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Mirandy and brother wind
In this Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winning tale, Mirandy is determined to capture the best partner for the junior cakewalk jubilee. And who is the best partner? The wind, of course! Grandmama Beasley says, “Can’t nobody put shackles on Brother Wind, chile. He be special. He be free.” With neighbors up and down Ridgetop suggesting all manner of strategies, and friend Eze…
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- 0679883339
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Flossie & the fox
A wily fox, notorious for stealing eggs, meets his match when he encounters a bold little girl in the woods who insists upon proof that he is a fox before she will be frightened.
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- 0590458841
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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Uncle Jed's barbershop
As the only black barber in a county of sharecroppers during the 1920s, Uncle Jed traveled for miles to tend to his customers. Saving his money to build his very own barbershop was a dream that had to be postponed because of his generous heart and the Depression. Then one glorious day, on his 79th birthday, Uncle Jed finally opened the doors of his new shop. Full color.
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- 9780689819131
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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The bus ride
With its inspiring introduction by Rosa Parks, The Bus Ride is a timely reminder for readers of all ages that no act is too small when it comes to confronting injustice. Sarah and her mother ride the bus every day. There are lots of other people on the bus, but some passengers aren't allowed to sit in certain areas. One day, Sarah decides to see what she's missing by sitting at the back of …
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- 9781880000601
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Granddaddy's gift
When her grandfather registers to vote while living in segregated Mississippi, an Afro-American girl begins to understand why he insists that she attend school.
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- 043968451X
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Knots on a counting rope
In Knots on a Counting Rope, Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault tell a poignant story about a boy’s emerging confidence in facing his blindness in this beautiful children’s picture book illustrated by Ted Rand. By the warmth of a campfire beneath a starry night sky, a Navajo youth named Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses listens to the tale of his birth from his grandfather. Although blind, …
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- 0590994484
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Dancing with the Indians
A young black girl recounts her family's annual participation in the ceremonies of the Seminole tribe that during the Civil War, some seventy years earlier, had given sanctuary to her grandfather, an escaped slave.
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- 0590459821
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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Knots on a counting rope
In Knots on a Counting Rope, Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault tell a poignant story about a boy’s emerging confidence in facing his blindness in this beautiful children’s picture book illustrated by Ted Rand. By the warmth of a campfire beneath a starry night sky, a Navajo youth named Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses listens to the tale of his birth from his grandfather. Although blind, …
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- 9780805084798
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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Chicken Sunday
After being initiated into a neighbor's family by a solemn backyard ceremony, a young Russian American girl and her African American brothers' determine to buy their grandma Eula a beautiful Easter hat. But their good intentions are misunderstood, until they discover just the right way to pay for the hat that Eula's had her eye on. A loving family story woven from the author's childhood.
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- 059046244X
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Families are different
An adopted Korean girl discovers that all families are different. Nico doesn't look like her mom and dad. That's because she's adopted. Nico looks around and realizes she's like everyone else --- she's different!
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- 0590463179
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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