Andrea Davis Pinkney
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"After her tribal village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to safety at a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder"--
Author
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
52 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day"--
"A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day. The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats's obvious talent, his father worried that Ezra's dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one....
Author
Publisher
Gulliver Books/Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 107 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Profiles ten African American women including Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Shirley Chisholm, whose courageous acts against oppression made them leaders in the battle for civil rights.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome. Includes author's notes.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When young Tybre Faw discovers Congressman John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote -- Tybre is determined to meet him. Tybre's two grandmothers take him on the seven-hour drive to Selma, Alabama, where Lewis invites Tybre to join him in the annual memorial walk across the Bridge. And so begins a most amazing friendship! In rich, poetic language, Andrea Davis Pinkney weaves the true story...
9) Fishing day
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Reenie and her mother, who are African Americans, go fishing, Reenie decides to share the secret of their success with their needy white neighbors.
14) Peek-a-you!
Author
Publisher
Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Peek-a-you, can you see? Here's the pretty brown face of me!
Rhyming text and bright illustrations capture the whimsical joy of a game of peek-a-boo with little ones.
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!
Born enslaved, Harriet Tubman rose up to become one of the most successful, determined and well-known conductors of the Underground Railroad. With her family's love planted firmly in her heart, Harriet looked to the North Star for...
Born enslaved, Harriet Tubman rose up to become one of the most successful, determined and well-known conductors of the Underground Railroad. With her family's love planted firmly in her heart, Harriet looked to the North Star for...
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
�2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the month of Kislev: A rich, arrogant merchant takes the family of a poor peddler to court and learns a lesson about the meaning of Hanukkah. The night before Christmas: The story of Santa's visit on a snowy Christmas Eve. Seven candles for Kwanzaa: For each new day of Kwanzaa, a new candle is lit and children and adults share their thoughts, songs, stories from the past and dreams about the future.