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Author
Publisher
KCP Fiction, an imprint of Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Often shocking, always compelling, Afua Cooper's novel is based on the life of Henry Bibb, an American slave who after repeated attempts escaped in 1841 to become an anti-slavery speaker, author and founder of a Black newspaper. Cooper takes painstakingly researched details about slavery and weaves an intimate story of Bibb's young life, which is overshadowed by inconceivable brutality."--
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Born by the edge of the great African desert, seven-year-old Penda Wane is learning to be a griot -- a praise-singer and poet. But when slave traders destroy her town, her long journey across the sea begings. Too weak to stand, she is left to die on the Boston wharf. When she is finally purchased, she is renamed Phillis, after the ship that carried her as cargo, and Wheatley because she is her mistress's property. Astonished at the speed at which...
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Based on the true story of the first African American NASCAR champion Wendell Scott, Born Driven is an uplifting tale celebrating the power of persistence and big dreams. Like many other boys, Wendell Scott had a big dream: to become a race car driver. He loved to race anything and everything! Although he faced many difficulties as an African American boy in the South, Wendell had the willpower to overcome these obstacles. Join Wendell Scott for...
4) Los cuentos de Pura Belpré: de cómo una puertorriqueña transformó las bibliotecas con sus historias
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una division de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
La abuela de Pura siempre tiene una historia que compartir. Canta ¡Qui-qui-ri-quí! para el Señor Gallo, retumba Boróm, Boróm para el Señor Zapo, y cuenta la historia de una hermosa cucaracha que se enamora de un ratón. Pura abraza estas historias con la misma pasión con la que los coquíes se aferran a las hojas verdes. Cuando Pura crece y se muda de Puerto Rico a Harlem, consisgue un trabajo en la biblioteca, donde se rodea de historias,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired. Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word-making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes. His ABCs became drums, bumping jumping thumping like a heart the size of the whole country. They sent some people yelling...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Based on a true story, the author humorously recounts the time his grandfather got stranded with a friend on Surtsey, a brand new volcanic island in Iceland. The adventurers face epic challenges like molten lava, melted eyeglasses and scant supplies before finally getting rescued. Graphic novel-like layouts and spirited text invite readers to search for the one thing that's not actually true in this thrilling yet light-hearted tale of adventure....
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Multiple
Description
When a man brings to a remote village two burros, Alfa and Beto, loaded with books the children can borrow, Ana's excitement leads her to write a book of her own as she waits for the Biblioburro to return. Includes glossary of Spanish terms and a note on the true story of Columbia's Biblioburro and mobile libraries in other countries.
Ana ama las historias. Pero en su pequeño pueblo, hay pocos libros y ella ya los ha leído todos. Una mañana, Ana...
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