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c2010, Primary, Philomel Books Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From the back of the bus, an African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.
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2009., Primary, Philomel Books Call No: E REY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From the back of the bus, an African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.
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c2010., Preschool, Boyds Mills Press Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When his father tells him not to leave the lion he is drawing on the beach, a little boy starts making a very, very long tail--and a trail to follow back.
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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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2010., Juvenile, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Call No: 973.714 SHE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Young Benjamin Holmes, a slave in Charleston who has taught himself to read, reads Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to his fellow slaves in prison.
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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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c1999., Lothrop, Lee & Shepard/Morrow Call No: Civil Rights NF HAS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including their capture, branding, conditions on slave ships, shipboard mutinies, and arrival in the Americas.
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1999., Juvenile, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books Call No: 973.01 HAS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including their capture, branding, conditions on slave ships, shipboard mutinies, and arrival in the Americas.
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[2013], Juvenile, Amistad Call No: E SMI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Demonstrates the effort that went in to constructing the White House and details the contribution of slave laborers who were able to purchase their freedom after construction was complete.
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[2013]., Juvenile, Amistad Call No: 975.3 02 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Describes the building of the White House, the home of the United States president, and how it took many hands, several of them slaves', who will be remembered throughout history for their extraordinary feat.
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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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1998, c1994., Juvenile, Putnam & Grosset Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes some of the boyhood experiences that influenced the development of the African-American poet Langston Hughes.
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1993., Philomel Books Call No: 398 HAU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of Navajo legends featuring the trickster character, Coyote.
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1993., Philomel Books Call No: E Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of Navajo legends featuring the trickster character, Coyote.
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[2014], Primary, Philomel Books Call No: E DEM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a picture book biography of Janet Collins, the first African American prima ballerina who grew up in Harlem in the 1950s and worked to overcome racial oppression to become a great ballerina.
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[2014], Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
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2021., Abrams Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Inspired by true events and told through the eyes of a young boy, this is the deeply moving story about what is regarded as the first Memorial Day on May 1, 1865. Eli dresses up in his best clothes, Mama gathers the mayflowers, Papa straightens his hat, and together they join the crowds filling the streets of Charleston, South Carolina, with bouquets, crosses, and wreaths.
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-- Day for remembering2021., Pre-adolescent, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865, ten-year-old Eli and other newly freed slaves gather to honor the memory of fallen Union soldiers, an event considered to be one of the first celebrations of what is now called Memorial Day. Includes author's note.
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-- Day for remembering2021., Primary, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: 394.26 MEMORIAL DAY Genre: Historical fiction, Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865, ten-year-old Eli and other newly freed slaves gather to honor the memory of fallen Union soldiers, an event considered to be one of the first celebrations of what is now called Memorial Day. Includes author's note, a timeline, and additional resources.
