Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional
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Champion: The Story of Muhammad Ali
$18.99 Read more“I am the greatest! I am the king!”
Muhammad Ali was one of the most electrifying, inspiring, and confrontational athletes of his generation. At the height of his boxing career, Ali was as despised as- Author: Haskins, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 02, 2018
- ISBN10: 1681195887
- Language: English
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Nuestra América: 30 Latinas/Latinos Inspiradores Que Han Forjado La Historia de Los Estados Unidos
$17.99 Add to cartSe celebran 30 latinas y latinos influyentes en la historia estadounidense con Nuestra Am rica, una antolog a completamente ilustrada del Centro Latino Smithsonian.
Nuestra Am rica resalta las historia… [more below]- Author: Vourvoulias, Sabrina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0762471751
- Language: English
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Pasos Firmes: Taking Hold (Spanish Edition)
$7.99 Read moreEn este ultimo libro de su premiada serie de memorias, Francisco Jim?nez deja todo atr?s en California–una familia cari?osa, una novia devota, y la cultura que lo form?–para asistir a la Universidad
- Series: Circuit #4
- Author: Jim?nez, Francisco
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 31 2022
- ISBN10: 0358621275
- Language: Spanish
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A Gift from Childhood
$12.95 Read moreBaba Wagu? is only four years old when he is sent to the tiny Malian village of Kassar, West Africa, to be raised by his paternal grandparents, according to the family tradition. He is most unhappy ab
- Author: Diakité, Baba Wagué
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1554984211
- Language: English
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Manos Que Bailan (Dancing Hands): Cómo Teresa Carreño Tocó El Piano Para El Presidente Lincoln
$18.99 Add to cartGanador del premio Pura Belpr de ilustraci n
De ni a, a Teresa Carre o le encantaba dejar que sus manos bailaran a lo largo de las hermosas teclas del piano. Si se sent a triste, la m sica le levanta- Author: Engle, Margarita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 153448213X
- Language: Spanish
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Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
$18.99 Read more“A visually striking, enlightening picture-book biography.” —Booklist (starred review)
“An absolutely indispensable illustrated biography.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“A well-sourced,… [more below]- Author: Wallace, Sandra Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1481443879
- Language: English
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Lest One Be Left Behind
$14.95 Add to cartLest One Be Left Behind is a story about a young girl in elementary school who has a mild physical and learning disability and the trials and tribulations that she must go through to make friends and
- Author: Latham, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 22 2023
- ISBN10: 163784266X
- Language: English
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Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker’s Story
$9.99 Add to cartA Junior Library Guild Selection April 2018
2018 Cybils Award Finalist, Elementary Non-Fiction
BRLA 2018 Southwest Book Award
2019 Southwest Books of the Year: Kid Pick
2020 Grand Canyon Award, Nonfic- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0807511358
- Language: English
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March Forward, Girl
$9.99 Add to cartFrom the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy-selling Warriors Don’t Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow So… [more below]
- Author: Beals, Melba Pattillo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 24 2019
- ISBN10: 132860392X
- Language: English
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A Weed Is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver
$7.99 Add to cartDiscover how George Washington Carver went from a slave to an innovator of agricultural science in this luminously illustrated picture book.
Born a slave, George Washington Carver went on to become th- Author: Aliki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 15 1988
- ISBN10: 0671664905
- Language: English
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Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics
$19.99 Read moreMusician, botanist, baseball player, pilot–the Latinos featured in Bravo!, by author Margarita Engle and illustrator Rafael López, come from many different countries and from many different backgroun
- Author: Engle, Margarita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 14, 2017
- ISBN10: 0805098763
- Language: English
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Philip Vera Cruz
$29.93 Read moreThe United Farm Workers union has an interesting past, and it’s all thanks to Philip Vera Cruz. This biography tells the story an unsung hero and Filipino farm worker that led the historic Delano stri
- Series: Leaders Like Us
- Author: Su, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1731656319
- Language: English
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The Untold Story of Larry Itliong: Labor Rights Hero
$8.99 Add to cartYou may have read about Cesar Chavez’s leadership in organizing the well-known Delano Grape Strike and Boycott of the 1960s. But did you know it began as a strike led by Larry Itliong? He was a Filipi… [more below]
- Series: First But Forgotten
- Author: Oxtra, Cristina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669004759
- Language: English
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My Name is an Address
$17.99 Add to cartYou are not lost! You are not alone! A GPS system navigates you to where you are going, but your name could lead to what you are looking for. What’s in a name? Ekuwah Mends uses the alphabet letters t
- Author: Moses, Ekuwah Mends
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1953852300
- Language: English
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Proud: Living My American Dream
$9.99 Add to cartThe inspiring and critically acclaimed all-American story of faith, family, hard work, and perseverance by Olympic fencer, activist, New York Times bestselling author, and Time “100 Most Influential P… [more below]
- Author: Muhammad, Ibtihaj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 20 2019
- ISBN10: 0316477044
- Language: English
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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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More Awesome Asian Americans: 20 Citizens Who Energized America
$17.95 Add to cartThis sequel continues the critically-acclaimed graphic
This diverse cast includes historic
novel Awesome Asian Americans! Learn
about 20 more trailblazers who have enriched the USA.
trailblazers (actor- Series: Awesome Asian Americans
- Author: Amara, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 159702158X
- 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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Great Lives in Graphics: Frida Kahlo
$14.99 Read moreGreat Lives in Graphics: Frida Kahlo is a graphic retelling of Frida’s story which gives children a colorful snapshot of her life and the world she grew up in, while educating them on everything from
- Series: Great Lives in Graphics
- Author: Books, Button
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1787081141
- Language: English
