People & Places - United States - African American & Black
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David’s Drawings
$11.95 Read moreA shy young African American boy makes friends in school by letting his classmates help with his drawing of a bare winter tree.
One winter day David sees a beautiful bare tree. As soon as he gets to sc
- Series: Rise and Shine
- Author: Falwell, Cathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1584302615
- Language: English
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Destiny’s Gift
$11.95 Read moreDestiny loves words, and her favorite place in the world is Mrs. Wade’s bookstore, where words abound.
Destiny loves words, and her favorite place in the world is Mrs. Wade’s bookstore, where words abo
- Author: Tarpley, Natasha Anastasia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 160060644X
- Language: English
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Cool Cuts
$16.99 Read moreMechal Renee Roe, illustrator of Vice President Kamala Harris’s Super Heroes Are Everywhere, creates a joyful, positive, read-together book celebrating boys with natural black hair that will have kids… [more below]
- Series: Happy Hair
- Author: Roe, Mechal Renee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1984895575
- Language: English
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The Last Chance for Logan County
$9.99 Read moreIn The Last Chance for Logan County, the third Legendary Alston Boys mystery from Edgar Award nominee Lamar Giles–now in paperback–Otto and Sheed team up with the Epic Ellisons against a corporation
- Series: A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure
- Author: Giles, Lamar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 035875531X
- Language: English
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Sadiq and the Explorers
$8.99 Add to cartAfter a hiking trip to a nearby park, Sadiq is inspired to start an Exploring Club. When a neighbor asks the club to create a scavenger hunt for the community’s annual Fourth of July celebration, the … [more below]
- Series: Sadiq
- Author: Nuurali, Siman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1515872904
- Language: English
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A Good Kind of Trouble
$19.99 Read moreFrom debut author Lisa Moore Ram? comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what’s right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Gi
- Author: Ramée, Lisa Moore
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0062836684
- Language: English
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The Great Migration: Journey to the North
$9.99 Read moreWe were one family among the many thousands. Mama and Daddy leaving home, coming to the city, with their hopes and their courage, their dreams and their children, to make a better life.
In this beautif
- Author: Greenfield, Eloise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0061259233
- Language: English
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Celeste Saves the City
$9.99 Add to cartCeleste Saves the City pulls readers into the life of a young girl forced to leave her beloved home as Hurricane Katrina threatens to flood New Orleans. Determined to make a difference in the future,
- Author: Kelly, Courtney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0578351706
- Language: English
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Show Way
$18.99 Read moreWinner of a Newbery Honor
Soonie’s great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She pieced… [more below]- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 08 2005
- ISBN10: 0399237496
- Language: English
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Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations
$18.99 Add to cart“Lyons delivers the history of a song that has inspired generations of African-Americans to persist and resist in the face of racism and systemic oppression. . . . A heartfelt history of a historic an… [more below]
- Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 0525516093
- Language: English
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HBCU Night
$15.99 Add to cartJust imagine – a night encouraging a young mind and providing perspective. The flash fiction, HBCU Night, tells the story of a young ambitious girl named, Imani, who is curious about what an HBCU is.
- Author: Martin, Andres
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: July 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0578744546
- Language: English
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The Stars Beneath Our Feet
$17.99 Add to cart“The right story at the right time. . . . It’s not just a narrative; it’s an experience. It’s the novel we’ve been waiting for.” —The New York Times
A boy tries to steer a safe path through the proj… [more below]- Author: Moore, David Barclay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 19 2017
- ISBN10: 1524701246
- Language: English
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J.D. and the Family Business
$7.99 Read moreEight-year-old kid barber J.D. joins forces with his sister, who has beauty shop dreams, in this hilarious illustrated chapter book and follow-up to J.D. and the Great Barber Battle.
J.D. is a barber- Series: J.D. the Kid Barber
- Author: Dillard, J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0593111575
- Language: English
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Papa’s Mark
$18.99 Read moreIn this timely reissue, a father and son help their community claim the right to vote in the post Civil-War South.
A son teaches his father how to write his name so he can vote for the first time in t- Author: Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 823453707
- Language: English
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Magic Like That
$19.95 Read moreIn this celebration of Black Girl Magic, a young girl finds confidence and excitement in the versatility of her natural hair and the way her different hairstyles reflect the natural world.
Natural hair
- Author: Doyon, Samara Cole
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1643790706
- Language: English
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We Shall Overcome
$18.99 Read moreA celebration of the gospel anthem and Civil Rights protest song “We Shall Overcome,” masterfully brought to life by Caldecott Honor recipient and a nine-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Bryan Col… [more below]
- Author: Collier, Bryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1338540378
- Language: English
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My Hair Is a Garden
$16.99 Read moreNEA’S READ ACROSS AMERICA 2019-2020 CALENDAR
Like every good garden, my hair must be cared for and nourished, tilled, and weeded. After a day of being taunted by classmates about her unruly hair, Mack- Author: Cabrera, Cozbi A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 080750923X
- Language: English
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Let the Circle Be Unbroken
$10.99 Add to cartA stunning repackage of a companion to Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson!
It is a frightening and turbulent time f- Author: Taylor, Mildred D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1101997540
- Language: English
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A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart (Caldecott Honor Book)
$17.99 Add to cartCaldecott Honor Book
Today Show Best Book for the Holidays
ALA Notable Book for All Ages
ALSC Notable Children’s Book
NCTE Notable Poetry Book
Evanston Public Library’s Top 100 Great Book for Kids
Nerdy Awa- Author: Elliott, Zetta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0374307415
- Language: English
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The Patchwork Quilt
$18.99 Read moreTwenty years ago Valerie Flournoy and Jerry Pinkney created a warmhearted intergenerational story that became an award-winning perennial. Since then children from all sorts of family situations and co… [more below]
- Author: Flournoy, Valerie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 29 1985
- ISBN10: 0803700970
- Language: English
