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Amazing Faces

Written by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Illustrated by Chris Soentpiet
There are 16 poems in this anthology celebrating the rich diversity of American kids. The poems...
1st - 7th
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Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins

Written by Carole Boston Weatherford and Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue Lagarrigue
There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old Connie where she could and could not go...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

Written by Carole Boston Weatherford and Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican...
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

Written by Carole Boston Weatherford and Illustrated by Frank Morrison
Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

Written by Carole Boston Weatherford and Illustrated by Frank Morrison
This inspirational book encapsulates African American history and invites conversations at all...
1st - 4th
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive crisscross puzzle aligns with R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the...
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul: Word Search

After reading R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford use...

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