People & Places - United States - African American & Black
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The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
$8.99 Read moreVirginia Hamilton’s Coretta Scott King Honor book is the breathtaking fantasy tale of slaves who possessed ancient magic that enabled them to fly away to freedom. And it is a moving tale of those who … [more below]
- Author: Hamilton, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 055350780X
- Language: English
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Moving Day Helpers
$22.65 Add to cartJ.C. can’t wait to go play at the park. But when Mom spots a new neighbor in need of help, she says their outing will have to wait. Can J.C. find a way to have fun and be a good neighbor?
- Series: Jalen’s Big City Life
- Author: Salabie, Shiane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1484681088
- Language: English
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Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
$18.99 Read moreAn elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1… [more below]
- Author: Winter, Jonah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0385390289
- Language: English
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EllRay Jakes Stands Tall
$6.99 Read moreEllRay Jakes finally grows up (a little) by playing basketball in this ninth book in the series.
There’s a new game in town–basketball! Or in Ellray’s case, pre-basketball. Coach Havens has all the t- Series: EllRay Jakes #9
- Author: Warner, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0147512530
- Language: English
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Black Girl Rising
$16.99 Read moreThis enduring anthem for Black girls celebrates their power, potential, and brilliance–for themselves and for the world.
You are a thousand curls
unfurling in your hair.
You are a thousand fists
standin- Author: Barnes, Brynne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1452164878
- Language: English
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Uptown
$9.99 Read moreCoretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier discovers the vibrant world of Harlem, New York, as seen through the eyes of a little boy
Uptown . . .
Harlem, New York.
Chicken and waffles.
Ja- Series: Rise and Shine
- Author: Collier, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2004
- ISBN10: 080507399X
- Language: English
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Get a Hit, Mo!
$5.99 Read moreMo may not be the biggest, the strongest, or the fastest baseball player, but he won’t let that stop him from playing! This Step 2 reader from Geisel Award winner David Adler is now in Step into Readi… [more below]
- Series: Step Into Reading
- Author: Adler, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0593432363
- Language: English
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The Proudest Color
$17.99 Read moreFor me, brown is more than feeling proud.
Zahra sees the world in vivid color. When she’s happy, she feels a razzle-dazzle pink in her hands. When she’s sad, she
It’s the color I see when I see me.- Author: Sheila Modir and Jeffrey Kashou
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1641705787
- Language: English
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
$8.99 Add to cartDuring one of the most important times in the civil rights movement, one unforgettable family goes on a road trip in this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree, from author Christopher Paul Curtis, r… [more below]
- Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 12 2000
- ISBN10: 044022800X
- Language: English
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A Chair for My Mother: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
$19.99 Read moreThis classic and heartwarming picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association.
“A tender knockout.
- Author: Williams, Vera B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 01 1982
- ISBN10: 068800914X
- Language: English
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I Gotta Sing!
$14.99 Add to cart- Author: Duncan, Alice Faye
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0593578260
- Language: English
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The Secret Dead Club
$17.99 Add to cartThe Baby-Sitters Club meets Stranger Things in this eerie middle grade novel about friendship, fitting in, and the afterlife, following a girl who discovers she’s not the only one at her new school wh… [more below]
- Author: Strong, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 166590450X
- Language: English
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Andy Johnson and the March for Justice
$13.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Reading While Black comes a sweet and inspiring picture book that weaves together history and faith to help families talk about how everyone–including children–can be … [more below]
- Author: McCaulley, Esau
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0593580648
- Language: English
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S is for Sweetgrass: The ABCs of Gullah-Geechee
$34.99 Add to cartEmbark on an unforgettable road trip adventure with Isaiah and Aniyah in S is for Sweetgrass. Get ready to explore, learn, and be immersed in the vibrant world of Gullah-Geechee!
In this captivating ch
- Author: Gary, Triba
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: February 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798869139658
- Language: English
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Mama’s Chicken and Dumplings
$17.99 Read moreGrowing up in segregated 1930’s Charlottesville, ten-year-old Allie is determined to find a man for her mama to marry– but not just any man will do!
Allie’s life with Mama isn’t bad, but she knows it- Author: Mann, Dionna L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0823455556
- Language: English
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When Alexander Graced the Table
$19.99 Add to cartFrom James Beard Award-winning chef Alexander Smalls, New York Times bestselling author Denene Millner, and award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison comes a tender celebration of family, traditions, a… [more below]
- Author: Smalls, Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1534488723
- Language: English
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My Hair Is a Book
$19.99 Add to cart“Oso’s metaphors illustrate how Black hair tells the story of those who wear it; hair announces its wearer’s beauty to the world, be it cornrowed, locked, twisted, or curled…A stellar work that belo
- Author: Oso, Maisha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0063249103
- Language: English
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Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron’s: A Picture Book
$18.99 Add to cartFrom Colin Kaepernick to Martin Luther King, Jr. to Benjamin Crump, Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron’s is a picture book celebration of Black history and excellence from New York Times bestselling… [more below]
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1419771485
- Language: English
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The River Is My Ocean
$18.99 Add to cartA grandmother and granddaughter share a magical trip to the Hudson River affirming intergenerational love and the power of water in this heart-song of a picture book.
Every day, Abuela misses the ocea- Author: Cortez, Rio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 166591257X
- Language: English
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Radiant
$18.99 Add to cartA historical middle-grade novel in verse from multiple Coretta Scott King winner Vaunda Micheaux Nelson.
As school begins in 1963, Cooper Dale wrestles with what it means to “shine” for a black girl i- Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0593855787
- Language: English
