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Ruby and the Booker boys : brand new school, brave new Ruby
Eight-year-old ultra-fabulous Ruby Marigold Booker returns in this reissue of the Ruby and the Booker Boys series by Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor author Derrick Barnes! Brought to you by Newbery Honor author Derrick Barnes, eight-year-old Ruby Booker is the baby sis of Marcellus (11), Roosevelt (10), and Tyner (9), the most popular boys on Chill Brook Ave. When Ruby isn't hanging…
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- 9780545017602
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- 130 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- B
Where does the trail lead?
A young boy has a summer adventure in the outdoors in this lyrical and sweet picture book featuring luminous art by Coretta Scott King Award–winning illustrator Brian Pinkney. On Summertime Island, a boy follows a trail through buttercups and snapdragons, over sand and pine needles, with the smell of the sea always in his nostrils.
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- 0671734091
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- A
Feast for 10
A counting book that features an African-American family shopping for food, preparing dinner, and sitting down to eat. Lively read-aloud text paired with bright collage illustrations.
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- 9780590484664
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- 32 pages : illustration : 26 cm
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- 513.2 FAL
A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the…
This book tells the inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson – made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures – who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the Moon. Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn’t have the same rights as others – as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers…
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- 9780316435178
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- 510.92 SLA
Everett Anderson's year
Everett Anderson, a young African-American boy living in the city, experiences the joys that each month of the year has to offer, playing in the February snow and enjoying his freedom on a June afternoon. Reissue.
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- 9780805022476
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- 529 CLI
Counting on Katherine
The bold story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA during the space race and was depicted in the film Hidden Figures. You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 moon landing. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo 13 returned safely home? As a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count. She counted the steps on the roa…
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- 9781250137524
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- 925 BEC
Anansi and the moss-covered rock
When Anansi the Spider finds a strange moss-covered rock in the forest, he uses it to trick all his animal friends. But Little Bush Deer is onto Anansi's scheme, and hatches a plan to beat him at his own game. Based on tales originating in West Africa and familiar in Caribbean culture, the five-book Anansi the Trickster series is full of slapstick humor and mischief. Eric A. Kimmel’s imagi…
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- 9780823407989
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- 32 pages : illustration : 24 cm
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- 398.24 KIM
This child, every child : a book about the world's children
A groundbreaking book of statistics and stories that compare the lives of children around the world today.Every second of every day, four more children are added to the world's population of over 2.2 billion children. Some of these 2.2 billion children will be cared for and have enough to eat and a place to call home. Many others will not be so fortunate.The bestselling author-illustrator team …
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- 9781554534661
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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- 305.2 SMI
Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale
"In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark. . . . Matching the art is Aardema's uniquely onomatopoeic text . . . An impressive showpiece."
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- 0140549056
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- 32 pages : illustration : 26 cm
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- 398.2 AAR
..If you lived at the time of Martin Luther King
If you lived at the time of Martin Luther King --When did the civil rights movement begin? --Were children involved in civil rights protests? --What was the March on Washington? This book tells you what it was like during the exciting era when Martin Luther King led the fight against segregation.
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- 9780590425827
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- 80 pages : illustration ; 18 cm
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- 323 LEV
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