African Americans
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I Am Harriet Tubman
$16.99 Add to cartHarriet Tubman’s heroic and pivotal role in the fight against slavery is the subject of the fourteenth picture book in this New York Times bestselling biography series. (Cover may vary)
This friendly,- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 16 2018
- ISBN10: 073522871X
- Language: English
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The Cost of Knowing
$12.99 Add to cartFour starred reviews!
Dear Martin meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping, evocative novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down when he for- Author: Morris, Brittney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1534445463
- Language: English
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All American Boys
$19.99 Add to cartA 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature.
In this Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning novel, two teens–one b- Author: Reynolds, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 1481463330
- Language: English
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Ophie’s Ghosts
$16.99 Read moreWinner of the 2001 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
The New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation makes her middle grade debut with a sweeping tale of the ghosts of our past that won’t
- Author: Ireland, Justina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0062915894
- Language: English
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I Am Jackie Robinson
$16.99 Add to cart“We can all be heroes” is the message entertainingly told in this New York Times Bestselling picture-book biography series, with this title focusing on groundbreaking baseball player, Jackie Robinson … [more below]
- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 08 2015
- ISBN10: 0803740867
- Language: English
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Outspoken: Paul Robeson, Ahead of His Time: A One-Man Show
$18.99 Add to cartNewbery Honoree Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Eric Velasquez–the team behind Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library–reunite to take full measure of an iconic performer and … [more below]
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1536212970
- Language: English
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Rain Rising
$9.99 Add to cartAn inspiring debut middle grade novel-in-verse about Rain, who must overcome sadness after her all-star brother is badly beaten up at a frat party. Genesis Begins Again meets Brown Girl Dreaming in th
- Author: Comrie, Courtne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 63159716
- Language: English
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MIA Mayhem vs. the Super Bully
$6.99 Add to cartMia and her best friends are up against a major super bully in this third adventure of the Mia Mayhem chapter book series!
When a super annoying villain (who’s actually another superhero) arrives at T- Series: MIA Mayhem #3
- Author: West, Kara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1534444734
- Language: English
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Slay
$19.99 Add to cartA Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019
“Gripping and timely.” —People
“The YA debut we’re most excited for this year.” —Entertainment Weekly
“A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the … [more below]- Author: Morris, Brittney
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1534445420
- Language: English
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In the Name of Emmett Till: How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow
$20.95 Read moreThe killing of Emmett Till is widely remembered today as one of the most famous examples of lynchings in America. African American children in 1955 personally felt the terror of his murder. These chil
- Author: Mayer, Robert H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1588384373
- Language: English
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Thomas and Beulah
$15.95 Read moreA collection of poetry by Rita Dove.
- Series: Carnegie Mellon Poetry
- Author: Dove, Rita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 01 1986
- ISBN10: 0887480217
- Language: English
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Lola at the Library
$17.99 Add to cartIn this Lola Reads picture book, learn about the library, checking out books, and story time with Lola, as she discovers the joy of reading!
Every Tuesday Lola and her mommy go to the library. Lola me- Series: Lola Reads
- Author: McQuinn, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1580891136
- Language: English
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Slay
$12.99 Add to cartA Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019
“Gripping and timely.” —People
“The YA debut we’re most excited for this year.” —Entertainment Weekly
“A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the … [more below]- Author: Morris, Brittney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1534445439
- Language: English
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Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family
$18.99 Read moreThis beautifully illustrated story connects past and present as a girl bakes a chocolate cake with her father and learns about her grandfather harvesting cacao beans in West Africa.
Chocolate is the p- Author: Zunon, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1681196409
- Language: English
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What You Never Knew about Beyoncé
$31.32 Read moreShe’s not called Queen B for nothing! What makes Beyoncé a megastar? High-interest details and bold photos of her fascinating life will enthrall reluctant and struggling readers, while carefully leve… [more below]
- Series: Behind the Scenes Biographies
- Author: Schuh, Mari
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669002918
- Language: English
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Psalm Twenty-Three
$10.00 Add to cartThrough poignant, heart-warming images of an urban African-American family, children experience the comfort and encouragement this favorite psalm still offers — the powerful message that they can rel… [more below]
- Author: Ladwig, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 30 1997
- ISBN10: 0802851630
- Language: English
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Leaves to My Knees
$6.99 Add to cartCamille is determined to rake her own pile of leaves–all the way up to her knees! She swishes leaves to and fro, watching her pile grow bigger alongside the piles made by Daddy and her little brother… [more below]
- Author: Mayer, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1595729607
- Language: English
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Paul Robeson: No One Can Silence Me: The Life of the Legendary Artist and Activist (Adapted for Young Adults)
$28.99 Add to cartThe inspiring life and legacy of vocal artist and civil rights icon Paul Robeson–one of the most important public figures in the twentieth century–adapted for young adults by the acclaimed Robeson b
- Author: Duberman, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1620976498
- Language: English
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Cane
$15.95 Add to cartFirst published in 1923, Jean Toomer’s Cane is an innovative literary work–part drama, part poetry, part fiction–powerfully evoking black life in the South. Rich in imagery, Toomer’s impressionistic… [more below]
- Author: Toomer, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 13 2011
- ISBN10: 0871402106
- Language: English
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Before She Was Harriet
$8.99 Add to cartAn evocative poem and stunning watercolors come together to honor an American heroine in a Coretta Scott King Honor and Christopher Award-winning picture book.
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, bu- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 11 2019
- ISBN10: 0823444295
- Language: English
