Floyd Cooper
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
AD 660L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
1100L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
NC 550L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
When Max leaves his grandfather's house, the moon follows him all the way home, just as Grandpa promised it would.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865, ten-year-old Eli and other newly freed slaves gather to honor the memory of fallen Union soldiers, an event considered to be one of the first celebrations of what is now called Memorial Day. Includes author's note.
7) Cumbayah
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
25 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, music ; 27 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
AD 990L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the true story of James Lafayette, a slave who spied for George Washington's army during the American Revolution. But while America celebrated its newfound freedom, James returned to slavery. His service hadn't qualified him for the release he'd been hoping for. For James the fight wasn't over; he'd already helped his country gain its freedom, now it was time to win his own.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustration ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
AD 750L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring picture book sports biography about two of the greatest female tennis players of all-time, outsiders who just happen to be sisters. Everyone knows the names Venus & Serena Williams. They've become synonymous with championships, hard work, and with shaking up the tennis world. This picture book, by an award-winning sports journalist who knows the Williams family personally, details the sisters' journey from a barely-there tennis court...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"James Herman Banning always dreamed of touching the sky. But how could a farm boy from Oklahoma find a plane? And how would he learn to fly it? None of the other pilots looked like him. In a journey that would span 3,300 miles, take twenty-one days, and inspire a nation, James Herman Banning proved that you can't put barriers on dreams." -- Amazon.com.
"The true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United...
15) A beach tail
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 470L
Physical Desc
1 volume(unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
When his father tells him not to leave the lion he is drawing on the beach, a little boy starts making a very, very long tail--and a trail to follow back.
16) These hands
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An African American man tells his grandson about a time when, despite all the wonderful things his hands could do, they could not touch bread at the Wonder Bread factory. Based on stories of bakery union workers; includes historical note.
17) Tree of hope
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Lexile measure
AD 640L
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
20) Jaguarundi
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Language
English