Renée Watson
Author
Series
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
"Ryan Hart has a lot on her mind--school, self-image, and especially family. Her dad finally has a new job, but money is tight. That means some changes, like selling their second car and moving into a new (old) house. But Ryan is a girl who knows how to make sunshine out of setbacks. As her brother says when he raps about her,she's got the talent that matters most: it's a talent that can't be seen, she's nice, not mean! Ryan is all about trying to...
Author
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has: every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities she doesn't really welcome, like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program...
Author
Series
Ryan Hart volume 3
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ryan is caught between two friends who both want to be her best friend, her brother ruins her latest baking project, and a classmate keeps teasing her at school, yet Ryan still looks for a way to see the bright side of things and not let anything steal her joy.
Ryan Hart is caught in the middle. She has an older brother and a new baby sister, and she's in a friendship tug-of-war with two friends who both want to be her best best friend. How can Ryan...
Author
Series
Ryan Hart volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the summer before fifth grade, Ryan Hart continues to grow through changes and challenges, such as waiting for a new baby sister to be born, a summer camp trip, and more. --
5) Maya's song
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
"This unforgettable picture book introduces young readers to the life and work of Maya Angelou, whose words have uplifted and inspired generations of readers. The author of the celebrated autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya was the first Black person and first woman to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration, and her influence echoes through culture and history. She was also the first Black woman to appear on the United States...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Harlem teenager Nala is looking forward to a summer of movies and ice cream until she falls in love with the very woke Tye and pretends to be a social activist.
When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani's birthday, she finds herself falling in instant love with Tye Brown, the MC. He's perfect, except . . . Tye is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community...
Author
Series
Ryan Hart volume 4
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
During Black History Month, Ryan learns more about her ancestors and local Black pioneers and their hopes for her generation.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Physical Desc
360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Jasmine and Chelsea are best friends on a mission--they're sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school, so they decide to start a Women's Rights Club. They post their work online--poems, essays, videos of Chelsea performing her poetry, and Jasmine's response to the racial microaggressions she experiences--and soon they go viral. But with such positive support, the club is also targeted by trolls. When things escalate...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
194 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Amara visits her father's family in Harlem for her twelfth birthday, hoping to better understand her family and herself, but New York City is not what she expected.--
All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father's family in New York City--Harlem, to be exact. She can't wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person, and to stay in the brownstone where her father grew up. Maybe this will help her understand her family--and...
11) Summer is here
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Summer is finally here, and she's bringing the most perfect day! From sunup to sundown, there's so much to do. With summer comes fresh fruit, sweet and tangy; jump ropes for leaping and dancing; and friends at the pool swimming and floating. Summer brings family cookouts under shady trees, gardens overflowing, and the familiar song of the ice-cream truck. Following one girl's perfect day in an exploration of joy, family, friendship, sunshine,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
41 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Stymied by her unfinished family tree assignment for school, a young girl seeks Grandma's counsel and learns about her ancestors, the consequences of slavery, and the history of Black resistance in the United States.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Twins Nikki and Maya Younger always agreed on most things, but as they head into their senior year they react differently to the gentrification of their Portland, Oregon, neighborhood and the new--white--family that moves in after their best friend and her mother are evicted.--
14) Betty before X
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
Language
English
Description
Black is... sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is... three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is... Nic Stone's high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is... two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor,...
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular book club Well-Read Black Girl, on the importance of recognizing ourselves in literature. Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging remains with readers the rest of their lives--but not everyone regularly sees themselves on the pages of a book. In this timely anthology,...
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Spanish-language edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cuando a una estudiante se le asigna el trabajo de completar un árbol familiar y solo puede contar tres generaciones atrás, Abuela junta a toda la familia y la estudiante aprende que hace 400 años, en 1619, sus antepasados fueron robados y traídos a los Estados Unidos por esclavizadores europeos. Pero antes de eso, ellos tenían un hogar, una tierra, un idioma. La estudiante aprende cómo la gente que dice haber nacido sobre el agua sobrevivió."--
Stymied...