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2020.
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Black History Month 2023 Children
Black Voices | Kids PEQ
DEN - You Can Do It! 💪
JEF - Black Voices (Children)
Black Voices | Kids PEQ
DEN - You Can Do It! 💪
JEF - Black Voices (Children)
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A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to Black and Brown children everywhere reminds them how much they matter, that they have always mattered and they always will.
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When Nigel looks up at the moon, his future is bright. He imagines himself as...an astronaut, a dancer, a superhero, too! Among the stars, he twirls. With pride, his chest swells. And his eyes, they glow. Nigel is the most brilliant body in the sky. But it's Career Week at school, and Nigel can't find the courage to share his dreams. It's easy to whisper them to the moon, but not to his classmates--especially when he already feels out of place.
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When the electricity goes out, twelve-year-old Eddie and his friends set out to investigate what is going on when they make the startling discovery that they are the only ones left in their neighborhood--and perhaps the only people left anywhere.
7) A library
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English
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In this ode to libraries where everyone who loves stories is welcome, a world-renowned poet captures the magic of these places for imagination, exploration and escape.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"It's 1967, and eleven-year-old Ellis Earl Brown has big dreams. He's going to grow up to be a teacher or a lawyer--or maybe both--and live in a big brick house in town. There'll always be enough food in the icebox, and his mama won't have to run herself ragged looking for work as a maid in order to support Ellis Earl and his eight siblings and niece, Vera. So Ellis Earl applies himself at school, soaking up the lessons that Mr. Foster teaches his...
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[2023]
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English
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"Three kids. One dog. And the island of Manhattan, laid out in an old treasure map. Zane is itching for an adventure that will take him away from his family’s boarding house in Rockaway, Queens. So when he is entrusted with a real treasure map, leading to a spot somewhere in Manhattan, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry over to the city to start the search with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop. Through strange coincidence, they...
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Every Tuesday Lola and her mother visit their local library to return and check out books, attend story readings, and share a special treat. On board pages.
Every Tuesday Lola and her mother visit their local library to return and check out books, attend story readings, and share a special treat.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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First edition.
Language
English
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Fourth-grader Bakari Katari Johnson is having a really bad day--class bullies Tariq and Keisha are mad at him, his best friend Wardell has nominated him for hall monitor, a pack of ice zombies from a frozen world are demanding he return the magic ring that Keisha has, and somehow he has to find a way to save the school.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Tiffany Donovan needs cookies for the annual Devils' Pass Middle School Cookie Sale, though she is a little suspicious of the strange woman at the bakery offering them free; still, everybody seems to love the cookies--but when everyone who ate the cookiesstarts behaving like sleep-walking robots Tiffany remembers that in Devils' Pass there is no such thing as a free cookie.
16) Read and rise
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Photographs and poetic text celebrate reading as a means of encouraging African American children to pursue their dreams.
18) M is for Melanin
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Each letter of the alphabet contains affirming, Black-positive messages, from A is for Afro, to F is for Fresh, to W is for Worthy. This book teaches children their ABCs while encouraging them to love the skin that they're in."--Provided by publisher.
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2024.
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
"When twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway and his friends are left home from Beach Bash, aka the greatest party of the year, only to realize that everyone in town has disappeared without a trace, they do what any smart, responsible kids would do ... have the best day ever! No parental supervision sounds fun for a while, but forever is a long time. And soon the gang starts to notice strange things happening around town, and they're only getting stranger....
20) Brown sugar babe
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Brown is .... When a little girl has doubts about the color of her skin, her mother shows her all the wonderful, beautiful things brown can be!" --from dust cover.
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