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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
City Mouse leaves his noisy apartment for a vacation in the country — only to find spartan meals, unseen predators, unbearable heat and too much quiet! So City Mouse takes his country cousin to Mousetropolis, where a rodent can indulge in rich food and rub elbows with the elite. But just as the party's getting started, catastrophe strikes! With a sophisticated palette and stunning compositions, an award-winning illustrator reimagines one of...
2) Jazz Baby
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Childrens Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
As slaves in New Orleans relentlessly toiled in an unjust system, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square. Here they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
A documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller
"You can't walk straight on a crooked line. You do you'll break your leg. How can you walk straight in a crooked system?"
Lewis Michaux was born to do things his own way. When a white banker told him to sell fried chicken, not books, because "Negroes don't read," Lewis took five books and one hundred dollars and built a bookstore. It soon became the intellectual center
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Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
★★★★ FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! New from the award-winning author/illustrator team behind Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop!
Who was Coretta Scott King? Her black-veiled image at the funeral of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was moving and iconic. This book introduces readers to the woman behind the veil—a girl full of spunk and pluck, bravery and...
Who was Coretta Scott King? Her black-veiled image at the funeral of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was moving and iconic. This book introduces readers to the woman behind the veil—a girl full of spunk and pluck, bravery and...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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"You can't walk straight on a crooked line. You do you'll break your leg. How can you walk straight in a crooked system?" Lewis Michaux was born to do things his own way. When a white banker told him to sell fried chicken, not books, because "Negroes don't read," Lewis took five books and one hundred dollars and built a bookstore. It soon became the intellectual center of Harlem, a refuge for everyone from Muhammad Ali to Malcolm X. In No Crystal...
Author
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
This YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judge, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama, chronicles the diverse ways each fought racism and shows how much—and how little—has changed for Black Americans since our country’s founding.
Full of daring escapes, deep emotion, and subtle lessons on how racism operates, A LONG...
Full of daring escapes, deep emotion, and subtle lessons on how racism operates, A LONG...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In moving verse, Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis gives new voice to seventeen heroes of civil rights. Exquisitely illustrated by five extraordinary artists, this commanding collection of poems invites the reader to hear in each verse the thunder that lies in every voice, no matter how small. Featuring civil rights luminaries Coretta Scott King, Harvey Milk, Mohandas Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Sylvia Mendez, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mamie Carthan Till,...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rosa sat so
Martin could march.
Martin marched so
Barack could run.Barack ran so
Our children can soar.
This is the seed of a unique and inspirational picture book text, that is part historical, part poetry, and entirely inspirational. It symbolically takes the reader through the cumulative story of the US Civil Rights Movement, showing how select pioneers' achievements led up to this landmark moment, when we have elected our first...
Martin could march.
Martin marched so
Barack could run.Barack ran so
Our children can soar.
This is the seed of a unique and inspirational picture book text, that is part historical, part poetry, and entirely inspirational. It symbolically takes the reader through the cumulative story of the US Civil Rights Movement, showing how select pioneers' achievements led up to this landmark moment, when we have elected our first...