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Jesse Owens
Sprint around the track and get to know Jesse Owens in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about...
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America at War since 1945
Focusing primarily on politics and foreign policy, America at War since 1945 analyzes America's involvement in its several wars since the end of World...
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Publisher : Praeger (September 30, 1996)
Publication date : September 30, 1996
$75.00
Maps
Winner of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, Nuruddin Farah is one of Africa's most respected contemporary writers. Maps is the first...
$6.00
Scrolling Forward, Second Edition
A fascinating, insightful, and wonderfully written exploration of the document.Like Henry Petroski’s The Pencil, David Levy’s Scrolling Forward takes a...
$5.98
My Story, My Dance
“In James E. Ransome’s realistic pastel portraits, Battle, his family and his teachers all seem lit from within.” —The New York Times Book Review “An...
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Sail Away
A celebration of mermaids, wildernesses of waves, and the creatures of the deep through poems by Langston Hughes and cut-paper collage illustrations by...
$13.55
House of Medici: Inheritance of Power
Ever-loyal Maddalena, a diminutive, blue-eyed, black slave, has borne Cosimo de Medici a son and seen him rise to the position of cardinal. Now, late...
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Peruvian Kitchen
Peruvian food has been climbing the culinary ladder at full speed, praised by the untrained palate of the average traveler and by food experts alike....
$38.88
Troubles of Johnny Cannon
“A boy with a highly original voice winces his way into the bewildering world of adults during a neglected moment in American history” (Newbery...
$12.58
Good Hunting
Written in the late nineteenth century and first published in Harper’s Round Table magazine in 1896, this collection of articles details...
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Ashley Bryan's Puppets
Beloved storyteller and creator Ashley Bryan reveals the vibrant spirit of found objects in this magnificent treasury of poetry and puppets.Little... Product details Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (July 8, 2014) Language : English Hardcover : 80 pages ISBN-10...
$15.99
All Different Now
Experience the joy of Juneteenth in this celebration of freedom from the award-winning team of Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis.Through the eyes of one... Product details Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (May 6, 2014) Language...
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Autism War
Tony Colletti, a good suburban cop and father, finds himself drawn into the controversy over vaccines and autism when he tries to uncover the truth... Product details Publisher : Skyhorse (April 1, 2014) Language : English Hardcover : 384 pages ISBN-10 : 1626365636 ISBN-13...
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Stars in the Shadows
Meet Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and other baseball heroes in this unique radio broadcast reenactment of a legendary All-Star Game, marking a pivotal...
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I, Dred Scott
Born into slavery in Virginia in the late 1700s, Dred Scott had little to look forward to in life. But he was fortunate in two ways: His first owner...
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Chains
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for... Product details Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (January 5, 2010) Language : English Paperback : 316...
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My People
This Coretta Scott King Award-winning photography book based on Langston Hughes’ classic poem is perfect for kids and moving and powerful for readers...
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Ashley Bryan
Ashley's autobiography is full of art, photographs, and the poignant never-say-never tale of his rich life, a life that has always included drawing and... Product details Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (January 6, 2009) Language : English Hardcover...
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Copper Sun
In this “searing work of historical fiction” (Booklist), Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Sharon M. Draper tells the epic story of a young girl...
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Ellington Was Not a Street
In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of...
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Legend of Buddy Bush
Celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of Shelia P. Moses’s National Book Award finalist and Coretta Scott King Honoree, The Legend of Buddy Bush, with...
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Calico Girl
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year “Nolen’s tender story of the Wilcomb family’s losses and aspirations will resonate. At once heartbreaking and...
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Sukey and the Mermaid
Storyteller say, This happened oncet upon a time, on a little island off the coast of South Carolina. A girl named Sukey lived with her ma and new...
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World's Great Men of Color, Volume I
The classic, definitive title on the great Black figures in world history, beginning in antiquity and reaching into the modern age.World’s Great Men of...
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Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
“A brilliant work of US history.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Gripping.” —BCCB (starred review) “Accessible…Necessary.” —Kirkus Reviews...
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Nighttime Symphony
As a child readies for bed, the sounds of his family echo around him, soothing him to sleep. The steady beat of cars passing on the street outside and... The sounds of the city at night create a lively lullaby...
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Game Changers
An ALA Notable Book “This lovingly crafted picture book biography centers on the incredible bond between Venus and Serena Williams…An important...
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I Am Loved
Newbery Award honoree Ashley Bryan has hand-selected a dozen of National Book Award winner Nikki Giovanni’s poems to illustrate with his inimitable...
$9.29
Tamba Hali
Long before he was sacking quarterbacks, Tamba Hali was facing bigger challenges. Learn about his life in this second book in a brand-new nonfiction...
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