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Grandma's Purse
Written by
Vanessa Brantley-Newton
When Grandma Mimi comes to visit, she always brings warm hugs, sweet treats...and her purse. You...
Pre-K - K
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Black All Around!
Written by
Patricia Hubbell
and Illustrated by
Don Tate
In this lively, poetic celebration of the color black, a young girl experiences the wonder and joy...
Pre-K - 2nd
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Happy to Be Nappy
Written by
Bell Hooks
and Illustrated by
Chris Raschka
Legendary author Bell Hooks and Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka present a lyrical celebration...
Pre-K - 1st
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Written by
Jacqueline Woodson
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid...
5th - 7th
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Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?
Written by
Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
A biography of the former slave who became well-known as an abolitionist and advocate of women's...
5th - 6th
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Booked
Written by
Kwame Alexander
In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel THE CROSSOVER, soccer, family, love, and friendship...
5th - 7th
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Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution
Written by
Gretchen Woelfle
and Illustrated by
R. Gregory Christie
Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War...
4th - 7th
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Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery
Written by
Winifred Conkling
In 1848, thirteen-year-old Emily Edmonson, five of her siblings, and seventy other enslaved people...
7th - 10th
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Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
Written and Illustrated by
Don Tate
George loved words. But George was enslaved. Forced to work long hours, George was unable to attend...
1st - 5th
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The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
Written by
JohnRoy
and Illustrated by
Don Tate
John Roy Lynch spent most of his childhood as a slave in Mississippi, but all of that changed with...
2nd - 3rd
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Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Written by
Virginia Kroll
and Illustrated by
Katherine Roundtree
Willie's grandfather encourages him to pursue his love of music (especially drumming) and his...
Pre-K - 3rd