Search Results: Returned 13 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 13
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By Tate, Don[2015], Juvenile, Peachtree Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the life of African-American slave and poet George Moses Horton whose love of words set him free.
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-- Remarkable story of George Moses Horton of Chapel HillBy Tate, Don2015, Pre-adolescent, Peachtree Publishers Call No: 811 .4 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Relates the story of North Carolina slave George Moses Horton, who taught himself to read, learned to write, and became a well-known, published poet in spite of his slave status.
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-- Remarkable story of George Moses HortonBy Tate, Don2015., Pre-adolescent, Peachtree Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As a boy, George Moses Horton taught himself to read, and "words loosened the chains of bondage." During six decades of enslavement, he became a poet and the first African American published in the South.
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c2009, Preschool, Dutton Children's Books Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina public library and insists on checking out some books, despite the rule that only white people can have library cards. Includes facts about McNair, who grew up to be an astronaut.
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c2009., Preschool, Dutton Children's Books Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina public library and insists on checking out some books, despite the rule that only white people can have library cards. Includes facts about McNair, who grew up to be an astronaut.
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-- Song of Willie Maysc2000., Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Rhyming text tells the story of Willie Mays, from his childhood in Alabama to his triumphs in baseball and his acquisition of the nickname the "Say Hey Kid."
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c2010., Collins Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Effa Manley made sure Negro League players were treated fairly, but she never dreamed she would be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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By Tate, Don[2017], Primary, Charlesbridge Call No: B San Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Little Friedrich Muller was a puny weakling who longed to be athletic and strong like the ancient Roman gladiators. Inspired by his own experiences body-building, Don Tate tells the story of how Eugen Sandow changed the way people think about strength and exercise.
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By Tate, Don[2017], Primary, Charlesbridge Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Little Friedrich Muller was a puny weakling who longed to be athletic and strong like the ancient Roman gladiators. Inspired by his own experiences body-building, Don Tate tells the story of how Eugen Sandow changed the way people think about strength and exercise.
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2004., Primary, Houghton Mifflin Co. Call No: 398.2 089 96073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Set in the backwoods of North Carolina, a collection of tales features the clever Bruh Rabbit and his colorful kin as they go about their daily lives in their simple and rustic world.
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c1998., Juvenile, Perfection Learning Call No: 398.2 0951 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Cover-to-cover booksSummary Note: This book is a collection of 5 folktales from China. The last entry is a play.
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[2016], Juvenile, Charlesbridge Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Describes how Lonnie Johnson, an African American scientist for NASA, tried to create a new cooling system for air conditioners and refrigerators and accidentally stumbled upon the mechanics that would lead to the invention of the Super Soaker.
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-- Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Charlesbridge Call No: PICTURE B BAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Lonnie Johnson, an engineer at NASA who is best know for inventing the Super Soaker water gun.
