rhythmic text from New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney...
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
p2008.
Language
English
Description
The night before Christmas: Clement C. Moore's classic poem about a visit from St. Nicholas. In the month of Kislev: A rich, arrogant merchant takes the family of a poor peddler to court and learns a lesson about the meaning of Hanukkah. Seven candles for Kwanza: describes the origins and practices of Kwanzaa, the seven-day festival during which people of African descent rejoice in their ancestral values. Too many tamales: Maria feels very grown-up...