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A Crown of Stories: The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison
From award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford comes a captivating picture book biography about the incredible life of esteemed author, editor, and activist Toni Morrison, featuring gorgeous illustrations by debut artist Khalif Tahir Thompson.How do you tell a story?Before Toni Morrison was a Pulitzer Prize...- $19.99
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A Negro League Scrapbook
Featuring lively verse, fascinating facts, and archival photographs, here is a celebration of the Negro Leagues and the great players who went unrecognized in their time. Imagine that you are an outstanding baseball player but banned from the major leagues. Imagine that you are...- $19.95
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A Negro League Scrapbook
Featuring lively verse, fascinating facts, and archival photographs, here is a celebration of the Negro Leagues and the great players who went unrecognized in their time. Imagine that you are an outstanding baseball player but banned from the major leagues. Imagine that you are...- $10.99
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A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
Winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award A singular, richly illustrated picture book biography of Bayard Rustin, the gay Black man behind the March on Washington of 1963, by the acclaimed authors of Unspeakable: the Tulsa Race Massacre and Pride: The Story of...- $19.99
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All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, is an inspiration and role model to children of all ages. Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford tells her story of perseverance, dignity, and honor in this uplifting picture book biography filled...- $18.99
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All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, is an inspiration and role model to children of all ages. Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford tells her story of perseverance, dignity, and honor in this uplifting picture book biography filled...- $21.99
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You
You can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall. You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience. Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a...- $17.99
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You
With poetic text and dynamic art, award-winning creators Carole Boston Weatherford and James E. Ransome use key moments from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life to inspire future generations to stand up for what's right, make the world a better place, and be a...- $9.99
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Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe
In a powerful novel in verse, an award-winning author offers an eye-opening look at the life of Marilyn Monroe. From the day she was born into a troubled home to her reigning days as a Hollywood icon, Marilyn Monroe (n e Norma Jeane Mortenson)...- $19.99
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Becoming Billie Holiday
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award The stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, accessible poetry. In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie...- $19.95
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Becoming Billie Holiday
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award The stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, accessible poetry. In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie...- $10.99
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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
A lyrical picture book biography of John Coltrane that focuses on his childhood. Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear, growing up in the south during the 1930s: church songs, preachers praying, music on the radio, and the...- $8.99
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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear growing up in the South in the 1930s: preachers praying, music on the radio, the bustling of the household. These vivid noises shaped John's own sound as a musician. Carole Boston...- $18.99
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Birmingham, 1963
A poetic tribute to the victims of the racially motivated church bombing that served as a seminal event in the struggle for civil rights. In 1963, the eyes of the world were on Birmingham, Alabama, a flashpoint for the civil rights movement. Birmingham was...- $17.95
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Birmingham, 1963
Author: Carole Boston WeatherfordISBN-10: 1662660030ISBN-13: 9781662660030Publisher: WordsongLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/17/2023Pages: 40Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 7.80h x 7.32w x 0.16dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 4.4Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 116743 / Birmingham, 1963- $9.99
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Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
A Newbery Honor Book In a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery. What have I to fear?My...- $17.99
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Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
A Newbery Honor Book In a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery. What have I to fear?My...- $8.99
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Bros
A celebration of childhood from an award-winning author, this upbeat day-in-the-life of a bunch of friends was inspired by the #BlackBoyJoy meme that spurred a movement. From sunrise to sunset, a group of young Black boys joyously spend the day together as they live...- $17.99
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By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music
A stirring picture book biography from award-winning duo Carole Boston Weatherford and Bryan Collier, about gospel composer and preacher Charles Albert Tindley, best known for the gospel hymn "We'll Understand It Better By and By." At a time when most African Americans were still...- $17.99
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Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect
Discover the true story of the woman Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nicknamed "Red" because of her fiery spirit! Mary Hamilton grew up knowing right from wrong. She was proud to be Black, and when the chance came along to join the Civil Rights...- $19.99
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Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair
Celebrate the beauty of Black hair creations through the rhyming text and vibrant collage art of lauded Coretta Scott King Award winners Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes. Our hair is a lioness, born to be wild. We pride ourselves on flair and style....- $18.99
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Dorothea Lange
AV2 Fiction Readalong by Weigl brings you timeless tales of mystery, suspense, adventure, and the lessons learned while growing up. These celebrated childrens stories are sure to entertain and educate while captivating even the most reluctant readers. Log on to www.av2books.com, and enter the...- $34.28
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Dorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression
STARRED REVIEW! "Weatherford never talks down to her audience...using figurative language and rich vocabulary to tell her story...Green's debut as a picture-book illustrator is brilliant...A fine introduction to an important American artist."--Kirkus Reviews starred review Dorothea Lange saw what others missed. Before she raised...- $7.99
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Dreams for a Daughter
This stunning and empowering picture book from a New York Times bestselling author and an acclaimed illustrator celebrates a Black mother's hopes and dreams for her daughter. As I cradle you, look in your eyes, your gaze says softly, I want to know everything....- $17.99
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First Pooch: The Obamas Pick a Pet
Throughout their father's twenty-two month campaign for president, Malia and Sasha Obama begged their parents for a dog. Finally, when their father became the 44th President of the United States, he rewarded their patience and good behavior in his victory speech: "Malia and Sasha...- $9.99
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Freedom in Congo Square
Winner of a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator HonorA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016: NonfictionStarred reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and The Horn Book MagazineA Junior Library Guild SelectionThis poetic,...- $17.99
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Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old Connie where she could and could not go. But when Connie sees four young men take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, she realizes that things may soon...- $8.99
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Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old Connie where she could and could not go. But when Connie sees four young men take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworthas lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, she realizes that things may soon...- $20.40
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Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
The Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibit 2015 2015 NAACP Image Award--Outstanding Literary Work, Children New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2016--CBC/NCSS STARRED REVIEW! "Weatherford writes in the present tense with intensity,...- $16.99
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Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
The Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibit 2015 2015 NAACP Image Award--Outstanding Literary Work, Children New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2016--CBC/NCSS STARRED REVIEW! "Weatherford writes in the present tense with intensity,...- $8.99
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Grandma and Me
A celebration of family love from award-winning children's author Carole Boston Weatherford, this beautiful rhyming board book is filled with all the sweet reasons why Grandma's love is so special!With simple rhyming text, a young child reflects on the many reasons they love their...- $7.99
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Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's: A Picture Book
From Colin Kaepernick to Martin Luther King, Jr. to Benjamin Crump, Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's is a picture book celebration of Black history and excellence from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated bySavanna Durr. I have hair...- $18.99
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How Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book "This moving picture book portrays a girl who met injustice with dignity and excelled."--Booklist (starred review) From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting portrait of determination against discrimination: the story of young spelling champion MacNolia Cox....- $18.99
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How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace
An incredibly moving picture book biography of the man behind the hymn "Amazing Grace" and the living legacy of the song by New York Times bestselling author Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison. One stormy night at sea, a wayward man named...- $17.99
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I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer
The inspiring story of the Black explorer who made the first successful expedition to the North Pole. Matthew Henson was not meant to lead an ordinary life-his dreams had sails. Those dreams took him from the port of Baltimore and onto the sea, seeking...- $9.99
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In Your Hands
A black mother expresses the many hopes and dreams she has for her child in this powerful picture book masterpiece that's perfect for gift-giving. When you are a newborn, I hold your hand and study your face. I cradle you as you drift to...- $17.99
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Jazz Baby
A celebration of music and movement, this story in verse is inspired by the riffs, rhythms, and freedom of jazz.Colorful spreads show close-ups of children playing drums, piano, and bass as they swing, sway, and jitterbug to the music. Weatherford offers an appealing and...- $11.95
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Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive
In paperback for the first time, the compelling story of the famous Black Olympian who stood up to Hitler. Jesse Owens grew up during the time of Jim Crow laws, but adversity didn't stop him. After setting world records for track in high school...- $9.99
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Juneteenth Jamboree
A young girl, who has just moved to her parents' hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth.It's a fine day in June. Cassandra's family has just moved from the city back to her parents' hometown in...- $11.95
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Kin: Rooted in Hope
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book An "imaginative and moving" (The Horn Book, starred review) portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston...- $18.99
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Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi Calls the House to Order
"The text is accessible and clever. . . . It's possible that even children of Republicans will be inspired by the ending." -Kirkus Reviews"This book will inspire young readers through its positive portrayal of American politics and of Pelosi as a strong woman leader."...- $17.99
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Me and My Mama
A celebration of family love and Black joy from Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford, this beautiful rhyming board book is the perfect gift for mom!The sun is calling us outside.Mama cheers me down the slide!We wish on puffs and sift through...- $7.99
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Me and the Family Tree
A celebration of family roots from award-winning children's author Carole Boston Weatherford!I've got my brother's earsAnd my sister's big bright eyes.I've got my grandpa's handsThough mine are a smaller size.As a young girl reflects on the characteristics she shares with members of her family,...- $8.99
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Michelle Obama: First Lady
Written in free verse, this book tells the life of Michelle Obama from her birth and early years in Chicago through her career and early marriage to Barack Obama and ends with his inauguration.Author: Carole Boston WeatherfordISBN-10: 1477847618ISBN-13: 9781477847619Publisher: Two LionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/21/2014Pages: 34Format:...- $9.99
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Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book)
A Caldecott Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Award Winner From a highly acclaimed author and bestselling artist comes a resounding, reverent tribute to Harriet Tubman, the woman who earned the name Moses for her heroic role in the Underground Railroad. I set the...- $18.99
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Oprah: The Little Speaker
At age three, Oprah began performing in churches, becoming known to adoring crowds as the Little Speaker. When she was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she answered, "I want to be paid to talk." Here is the story of...- $9.99
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Outspoken: Paul Robeson, Ahead of His Time: A One-Man Show
Newbery Honoree Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Eric Velasquez--the team behind Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library--reunite to take full measure of an iconic performer and political activist. Paul Robeson rose to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance, known for his extraordinary vocal,...- $18.99
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Racing Against the Odds: The Story of Wendell Scott, Stock Car Racing's African-American Champion
Wendell O. Scott made history as the only black driver to win a race in a NASCAR Grand National (now Spring Cup) division. Born in Danville, Virginia, he scrimped and saved to buy his first car, a Model T, at age fourteen. Although he...- $9.99
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Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustration Award From a New York Times bestselling author and an acclaimed illustrator comes this vibrant portrait of Aretha Franklin that pays her the R-E-S-P-E-C-T this Queen of Soul deserves. Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter...- $18.99
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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children's literature's top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg's quest to correct history. Where is our historian to give us our side? Arturo asked. Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an...- $18.99
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