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c2008., Primary, Joanna Cotler Books Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of poems, including "Golden Goodness," "Cranberry Red," and "Biscuit Brown," celebrating individuality and Afro-American identity.
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2003, c2002., General, Speak Call No: FIC GRI Availability:18 of 18 At Location(s) Summary Note: While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.
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c2007., Juvenile, HarperCollinsPublishers/Amistad Call No: 811 .54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Collection of poetry inspired by the author's childhood neighborhood.
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[2014]., Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: HI-INT B WOO Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--Provided by publisher.
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[2014], Pre-adolescent, Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: JNF007030 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--Provided by publisher.
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[2014]., Pre-adolescent, Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: MEMOIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--Provided by publisher.
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2014, Pre-adolescent, Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA Call No: JNF007030 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--Provided by publisher.
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2014, Pre-adolescent, Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA Call No: JNF007030 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--Provided by publisher.
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1993., Juvenile, HarperCollins Call No: 811 .54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: A collection of poems exploring the theme of African-American identity.
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[2021]., Viking Call No: 811.6 Gor Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Contains a collection of poems by former National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, discussing issues of racism, the COVID-19 pandemic, identity, and national and personal history.
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2021., Primary, Viking Call No: LS Gor Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A young girl helps others recognize the power they have to enact change in the world, in their communities, and within themselves.
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c1994., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: 811 HUGHES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem.
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1994, Juvenile, Knopf Call No: 811 .52 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the black experience.
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1994, Juvenile, Knopf Call No: 811 .52 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the black experience.
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1994, Juvenile, Knopf Call No: 811 .52 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the black experience.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: Historical fiction FIC CLINE-RANSOME Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
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2008., Juvenile, Wordsong Call No: 811.5 NEL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Born the prince of Dukandarra, Guinea, Broteer Furro was captured by slave traders at age six. As Broteer stepped off the African continent and onto a cargo ship bound for Rhode Island, the vessel's steward purchased the boy and gave him a new name: Venture. The young man crossed the Atlantic Ocean, landed in Narragansett, and worked through three decades of slavery to buy not only his own freedom but also the freedom of his wife and children. Remarkable in his own time for his Ambition and physical stature, Venture Smith would become known to history as the first man to document both his capture from Africa and life as an American slave. Poems by Marilyn Nelson sit opposite the text of Venture Smith's own narrative.
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c2008, Pre-adolescent, Wordsong Call No: 811 .54 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Born the prince of Dukandarra, Guinea, Broteer Furro was captured by slave traders at age six. Renamed Venture, the young man landed in Narragansett, and worked through three decades of slavery to buy his own freedom and the freedom of his wife and children. Poems by Marilyn Nelson sit opposite the text of Venture Smith's own narrative.
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-- Freedom is calling mec2012., Amisatd/Collins Call No: 811 .54 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Illustrations and text imagine what it was like for the men and women on the Underground Railroad.