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Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
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Description
Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First US edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 470L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Lola plants a flower garden with her parent's help, and watches it grow.
23) Keeping it real
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Marigold's family owns Flexx Unlimited, a hip-hop lifestyle company, and she attends the elite school Flowered Arms Academy, but she has never felt entirely comfortable in the mostly White school, and she prefers to hang out with Justice, relatively new to the school, but a star basketball player; so enrolling in Style High with him, a trainee program funded by Mari's family, seems like a good way to spend the summer--until she meets...
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant's friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls, Ant only has one thing on his mind: how he'll measure up to his father's expectations at the card table. Then Ant's best friend gets grounded, and he's forced to find another spades...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
When you look like us--brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades--everyone else thinks you're trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing black girl from public housing because she must've brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriend--a drug dealer--and his friends. But she's been gone too long. Nic, where are you? If I hadn't hung...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake... no thanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the water-it's terrifying. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation...
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes of Oak Glen Primary School is looking for a new best friend, and he decides that the best way to find one is to come up with a bunch of amazing things to do at recess--and see who shares in the fun.
30) Jabari tries
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Jabari is making a flying machine in his backyard! "It'll be easy. I don't need any help," he declares. But it doesn't work! Jabari is frustrated. Good thing Dad is there for a pep talk and his little sister, Nika, is there to assist, fairy wings and all. With the endearing father-child dynamic of Jabari Jumps and engaging mixed-media illustrations, Gaia Cornwall's tale shows that through perseverance and flexibility, an inventive...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Why? distills the conversations many children and adults are having about race, injustice, and anger in communities throughout our country, and gives them context that young readers can connect with. Heartfelt and deeply piercing illustrations from Shane W. Evans will leave a lasting impact on readers of any age. One that will hopefully lead to more conversations, change, and peace within our own communities and the world." --
33) Hiking day
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A little girl and her family go hiking up a nearby mountain for the very first time.
34) Family reunion
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books, step inside a story
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
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35) Soulful holidays
Author
Publisher
Lawton Classic Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An inclusive rhyming story celebrating the joys of Christmas and Kwanzaa! Soulful holidays give readers a sense of the soulful nature of both Christmas and Kwanzaa in a way that honors the Black and African American experience."--Back cover.
36) Like so
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2024].
Edition
First Little Simon edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Just as the sun loves the day and the moon loves the waves, a grandmother shows how her family's love is natural and connected to the world around them.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Exploring the day-to-day life of a young Black child and her family, this lyrical picture book centers around Olivia, who, worrying about her father while he's at work, anxiously awaits his return, knowing that when he gets home, the evening will be full of love and fun.
Author
Series
Sixties trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
495 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1964 in Greenwood, Mississippi, and Sunny's town is being invaded by people from up north who are coming to help people register to vote. Her personal life isn't much better, as a new stepmother, brother, and sister are crowding into her life, giving her little room to breathe.--From publisher description.
39) Little Shaq
Author
Series
Little Shaq volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
73 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Seven-year-old Shaquille O'Neal, a talented basketball and video game player, learns to share the spotlight with his cousin Barry when the youngsters work together to earn money by watering plants.
40) Locs not dreads
Author
Publisher
The Innovation Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
41 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Selah can't wait to show off her newly loc'd hair at school, but when she bounces off the bus, her classmates react with whispers and a word Selah hasn't heard before: dreadlocks. The word dread makes her uneasy. Is there something scary about her hair? Selah's family shares stories about standing up to hair discrimination and why they love their locs, helping Selah return to school with confidence, because there's absolutely nothing dreadful about...
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