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Leon's story
I remember that as a young boy I used to look in the mirror and I would curse my color, my blackness. But in those days they didn't call you "black." They didnt say "minority." They called us "colored" or "nigger." Leon Tillage grew up the son of a sharecropper in a small town in North Carolina. Told in vignettes, this is his story about walking four miles to the school for black children, a…
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- 0439283191
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- 107 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- 920 TIL
Dear Dr. Bell..... your friend, Helen Keller
Helen Keller was only six years old when she met Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone. The meeting was an eventful one,marking the beginning of a lifelong friendship. It was Bell who guided Helen's parents to a teacher and helped Helen adjust to an extremely public life. "You can do anything you think you can," wrote Dr. Bell to Helen. "Remember that many will be brave in yo…
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- 0590486780
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- 95 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- 920 KEL
Sojourner Truth
This unique biography of Sojourner Truth tells the exciting story of her life using personal recollections, as well as letters and articles written by those who knew her. "I am pleading for the mothers, Who gaze in wild despair, Upon the hated auction-block, And see their children there." With these words Sojourner Truth sang about the pain that women slaves felt when their children were …
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- 0439263239
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- 128 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- In Their Own Words
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- 920 TRU
A picture book of Sacagawea
A concise look at the legendary Shoshone woman who led explorers Lewis and Clark on their route from the Dakotas to the Pacific Ocean. Born in the Rocky Mountains, Sacagawea was taken captive and held hundreds of miles away from home for years. When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark came through her new village, Sacagawea was offered as a guide since the explorers were heading toward Shosho…
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- 0439260965
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- 32 pages : illustration : 20 cm
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- 920 SAC
Women of hope : African Americans who made a difference
The story of thirteen African American women who followed their hearts and changed America, now in paperback. Joyce Hansen's brief, well-crafted biographies, and the striking black-and-white photographs that accompany them, reveal the remarkable strength of thirteen African American women. Spanning over a century, these women, including Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Marian Wright Edelman, Toni Morri…
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- 9780590939744
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- 31 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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- 920 HAN
Atlantic adventure
Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. Atlantic Adventure sails across the Atlantic Ocean with Michael Perham as we see how he broke a world record. Each book contains inside cover notes tha…
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- 9780198301806
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- Project X Origins
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- 910.9163 PER
Little leaders : bold women in black history
Did you know the treatment for leprosy was developed by a young scientist called Alice Ball? And Josephine Baker- world famous cabaret singer and dancer- was also a spy for the French résistance? Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in the world's history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations. Debut autho…
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- 9780241346839
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- 87 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- 920.72 HAR
Settlements
Describes human settlements throughout the world examining how they are formed and the different types of places in which people choose to settle.
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- 0750204427
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- 32 pages : illustration : 27 cm
- Series Title
- Young Geographer
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- 910 MIL
The first settlements
This series recreates periods of history with illustrations, photographs and maps to accompany the text. The text guides the reader through major historical eras and aims to create an evocative sense of period. A timechart at the end of the book provides a reference source.
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- 0863139876
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- 77 pages : illustration ; 31 cm
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- The Human Story
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- 910 ROB
How to tell a folktale
This book introduces readers to the folktale genre. Readers will learn that folktales are often passed down and retold from generation to generation. Writing activities help readers write their own folktales.
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- 9780778716310
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- 32 pages : illustration : 26 cm
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- Text Styles
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- 808 ALE
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