African Americans
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Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
$25.99 Add to cartIn this New York Times Notable Children’s Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, follow the life stories of ten Black men in American history and the legacies they left that forever c
- Series: Coretta Scott King Award – Author Winner Title(s)
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 23 2012
- ISBN10: 1423142578
- Language: English
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Bad Boy: A Memoir
$15.99 Read moreA classic memoir that’s gripping, funny, and ultimately unforgettable from the bestselling former National Ambassador of Books for Young People. A strong choice for summer reading–an engaging and pow
- Author: Myers, Walter Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 0064472884
- Language: English
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Heirloom
$18.00 Add to cartAshia Ajani is the product of migration. From Bentonia, Mississippi to Detroit, Michigan to Denver, Colorado, Ajani’s family has carved out small sanctuaries for themselves among roses, concrete and u… [more below]
- Author: Ajani, Ashia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1949342492
- Language: English
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M Is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child
$17.99 Read more“Contagiously upbeat, joyful, and positive . . . C]herish this book.” –Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
“A must-have for any library that is in need of books with positive representation for and about- Author: Rose, Tiffany
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1499809166
- Language: English
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Voices of Color: 50 Scenes and Monologues by African American Playwrights
$22.43 Add to cartVoices of Color is a trailblazing collection of scenes and monologues by African American playwrights. This major omnibus of contemporary American writing will serve as a primary resource for African … [more below]
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: King, Woodie, Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: February 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1557831742
- Language: English
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28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World
$20.99 Read moreEach day features a different influential figure in African-American history, from Crispus Attucks, the first man shot in the Boston Massacre, sparking the Revolutionary War, to Madame C. J. Walker, w
- Author: Smith, Charles R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: January 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1596438207
- Language: English
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Maya Angelou
$15.99 Add to cartIn this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Maya Angelou, the powerful speaker, writer, and civil rights activist. … [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #4
- Author: Kaiser, Lisbeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 09 2016
- ISBN10: 1847808891
- Language: English
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Still Rising: Famous Black Quotations for the Twenty-First Century
$15.95 Add to cartAn inspiring collection of pithy, easy-to-recall one-liners and quotable short passages from historic and contemporary thought leaders throughout the African Diaspora.
Famous Black Quotations, first p
- Author: Bell, Janet Cheatham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1572843209
- Language: English
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Cornrows
$17.99 Read moreA Coretta Scott King Award Winner for Illustration
Every design has a name and means something in the powerful past and present richness o
A Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies- Author: Yarbrough, Camille
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0593625072
- Language: English
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The Cost of Knowing
$18.99 Add to cartFour starred reviews!
Dear Martin meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping, evocative novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down when he for- Author: Morris, Brittney
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1534445455
- Language: English
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Brown Girl Dreaming
$19.99 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Winner
Raised in Sout
Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Red at the Bone, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0399252517
- Language: English
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Imani Makes a Difference
$9.99 Read moreShimmer, sparkle, twirl . . . I am a compassionate girl!
When Imani gets to know her new classmate, she decides to do something nice for them. She’s just not sure what. Can Imani figure out a way to
- Series: Hair Magic (Read Woke (Tm) Chapter Books)
- Author: Lewis, Cicely
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798765624234
- Language: English
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Milwaukee Blues
$16.95 Read moreThe deaths of unarmed Black male citizens at the hands of police from Eric Garner’s in New York City in 2014 to George Floyd’s in Minneapolis in May 2020 provide the impetus behind Louis-Philippe Dale
- Author: Dalembert, Louis-Philippe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1639640096
- Language: English
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The Quickest Kid in Clarksville
$16.99 Add to cartIt’s the day before the big parade. Alta can only think about one thing: Wilma Rudolph, three-time Olympic gold medalist. She’ll be riding on a float tomorrow. See, Alta is the quickest kid in Clarksv… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Pat Zietlow
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 09 2016
- ISBN10: 1452129363
- Language: English
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Key City on the River
$10.00 Add to cartOn a cold November afternoon in 1833, two wagons are about to cross the dark Mississippi River into Iowa Territory on a tiny boat. Penny Cooper, Nate Tilden, Aunt Sunday, and Jonathan and Ella Butterm
- Series: Gemma Open Door
- Author: Gorsuch, Greta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: March 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1936846799
- Language: English
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Liberty’s Civil Rights Road Trip
$18.00 Add to cartTime to board the bus! Liberty and her friend Abdullah, with their families and a diverse group of passengers, head off to their first stop: Jackson, Mississippi. Next on their map are Glendora, Memph
- Author: Waters, Michael W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1947888196
- Language: English
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Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
$9.95 Add to cartThe distinguished American civil rights leader, W. E. B. Du Bois first published these fiery essays, sketches, and poems individually nearly 80 years ago in the Atlantic, the Journal of Race Developme… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 02 1999
- ISBN10: 0486408906
- Language: English
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J.D. and the Great Barber Battle
$16.99 Read moreEight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series
J.D. has a big problem–it’s the night before the start of third g- Series: J.D. the Kid Barber
- Author: Dillard, J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0593111524
- Language: English
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Ruby’s Reunion Day Dinner
$19.99 Add to cartOn Here Wee Read’s 2021 Ultimate List of Diverse Children’s Books!
Publisher Weekly Starred Review! “Warm digital art by Southerland makes excellent use of light and shadow, and offers a lovely portra
- Author: Dalton, Angela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 63015749
- Language: English
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Who Is Kamala Harris?
$5.99 Add to cartThe inspiring story of Vice President Kamala Harris told in the new Who HQ Now format for trending topics.
On November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California, became the first woman and the- Series: Who HQ Now
- Author: Anderson, Kirsten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0593384482
- Language: English
