African Americans
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Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations
$18.99 Add to cart“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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 0525516093
- Language: English
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EllRay Jakes Is Magic
$7.99 Add to cartSmall kid. Big Stage.
Does EllRay have a talent to put on show for the entire school? When EllRay and his friends hear about the school talent show, they’re not impressed. They’re too old for that stu- Series: EllRay Jakes #06
- Author: Warner, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 06 2014
- ISBN10: 0142423602
- Language: English
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Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History
$19.99 Add to cartYour Legacy is a proud, empowering picture book introduction to African American history that celebrates and honors enslaved ancestors from author Schele Williams and illustrator Tonya Engel.
Your sto- Author: Williams, Schele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1419748750
- Language: English
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Josey Johnson’s Hair and the Holy Spirit
$18.99 Add to cartJERRY PINKNEY CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD
When Josey wonders why people are so different, Dad helps her understand that our differences aren’t a mistake. In fact, we have many differences because God is crea
- Author: McCaulley, Esau
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1514003570
- Language: English
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Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball
$19.99 Read moreWinner of the 2021 Orbis Pictus Award, Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball is a picture book biography of the basketball legend from award-winning creators Jen Bryant and Frank Morrison… [more below]
- Author: Bryant, Jen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 141974108X
- Language: English
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J.D. and the Family Business
$7.99 Add to cartEight-year-old kid barber J.D. joins forces with his sister, who has beauty shop dreams, in this hilarious illustrated chapter book and follow-up to J.D. and the Great Barber Battle.
J.D. is a barber- Series: J.D. the Kid Barber
- Author: Dillard, J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0593111575
- Language: English
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Who Wants I Scream?
$7.99 Add to cartA haunted ice cream truck is on the loose in this fourteenth chilling adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series
Summer in Kersville is like summer in a lot of other places. The sun is bright- Series: Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #14
- Author: Miedoso, Andres
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1534499466
- Language: English
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Wagon Wheels
$5.99 Add to cartBased on a true story, Wagon Wheels tells a powerful and overlooked story of the country’s post-Civil War era.
Formerly enslaved Ed Muldie and his family travel to Kansas in 1878 to claim land under th
- Series: I Can Read History Book
- Author: Brenner, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 23 1984
- ISBN10: 0064440524
- Language: English
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Meet Martin Luther King, Jr.
$6.99 Add to cartLearn about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with this revised edition of the popular Random House Step Up(TM) Biography of the great civil-rights leader and advocate for peaceful resistance –i… [more below]
- Series: Landmark Books
- Author: de Kay, James T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 02 2001
- ISBN10: 0375803955
- Language: English
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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
$18.99 Add to cartIn luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.
Where is our historian to give us our side? A- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 076368046X
- Language: English
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Magic Like That
$19.95 Read moreIn this celebration of Black Girl Magic, a young girl finds confidence and excitement in the versatility of her natural hair and the way her different hairstyles reflect the natural world.
Natural hair
- Author: Doyon, Samara Cole
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1643790706
- Language: English
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Time for Bed, Old House
$16.99 Read moreAt Isaac’s first sleepover, he gets to help Grandpop with a very special routine–putting the house to bed–in a story that’s just right for children visiting a new place, or for adopting a new ritual… [more below]
- Author: Bates, Janet Costa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1536209988
- Language: English
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The Story of Ruby Bridges
$19.99 Add to cartThe inspirational true story of Ruby Bridges.
The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge… [more below]
- Author: Coles, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0590572814
- Language: English
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Summer Is Here
$18.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling creators Ren? Watson and Bea Jackson offer a picture book ode to a picture-perfect summer day, from sunrise to sunset.
Summer is here!
No dark clouds in the sky,
it’s a perfec- Author: Watson, Renée
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1547605863
- Language: English
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The Listeners
$18.99 Read moreElla May lives on a plantation but she doesn’t live in the great house. She is a slave. It’s dark in the morning when Ella May heads to the fields to pick cotton. And it’s sunset when she comes home. … [more below]
- Series: Tales of Young Americans
- Author: Whelan, Gloria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 08 2009
- ISBN10: 1585364193
- Language: English
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Someday Is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-Ins
$17.95 Read more“Not only does this book highlight an important civil rights activist, it can serve as an introduction to child activism as well as the movement itself. Valuable.” –Kirkus Reviews starred review
“Rel- Author: Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 1633224988
- Language: English
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Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress
$17.99 Read moreDiscover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Step… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Alicia D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0593123689
- Language: English
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MIA Mayhem Stops Time!
$6.99 Read moreMia learns to control time in this fifth adventure of the Mia Mayhem chapter book series
When Mia first learned she had superpowers, there was one ability that always came rather naturally: freezing- Series: MIA Mayhem #5
- Author: West, Kara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1534449426
- Language: English
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My Rainy Day Rocket Ship
$17.99 Read moreRainy summer days are no match for a little astronaut who builds the perfect rocket ship for an indoor space adventure to another galaxy, where the sky is his only limit
A stormy afternoon and an ord- Author: Sheppard, Markette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1534461779
- Language: English
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Phoebe the Spy
$7.99 Add to cartSomeone is planning to kill George Washington, and young Phoebe Fraunces is trying to save his life. Phoebe gets a job as George Washington’s housekeeper, but her real job is to work as a spy. She lis… [more below]
- Author: Griffin, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0698119568
- Language: English
