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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Little Black Lives Matter empowers all children, but Black children especially, by affirming that their lives, however little they may yet be, matter. Featuring fifteen great Black heroes of the past and the powerful words they spoke and actions they took, Little Black Lives Matter is a rhyming board book that incorporates memorable quotations and a reminder to little ones that each of these great people once lived a little Black life themselves....
Author
Series
Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
A young boy tries to learn how to whistle, so that he can call his dog like all the bigger boys do.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Jayden and his teammates find out there's not going to be a Hoop Group this year--and maybe ever again--they have to learn to lean on each other if they want to save their basketball season, in this inspiring new middle grade novel from NBA superstar LeBron James and acclaimed author Andrea Williams."--Publisher's description.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him -- most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of? In Tremble for My Country, Coates takes readers along on his journey through America's history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series of awakenings -- moments...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Now in a deluxe 35th anniversary hardcover edition, The Black book remains a breathtaking testament to the legendary wisdom, strength, and perseverance of Black men and women intent on freedom; features a new foreword and original poem by Toni Morrison.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this young adult novel by best-selling novelist Ibi Zoboi, Okoye is going on her first trip to America with King T'Chaka, who has been tasked with joining other African leaders as a special envoy to the World Humanitarian Aid Council. But when Okoye arrives in New York, she realizes the city-and her mission-are not what she expects. Thrown into conflict in Brownsville, a neighborhood struggling with gentrification, Okoye must find her place in...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Calling to mind the best works of Paul Beatty and Junot Diaz, this collection of moving, timely, and darkly funny stories examines the concept of black identity in this so-called post-racial era. A stunning new talent in literary fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with black identity and the contemporary middle class in these compelling, boundary-pushing vignettes. Each captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of new, utterly original...
12) The paperboy
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Language
English
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Description
A paperboy and his dog enjoy the quiet of the early morning as they go about their rounds.
13) Hi, cat!
Author
Series
Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 6
Pub. Date
1970
Language
English
Description
Archie's day would have been great if he had not started it by greeting the new cat on the block.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Presents the controversial novel, published in 1852, in which author Harriet Beecher Stowe offers an indictment of the pre-Civil War South through the story of Uncle Tom, an elderly slave who maintains his human dignity in the face of cruelty, suffering, and death.
16) The wedding
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Daisy describes the preparations leading up to her older sister's wedding and the joyous and bittersweet feelings surrounding the event itself.
17) The snowy day
Author
Language
English
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Description
A small boy discovers that he can throw snowballs, make angels, and slide down hills in the fascinating world of snow
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