Parks, Van Dyke.
Summary: A retelling of seven folktales featuring Brer Rabbit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PARParks, Van Dyke.
Summary: A retelling of five folktales in which crafty Brer Rabbit tries to outsmart all the other creatures in the animal community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PARLester, Julius.
Summary: A retelling of the Afro-American tales about the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 LESKendi, Ibram X.
Summary: Find out why butterflies were made in Zora Neale Hurston's stunning and layered African American folktale retold by #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi and illustrated by Kah Yangni. This accessible and sizable board book is perfect for introducing the youngest of readers to the beauty of Hurston's storytelling and will spark curiosity in children...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad Books for Young Readers 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD KENSummary: A treasury of dozens of African-American folktales discusses their role in a broader cultural heritage, sharing such classics as the Brer Rabbit stories, the African trickster Anansi, and tales from the late nineteenth-century's "Southern Workman."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398 ANNHurston, Zora Neale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marlowe 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 234.8 HURHurston, Zora Neale.
Contents: Mules and men -- Tell my horse -- Dust tracks on a road -- Selected articles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1995
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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC HurstHurston, Zora Neale.
Contents: Mules and men -- Tell my horse -- Dust tracks on a road -- Selected articles.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.092 HURLester, Julius.
Summary: Combines all four volumes of Uncle Remus tales, offering a retelling of the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phyllis Fogelman Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 LESMcKissack, Pat
Summary: Master storyteller Patricia C. McKissack transports us to the front porch--a place where lightning bugs flash, lemonade is poured, and tales about slickster-tricksters are an every-night treat for the whole family to enjoy.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MCKMiller, William
Summary: A traditional African American tale about a tiny man who leaves home to become the biggest, loudest, meanest creature in the forest, but a wise owl shows him the foolishness of his wish.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G. Smith 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MILWahl, Jan.
Summary: Little Eight John, as mean as mean there was, persists in disobeying his mother until he finds his mischief backfiring on him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lodestar Books 1992
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 WAHKeats, Ezra Jack.
Summary: Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 KEAFischer, David Hackett
Summary: "A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 FISWeso, T. F. Pecore (Thomas F. Pecore)
Summary: "Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes--Kids will embark on a literary adventure with 12 stories from tribes around America,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Overview: Offering insight into the arts of Great Lakes Native nations, this collection of stories, songs, poetry, speeches, autobiographies, and fiction, spans the centuries from deep past to the present. Elders, war chiefs, religious leaders, and contemporary artists share stories of the creation, stars, animals, heroes, and monsters, along with narratives of hunting, fishing, food-gathering,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ladyslipper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398 BRETabor, Nick
Summary: "In 1860, a ship called the Clotilda was smuggled through the Alabama Gulf Coast, carrying the last group of enslaved people ever brought to the U.S. from West Africa. Five years later, the shipmates were emancipated, but they had no way of getting back home. Instead they created their own community outside the city of Mobile, where they spoke Yoruba and appointed their own leaders, a story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 TABSánchez, Erika L.
Summary: "Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se quedó en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sueños y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle más concurrida de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2018
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SPANISH SANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH SANGoodman, Carly
Summary: "In 1990, the United States Diversity Visa Lottery became part of U.S. immigration policy. As with many U.S. immigration policies over the years, the actual lived experience of the lottery generated unintended and unexpected consequences, becoming more powerful and important than its creators could envision. Dreamland tells the story of the lottery, correcting the sometimes willful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 GOOLong, Michael G.
Summary: "This powerful and triumphant picture book biography tells the story of Bayard Rustin, an openly gay civils rights leader, who, with the support of Dr. King and future congressman John Lewis, led 250,000 people to the doorstep of the U.S. government demanding change"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Hurston, Zora Neale
Summary: In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.3 HURCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.3 HURBruchac, James
Summary: This book "plays" on the widespread American Indian belief that you can learn while you play and play while you learn. Annotation. Recognizing the widespread American Indian belief that you can learn while you play and play while you learn, "Native American Games and Stories" provides young readers with stories and games that educate and entertain them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fulcrum Resources 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.089 BRUZoboi, Ibi Aanu
Summary: When her first mission brings her to the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville, Okoye, discovering the truth about a manipulative real-estate mogul, is torn between fulfilling her duty to Wakanda or listening to her own heart and standing up for the people of Brownsville.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2022