Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional
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Black Heroes of the Wild West: Featuring Stagecoach Mary, Bass Reeves, and Bob Lemmons: A Toon Graphic
$11.99 Read moreExploring American history and finding diversity at its roots!
This graphic novel by JAMES OTIS SMITH celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black heroes who took control of their destinies- Author: Smith, James Otis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1943145520
- Language: English
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Rosa: (Caldecott Honor Book)
$0.00 Read moreShe had not sought this moment but she was ready for it. When the policeman bent down to ask “Auntie, are you going to move?” all the strength of all the people through all those many years joined in
- Author: Giovanni, Nikki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 01, 2005
- ISBN10: 0805071067
- Language: English
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This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
$17.99 Read moreRecipient of a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor
Winner of the 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
2020 National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Honor Recipient
A NY- Author: Boyce, Jo Ann Allen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1681198525
- Language: English
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Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
$9.99 Add to cartA celebration of our nation’s melting pot, this beautifully illustrated origin story of the Statue of Liberty honors a poet who has advocated for the voiceless.
“Give me your tired, your poor
Your h- Author: Glaser, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0544105087
- Language: English
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A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull
$8.99 Add to cartThe True Story of Sitting Bull from multi-award-winning author Joseph Bruchac.
Anxious to be given a name as strong and brave as that of his father, a proud Lakota Sioux grows into manhood, acting wit- Series: Paperstar Book
- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 23 1998
- ISBN10: 069811616X
- Language: English
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Kateri Tekakwitha: Mohawk Maiden
$12.95 Add to cartThis book is from the famous line of Vision books of saints that are one of the most popular and well-told series of stories for young people. This is the inspiring story of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, a… [more below]
- Series: Vision Books
- Author: Brown, Evelyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: September 05 1991
- ISBN10: 0898703808
- Language: English
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Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
$19.99 Add to cartIn this Pura Belpre award-winning picture book, illustrated by Caldecott Honree Yuyi Morales, acclaimed author Kathleen Krull celebrates Latinx civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. An inspirational book
- Author: Krull, Kathleen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0152014373
- Language: English
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Los Nachos de Nacho: (Nacho’s Nachos)
$12.95 Read moreLa deliciosa historia real de un chef inventivo y los eventos casuales que llevaron a la creaci?n del bocadillo favorito del mundo: los nachos!
The delicious true story of an inventive chef and the s
- Author: Nickel, Sandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1643796666
- Language: Spanish
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José Feliciano
$29.93 Read moreBorn blind and poor, José Feliciano never gave up on his dream of becoming a musician. Using his talent for guitar playing and singing, José spread his message of peace. Learn how José’s blends of
- Series: Leaders Like Us
- Author: Clayton, Annette M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1731657390
- Language: English
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Amazon River
$19.99 Read moreIt is the widest, largest river on planet Earth, surrounded by deep rainforest and home to an incredible array of wildlife. Welcome to the Amazon.
Take a journey through South America along the windin- Series: Earth’s Incredible Places
- Author: Francis, Sangma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1912497751
- Language: English
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Dear Benjamin Banneker
$9.99 Add to cartThroughout his life Banneker was troubled that all blacks were not free. And so, in 1791, he wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who had signed the Declaration of Independence. Banneker atta
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0152018921
- Language: English
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Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass
$19.99 Read moreThe inspirational, true story of how Frederick Douglass found his way to freedom one word at a time.
This picture book biography chronicles the youth of Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent A- Series: Paula Wiseman Books
- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2012
- ISBN10: 1416959033
- Language: English
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Hispanic Star: Sylvia Rivera
$6.99 Read moreRead about Sylvia Rivera, who is among the most groundbreaking, iconic Hispanic and Latinx heroes who have shaped our culture and the world in Hispanic Star: Sylvia Rivera, co-written with J. Gia Lovi
- Series: Hispanic Star
- Author: Edelman, Claudia Romo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1250828147
- Language: English
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The Story of Anne Frank: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of Anne Frank–a story about staying hopeful for kids ages 6 to 9
Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who lived during World War II, when people like her were killed just for being J- Series: Story of
- Author: Berne, Emma Carlson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 68
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1648766064
- 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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Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller
$18.99 Add to cartThis Big Words book from an award-winning author tells the courageous life story of Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation.
As a child in Oklahoma, Wilma Mankiller experienced- Series: Big Words #10
- Author: Rappaport, Doreen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1484747186
- 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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Who Was Leif Erikson?
$6.99 Add to cartHold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series!
Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His f- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Medina, Nico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 0448488612
- Language: English
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Hispanic Star En Espa?ol: Selena Gomez
$9.99 Read moreLee sobre Selena Gomez, quien se encuentra entre los héroes hispanos y latinos más innovadores que han forjado nuestra cultura y el mundo en Hispanic Star: Selena Gomez, uno de los libros que forma
- Series: Hispanic Star
- Author: Edelman, Claudia Romo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 125084018X
- Language: Spanish
