Crews, Nina
Summary: "A lyrical picture book biography that tells the story of one of America's most celebrated children's book authors, Virginia Hamilton, the first African American to win the Newbery Medal"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAMLong, 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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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSReynolds, Jason
Summary: A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE REYVilela, Fernando
Summary: "Cauã and Inaê are a brother and sister who live in a small community along the Tapajós River in Brazil. Here, the homes are on stilts and everyone travels around by boat -- even to school! When the rainy season comes, they must leave their village and relocate to higher ground for a while. But after moving this year, Cauã and Inaê realize they've left behind something important: their pet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing Kids 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VILBolden, Tonya
Summary: "Before there was Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The godmother of rock & roll started as a little girl from Arkansas with music in her air, in her hair, in her bones, wiggling her toes. With a big guitar in hand and a big voice in her soul, she grew into a rock & roll trailblazer in a time when women were rarely seen rocking out."--Front...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THAMartinez, Claudia Guadalupe
Summary: En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno. Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un niño y su familia toman la difícil decisión de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARJohnson, Angela
Summary: "Maya and Julius, the pig her grandfather brings her from Alaska, learn about fun and sharing together"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JOHCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) is a hero and trailblazer. She was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Written by award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome, here is her story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHIWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 921 COXBrown, Monica
Summary: A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROBryant, Jen
Summary: Presents an illustrated introduction to the life and work of artist Horace Pippin, describing his childhood love for drawing and the World War I injury that challenged his career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PIPStead, Philip Christian
Summary: Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day, he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests. -- From book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE FIC STECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott SteadReynolds, Jason
Summary: Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word-making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes. His ABCs became drums, bumping jumping thumping like a heart the size of the whole country. They sent some people yelling and others, his word-children, to write their own glory.--Amazon.com
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG REYAlabed, Bana
Summary: Bana's mother tells her of the strong bana tree that grows in their homeland, Syria, and how Bana's strength helped her survive war, being a refugee, and starting fresh in a new country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALAFlack, Roberta
Summary: "Legendary singer Roberta Flack reflects on her early childhood and her love of music"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG FLAKunkel, Angela Burke
Summary: "A biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of Make Way for Ducklings, and sculptor Nancy Schön, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Public Garden"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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Summary: "A witty, illustrated collection of humorous (and sometimes even heartwarming) poems and nonsense inspired by the absurdities of everyday life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 HARPrice, 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 PRIKooser, Ted
Summary: "A freewheeling romp through the world of imagery and metaphor, this quietly startling collection of thirty poems, framed by the four elements, is about art and reality, fact and fancy. Look around: what do you see? A clown balancing a pie in a tree, or an empty nest perched on a leafless branch? As poet Connie Wanek alludes to in her afterword--a lively dialogue with former US Poet Laureate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: When she and her family find a cat and, after no luck finding its owner, decide to keep her, Haitian American kindergartener Liline must come up with the perfect name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paw Prints Publishing 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN DUMRappaport, Doreen
Summary: "A biography of astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center Ellen Ochoa"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OCHNelson, Vaunda Micheaux
Summary: "A powerful true story about three Black girls who courageously integrated a New Orleans school on November 14, 1960, told by award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 379.2 NELElys, Dori
Summary: "With vibrant illustrations and flaps die-cut to look like papel picado, the intricately designed sheets of tissue paper, this joyful board book teaches young ones how to honor loved ones around us and those who have passed on."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD ELYPizzoli, Greg
Summary: A child and dog search for a lost pet, Mister Kitty, as the child describes what Mister Kitty looks like to the reader.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023