Angela Johnson
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Empower young readers to embrace their individuality, reject societal limitations, and follow their dreams. This inspiring picture book brings together a poem by acclaimed author Angela Johnson and Nina Crews's distinctive photocollage illustrations to celebrate girls of color" -- Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
4) Heaven
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
At fourteen, Marley knows she has Momma's hands and Pops's love for ice cream, that her brother doesn't get on her nerves too much, and that Uncle Jack is a big mystery. But Marley doesn't know all she thinks she does, because she doesn't know the truth. And when the truth comes down with the rain one stormy summer afternoon, it changes everything. It turns Momma and Pops into liars. It makes her brother a stranger and Uncle Jack an even bigger mystery....
6) Julius
Author
Language
English
Description
"Maya and Julius, the pig her grandfather brings her from Alaska, learn about fun and sharing together"-- Provided by publisher.
8) Wind flyers
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Description
A boy's love of flight takes him on a journey from the dusty dirt roads of Alabama to the war-torn skies of Europe. Introduces young readers to the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Publication Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by his family experiences and his parents' paintings, a young boy creates four poems. In four vibrant verses and spectacular oil paintings, a young boy revels in the everyday pleasures of growing up in a family of fine artists. A still life of shoes inspires Noah to measure his own little ones against the big ones of his father. The whirl of an abstract painting encourages him to spin with his older sister. The moon outside his window is...
12) Sweet, hereafter
Author
Series
Heaven volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Sweet leaves her family and goes to live in a cabin in the woods with the quiet but understanding Curtis, to whom she feels intensely connected, just as he is called back to serve again in Iraq.
16) Toning the sweep
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Publication Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living. The videotaping is Ola's idea--Ola, Emmie's grandma who lives in the California desert is dying of cancer. Emmie and her mother have come to "the dry" to pack up Ola's house and take her back to a hospital in Cleveland....
17) Una niña como yo
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Publication Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"Motiva a las personas jóvenes a abrazar su individualidad, rechazar las limitaciones de la sociedad y perseguir sus sueños. Este inspirador libro ilustrado reúne un poema de la aclamada autora Angela Johnson y las características ilustraciones de fotomontaje de Nina Crews para celebrar a las niñas de color."-- Amazon.com.
The poem and photo collage illustrations encourage girls of all backgrounds to use their imaginations, embrace their individuality,...
18) Do like Kyla
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Publication Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
A little girl imitates her big sister Kyla all day, until in the evening Kyla imitates her. Kyla is a loving big sister and an excellent role model for her younger sibling. Story about sisterly love and the special relationship that can exist between sisters.



