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c2003, Pre-adolescent, Raintree Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African American biographies (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: Recounts the life of the famous blues singer who flourished during the 1920s.
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c2003, University Press of America Call No: 811 .52099287 0896073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a critical assessment of the creative achievements of five African-American women poets of the Harlem Renaissance, including Georgia Douglas Johnson, Anne Spencer, Helen Johnson, Gwen Bennett, and Angelina Grimke, and includes discussion of Zora Neale Hurston's novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
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[2018]., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION MCC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible.
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[2018], Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: REALISTIC F MCC Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: Historical Fiction FIC MCM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: Historical fiction FIC MCCULLOUGH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible.
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2019., Adolescent, Penguin Books Call No: Historical FIC McCullough Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Artemisia Gentileschi is only twelve when her mother dies. She is given a choice--become a nun, or commit to a life of grinding pigment for her father's paints. She chooses the paint. By seventeen, Artemisia has become one of Italy's most talented painters--but in Rome in 1610 men take whatever credit they want from women, and Artemisia's work goes unnoticed. After she is raped, she decides to take her future into her own hands.
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By Avi,, 1937-2022., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Fic Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mangus the Magician and his thirteen-year-old servant, Fabrizio, are commanded to go to Venice, on pain of death, to find a book by Friar Luca Pacioli that reportedly contains a magical means of making money; but Venice is a strange and dangerous city, and someone else is also after the book. Mangus is arrested, and taken to the prison, and Fabrizio and Bianca, an orphan he has met, must find a way to secure the book, save Magnus, and themselves.
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2004., Benchmark Books Call No: Renaissance Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the social and economic structure of country life during the Renaissance, from about 1400-1600, and the role of the peasants, villagers, and landowners in the shaping of European civilization.
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-- Story of friars, flirtation and foul play2007., Bloomsbury USA Children's Books ; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description Summary Note: Silvano and Chiara, teens sent to live in a friary and a nunnery in Renaissance Italy, are drawn to one another and dream of a future together, but when murders are committed in the friary, they must discover who is behind the crimes before they can realize their love.
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2004., Greenwood Press Call No: REF 509.4 KREBS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries through the ages.Summary Note: Describes significant experiments, inventions, and discoveries made from 500 to 1600 A.D. in eight areas of science including astronomy, geography and exploration, botany and zoology, medicine and health, mathematics, physics and chemistry, inventions and innovations, and weapons and war.
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c2008., Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 973.914 CAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Summary Note: Discusses various aspects of the 1920s in the U.S., covering topics such as family life, material culture, social attitudes, religion, education, entertainment, sports, public health, and trends such as bootlegging, the Harlem Renaissance, Art Deco design, and jazz music.
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2001., Juvenile, U X L Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF HOW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a comprehensive overview of the events and people that comprised this rich period in American history in the early twentieth century.
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c1996, Juvenile, Millbrook Press Call No: 700 .89 96073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the early twentieth-century artistic and intellectual revolution in black America.
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2001., U X L Call No: REF 974.7 HOWES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a comprehensive overview of the events and people that comprised this rich period in American history in the early twentieth century. Includes biographies of Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, W.E.B. Du Bois, and others.
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2004., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 973.915 BLO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Bloom's period studiesSummary Note: Contains nineteen essays in which the authors examine various aspects of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, discussing the origins of the movements, its major figures and artists, and the challenges they faced.
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By Orr, Tamra[2019]., Juvenile, Lucent Press Call No: HI-INT 305.89 ORR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The Harlem Renaissance was an exciting period in American history, and readers are placed in the middle of this vibrant African American cultural movement through engaging main text, annotated quotations from historical figures and scholars, and carefully selected primary sources. Eye-catching sidebars and a comprehensive timeline highlight important artists, writers, and works from the Harlem Renaissance to give readers a strong sense of this essential social studies curriculum topic. The influence of the Harlem Renaissance can still be seen in the cultural contributions of African Americans today, making this a topic that is sure to resonate with readers"--
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[2014], Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 974.7 100496073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: You choose: History.Summary Note: Describes the events of the Harlem Renaissance and explains its impact on arts and culture, in a book where the reader's choices reveal the historical details from three different perspectives.
