Jerry Pinkney
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Series
Hui ben guan volume 066
Publisher
Tian xia yuan jian gu fen you xian gong si
Publication Date
2010.
Language
中文(繁體)
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English
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Adult - Black Women Authors in Fiction
Adult Summer Reading and Activity Challenge 2025 List of Banned Books
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Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years. This poetic, graceful love story, rooted in Black folk traditions and steeped in mythic realism, celebrates boldly and brilliantly African-American culture and heritage....
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English
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Black History Month
Celebrating Black Creators
Eisenhower Public Library Kids Black History Month
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Eisenhower Public Library Kids Black History Month
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"The true story behind the writing of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech."--Provided by publisher.
27) John Henry
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English
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Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month - Youth
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
Telling a People's Story
Black History Month - Youth
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
Telling a People's Story
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Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
28) Aesop's fables
Publisher
SeaStar Books
Publication Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A collection of nearly sixty fables from Aesop, including such familiar ones as "The Grasshopper and the Ants, " "The North Wind and the Sun, " "Androcles and the Lion, " "The Troublesome Dog, " and "The Fox and the Stork."
31) I have a dream
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English
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Black Authors: Youth Nonfiction (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR KING 2023
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR KING 2023
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"From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King: "My father's dream continues to live on from generation to generation, and this beautiful and powerful illustrated edition of his world-changing "I Have a Dream" speech brings his inspiring message of freedom, equality, and peace to the youngest among us--those who will one day carry his dream forward for everyone.On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the...
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English
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Black History Month
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
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OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
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In segregated Nashville during the 1950s, a young African American girls endures a series of indignities and obstacles to get to the public library, one of the few integrated places in the city.
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English
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"As a curious little chipmunk leaves his nest to greet the twilight, he gazes at the glittering sky above him. He can't help but also notice the sparkling dewdrops on a spider's web, the lights of the fireflies, and the shimmers of moonlight on the water. 'How I wonder what you are!' marvels the tiny creature, launching a dreamlike quest to reach for the stars."--Amazon.com.
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Houghton Mifflin reading the literature experience volume level 3+
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English
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A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.
39) In plain sight
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"An ailing grandfather and his helpful granddaughter play a unique game of seek and find"-- Provided by publisher.
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
[2008]
Language
English
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From the Publisher: In July 1969, the world witnessed an awe-inspiring historical achievement when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. For the young protagonist of this lyrical and hopeful picture book, that landing is something that inspires her to make one giant step toward all of the possibilities that life has to offer. Caldecott Honor-winning painter Jerry Pinkney and the poetic Dianna Hutts Aston...




