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2) Dream Street
Author
Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 940L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Real-life cousins pay gorgeous homage to the street they grew up on and the loving community that made their childhood special"--
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on"--
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Eric Carle and fourteen other beloved children's book artists illustrate their favorite bugs and explain why they love them. Everybody has a favorite bug. Some like shiny, colorful beetles or busy ants or soft pale moths best. Others prefer spindly walking sticks or fuzzy caterpillars that turn into bright butterflies. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, 15 children's book artists share their favorite bugs and why they love...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world. Includes short biographies about the celebrated poets, including Maya Angelou, Bashō, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sandra Cisneros, Billy Collins, e.e. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Chief Dan George, Nikki Giovanni, Terrance Hayes, Langston Hughes, Walter Dean Myers, Pablo Neruda, Naomi Shihab Nye, Mary Oliver, Okot p'Bitek, Rumi, William Carlos Williams...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
AD 750L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"A biography of MaVynee Betsch, an African American opera singer turned environmentalist who worked to preserve American Beach, Florida as a historical landmark" --
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer. Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson's interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Before Kahlil Gibran became the world's third-best-selling poet of all time, he was Gibran Khalil Gibran, an immigrant child from Lebanon with a secret hope to bring people together despite their many differences. Kahlil's life highlights the turn of the twentieth century, from the religious conflicts that tore apart his homeland and sent a hundred thousand Arab people to America, to settling in Boston, where the wealthy clashed headlong with the...
Author
Publisher
Penny Candy Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A fresh perspective of young men of color depicting thirteen views of everyday life: young boys dressed in their Sunday best, running to catch a bus, and growing up to be teachers, and much more. Each of Tony Medina's tanka is matched with a different artist including recent Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Award recipients.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Kids edition ; Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow Chester: Chester Pierce broke racial barriers by joining his college football team during segregation in the United States. Despite breaking the law, his team played on.
Let the children march: In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African-American children volunteered to march for their civil rights after hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak.
A ride to remember: An interesting tale that reveals how in 1963, due to demonstrations...
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
960L
Physical Desc
186 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An anthology featuring over thirty Black authors and illustrators to honor Black life past, present, and future"--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
134 pages: color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Description
From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance-- paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators. Taking inspiration from the unsung women poets of the era, Grimes uses the "Golden Shovel" poetry method to create original poems drawn from the words of ... groundbreaking...