African Americans
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Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
$9.99 Add to cartA stunning tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, one of the most popular female jazz singers of all time, from The New York Times bestselling and award-winning duo Andrea David Pinkney and Brian Pinkey.
Reader- Series: Great Black Performers #3
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0786814160
- Language: English
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Dred and Harriet Scott: A Family’s Struggle for Freedom
$14.95 Add to cartA biography for young readers, ages 9 and up, that humanizes the people behind the famous Dred Scott decision, the first legal test of slavery in the United States.
- Author: Swain, Gwenyth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: February 09 2004
- ISBN10: 0873514831
- Language: English
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Bo and the Poetry Lesson
$9.99 Add to cartBo has to write a poem for school, but he thinks poetry is silly. See how he finds the right words to finish his assignment.
Bo’s life is always buzzing. And not just because he lives upstairs from Th… [more below]
- Series: Bo at the Buzz (Read Woke (Tm) Chapter Books)
- Author: Smith, Elliott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1728486262
- Language: English
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Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring
$18.99 Read moreGrowing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn’t see any artists who looked like her. She didn’t see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. As a young woman studying art
- Author: Churnin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1939547652
- Language: English
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Storm in the Night
$8.99 Read moreStorm in the night–lights flicker out, rain streams down the windows… This could be a moment to be scared, but Thomas and his grandfather huddle with Ringo the cat on their porch and share stories
- Author: Stolz, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 16 2020
- ISBN10: 0064432564
- Language: English
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Coretta Scott
$17.99 Read moreMultiple starred reviews greeted this amazing collaboration between Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson. As Booklist put it: “Poet and painter have joined forces to offer an indelible, emotional expressio
- Author: Shange, Ntozake
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2009
- ISBN10: 0061253642
- Language: English
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Steamboat School
$18.99 Read moreWhen a Missouri law shuts down a school for Black students, one boy must find a path to bravery in this award-winning picture book, based on a true story of resilience.
James wasn’t excited to go to- Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 1423121961
- Language: English
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Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!
$20.95 Add to cartNAACP Image Awards Nominee – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
A biography of James Van Der Zee, innovative and celebrated African American photographer of the Harlem R
- Author: Loney, Andrea J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1620142600
- Language: English
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20th Century African American History for Kids: The Major Events That Shaped the Past and Present
$10.99 Add to cartShow kids ages 8 to 12 how Black Americans shaped US history in the 20th century
From fighting against discrimination to changing the landscape of art and music, discover the incredible ways that Blac- Series: History by Century
- Author: Weston, Margeaux
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 164876441X
- Language: English
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The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
$18.99 Read moreWith an extraordinary gift for suspense, the award-winning author of Mirandy and Brother Wind offers a collection of original spine-tingling tales inspired by African-American history and the oral sto… [more below]
- Author: McKissack, Patricia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0679818634
- Language: English
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Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie: A Story about Edna Lewis
$9.99 Read moreLong before the natural-food movement gained popularity, Edna Lewis championed purity of ingredients, regional cuisine, and farm-to-table eating. She was a chef when female chefs–let alone African Am
- Author: Gourley, Robbin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 0544809017
- Language: English
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
$8.99 Read moreTells the story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Written in graphic-novel format.
- Series: Graphic History
- Author: Hoover, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2005
- ISBN10: 073685245X
- Language: English
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Hope’s Path to Glory: The Story of a Family’s Journey on the Overland Trail
$17.99 Read moreFrom the author of Eliza’s Freedom Road and Calico Girl (a Kirkus Best Book of the Year) comes a dramatic historical middle grade novel that is “a unique lens through which to examine the 1849 Gold Ru… [more below]
- Author: Nolen, Jerdine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1665924713
- Language: English
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Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
$17.99 Add to cartNewbery Honor Book
Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, Ashley Bryan offers a moving and powerfu
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book- Author: Bryan, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 1481456903
- Language: English
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Today Is Different
$17.99 Read moreStanding together makes all of us stronger.
Mai, a young Hmong girl, and Kiara, a young Black girl, are best friends. They do everything together–riding the bus, eating lunch, playing at recess. But
- Author: Moua, Doua
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1728430291
- Language: English
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Little Black Lives Matter
$19.95 Read moreAn inspiring, life-affirming debut activist board book in rhyming couplets and triplets about Black heroes for little ones, their families, and anyone who loves A is for Activist and Antiracist Baby. … [more below]
- Author: Dill, Khodi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1644211874
- Language: English
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Heaven
$10.99 Read moreCoretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson writes a poignant young adult novel of deception, self-discovery, and knowing what to do when truth is at hand.
You never know what’s gonna come- Author: Johnson, Angela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 05 2010
- ISBN10: 144240342X
- Language: English
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Ella Persistió Coretta Scott King / She Persisted: Coretta Scott King
$9.95 Read moreInspirado en el bestseller #1 del New York Times Ella persisti? de Chelsea Clinton y Alexandra Boiger, llega ahora esta serie en Chapter Books sobre mujeres que sobresalieron, lucharon y se levantaron… [more below]
- Series: Ella Persistio
- Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1644736381
- Language: Spanish
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Stars and Sparks on Stage
$7.99 Add to cartThe Clubhouse kids compete for a big prize–and make some creative moves–in this repackaged and talent-filled tale from bestselling author Sharon Draper.
Ziggy, Jerome, Rashawn, and Rico are sure th- Series: Clubhouse Mysteries #6
- Author: Draper, Sharon M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 1442454571
- Language: English
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Hands Up!
$18.99 Read moreThis triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl’s everyday life–hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five–before culminating in a moment of resist… [more below]
- Author: McDaniel, Breanna J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 22 2019
- ISBN10: 0525552316
- Language: English
