African Americans
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You
$9.99 Read moreWith poetic text and dynamic art, award-winning creators Carole Boston Weatherford and James E. Ransome use key moments from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life to inspire future generations to stand up
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1547608978
- Language: English
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Mama’s Window
$13.95 Read moreAfter his mother dies, Sugar Martin is sent to live with his gruff uncle Free, a crippled loner who makes his living fishing in a swamp in the Mississippi Delta in the early 1900s.
After his mother di
- Author: Rubright, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 89
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1600603351
- Language: English
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I Am Ayah: The Way Home
$17.99 Read more“[A] rich and tender story of family, home and love.” —Ms. Magazine
Set amid Sag Harbor’s vibrant African American history, bestselling author Donna Hill weaves a stunningly rich story about finding t- Author: Hill, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1649371462
- Language: English
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Lu
$17.99 Add to cartLu must learn to leave his ego on the sidelines if he wants to finally connect with others in the climax to the New York Times bestselling and award-winning Track series from Jason Reynolds.
Lu was b- Series: Track #4
- Author: Reynolds, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1481450247
- 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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Many Thousand Gone: An American Fable
$15.95 Read moreRediscover this gripping 1965 novel about race in America–set in a rural corner of Mississippi where slavery never ended
From the Civil Rights Era comes an urgent allegory about the terror and traged- Author: Fair, Ronald L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 125
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1598537636
- Language: English
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Chains
$19.99 Add to cartFrom acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling first novel in the historical middle grade The Seeds of America trilogy that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both … [more below]
- Series: Seeds of America Trilogy
- Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 21 2008
- ISBN10: 1416905855
- Language: English
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Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story
$12.95 Add to cartThe true story of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.
Growing up a slave in South Carolin
- Author: Halfmann, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1600609864
- Language: English
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The Honest-To-Goodness Truth
$8.99 Read moreFrom Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Patricia C. McKissack comes a humorous and poignant picture book about the right time to tell the truth.
“Tell the truth and shame the devil,” Libby’s mama- Series: Avenues
- Author: McKissack, Patricia C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0689853955
- Language: English
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Finna: Poems
$17.00 Read moreSharp, lyrical poems celebrating the Black vernacular–its influence on pop culture, its necessity for familial survival, its rite in storytelling and in creating the safety found only within its inti… [more below]
- Author: Marshall, Nate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 11 2020
- ISBN10: 0593132459
- Language: English
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Parker Dresses Up: Ready-To-Read Level 1
$18.99 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling team behind Parker Looks Up returns with this Level 1 Ready-to-Read about the fun of dressing up and dreaming big!
Parker is playing dress up with her younger siblings,- Series: A Parker Curry Book
- Author: Curry, Parker
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1665902566
- Language: English
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Incendiary Art: Poems
$22.00 Read moreWinner, 2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Finalist, 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in the Poetry category
Winner, 2018 Kingsley Tufts Poetry- Author: Smith, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 15 2017
- ISBN10: 0810134330
- Language: English
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Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner
$19.99 Add to cartThe story of Charles Henry Turner, the first Black entomologist — a scientist who studies bugs — is told in this fascinating book for young readers.
Can spiders learn? How do ants find their way hom- Author: Harrington, Janice N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1629795585
- Language: English
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Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky
$8.99 Read moreThe main character of Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Honor winner Tar Beach takes flight once again, encountering Harriet Tubman and learning about the Underground Railroad.
Cassie, who flew a- Author: Ringgold, Faith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 12 1995
- ISBN10: 0517885433
- Language: English
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Black All Around
$11.95 Read moreA young girl discovers all the wonderful and beautiful things around her that are black.
Look high,
look low,
look everywhere …
The wonderful color black is there!Join a young girl as she discovers a
- Author: Hubbell, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1600606431
- Language: English
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One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
$18.99 Read moreOne Last Word is the work of a master poet. –Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Crossover
From the New York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Nikki Grime- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1619635542
- 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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Mrs. Katz and Tush
$8.99 Add to cartFriends from different backgrounds come together in a heartwarming picture book that is perfect for Passover, from beloved children’s book author Patricia Polacco
Larnel doesn’t know his neighbor, M- Series: Dell Picture Yearling
- Author: Polacco, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0440409365
- Language: English
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Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of “Brave Bessie” Coleman
$7.99 Read moreThe story of Bessie Coleman becoming the first licensed African American aviator is sure to inspire readers to follow their own dreams.
As a young black woman in the 1920s, Bessie Coleman’s chances of- Author: Lindbergh, Reeve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 1998
- ISBN10: 0763603619
- Language: English
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The Scrumptious Life of Azaleah Lane
$15.99 Add to cartMama and Daddy are heading out of town, which means Azaleah and her sisters get to spend the weekend at Auntie Sam’s. The girls can’t wait for their special weekend! Azaleah even decides to bake cooki… [more below]
- Series: Azaleah Lane
- Author: Felix, Gloria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1515844668
- Language: English
