Floyd Cooper
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history. The day her ancestors were no longer slaves. Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph, as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth.
Author
Language
English
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2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grade 4
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Coretta Scott King Award Winners
Hidden Histories
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Coretta Scott King Award Winners
Hidden Histories
Formats
Description
"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
The 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race massacre was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. On May 31 and June 1 an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood,...
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This is the true story of James Lafayette, a slave who spied for George Washington's army during the American Revolution. But while America celebrated its newfound freedom, James returned to slavery. His service hadn't qualified him for the release he'd been hoping for. For James the fight wasn't over; he'd already helped his country gain its freedom, now it was time to win his own.
10) A beach tail
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When his father tells him not to leave the lion he is drawing on the beach, a little boy starts making a very, very long tail--and a trail to follow back.
11) A child is born
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Presents a poetic description of the first Christmas night and the birth of the Baby Jesus.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
14) Brick by brick
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"The White House was created by many hands, several of them slaves', who will be remembered throughout history for their extrodinary feat" -- Cover verso.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
In Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865, ten-year-old Eli and other newly freed slaves gather to honor the memory of fallen Union soldiers, an event considered to be one of the first celebrations of what is now called Memorial Day. Includes author's note.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In 1936, the New York Yankees wanted to test a hot prospect named Joe DiMaggio to see if he was ready for the big leagues. They knew just the ballplayer to call, Satchel Paige, the best pitcher anywhere, black or white.For the game, Paige joined a group of amateur African-American players, and they faced off against a team of white major leaguers plus young DiMaggio.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring picture book sports biography about two of the greatest female tennis players of all-time, outsiders who just happen to be sisters. Everyone knows the names Venus & Serena Williams. They've become synonymous with championships, hard work, and with shaking up the tennis world. This picture book, by an award-winning sports journalist who knows the Williams family personally, details the sisters' journey from a barely-there tennis court...
19) These hands
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
An African American man tells his grandson about a time when, despite all the wonderful things his hands could do, they could not touch bread at the Wonder Bread factory. Based on stories of bakery union workers; includes historical note.
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