Calkins Creek Books
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American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the South
$24.99 Add to cartIncluded on NPR’s 2022 “Books We Love” List
What made workers in the American South so tired and feeble during the 1
Finalist, 2023 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
ALSC Notable Children’s Book- Series: Medical Fiascoes
- Author: Jarrow, Gail
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 27, 2022
- ISBN10: 168437815X
- Language: English
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Facing the Enemy: How a Nazi Youth Camp in America Tested a Friendship
$19.99 Add to cartWhat do you do when your best friend becomes the enemy?
Growing up in Newark, NJ, in the 1930s, Tommy Anspach and Benjy Puterman have always done everything together. It never mattered that Benjy was- Author: Krasner, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 5, 2023
- ISBN10: 1662680252
- Language: English
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The Fabulous Fannie Farmer: Kitchen Scientist and America’s Cook
$18.99 Add to cartFannie Farmer, America’s most famous cooking teacher, discovers that precise measurements are a recipe for cooking success in this STEAM picture book that includes two of her classic recipes.
When Fan- Author: Smith, Emma Bland
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1635926122
- Language: English
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Traveling Shoes: The Story of Willye White, Us Olympian and Long Jump Champion
$18.99 Add to cartUntold until now, here is the story of Black sprinter and long-jumper Willye B. White, who went from picking cotton as a child in Mississippi to competing and winning in the 1956 and 1964 Olympics.
Fu- Author: Duncan, Alice Faye
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: 24-Oct-23
- ISBN10: 1635925800
- Language: English
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Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy Decarava
$18.99 Add to cartA Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of 2024
A child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, Roy DeCarava is an unsung hero of Black history. Convinced that the li- Author: Golio, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1662680554
- Language: English
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Shining Star: Vera Rubin Discovers Dark Matter
$18.99 Add to cartPioneering astronomer Vera Rubin discovers dark matter–the mysterious substance that makes up most of the universe–while confronting sexism, and paves the way for future women scientists in this eng… [more below]
- Author: Slade, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: 7-Nov-23
- ISBN10: 1635926017
- Language: English
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Invincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America
$18.99 Add to cartThis lyrical picture book explores the birth of Black America, focusing on the little-known men and women who fought for justice and for an America where freedom truly rang for all.
We’re familiar wit- Author: Hudson, Wade
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 1635925096
- Language: English
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A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama
$19.99 Read moreThis YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judge, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama, chroni… [more below]
- Author: Shepard, Ray Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 08, 2023
- ISBN10: 166268066X
- Language: English
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The Teachers March!: How Selma’s Teachers Changed History
$18.99 Read moreDemonstrating the power of protest and standing up for a just cause, here is an exciting tribute to the educators who participated in the 1965 Selma Teachers’ March.
Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader o- Author: Wallace, Sandra Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 162979452X
- Language: English
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Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote
$18.99 Read moreShortlist, Goddard Riverside/CBC Young People’s Book Prize for Social Justice
This critical civil rights book for middle-graders examines the little-known Tennessee’s Fayette County Tent City Movement- Author: Duncan, Alice Faye
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1684379792
- Language: English
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Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King
$18.99 Add to cart★★★★ FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! New from the award-winning author/illustrator team behind Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop!
Who was Coretta Scott King? Her black-veiled image- Author: Duncan, Alice Faye
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 166268004X
- Language: English
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How Benjamin Franklin Became a Revolutionary in Seven (Not-So-Easy) Steps
$18.99 Read moreHow did Ben Franklin become an outspoken leader of the American Revolution? Learn all about it in seven (not-so-easy) steps in this humorous, accessible middle-grade chapter book that focuses on Ben’s… [more below]
- Author: Woelfle, Gretchen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 163592331X
- Language: English
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Tee Time on the Moon: How Astronaut Alan Shepard Played Lunar Golf
$18.99 Read moreAstronaut Alan Shepard’s mission: Fly to the moon. Study it in more detail than ever before. Hit a golf ball in low gravity. But how far? Find out in this engaging STEM/STEAM picture book.
In 1971, Al- Author: Kelly, David A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 1662680171
- Language: English
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One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor
$18.99 Add to cartFor fans of All-of-a-Kind Family, here is the true story of how Sarah Brenner, a poor girl from New York City’s Lower East Side, became Sydney Taylor: dancer, actress, and successful children’s book a… [more below]
- Author: Michelson, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 13, 2024
- ISBN10: 1635925312
- Language: English
