Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott

A riveting account of the civil rights boycott that changed history by the foremost author of history for young people. Now a classic, Freedman’s book tells the dramatic stories of the heroes who stood up against segregation and Jim Crow laws in 1950s Alabama. A master of succinct historical narratives, Freeman explains the contributions of and sacrifices made by Rosa Parks and Claudette …

Philip Hall likes me. I reckon maybe

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0439168287

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135 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

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The skin I'm in

Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at her about her homemade clothes or her good grades, it's about her dark, black skin. When a new teacher, whose face is blotched with a startling white patch, starts at their school, Maleeka can see there is bound to be trouble for her too. But the new teacher's attitude surprises Maleeka. Miss S…

African-Americans in the thirteen colonies

Using many photographs, this is a simple overview of the part played by African Americans during the formative years of the colonial period. The freedom sought by so many Europeans who came to America was not shared with many Africans & their descendants. The brief descriptions in this book tell of slavery as well as the limited freedoms of free blacks. Phillis Wheatley, Jean Baptiste Pointe du…

Sounder

Set in the Deep South, this Newbery Medal-winning novel tells the story of the great coon dog, Sounder, and the poor sharecroppers who own him. During the difficult years of the nineteenth century South, an African-American boy and his poor family rarely have enough to eat. Each night, the boy's father takes their dog, Sounder, out to look for food and the man grows more desperate by the day…

Bird

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent in Illustrations, EMIERT/ALA Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Best Books, Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews Notable Children's Book, American Library Association (ALA) Children's Books of the Year, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Editor's Favorites, The Bloomsbury Review Starred Review, The Horn Book Story Telling Worl…

Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs : lost in the tunnel of time

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0439574641

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81 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

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Donavan's word jar

Donavan is fascinated by words. They seem to leap out at him from books, signs, even the back of cereal boxes. He savors each word as he learns to say it and discovers its meaning. He keeps the words he collects on slips of paper in a big glass jar. But one day the jar is almost full and Donavan has a dilemma. How can he make room for new words without giving up all the terrific words alre…

Jazzimagination : a journal to read and write

Thirteen-year-old Jazzy keeps a journal in which she records her thoughts about family, friends, boys, school, dreams, nature, and colors. Provides space for readers to record their own thoughts and feelings.

The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963

The Newbery Honor-winning American classic, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 , celebrates 20 years with this anniversary edition featuring a special letter from Christopher Paul Curtis and an introduction by noted educator Dr. Pauletta Bracy. Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and bro…