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1) Sulwe
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When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.
7) Me & Mama
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English
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2nd Grade Reading
Books for Preschoolers (3-4 years old)
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
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Books for Preschoolers (3-4 years old)
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
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For a little girl on a rainy day, the best place to be is with Mama.
10) Nelson Mandela
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Presents a picture book biography of Nelson Mandela, describing his childhood, education, work to end apartheid, incarceration, and eventual freedom.
11) In plain sight
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English
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"An ailing grandfather and his helpful granddaughter play a unique game of seek and find"--
12) Swim team
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ALA Youth Media Award Winners 2023
Best Graphic Novels and Comics 2022
Game Time Graphic Novels
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Best Graphic Novels and Comics 2022
Game Time Graphic Novels
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"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help"--
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Books for Kindergarteners
Cars and Trucks and Things that Go!
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
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Cars and Trucks and Things that Go!
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
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A young boy, CJ, rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
14) I have a dream
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Illustrates the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, jr., as they were presented in his "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963.
16) Jazz
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Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the roots of jazz music.
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In exuberant verse and stirring pictures, Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson create an extraordinary portrait of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world. Meticulously researched by both author and artist, Josephine's powerful story of struggle and triumph is an inspiration and a spectacle, just like the legend herself....
18) Thunder Rose
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Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.
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Children's Books About Black Business Owners
Picture Books for Black History Month
Preschool Read Alikes for 2024 Nashville Reads!
Picture Books for Black History Month
Preschool Read Alikes for 2024 Nashville Reads!
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Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
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Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).