People & Places - United States - African American & Black
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Our Joyful Noise
$18.99 Add to cartA joyful, jazzy picture book following a Black family through a week of shared moments and simple pleasures, woven through with hidden musical jewels from spirituals and songs.
We move to the sounds
t- Author: Davis, Gabriele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1665920912
- Language: English
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When Black Girls Dream Big
$19.99 Add to cartYou have within you infinite promise. How big will YOU dream? This striking companion to I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams celebrates Black female achievement and is perfect for fans of I Am Enough, L
- Author: Moore, Tanisia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1338776207
- Language: English
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Freedom Fire: Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek
$17.99 Add to cartThe award-winning author of the best-selling Tristan Strong trilogy has created a secret world where kids can wield magic by summoning the power of their ancestors
What do you get when you combine Kwa- Author: Mbalia, Kwame
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1368064736
- Language: English
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Freedom’s Pen: A Story Based on the Life of the Young Freed Slave and Poet Phillis Wheatley
$8.99 Add to cartDaughters of the Faith: Ordinary Girls Who Lived Extraordinary Lives.
1761–Phillis Wheatley was a little girl of seven or eight years old when she was captured in Africa and brought to America as a sl
- Series: Daughters of the Faith
- Author: Lawton, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0802476392
- Language: English
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J.D. Y La Gran Batalla de Barberos
$7.99 Read moreJ.D. tiene ocho a?os y convierte un tr?gico corte de pelo casero en un pr?spero negocio de barber?a en esta nueva y divertida serie de libros ilustrados.
J.D. tiene un gran problema: es la noche antes- Series: J.D. El Ni?o Barbero
- Author: Dillard, J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0593617444
- Language: Spanish
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Freedom’s School
$18.99 Read moreEducation means true emancipation in this powerful story set in the rural post-Civil War South, written and illustrated by an award-winning author/artist team.
When Lizzie’s parents are granted their- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1423161033
- Language: English
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The Season of Styx Malone
$17.99 Add to cartA CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOK AND THE WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE HORN BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION!
“Extraordinary friendships . . . extraordinary storytelling.” –Rita Williams-Garcia, Newbery Honor and C… [more below]- Author: Magoon, Kekla
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1524715956
- Language: English
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Joshua’s Masai Mask
$11.95 Add to cartA magical Masai mask takes an African American boy on a series of adventures, and he discovers the joy of being himself.
Joshua loves playing his kalimba, a traditional African musical instrument. But
- Author: Hru, Dakari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1880000326
- Language: English
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Better Together, Cinderella
$17.99 Add to cartIn this magical follow-up picture book to Ashley Franklin’s and Ebony Glenn’s celebrated fairy tale twist, Not Quite Snow White, princess Tameika becomes a big sister . . . to twins
Tameika can’t se
- Author: Franklin, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0063029545
- Language: English
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The Park Cleanup
$22.65 Read moreJ.C. loves the park and helping people! So when he sees his local park is in need of a cleanup, he comes up with a plan. But he’ll need help. Can J.C. find enough volunteers to make his plan a success… [more below]
- Series: Jalen’s Big City Life
- Author: Salabie, Shiane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1484680928
- Language: English
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Clean Getaway
$17.99 Add to cartFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a timely middle-grade road-trip story through landmarks of the Civil Rights movement and the map they lay for contemporary race relations.
How- Author: Stone, Nic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1984892975
- Language: English
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I’m Growing Great
$16.99 Add to cartConfident, empowered girls are celebrated in this follow-up to Happy Hair, a flower-filled, nature-loving, read-together children’s book that encourages growth and positivity,
Lovely and wise, shine- Series: Happy Hair
- Author: Roe, Mechal Renee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0593428900
- Language: English
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Not an Easy Win
$8.99 Add to cartFOUR STARRED REVIEWS! Twelve-year old Lawrence is new to chess–can he find a way to get on the board, even though the odds are stacked against him?
Find out in this powerful novel about family, forgi- Author: Giles, Chrystal D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0593175247
- Language: English
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J.D. and the Family Business
$15.99 Add to cartEight-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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0593111559
- Language: English
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Harbor Me
$17.99 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Jacqueline Woodson’s first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share th- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 0399252525
- Language: English
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Bird
$13.95 Add to cartJohn Steptoe Award for New Talent in Illustrations – American Library Association (ALA)
In this gentle, award-winning picture book, an African American boy nicknamed Bird uses drawing as a creative out
- Author: Elliott Hood, Kristin Rosetta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1620143488
- Language: English
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Song of the Trees
$8.99 Add to cartAnother powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
With the depression bearing down on her family, there isn’t muc- Author: Taylor, Mildred D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: May 26 2003
- ISBN10: 0142500755
- Language: English
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This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
$8.99 Read moreJacqueline Woodson—New York Times Bestselling, National Book Award and Newbery Honor winning author–writes a rich story of a family adapting to change as they hold on to the past and embrace the fut… [more below]
- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0425288943
- Language: English
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J.D. and the Hair Show Showdown
$16.99 Read moreEight-year-old kid barber J.D. takes his talent to an Atlanta hair show in this illustrated chapter book and follow-up to J.D. and the Great Barber Battle.
At only eight years old, J.D. the Kid Barber- Series: J.D. the Kid Barber
- Author: Dillard, J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0593111583
- Language: English
