Ethnic Orientation/African American
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King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats
$6.99 Add to cartKing & Kayla are back on the case in this laugh-out-loud mystery from the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning series.
Kayla made peanut butter treats for Thor, Jillian’s new puppy. But now the tr- Series: King & Kayla
- Author: Butler, Dori Hillestad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1682630153
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Movie Tie-In Edition): Young Readers Edition
$9.99 Add to cartNow a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village.
W- Author: Kamkwamba, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1984816128
- Language: English
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Ty’s Travels: Beach Day!
$5.99 Add to cartA Geisel Honor-winning series * Author Kelly Starling Lyons selected as the 2021 Piedmont Laureate * A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year 2022
Join Ty on his imaginative adventures in Ty’s Tr
- Series: My First I Can Read
- Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 0062951130
- Language: English
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Bang!
$12.99 Add to cartAs violence continues in his community, a 13-year-old boy must make some difficult choices to set his life on another course.
Bang! Guns really sound like that, you know. Bang! And people bleed from- Author: Flake, Sharon G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1368019404
- Language: English
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The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
$19.99 Read more“A powerful story.” —The Horn Book
“A worthy addition to children’s biography collections.” —Booklist “A solid treatment of an important but little-known figure, and it may prompt kids to think abou- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 148146289X
- Language: English
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Hadriana in All My Dreams
$18.95 Read more“One-of-a-kind . . . [A] ribald, free-wheeling magical-realist novel, first published in 1988 and newly, engagingly translated by Glover . . . An icon of Haitian literature serves up a hotblooded, rib
- Author: Depestre, René
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1617755338
- 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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Lucky Caller
$23.99 Add to cartWith the warmth, wit, intimate friendships, and heart-melting romance she brings to all her books, Emma Mills crafts a story about believing in yourself, owning your mistakes, and trusting in human co
- Author: Mills, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1250763533
- Language: English
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Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book
$7.99 Add to cartThe second book in the Dyamonde Daniels series, by bestselling author Nikki Grimes, is great for fans of the Keena Ford, Judy Moody, and Magnificent Mya Tibbs series and includes illustrations by Core… [more below]
- Series: Dyamonde Daniel Book #2
- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0425288544
- Language: English
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Frederick Douglass
$5.99 Read moreDiscover the world of one of America’s most celebrated abolitionists, writers, and orators in this inspirational biography of Frederick Douglass. Kids will learn about his life, achievements, and the … [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Kramer, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1426327560
- Language: English
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Panic
$19.99 Read moreThis gripping and chillingly realistic novel from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper shows that all it takes is one bad decision for everything to change.
Diamond knows not to get into a- Author: Draper, Sharon M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 12 2013
- ISBN10: 1442408960
- Language: English
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How to Trick the Tooth Fairy
$17.99 Read moreFrom the coauthor of Dork Diaries comes a witty and engaging picture book about a prankster who wants to pull off the best prank of all–pranking the Tooth Fairy!
Kaylee loves pulling pranks: from dro- Author: Russell, Erin Danielle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1481467328
- Language: English
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Black Catholics on the Road to Sainthood
$12.95 Read moreThe Church in the United States is greatly blessed by the contributions of Black Catholics and the legacy of holiness of so many men and women of color. These men and women lived lives that are worthy
- Author: Heinlein, Michael R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: February 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1681927926
- Language: English
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Mother Country
$17.00 Read moreWinner of the 2022 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
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Shortlisted for the 2023 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction
Finalist for the 2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award- Author: Townsend, Jacinda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1644450879
- Language: English
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Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary: Stories
$16.99 Add to cartA funny, fresh, and brilliantly insightful collection of stories from a beloved writer, with a new introduction by Francine Prose
Johanna Kaplan’s beautifully written stories first burst on the literar
- Series: Art of the Story
- Author: Kaplan, Johanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0063061635
- Language: English
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Love Twelve Miles Long
$11.95 Add to cartA moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby plantation to visit him.
It’s late at night, and Frederick’s mother has traveled twelve miles
- Author: Armand, Glenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 31 2015
- ISBN10: 1620142546
- Language: English
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A Black Woman Did That
$11.99 Read moreA Black Woman Did That! spotlights vibrant, inspiring Black women whose accomplishments have changed the world for the better.
A Black Woman Did That! is a celebration of strong, resilient, innovative- Author: Adero, Malaika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1941367518
- Language: English
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Buddy
$10.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of Old Yeller, classic boy-and-dog tale set against the events of Hurrican Katrina.
Tyrone “Li’l T” Roberts meets Buddy when his family’s car accidentally hits the stray dog on their- Author: Herlong, M. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 16 2013
- ISBN10: 0142425443
- Language: English
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The Shaman’s Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
$9.99 Add to cartFor thousands of years, in the jungles of the Amazon, shamans have passed their wisdom of the medicinal values of rain forest plants from one generation to the next. The Shaman’s Apprentice tells the … [more below]
- Author: Plotkin, Mark J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: April 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0152024867
- Language: English
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Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery
$24.95 Add to cartThe Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in American history. As we commemorate its 150th anniversary, what do we really know about those who experienced slavery?
In their p
- Author: Willis, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 27 2017
- ISBN10: 1439909865
- Language: English
