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2010., Juvenile, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Call No: 323.0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The Beatitudes form the backdrop for Weatherford's free-verse poem that traces the African American journey from slavery to civil rights.
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2020., Candlewick Press Call No: HISTORICAL F WEA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "From the day she was born into a troubled home to her reigning days as a Hollywood icon, Marilyn Monroe (nee Norma Jeane Mortenson) lived a life that was often defined by others. Here, in a luminous poetic narrative, acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford tells Marilyn's story in a way that restores her voice to its rightful place: center stage. Revisiting Marilyn's often traumatic early life--foster homes, loneliness, sexual abuse, teen marriage--through a hard-won, meteoric rise to stardom that brought with it exploitation, pill dependency, and depression, the lyrical narrative continues through Marilyn's famous performance at JFK's birthday party, three months before her death. In a story at once riveting, moving, and unflinching, Carole Boston Weatherford tells a tale of extraordinary pain and moments of unexpected grace, gumption, and perseverance, as well as the inexorable power of pursuing one's dreams. A beautifully designed volume. In a powerful novel in verse, an award-winning author offers an eye-opening look at the life of Marilyn Monroe"--From the publisher's web site.
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c2008., Adolescent, Wordsong Call No: 811 WEA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday looks back on her early years in this fictional memoir written in verse.
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c2008., Wordsong Call No: Bio Wea Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday looks back on her early years in this fictional memoir written in verse.
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2008, Preschool, Henry Holt Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This lyrical picture-book biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted sounds before he made his music.
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2008., Preschool, Henry Holt Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This lyrical picture-book biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted sounds before he made his music.
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-- Birmingham, nineteen sixty-threec2007., Wordsong Call No: 811 .6 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the feelings of a fictional character who witnessed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
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-- Birmingham, nineteen sixty-threec2007., Pre-adolescent, Wordsong Call No: 811 .6 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the feelings of a fictional character who witnessed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
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2006., Primary, Scholastic Call No: E Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Young Ovella rejoices as her community comes together to raise money and build a much-needed school in the 1920s, with matching funds from the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and support from Professor James of the Normal School.
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-- Dear Mister Rosenwaldc2006., Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: E Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Young Ovella rejoices as her community comes together to raise money and build a much-needed school in the 1920s, with matching funds from the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and support from Professor James of the Normal School.
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-- Dear Mister Rosenwaldc2006., Primary, Scholastic Press Call No: FIC E Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Young Ovella rejoices as her community comes together to raise money to build a much-needed school in the 1920s.
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-- Dear Mister Rosenwald2006., Primary, Scholastic Press Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Young Ovella rejoices as her community comes together to raise money and build a much-needed school in the 1920s, with matching funds from the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and support from Professor James of the Normal School.
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-- Photographer who found the faces of the DepressionÃ2017., Primary, Albert Whitman & Co. Call No: PICTURE NF WEA Edition: Pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A brief biography of the documentary photographer Dorothea Lange and her work during the Great Depression.
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[2016], Juvenile, Little Bee Books Edition: First edition Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Six days a week, slaves labor from sunup to sundown and beyond, but on Sunday afternoons, they gather with free blacks at Congo Square outside New Orleans, free from oppression. Includes foreword about Congo Square by Freddi Williams Evans, glossary, and historical notes
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[2016], Primary, little bee books Call No: 976.3 35 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Rhyming text describes how slaves in New Orleans, Louisiana, counted down the days until Sunday when they would gather in Congo Square and sing, dance, play music, and sell their wares.
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2007, c2005., Primary, Puffin Call No: [FIC] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The 1960 civil rights sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, are seen through the eyes of a young Southern black girl.
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c2005., Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: E WEA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The 1960 civil rights sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, are seen through the eyes of a young Southern black girl.
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c2005., Primary, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Easy WEATHERFORD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The 1960 civil rights sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, are seen through the eyes of a young Southern black girl.
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2023., Primary, Candlewick Press Call No: E WEA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination.
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2008., Pre-adolescent, Walker Call No: Biography HENSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Shares the story of Matthew Henson, an African-American man who vigorously pursued his dream to reach the North Pole along with explorer Robert Peary.