Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional
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Manos Que Bailan (Dancing Hands): Cómo Teresa Carreño Tocó El Piano Para El Presidente Lincoln
$8.99 Read moreGanador del premio Pura Belpr de ilustraci n
De ni a, a Teresa Carre o le encantaba dejar que sus manos bailaran a lo largo de las hermosas teclas del piano. Si se sent a triste, la m sica le levanta- Author: Engle, Margarita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 153449474X
- Language: Spanish
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They Got Daddy: One Family’s Reckoning with Racism and Faith
$20.00 Read moreAn unforgettable journey through racism and faith across the generations.
January 15, 1959–a day that changed one family forever. White supremacists kidnapped and severely beat rural Alabama preacher
- Author: Tubbs, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0253064465
- Language: English
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Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart: A Memoir
$18.95 Read moreFinalist for the 2024 Forest of Reading Evergreen Book Award
This beautifully intimate memoir-in-pie
Named a Best Book of 2023 by the Globe and Mail and Apple Books Canada
A TODAY Show Recommended Read- Author: Lee, Jen Sookfong
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0771025211
- Language: English
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Deford Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music
$19.95 Read moreIncludes a new foreword by musician Dom Flemons, forty-five illustrations, and a complete session discography.
A founding member of the Grand Ole Opry and the program’s first Black star, DeFord Bailey
- Series: Distributed for the Country Music Foundation Press
- Author: Morton, David C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 0915608391
- Language: English
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Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
$19.99 Read more“A brilliant work of US history.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“Gripping.” —BCCB (starred review)
“Accessible…Necessary.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A School Library Journal Bes… [more below]- Author: Dunbar, Erica Armstrong
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 153441617X
- Language: English
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Malcolm X: The Last Speeches
$12.00 Add to cart“Any kind of movement for freedom of Black people based solely within the confines of America is absolutely doomed to fail. “Speeches and interviews from the last two years of his life.
- Series: Malcolm X Speeches & Writings
- Author: Malcolm X
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: January 01 1989
- ISBN10: 0873485432
- Language: English
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Psychiana Man: A Mail-Order Prophet, His Followers, and the Power of Belief in Hard Times
$24.95 Add to cartSix weeks after the 1929 stock market crash, Frank Bruce Robinson created a self-help religion he called Psychiana. An ingenious mass-marketing pioneer, he sold a correspondence course promising healt
- Author: Schrand, Brandon R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 414
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0874224047
- Language: English
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Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
$21.95 Read moreIn celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this beautiful biography of Maya Angelou describes how she rose above a childhood of trauma and emotional
- Author: Hegedus, Bethany
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1620145871
- Language: English
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The Eagle Huntress: The True Story of the Girl Who Soared Beyond Expectations
$11.99 Add to cartThe subject of the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress tells the true story of how she became the first girl to compete in–and win–one of Mongolia’s most prestigious competitions.
In this- Author: Welch, Liz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 0316522627
- Language: English
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Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive
$9.99 Read moreIn paperback for the first time, the compelling story of the famous Black Olympian who stood up to Hitler.
Jesse Owens grew up during the time of Jim Crow laws, but adversity didn’t stop him. After se- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1547608986
- Language: English
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Solo Nosotros
$21.95 Read moreThe Spanish edition of Claudia Rankine’s (Citizen) new, acclaimed, genre-bending reflection on whiteness in America.
“Rankine [i
“A skyscraper in the literature on racism.” —Christian Science Monitor- Author: Rankine, Claudia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1644211580
- Language: Spanish
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Queen Lili’uokalani
$12.79 Read moreThe My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and indi… [more below]
- Series: My Early Library: My Itty-Bitty Bio
- Author: Loh-Hagan, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1668910489
- Language: English
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Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the Nhl’s First Treaty Indigenous Player
$15.95 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER
“Fred Sasakamoose played in the NHL before First Nations people had the right to vote in Canada. This page turner will have you cheering for ‘Fast Freddy’ as he faces off against h- Author: Sasakamoose, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0735240035
- Language: English
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Lightfoot
$18.00 Read moreA 2023 ROLLING STONE RECOMMENDED BOOK
A TORONTO STAR BESTSELLER “The preeminent account of the late singer’s life.” —Rolling Stone The definitive biography of Canada’s most beloved singer-songwriter,- Author: Jennings, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 0143199218
- Language: English
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Pocahontas: Young Peacemaker
$7.99 Add to cartPocahnontas: Young Peacemaker is the next installment in the Childhood of Famous Americans series.
Written by Leslie Gourse, Pocahontas: Young Peacemaker is the story of the brave and kindhearted Nati- Series: Childhood of Famous Americans (Paperback)
- Author: Gourse, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0689808089
- Language: English
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Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography
$18.00 Read moreThe age of multitasking needs better narrative history. It must be absolutely factual, immediately accessible, smart, and brilliantly fun. Enter Andrew Helfer, the award-winning graphic-novel editor b
- Author: Helfer, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0809095041
- Language: English
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The Mamas: What I Learned About Kids, Class, and Race from Moms Not Like Me
$18.00 Read moreCan white moms and Black moms ever truly be friends? Not just mom friends, but like really real friends? And does it matter?
“Utterly addictive . . . Through her sharp wit and dynamic anecdotal storyt- Author: Andrews-Dyer, Helena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0593240332
- Language: English
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Hispanic Star: Celia Cruz
$17.99 Read moreRead about “La Reina de la Salsa” in Hispanic Star: Celia Cruz, and learn the most groundbreaking, iconic Hispanic and Latinx heroes that have shaped our culture and the world in this gripping biogra
- Series: Hispanic Star #2
- Author: Edelman, Claudia Romo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1250828120
- Language: English
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A Refugee’s American Dream: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service
$30.00 Read more“I saw many killed. I almost starved. But I escaped to refugee camps in Thailand and eventually made it to the U.S.” Thus begins Leth Oun’s poignant and vivid memoir. A survivor of the Cambodian Killi
- Author: Oun, Leth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: February 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1439923361
- Language: English
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Every Farm Tells a Story: A Tale of Family Values
$15.95 Add to cartJerry Apps details the virtues and hardships of rural living.
“Do your chores without complaining. Show up on time. Do every job well. Always try to do better. Never stop learning. Next year will be- Author: Apps, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0870208632
- Language: English
