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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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Who Wants I Scream?
$7.99 Add to cartA haunted ice cream truck is on the loose in this fourteenth chilling adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series
Summer in Kersville is like summer in a lot of other places. The sun is bright- Series: Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #14
- Author: Miedoso, Andres
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1534499466
- Language: English
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Wagon Wheels
$5.99 Read moreBased on a true story, Wagon Wheels tells a powerful and overlooked story of the country’s post-Civil War era.
Formerly enslaved Ed Muldie and his family travel to Kansas in 1878 to claim land under th
- Series: I Can Read History Book
- Author: Brenner, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 23 1984
- ISBN10: 0064440524
- Language: English
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Meet Martin Luther King, Jr.
$6.99 Add to cartLearn about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with this revised edition of the popular Random House Step Up(TM) Biography of the great civil-rights leader and advocate for peaceful resistance –i… [more below]
- Series: Landmark Books
- Author: de Kay, James T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 02 2001
- ISBN10: 0375803955
- Language: English
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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
$18.99 Add to cartIn luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.
Where is our historian to give us our side? A- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 076368046X
- 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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Time for Bed, Old House
$16.99 Read moreAt Isaac’s first sleepover, he gets to help Grandpop with a very special routine–putting the house to bed–in a story that’s just right for children visiting a new place, or for adopting a new ritual… [more below]
- Author: Bates, Janet Costa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1536209988
- Language: English
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The Story of Ruby Bridges
$19.99 Add to cartThe inspirational true story of Ruby Bridges.
The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge… [more below]
- Author: Coles, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0590572814
- Language: English
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Summer Is Here
$18.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling creators Ren? Watson and Bea Jackson offer a picture book ode to a picture-perfect summer day, from sunrise to sunset.
Summer is here!
No dark clouds in the sky,
it’s a perfec- Author: Watson, Renée
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1547605863
- Language: English
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The Listeners
$18.99 Read moreElla May lives on a plantation but she doesn’t live in the great house. She is a slave. It’s dark in the morning when Ella May heads to the fields to pick cotton. And it’s sunset when she comes home. … [more below]
- Series: Tales of Young Americans
- Author: Whelan, Gloria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 08 2009
- ISBN10: 1585364193
- Language: English
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Someday Is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-Ins
$17.95 Read more“Not only does this book highlight an important civil rights activist, it can serve as an introduction to child activism as well as the movement itself. Valuable.” –Kirkus Reviews starred review
“Rel- Author: Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 1633224988
- Language: English
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Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress
$17.99 Read moreDiscover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Step… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Alicia D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0593123689
- Language: English
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MIA Mayhem Stops Time!
$6.99 Add to cartMia learns to control time in this fifth adventure of the Mia Mayhem chapter book series
When Mia first learned she had superpowers, there was one ability that always came rather naturally: freezing- Series: MIA Mayhem #5
- Author: West, Kara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1534449426
- Language: English
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My Rainy Day Rocket Ship
$17.99 Add to cartRainy summer days are no match for a little astronaut who builds the perfect rocket ship for an indoor space adventure to another galaxy, where the sky is his only limit
A stormy afternoon and an ord- Author: Sheppard, Markette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1534461779
- Language: English
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Phoebe the Spy
$7.99 Add to cartSomeone is planning to kill George Washington, and young Phoebe Fraunces is trying to save his life. Phoebe gets a job as George Washington’s housekeeper, but her real job is to work as a spy. She lis… [more below]
- Author: Griffin, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0698119568
- Language: English
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Nina Under Arrest: A Birmingham Children’s Crusade Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreIt’s May 1963, and twelve-year-old Nina Norris is answering a call from civil rights leaders in Birmingham, Alabama. Black Americans are demanding the right to vote, but adults who protest risk losing… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Butler-Ngugi, Anitra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669059413
- Language: English
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Dear Reader: A Love Letter to Libraries
$17.99 Read moreA young Black girl pens a love letter to libraries and books, powerfully expressing the need to see herself represented in stories. From the author that brought you M Is for Melanin.
“A rousing call t- Author: Rose, Tiffany
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1499812256
- Language: English
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MIA Mayhem and the Cat Burglar
$17.99 Read moreMia and her cat, Chaos, come face-to-face with the Cat Burglar in this twelfth adventure of the Mia Mayhem chapter book series!
Chaos Macarooney, Mia’s cat, gets a special invitation to the PITS! Turn- Series: MIA Mayhem #12
- Author: West, Kara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1665917229
- Language: English
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EllRay Jakes and the Beanstalk
$6.99 Add to cartCan EllRay master the moves in time to win his friend back?
EllRay Jakes may be the shortest kid in his class, and he may get into trouble from time to time, but he can always count on his best friend- Series: EllRay Jakes #05
- Author: Warner, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0142423599
- Language: English
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Cassie’s Word Quilt
$8.99 Read moreThe main character of Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Honor winner Tar Beach returns in this imaginative exploration of words, with illustrations that echo artist Faith Ringgold’s famous story … [more below]
- Series: Avenues
- Author: Ringgold, Faith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 13 2004
- ISBN10: 0553112333
- Language: English
