African Americans

  • The Classic Slave Narratives

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    A seminal volume of four classic slave narratives, including Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, The History of Mary Price: A West Indian Slave, Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl, and The [more below]

    • Author: Gates, Henry Louis
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 688
    • Publish Date: January 03 2012
    • ISBN10: 0451532139
    • Language: English
  • Garvey in the Dark

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    Winner, 2023 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award

    Capturing the shock and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of Garvey, a beloved character, Nikki Grimes’s newest novel in verse shows reader

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    • Author: Grimes, Nikki
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: October 25 2022
    • ISBN10: 1635925266
    • Language: English
  • Minor Notes, Volume 1

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    The first volume in an anthology series that amplifies the voices of unsung Black poets to paint a more robust picture of our national past, and of the Black literary imagination, with a foreword by T[more below]

    • Author: Bennett, Joshua
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: April 11 2023
    • ISBN10: 0143137263
    • Language: English
  • One Crazy Summer: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

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    In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them. A

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    • Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: January 26 2010
    • ISBN10: 0060760885
    • Language: English
  • Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-Up

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    Keena Ford is so excited to go on a field trip to the United States Capitol with her second-grade class At school, she is running for a spot on the student council, and on the field trip she’s going … [more below]

    • Series: Keena Ford #2
    • Author: Thomson, Melissa
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: August 12 2010
    • ISBN10: 0142415723
    • Language: English
  • Sleepover Scientist #3

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    Jada Jones is back for the third book of this popular, celebrated series perfect for STEM fans!

    Jada is hosting her first sleepover, and she has lots of cool scientific activities planned: kitchen che

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    • Series: Jada Jones #3
    • Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: January 08 2019
    • ISBN10: 1524790559
    • Language: English
  • Black Was the Ink

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    Through the help of a ghostly ancestor, sixteen-year-old Malcolm is sent on a journey through Reconstruction-era America to find his place in modern-day Black progress.

    Malcolm Williams hasn’t been oka

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    • Author: Coles, Michelle
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: November 02 2021
    • ISBN10: 1643794310
    • Language: English
  • She Persisted: Ella Fitzgerald

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    Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds–including Ella Fit[more below]

    • Series: She Persisted
    • Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 80
    • Publish Date: April 04 2023
    • ISBN10: 0593620879
    • Language: English
  • Lola Plants a Garden

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    In this Lola Reads picture book, Lola learns how to plant a flower garden in this simple and sweet story about gardening and patience.

    After Lola reads a book of garden poems, she wants to plant some

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    • Series: Lola Reads
    • Author: McQuinn, Anna
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 28
    • Publish Date: August 05 2014
    • ISBN10: 1580896944
    • Language: English
  • The Black Poets

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    “The claim of The Black Poets to being… an anthology is that it presents the full range of Black-American poetry, from the slave songs to the present day. It is important that folk poetry be include… [more below]

    • Author: Randall, Dudley
    • Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: April 01 1985
    • ISBN10: 0553275631
    • Language: English
  • Sixth Man Surprise

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    Devante Briggs has gone from being an athletic trainer to being the sixth man off the bench for his school basketball team! How in the world did this happen? And will his free throw struggles cost him… [more below]

    • Series: Jake Maddox Graphic Novels
    • Author: Mu?iz, Berenice
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 72
    • Publish Date: January 01 2023
    • ISBN10: 1666341304
    • Language: English
  • Intimate Apparel/Fabulation

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    “Lynn Nottage’s work explores depths of humanness, the overlapping complexities of race, gender, culture and history–and the startling simplicity of desire–with a clear tenderness, with humor, with

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    • Author: Nottage, Lynn
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: April 01 2006
    • ISBN10: 1559362790
    • Language: English
  • Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution

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    Uncover the lives of thirteen African-Americans who fought during the Revolutionary War.

    Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive c

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    • Author: Woelfle, Gretchen
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: October 04 2016
    • ISBN10: 162979306X
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Jesse Owens?

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    At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports s… [more below]

    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Buckley, James
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: August 11 2015
    • ISBN10: 0448483076
    • Language: English
  • 100 African Americans Who Shaped American History

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    Amazing stories of 100 Black Americans who everyone should know–for kids eight and up

    Engaging and packed with facts, 100 African Americans Who Shaped American History is the perfect Black history boo

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    • Series: 100
    • Author: Beckner, Chrisanne
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: November 01 1995
    • ISBN10: 0912517182
    • Language: English
  • Major Monster Mess

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    It’s Desmond and Andres versus creepy monster lunch ladies in the sixth book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series

    Usually the cafeteria is where good food goes to meet its maker, but at Kersville

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    • Series: Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #6
    • Author: Miedoso, Andres
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: November 20 2018
    • ISBN10: 1534426949
    • Language: English
  • Un Día de Nieve

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    Traducci?n en espa?ol del cuento cl?sico ganador de la Medalla Caldecott, Un d?a de nieve.

    Es un d?a de nieve y Pedro sale a explorar. Mientras pasea entre montones de nieve apilada y observa a los ni

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    • Series: Picture Puffin Books
    • Author: Keats, Ezra Jack
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: March 02 1991
    • ISBN10: 0140543635
    • Language: Spanish
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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    A stunning repackage of Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning masterpiece with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson and an introduction by Jacqueline Woodson, just in ti[more below]

    • Author: Taylor, Mildred D.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: January 05 2016
    • ISBN10: 110199388X
    • Language: English
  • Freedom House

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    Freedom House is a poetry collection that explores internal, interpersonal, and systemic freedom.

    In this debut full-length collection, KB Brookins’ formally diverse, music-influenced poetry explores

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    • Author: Brookins, Kb
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 120
    • Publish Date: June 06 2023
    • ISBN10: 1646052633
    • Language: English
  • Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Dancing Diva

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    The sixth book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg–now featuring brand-new illustrations!

    At the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem, young dancers

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    • Series: Sugar Plum Ballerinas #6
    • Author: Goldberg, Whoopi
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: January 17 2023
    • ISBN10: 0316295019
    • Language: English
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