People & Places - United States - African American & Black
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Forever This Summer
$16.99 Add to cartThe second book from critically acclaimed author Leslie C. Youngblood, about family, identity, and learning to stand up for what’s right — now in paperback! Georgie has no idea what to expect when sh… [more below]
- Series: Love Like Sky
- Author: Youngblood, Leslie C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0759555206
- Language: English
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Uncle Jed’s Barbershop
$19.99 Read moreCoretta Scott King Award winner
A young girl’s beloved uncle is a talented barber without a shop who never gives up on his dream in this richly illustrated, stirring picture book. Everyone has a favor- Author: Mitchell, Margaree King
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0671769693
- Language: English
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Madam C. J. Walker Builds a Business
$6.99 Read moreFollow Sarah Breedlove’s journey from the first child in her family born free to a woman with a thriving hair care business, posed to become America’s first self-made millionaire.
- Series: A Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Chapter Book
- Author: Rebel Girls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1953424007
- Language: English
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Laundry Day Overload
$22.65 Read moreIt’s laundry day, and J.C. is excited to help his mom. But when J.C. adds too much detergent to the machine, suds are everywhere! Laundry day turns into a mess for everyone in the apartment building. … [more below]
- Series: Jalen’s Big City Life
- Author: Salabie, Shiane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666335029
- Language: English
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Overground Railroad
$18.99 Read moreA window into a child’s experience of the Great Migration from the award-winning creators of Before She Was Harriet and Finding Langston.
Climbing aboard the New York bound Silver Meteor train, Ruth E- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0823438732
- Language: English
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Sadiq and the Community Garden
$23.99 Read moreOn the way to the library, Sadiq and his family pass an empty lot in their neighborhood. It looks like it could use some attention. Sadiq and his brothers and sisters come up with ideas for what the l… [more below]
- Series: Sadiq
- Author: Skaltsas, Christos
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1663977135
- Language: English
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Boundless Grace
$8.99 Read moreMary Hoffman and Caroline Binch bring their heroine to brilliant life in this charming sequel to the award-winning Amazing Grace.
When Grace gets the opportunity to go to Africa and visit with her fat- Series: Picture Puffin Books
- Author: Hoffman, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 18 2000
- ISBN10: 0140556672
- Language: English
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Bird in a Box
$13.99 Add to cartIn a small upstate New York town during the Great Depression, three children–Hibernia, Willie, and Otis–are about to meet.
Hibernia dreams of becoming a famous singer and performing at Harlem’s swank… [more below]- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 14 2012
- ISBN10: 0316074020
- Language: English
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Jake the Fake Keeps It Real
$8.99 Read moreFor fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the first book in a side-splitting illustrated series from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach… [more below]
- Series: Jake the Fake #1
- Author: Robinson, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0553523546
- Language: English
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Double Dutch
$8.99 Read moreA young girl who loves Double Dutch is caught in the crossfire of the secrets she, her best friend, and the school bullies are keeping in this emotional middle grade novel.
Delia loves Double Dutch mo- Author: Draper, Sharon M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0689842317
- Language: English
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Seasonal Adventures
$17.95 Read moreAs the reader experiences the sights, sounds, and activities of each season through the author’s poetic words, the illustrations celebrate the joys of fatherhood by showing African American dads and t… [more below]
- Author: Moore, Johnny Ray
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 30 2021
- ISBN10: 147887239X
- Language: English
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Laundry Day Overload
$7.99 Read moreIt’s laundry day, and J.C. is excited to help his mom. But when J.C. adds too much detergent to the machine, suds are everywhere! Laundry day turns into a mess for everyone in the apartment building. … [more below]
- Series: Jalen’s Big City Life
- Author: Salabie, Shiane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666334987
- Language: English
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Polo Cowboy
$8.99 Read moreHow does a Black kid from North Philly wind up playing polo? The much-anticipated sequel to Ghetto Cowboy, now a major motion picture starring Idris Elba and Stranger Things’s Caleb McLaughlin.
When- Author: Neri, G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1536233072
- Language: English
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Carrimebac, the Town That Walked
$18.99 Read more“The Civil War may be over, but times are not substantially improved for the freed Black citizens of Walkerton, Georgia, who are shunned by the white folks of the surrounding towns. One day, though, o… [more below]
- Author: Moore, David Barclay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1536213691
- Language: English
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Ghost Boys
$12.99 Read moreLarge Print�s increased font size and wider line spacing maximizes reading legibility, and has been proven to advance comprehension, improve fluency, reduce eye fatigue, and boost engagement in
- Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 215
- Publish Date: December 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1432873733
- Language: English
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When Winter Robeson Came
$8.99 Read moreThe whole world seems to transform during the summer of 1965, when Eden’s cousin from Mississippi comes to visit her in L.A. just as the Watts Riots erupt, in this stirring new novel by Coretta Scott … [more below]
- Author: Woods, Brenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1524741604
- Language: English
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Crow
$9.99 Read moreThe summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He’s growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, … [more below]
- Author: Wright, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0375873678
- Language: English
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This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
$17.99 Read moreThe story of one family’s journey north during the Great Migration starts with a little girl in South Carolina who finds a rope under a tree one summer. She has no idea the rope will become part of he… [more below]
- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 29 2013
- ISBN10: 0399239863
- Language: English
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J.D. and the Hair Show Showdown
$7.99 Read moreEight-year-old kid barber J.D. takes his talent to an Atlanta hair show in this illustrated chapter book and follow-up to J.D. and the Great Barber Battle.
At only eight years old, J.D. the Kid Barber- Series: J.D. the Kid Barber
- Author: Dillard, J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0593111605
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Sparrowboy
$8.99 Read moreFrom Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Brian Pinkney comes a whimsical, high-flying picture book about a paperboy’s fantastical adventure.
A young paperboy Henry loves reading the comic strip “Falco- Author: Pinkney, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0689835345
- Language: English
