Bell, Darrin
Summary: "This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that--to paraphrase Toni Morrison--does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 BELL, DARRIN BELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B BELL BELHudson, Wade
Summary: "The memoir of Wade Hudson, a Black man and Civil Rights activist who came of age in the 1960s at the height of the Civil Rights Movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HUDGiles, Lamar
Summary: Otto and Sheed have to team up with the Ellison twins to take down a corporation obsessed with the weirdness of Logan County and that's turning its residents into Money-Zombies.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD GILMaddox, Jake
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Devante Briggs loves basketball, but now he is just the sixth man off the bench for his school team, putting up with the snide remarks of some of the other players--until an outbreak of food poisoning gives him his chance to show off his skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MADCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MADJohnson, George M. (George Matthew)
Summary: "This is a memoir of George's boyhood in New Jersey, growing up with their brother and two cousins, all under the supervision of their larger-than-life grandmother"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 JOHBrinkley, Jamel
Summary: In the nine expansive, searching stories of A lucky man, fathers and sons attempt to salvage relationships with friends and family members and confront mistakes made in the past. An imaginative young boy from the Bronx goes swimming with his group from day camp at a backyard pool in the suburbs, and faces the effects of power and privilege in ways he can barely grasp. A teen intent on proving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BRISummary: From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MBAMiedoso, Andres
Summary: After Andres discovers a haunted bike park, he calls best friend Desmond, a ghost investigator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Baldwin, James
Summary: Four-year-old TJ spends his days on his lively Harlem block playing with his best friends WT and Blinky and running errands for neighbors. As he comes of age as a "Little Man" with big dreams, TJ faces a world of grown-up adventures and realities. Baldwin's only children's book celebrates and explores the challenges and joys of black childhood. This new edition includes a foreword by Baldwin's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Duke University Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BALSmith, Elliott
Summary: Moses prefers video games to sports, but his parents have signed him up for the tennis team anyway; his strategy is to take it easy and hope he gets tossed from the team--his attitude angers the other children and after one of the boys, Xavier, gives him lesson in teamwork, Moses finally starts to take tennis and team seriously. Includes suggestions for activities and discussion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SMICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SMIPrice, Dorothy H.
Summary: J.C. is excited to join the new baseball team at the community center and show off his pitching skills, but his enthusiasm turns to disappointment when Vicky is chosen to take the mound first.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PRIPrice, Dorothy H.
Summary: Seven-year-old J.C. is excited about the class field trip to the Famous Black Americans Museum, especially since his dad is coming along--and when his group gets separated from their teacher in the crowded museum it is J.C. who remembers the map their teacher showed them, and reunites the groups.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Johnson, Varian
Summary: Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant's friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls, Ant only has one thing on his mind: how he'll measure up to his father's expectations at the card table. Then Ant's best friend gets grounded, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC JOHPrice, Dorothy H.
Summary: J.C. is going to the Spring Flower Festival with his grandparents and little sister, and he is worried that he will not get home in time to join his best friends Amir and Vicky at the zoo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PRIFrazier, Sundee T.
Summary: "Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man voice that lets him say what he wants, when he wants--especially to his crush Millie Takazawa, and Gary Ratliff, who constantly puts him down. But the thought of starting high school is only making his stutter worse. And Melvin's growing awareness that racism is everywhere--not just in the South where a boy his age has been brutally killed by two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC FRASchroff, Laura
Summary: Eleven-year-old Maurice must beg for change in order to eat, but when Laura stops to help, they begin a years-long friendship that gives each a new perspective and hope. Includes a list of suggested acts of kindness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Schroff, Laura.
Summary: Shares the inspiring story of the author's first Christmas spent with Maurice, a poor young boy she met on the street, during which the boy gave her a cherished toy to demonstrate how much he valued their friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 921 SCHCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 SCHFièvre, M. J. (Michèle-Jessica)
Summary: "Embrace the color of your skin and celebrate your identity. Finding the courage to live freely and authentically is not easy. This black teen book is designed to help you facilitate your creative drive, promote positive self-awareness, and boost your inner strength. Affirmations for Black teen boys. This black teen book is full of wisdom from Black male trailblazers who accomplished remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.23 FLECraft, Jerry
Summary: "Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan turns out to be one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC CRAPerry, Imani
Summary: "Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love--finding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERRY, IMANI PERDillard, J.
Summary: J.D. the Kid Barber has already won a barber battle and appeared on local TV. Now he's the youngest barber to be invited to the Beauty Brothers Hair Expo in Atlanta!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DILSummary: The award-winning feature documentary tells the inspiring journey of Cliff, Ahmani, and Nicholas, three underserved teenage boys from Atlanta, attempting to climb four 12,000 ft snowcapped peaks in the heart of the Colorado wilderness, all while overcoming their own personal mountains.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THAReynolds, Jason
Summary: "Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that way--then no one can get in the way of him from keeping other other people safe. Super safe. He's Stuntboy. He's got the moves. And the saves. Except. There's been one major fail. He couldn't save his parents from becoming Xs. Which is a word that sounds like coughing up a hairball. But don't talk to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023