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Bright brown babyPinkney, J. Brian
Summary: Carter gets a truck instead of a much wanted puppy, but he soon discovers his new toy is just as fun and rascally as a pet.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINPinkney, J. Brian
Summary: During his busy day, Kenny gets dressed, fights his fear of the vacuum cleaner, gets a soccer lesson from his sister, and prepares for bed, with his loving family always near.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINPinkney, J. Brian
Summary: "Owen loves soccer, but isn't the best at playing it. After a particularly disastrous day on the field, Owen is benched. He is feeling so low that he doesn't notice the ball rolling away from him until it's too late. In his effort to get it back, he discovers that he has more skills than he realizes"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC PINPinkney, J. Brian.
Summary: Although he doesn't feel like talking, a young boy responds to questions by drumming on various objects, including a bucket, hat boxes, and garbage cans, echoing the city sounds around him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINPinkney, J. Brian
Summary: "Good friends Otter and Beaver use water and sticks for very different purposes as they spend time together"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.San Souci, Robert D.
Summary: A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SANPinkney, Andrea Davis
Summary: Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PINPinkney, Andrea Davis.
Summary: Presents the stories of ten African-American men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Jump at the Sun Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 PINPinkney, Andrea Davis
Summary: This charming board book from the New York times best-selling and award-winning duo celebrates sweet baby love with bouncing, rhythmic text and whimsical illustrations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
Summary: Explores the intersecting lives of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson at the historic moment when their joined voices inspired landmark changes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.092 PINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB KING PINPinkney, Andrea Davis.
Summary: "This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement."--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.1 PINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J323.1196 PINMontanari, Susan McElroy
Summary: "Follow a little girl as she moves, swings, and grooves her way through her bedtime routine, dancing all the while, until she finally closes her eyes and dances through her dreams"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MONPinkney, Andrea Davis
Summary: Brimming with love and affirmation, this sweet board book shows bright brown baby girls and little ones everywhere that they can do anything. With bouncing, rhythmic text from New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney and tender, charming illustrations from Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Brian Pinkney, this inspirational ode is the perfect way to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD PINPinkney, Andrea Davis.
Summary: The New York Times best-selling and award-winning duo present this celebration of Black and Brown babies and the happiness, gentle moments and endless love shared between children and their caregivers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINPinkney, Andrea Davis.
Summary: A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 1998
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ELLINGTON PINPark, Linda Sue
Summary: When her little sister, Akeer, becomes sick as they are returning home from the water hole, Nya must carry her and the water back to their village, one step at a time.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PARSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WINGrimes, Nikki
Summary: A grieving son follows a treasure map his late father left him through the woods they used to explore together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRIWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A black mother describes her dreams for her newborn daughter, and her hopes for a future in which her little one will grow to cross borders and bridge boundaries, be her best self, and find love.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2021