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Black History Month
Black History Month 2023
Top YA Books of All Time (Time Magazine List)
Women's History Month 2023-Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories
Black History Month 2023
Top YA Books of All Time (Time Magazine List)
Women's History Month 2023-Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories
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"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and...
3) Pyramid
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Description
Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
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Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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"In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers' community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens. For too long the Panthers' story has been a footnote to the civil rights movement rather than what it was: a revolutionary...
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Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
168 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When the B-17 bomber carrying America's greatest war hero across the Pacific Ocean gets lost, there is no other option but an emergency landing, that leaves the crew stranded without food or water.
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English
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2023 Youth Media Award Winners
Golden Dome 2023-2024
J/YA Non Fiction
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees 2023-24
Golden Dome 2023-2024
J/YA Non Fiction
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees 2023-24
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"Legendary photographers Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams all photographed the Japanese American incarceration, but with different approaches--and different results. This nonfiction picture book for middle grade readers examines the Japanese-American incarceration--and the complexity of documenting it--through the work of these three photographers."--
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
87 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23cm
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English
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This beautifully illustrated board book edition of instant bestseller Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History showcases women who changed the world and is the perfect goodnight book to inspire big dreams.
Featuring 18 trailblazing black women in American history, Dream Big, Little One is the irresistible board book adaptation of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History.
Among these women, you'll find heroes, role models, and everyday...
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ABRAMS, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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"Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly re-creates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with...
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Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions that led to the party's predicament in the Sierra Nevada...
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Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
231 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"With a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, this book uncovers the hidden truths about history's pandemics, from the Black Death to COVID-19"--
13) Worlds apart
Author
Series
Story thieves volume 5
Publisher
Alladin
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
479 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Owen and Bethany try to find their way back to each other after the fictional and nonfictional worlds are torn apart.
17) Alex Morgan
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Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
132 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The second book in a middle-grade nonfiction sports series that focuses on today's superstars and up-and-comers"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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Description
In San Francisco Bay there was a United States Navy base called Port Chicago. During World War II, it was a busy port where young sailors loaded bombs and ammunition into ships bound for American troops in the Pacific. Like the entire Navy, Port Chicago was strictly segregated. All the officers giving orders were white; all the men loading bombs were black. On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked Port Chicago, killing 320 servicemen and injuring...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
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Description
"As a young Nahua girl in Mexico during the early 1900s, Luz learned how to grind corn in a metate, to twist yarn with her toes, and to weave on a loom. But when the Mexican Revolution came to her village, Luz and her family were forced to flee and start a new life. In Mexico City, Luz became a model for painters, sculptors, and photographers--artists interested in showing the true face of Mexico and not a European version. Through her work Luz found...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
x, 118 p. : ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of illustrated archival photographs describing children of the Great Depression, and draws upon memoirs, diaries, letters, and other first-hand accounts that look at the lives of young Americans during the 1930s, including such groups as middle-class urban youth, migrant farm laborers, and boxcar kids.
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