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| March: Book Three |
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John Lewis
School Library Journal Gr 8 Up-The final installment in the celebrated graphic novel trilogy that documents C...More |
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| 2017 |
| Radiant Child |
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Javaka Steptoe
School Library Journal Gr 1-5-Through a simple text and vivid mixed-media collage art, the author evokes the ...More |
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| 2017 |
| The Sun Is Also a Star |
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Nicola Yoon
Book list *Starred Review* On a summer morning in New York City, Daniel and Natasha wake up as strangers. Thi...More |
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| 2017 |
| As Brave As You |
Jason Reynolds
School Library Journal Gr 5-8-Reynolds makes his middle grade debut with a multigenerational story featuring ...More |
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| 2017 |
| Freedom Over Me |
Ashley Bryan
School Library Journal Gr 4-6-Using real documents from an estate appraisal dated July 5, 1828, Bryan has cre...More |
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| 2017 |
| Freedom in Congo Square |
Carole Boston Weatherford
Book list *Starred Review* Coretta Scott King Honorees Weatherford and Christie have created a gorgeously art...More |
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| 2017 |
| In Plain Sight |
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C. J. Box
Publishers Weekly Wyoming Game and Fish warden Joe Pickett-honest, upright and hardworking-tends to attract ...More |
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| 2016 |
| Gone Crazy in Alabama |
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Rita Williams Garcia
Book list *Starred Review* Readers of One Crazy Summer (2010) and P.S. Be Eleven (2013) have spent quality ti...More |
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| 2016 |
| Trombone Shorty |
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Troy Andrews
School Library Journal Gr 1-4-"Where y'at?" Troy Andrews, aka Trombone Shorty, opens his book w...More |
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| 2016 |
| Hoodoo |
Ronald L. Smith
Book list Smith's debut novel introduces readers to Hoodoo, a 12-year-old African American boy living in ...More |
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| 2016 |
| Voice of Freedom |
Carole Boston Weatherford
School Library Journal Gr 6 Up-This welcome biography brings to light one of the civil rights movement's ...More |
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| 2016 |
| All American Boys |
Jason Reynolds
School Library Journal Gr 8 Up-Rashad Butler is a quiet, artistic teen who hates ROTC but dutifully attends b...More |
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| 2016 |
| X: A Novel |
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Ilyasah Shabazz
Publishers Weekly This fictionalized account of the boy who became Malcolm X maintains a suspenseful, poetic ...More |
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| 2015 |
| Brown girl dreaming |
Jacqueline Woodson
Book list *Starred Review* What is this book about? In an appended author's note, Woodson says it best: m...More |
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| 2015 |
| Firebird |
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Christopher Myers
School Library Journal Gr 2-6-A poetic dialogue between an aspiring young dancer and the American Ballet Thea...More |
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| 2014 |
| PS Be Eleven |
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Rita Williams Garcia
Book list *Starred Review* The Gaither sisters Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are newly returned from a summer s...More |
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| 2014 |
| Knock knock my dads dream for me |
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written by Daniel Beaty and illustrated by Bryan Collier
Publishers Weekly Beaty's spoken-word performance about a childhood lived in the shadow of incarceration...More |
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| 2013 (Illustrator) |
| I, Too, Am America |
written by Langston Hughes and illustrated by Bryan Collier
Book list A celebration of Pullman porters is the focus of this new picture-book edition of Langston Hughes&#...More |
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| 2011 (Author) |
| One Crazy Summer |
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Rita Williams Garcia
Publishers Weekly Williams-Garcia (Jumped) evokes the close-knit bond between three sisters, and the fervor ...More |
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| 2011 (Illustrator) |
| Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave |
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illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill
School Library Journal K-Gr 4-The life of an astonishingly prolific and skilled potter who lived and died a ...More |
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| 2010 (Illustrator) |
| My People |
illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr., written by Langston Hughes
School Library Journal K Up-Smith's knack for pairing poetry and photography is well documented in books...More |
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| 2009 (Illustrator) |
| The blacker the berry : poems |
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by Joyce Carol Thomas ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
Book list Black comes in all shades from dark to light, and each is rich and beautiful in this collection of ...More |
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| 2008 (Illustrator) |
| Let it Shine |
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Ashley Bryan
Publishers Weekly Bryan (Beautiful Blackbird) again proves himself a maestro with scissors (depicted on the e...More |
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| 2008 (Author) |
| Elijah of Buxton |
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Christopher Paul Curtis
Book list *Starred Review* After his mother rebukes him for screaming that hoop snakes have invaded Buxton, g...More |
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| 2007 (Author) |
| Copper Sun |
Sharon Draper
Book list Gr. 9-12. Best known for her contemporary African American characters, Draper's latest novel i...More |
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| 2006 (Illustrator) |
| Rosa |
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Nikki Giovanni
Book list Gr. 3-5. Far from the cliche of Rosa Parks as the tired little seamstress, this beautiful picture-b...More |
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| 2004 (Author) |
| The First Part Last |
Angela Johnson
School Library Journal Gr 8 Up-In this lyrical novel, 16-year-old Bobby narrates his journey into teenage fat...More |
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| 2004 (Illustrator) |
| Beautiful Blackbird |
Ashley Bryan
School Library Journal K-Gr 2-Because they haven't got a spot of black on their bodies, the colorful bir...More |
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| 2003 (Author) |
| Bronx Masquerade |
Nikki Grimes
School Library Journal Gr 8 Up-A flowing, rhythmic portrait of the diversity and individuality of teen chara...More |
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| 2002 (Author) |
| The Land |
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Mildred Taylor
School Library Journal Gr 7-10-In this prequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Dial, 1976), readers meet th...More |
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| 2002 (Illustrator) |
| Goin Someplace Special |
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Jerry Pinkney
Book list Ages 5-8. Tricia Ann excitedly gets her grandmother's permission to go out by herself to "...More |
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| 2001 (Author) |
| Miracles Boys |
Jacqueline Woodson
Publishers Weekly Once again, Woodson (If You Come Softly; From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun) reveals a keen ...More |
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| 2001 (Illustrator) |
| Uptown |
Bryan Collier
Publishers Weekly "Collier's watercolor and collage artwork effectively blends a boy's idealis...More |
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| 2000 (Author) |
| Bud, Not Buddy |
Christopher Paul Curtis
Publishers Weekly As in his Newbery Honor-winning debut, The Watsons Go to BirminghamÄ1963, Curtis draws on a...More |
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| 2000 (Illustrator) |
| In the Time of the Drums |
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Kim L. Siegelson and Brian Pinkney
School Library Journal Gr 2-5-A Gullah story brought into beautiful focus by Pinkney's trademark scratchb...More |
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| 1999 (Author) |
| Heaven |
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Angela Johnson
School Library Journal Gr 6-9-What makes a person who she is? Is it her name, the people she lives with, or i...More |
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| 1999 (Illustrator) |
| I See the Rhythm |
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Michele Wood
Book list Gr. 5-8. Igus' prose poems and Wood's evocative paintings combine to give a succinct overv...More |
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| 1998 (Author) |
| Forged by Fire |
Sharon Draper
Book list Gr. 7^-10. Gerald Nickelby, a minor character in Tears of a Tiger (1994), emerges full-fledged and ...More |
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| 1998 (Illustrator) |
| In Daddys Arms I Am Tall |
Javaka Steptoe
School Library Journal Gr 3 Up?This innovative, stunningly illustrated picture book celebrates the role of fa...More |
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| 1997 (Author) |
| Slam |
Walter Dean Myers
Book list Gr. 8^-12. On the basketball court, 17-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris is in control. His dis...More |
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| 1997 (Illustrator) |
| Minty |
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Jerry Pinkney
Book list Ages 5^-9. Set on the Maryland plantation where Harriet Tubman ("Minty" ) was raised a sl...More |
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| 1996 (Author) |
| Her Stories |
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Virginia Hamilton
Publishers Weekly Hamilton fans who have wondered what happened to Cammy Coleman after the death of her cousi...More |
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| 1996 (Illustrator) |
| The Middle Passage |
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Tom Feelings
Book list In his introduction, Feelings, known best for his children's book celebrating African creativit...More |
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| 1995 (Illustrator) |
| The Creation |
James Ransome
Book list Ages 5-9. Illustrating Johnson's poem "The Creation," written in 1919, is not as easy...More |
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