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2441) Tar beach
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name.
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"If we do in fact 'remember the Alamo,' it is largely thanks to one person who witnessed the final assault and survived: the commanding officer's slave, a young man known simply as Joe. What Joe saw as the Alamo fell, recounted days later to the Texas Cabinet, has come down to us in records and newspaper reports. But who Joe was, where he came from, and what happened to him have all remained mysterious until now. In a remarkable feat of historical...
2443) Voices of Black Nevada
Author
Publisher
Bureau of Governmental Research, University of Nevada
Pub. Date
1971
Language
English
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Sometimes Lulu wants to play, but her big sister Zoey doesn’t. Sometimes Zoey tries to share, but Lulu won’t. Sometimes, it is HARD to get along with a sister! But, sometimes, sisters come together and create something wonderful. This charming story follows the adventures of Lulu and Zoey as they navigate the ups and downs of sisterhood and find there is room in their hearts for each other.
Author
Publisher
Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"A gorgeous collection of 145 original portraits that celebrates Black pioneers—famous and little-known--in politics, science, literature, music, and more—with biographical reflections, all created and curated by an award-winning graphic designer. Illustrated Black History is a breathtaking collection of original portraits depicting black heroes—both famous and unsung—who made their mark on activism, science, politics, business, medicine,...
2449) Psalm twenty-three
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
The text of the familiar psalm comparing God to a loving shepherd accompanies illustrations which shows the world of love and fear faced by an urban African-American family.
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.
2452) Lottie Paris lives here
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Relates a day in the life of a little girl who lives with her Papa Pete in a house across from a park.
Author
Series
Contributions in Afro-American and African studies volume no. 15
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Black Mirror meets Get Out in this gripping story collection reminiscent of the work of Octavia E. Butler, which deftly blends science fiction, horror, and fantasy to examine issues of race, class, and prejudice—an electrifying, oftentimes heartbreaking debut from an extraordinary new voice. Justin C. Key has long been obsessed with monsters. Reading R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps as a kid, he imagined himself battling monsters and mayhem to a triumphant...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From acclaimed African-American novelist Trisha Thomas comes the story of Bailey Dowery, a Black dressmaker in 1950s Oklahoma whose gift of "second sight" pulls her into a dangerous small-town scandal involving a society wedding, a murder, and shocking family secrets"--
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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Description
"Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated, landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama. Informed by the latest, sometimes provocative scholarship, and including more than eight hundred images--ancient maps, art, documents, photographs, cartoons, posters--Life Upon These Shores focuses on defining events, debates, and controversies, as well as the achievements...
2458) Don't touch my hair!
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
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; and even under the sea, in the jungle, and in space, she's chased by a mermaid, monkeys, and poked by aliens...until, finally, Aria has had enough! Author-illustrator...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of how plant scientist George Washington Carver came to an Alabama school and taught the children how to grow plants and reap the rewards of nature's bounty. Includes factual note about George Washington Carver.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In this beautifully written book, prize-winning historian Christina Snyder reinterprets the history of Jacksonian America. Usually, this drama focuses on whites who turned west to conquer a continent, extending liberty as they went. Great Crossings features Indians from across the continent seeking new ways to assert anciently-held rights, and people of African descent who challenged the United States to live up to its ideals. These diverse groups...
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