People & Places - United States - African American & Black
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Something Beautiful
$8.99 Read moreAn inspiring story that reminds us that beauty is everywhere.
Can a city be beautiful if there’s trash on the streets and graffiti on the walls? A little girl finds out when her teacher writes the wor- Author: Wyeth, Sharon Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 08 2002
- ISBN10: 0440412102
- Language: English
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Nikki and Deja: The Newsy News Newsletter: Nikki and Deja, Book Three
$6.99 Read moreWill Nikki and Deja’s plans to become celebrated journalists succeed?
Nikki and Deja know that there’s plenty of newsy news–news that’s interesting and exciting–happening on their block and at Carver
- Series: Nikki and Deja #3
- Author: English, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 03 2011
- ISBN10: 0547406266
- Language: English
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Onstage Jitters
$22.65 Add to cartJ.C. can’t wait to act in the community center’s play with his best friends, Vicky and Amir. But when he gets onstage, stage fright strikes. Will the support of J.C.’s family and friends be enough to … [more below]
- Series: Jalen’s Big City Life
- Author: Salabie, Shiane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1484680847
- Language: English
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The New Kid: The Carver Chronicles, Book Five
$6.99 Read moreThird-grader Gavin and his friends aren’t sure what to make of the new boy in their class, Khufu. He sure doesn’t look or act like the other kids . . . and they suspect that he stole Gavin’s bike Mea… [more below]
- Series: Carver Chronicles #5
- Author: English, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1328497976
- Language: English
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Bud, Not Buddy
$20.00 Read more- Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1432850466
- Language: English
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Las Estrellas Bajo Nuestros Pies / The Stars Beneath Our Feet
$13.95 Add to cart“La historia perfecta en el momento adecuado …No es s?lo una narraci?n, es toda una experiencia. Es la novela que est?bamos esperando”. —The New York Times
En esta destacada novela debut que celebr- Author: Barclay Moore, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1644734494
- Language: Spanish
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Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations
$8.99 Read more“Lyons delivers the history of a song that has inspired generations of African-Americans to persist and resist in the face of racism and systemic oppression. . . . A heartfelt history of a historic an… [more below]
- Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0593530586
- Language: English
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El Año En Que Aprendimos a Volar
$18.99 Add to cartLos creadores del best seller n?mero 1 del New York Times The Day You Begin se unen de nuevo para deslumbrar a los lectores con una historia que rinde homenaje al poder que hay en cada uno de nosotros… [more below]
- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0593407601
- Language: Spanish
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The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
$8.99 Read moreVirginia Hamilton’s Coretta Scott King Honor book is the breathtaking fantasy tale of slaves who possessed ancient magic that enabled them to fly away to freedom. And it is a moving tale of those who … [more below]
- Author: Hamilton, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 055350780X
- Language: English
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Moving Day Helpers
$22.65 Add to cartJ.C. can’t wait to go play at the park. But when Mom spots a new neighbor in need of help, she says their outing will have to wait. Can J.C. find a way to have fun and be a good neighbor?
- Series: Jalen’s Big City Life
- Author: Salabie, Shiane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1484681088
- Language: English
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Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
$18.99 Read moreAn elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1… [more below]
- Author: Winter, Jonah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0385390289
- Language: English
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EllRay Jakes Stands Tall
$6.99 Read moreEllRay Jakes finally grows up (a little) by playing basketball in this ninth book in the series.
There’s a new game in town–basketball! Or in Ellray’s case, pre-basketball. Coach Havens has all the t- Series: EllRay Jakes #9
- Author: Warner, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0147512530
- Language: English
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Black Girl Rising
$16.99 Read moreThis enduring anthem for Black girls celebrates their power, potential, and brilliance–for themselves and for the world.
You are a thousand curls
unfurling in your hair.
You are a thousand fists
standin- Author: Barnes, Brynne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1452164878
- Language: English
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Uptown
$9.99 Read moreCoretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier discovers the vibrant world of Harlem, New York, as seen through the eyes of a little boy
Uptown . . .
Harlem, New York.
Chicken and waffles.
Ja- Series: Rise and Shine
- Author: Collier, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2004
- ISBN10: 080507399X
- Language: English
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Get a Hit, Mo!
$5.99 Read moreMo may not be the biggest, the strongest, or the fastest baseball player, but he won’t let that stop him from playing! This Step 2 reader from Geisel Award winner David Adler is now in Step into Readi… [more below]
- Series: Step Into Reading
- Author: Adler, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0593432363
- Language: English
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The Proudest Color
$17.99 Read moreFor me, brown is more than feeling proud.
Zahra sees the world in vivid color. When she’s happy, she feels a razzle-dazzle pink in her hands. When she’s sad, she
It’s the color I see when I see me.- Author: Sheila Modir and Jeffrey Kashou
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1641705787
- Language: English
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
$8.99 Add to cartDuring one of the most important times in the civil rights movement, one unforgettable family goes on a road trip in this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree, from author Christopher Paul Curtis, r… [more below]
- Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 12 2000
- ISBN10: 044022800X
- Language: English
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A Chair for My Mother: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
$19.99 Read moreThis classic and heartwarming picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association.
“A tender knockout.
- Author: Williams, Vera B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 01 1982
- ISBN10: 068800914X
- Language: English
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I Gotta Sing!
$14.99 Add to cart- Author: Duncan, Alice Faye
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0593578260
- Language: English
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The Secret Dead Club
$19.99 Add to cartThe Baby-Sitters Club meets Stranger Things in this eerie middle grade novel about friendship, fitting in, and the afterlife, following a girl who discovers she’s not the only one at her new school wh… [more below]
- Author: Strong, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 166590450X
- Language: English
