Lesa Cline-Ransome
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
107 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
2) Being Clem
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When nine-year-old Clem's father dies in the Port Chicago Disaster he is forced to navigate his family's losses and strunggles in 1940's Chicago.
Clem can make anybody, even his grumpy older sisters, smile with his jokes. But when his family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago disaster, everything begins to fall apart. Clem's mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy white family. Soon Clem...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Raised by his grandparents, first in Mississippi then in Wisconsin, ten-year-old Lymon moves to Chicago in 1945 to live with the mother he never knew, while yearning for his father.
Lymon's father is, for the time being, at Parchman Farm--the Mississippi State Penitentiary--and his mother, whom he doesn't remember all that much, has moved North. Fortunately, Lymon is being raised by his loving grandparents. Together, Lymon and his grandpops share...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Shares the story of the sisters and tennis stars, including their special relationship as sisters and best friends, their constant training as children, and their incredible success in professional tennis.
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 1000L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A girl named Ruth Anne tells the story of her family's train journey from North Carolina to New York City as part of the Great Migration"--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
NC 1170L
Physical Desc
51 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin made the same choice. She insisted on standing up--or in her case, sitting down--for what was right, and in doing so, fought for equality, fairness, and justice." -- Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska. Although free from slavery, three women are still constrained by poverty, limited access to opportunity and restrictions put on women. Will they survive the perils of their journey to fight these barriers?"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) is a hero and trailblazer. She was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Written by award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome, here is her story"--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of Henry David Thoreau's time at Walden Pond is contrasted with businessman Frederic Tudor's scheme to cut 180 tons of ice from Walden Pond and transport it to India." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
For Helen Keller, "w-a-t-e-r" was a cool, slippery splash. "S-u-n" was the warm afternoon glow coating her skin. "L-i-l-y" was a sweet-smelling petal, soft and delicate to her touch. After an illness left her blind and deaf, Helen relied on her senses of touch and smell to help compensate for her loss. And then she met her teacher, Annie Sullivan, who showed her a new way to give meaning to the world around her. But most of all, Annie gave Helen a...
13) Quilt alphabet
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
42 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
37 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"The award winners behind Before She Was Harriet explore the story of the saxophone, from its beginnings in 1840s Belgium all the way to New Orleans, where an instrument in a pawn shop caught the eye of musician Sidney Bechet and became the iconic symbol it is today"--
15) For Lamb
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An interracial friendship between two teenaged girls goes tragically wrong in this powerful historical novel set in the Jim Crow South. For Lamb follows a family striving to better their lives in the late 1930s Jackson, Mississippi. Lamb's mother is a hard-working, creative seamstress who cannot reveal she is a lesbian. Lamb's brother has a brilliant mind and has even earned a college scholarship for a black college up north--if only he could curb...
16) Satchel Paige
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Lexile measure
1010L
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Leroy "Satchel" Paige was the first African American to pitch in a Major League World Series, and the first Negro Leaguer to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Fans of all ages can relive the dream as they hear about Satch's talents, feisty personality, popularity, and ultimate success in this rhythmic and vivid biography of one of baseball's most dazzling pitchers.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Risking a whipping if they are discovered, Rosa and her mama sneak away from their slave quarters during the night to a hidden location in a field where they learn to read and write in a pit school.
18) Quilt counting
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text follows the numbers from one to ten and back again to describe how a special family quilt is made.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
NC 1080L
Physical Desc
42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Ethel L. Payne always had an ear for stories. Seeking truth, justice, and equality, Ethel followed stories from her school newspaper in Chicago to Japan during World War II. It even led her to the White House briefing room, where she broke barriers as one of the first black journalists. Ethel wasn't afraid to ask the tough questions of presidents, elected officials, or any one else in charge, earning her the title "First Lady of the Black Press."...