Contents: Frisco Town (Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie) -- Strewin' your mess (Tampa Red and Georgia Tom) -- Hot dogs (Blind Lemon Jefferson and His Feet) -- God moves on the water (Blind Willie Johnson) -- Screamin' and hollerin' the blues (Charley Patton) -- Hard road blues (Blind Blake) -- Lead hearted blues (Bertha Henderson with Blind Blake) -- Slidin' Delta (Tommy Johnson) -- Wasn't that doggin' me...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Lear, Edward

Summary: Provides examples of Lear's best poems, combined with original art.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2001

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Summary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009

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Anderson, Beth

Summary: "Tad Lincoln's restless wriggle just wouldn't quit, much to the delight of his father, President Abraham Lincoln--if not so much to anybody else! This picture book brings to life the famous first son who coped with a disability and other challenges while showing compassion, intelligence, and wisdom beyond his years. Tad Lincoln's boundless energy annoyed almost everyone but his father,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek 2021

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Summary: Brings the world of Gilbert and Sullivan to life as a dramatization of the staging of the duo's legendary 1885 comic opera, The Mikado. The world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production becomes an epic about the harsh realities of creative expression.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011

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Anderson, Beth

Summary: Thomas Jefferson is one of the most famous founding fathers, but did you know that his mind was always on science? This STEM/STEAM picture book tells how Jefferson's scientific thinking and method battled against faulty facts and bias to prove that his new nation was just as good as any in the Old World. Young Thomas Jefferson loved to measure the natural world: plants and animals, mountains...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2024

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Anderson, Beth

Summary: The remarkable story of Deborah Sampson, a woman who fought in the American Revolution disguised as a man—and who ends up finding her true identity and purpose in life. Deborah Sampson didn’t like being told what to do, especially by the King of England. Fiercely independent, 18-year-old Deborah enlists as Robert Shurtliff in George Washington’s Continental Army to fight for her country’s...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2022

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Anderson, Beth

Summary: After being denied a seat on a New York City streetcar, Elizabeth Jennings begins the fight for equality by telling her story in churches, to newspapers, and finally in the courtroom.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020

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Werkha

Contents: Flinch -- Dusk -- Falling through the wall -- Invincible -- Dim the light -- Sidesteppin' -- Highwaves -- Fire by the Kul -- Houses of Saffron -- City shuffle -- Border kite -- Revolution blue

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tru Thoughts 2015

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Anderson, Martha G.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center for African Art 1989

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GILSON, BERTHA

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 0000

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Summary: Documentary film sharing the efforts of two American organizations providing medical aid after the catastrophic 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Project Medishare, which set up clinics for victims, and the Knights of Columbus, which provided prosthetic limbs for the many young people who suffered amputations. The film also follows a small group of earthquake victims who form Team Zaryen, an amputee...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Janson Media 2014

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Beck, Glenn

Summary: History is about so much more than memorizing facts. It is, as more than half of the word suggests, about the story. And, told in the right way, it is the greatest one ever written: Good and evil, triumph and tragedy, despicable acts of barbarism and courageous acts of heroism.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Contents: Minnie the Moocher ; I. Mills, C. Calloway, C. Gaskill (Cab Calloway) -- Chicago breakdown / J. Morton (Louis Armstrong) -- It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got the swing) / D. Ellington ; I. Mills (Duke Ellington) -- Sugar foot stomp W. Melrose ; J. Oliver (Fletcher Henderson) -- I got rhythm / G Gershwin ; I. Gershwin (Don Redman).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 1997

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Amoss, Berthe.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 1997

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Contents: Two of us (John Grant) -- Dig a pony (Dennis Locorriere) -- I me mine/Dig it (Beth Orton) -- Let it be (the Amorphous Androgynous) -- Maggie May (C.W. Stoneking) -- I've got a feeling (the Besnard Lakes) -- One after 909 (James Apollo) -- The long and winding road (Judy Collins) -- For you blue (Pete Molinari) -- Get back (the Jim Jones Revue) -- Bonus track : One after 909 (Wilko Johnson).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Mojo 2010

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Amoss, Berthe.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 1995

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Freye, Bertha M.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Muskegon County Historical Society 1989

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Summary: A lovable calf named Annabelle, who wishes to fly like one of Santa's reindeer, makes friends with Billy, a young boy who cannot talk, and a friendly bunch of barnyard animals. Annabelle shows everyone the true meaning of Christmas by making one very special wish come true.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Ralph Edwards Films 1997

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Birtha, Becky

Summary: Children who have a parent in prison express their feelings of sadness, anger, worry, and embarrassment and suggest that talking to others and keeping in contact with the missing parent helps them deal with the situation.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2017

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Pederson, Rena.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004

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Helgerson, Joseph

Summary: "When a furry, four-legged beast from the distant past appears in their park, the local animals are concerned about unwanted attention from humans. Gilly the Possum, assistant to raccoon Mayor Crawdaddy, is tasked with figuring out where the lost galumpus came from . . . and how to get him home again. While Gilly and the Mayor don't agree on much, they can agree on one thing: with a huge...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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