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Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this special Passover story, Larnel Moore, a young African-American boy, and Mrs. Katz, an elderly Jewish woman, develop an unusual friendship through their mutual concern for an abandoned cat named Tush. Together they explore the common themes of suffering and triumph in each of their cultures.
2) Hair love
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A little girl's daddy steps in to help her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since theVoting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Harry sits on the porch with Mr. George Baker, an African American who is one hundred years old but can still dance and play the drums, waiting for the school bus that will take them both to the class where they are learning to read.
10) New shoes
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
�2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In this historical fiction picture book, Ella Mae and her cousin Charlotte, both African American, start their own shoe store when they learn that they cannot try on shoes at the shoe store"--
11) Meet Miss Fancy
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A ten-year-old African American boy wants to welcome the circus elephant named Miss Fancy to her new home in a nearby park, but he is disappointed to see a sign: "No Colored Allowed".
12) Corduroy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all."
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The true story of Black activist Opal Lee and her vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone will inspire children to be brave and make a difference. Growing up in Texas, Opal knew the history of Juneteenth, but she soon discovered that most Americans had never heard of the holiday that represents the nation's creed of "freedom for all.""--
"The true story of Black activist Opal Lee and her vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone celebrates...
14) John Henry
Author
Publisher
Dial
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the legend of the African-American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
15) Rock star
Author
Series
Jada Jones volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourth-grader Jada's best friend moved away but a class project on rocks and minerals, her favorite topic, could mean new friends. For Jada, rocks are easier to find than friends. Or are they?
16) Barack Obama
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of Barack Obama for beginning readers.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber, who worked hard to overcome obstacles and became National Football League stars, one as runningback for the New York Giants, the other as cornerback for the Tampa Bay Bucs.
18) Freedom bird
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the antebellum South, two siblings shelter a large, mysterious, wounded bird and eventually follow it west toward freedom.
19) Soul food Sunday
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Granny teaches her young grandson how to cook the family meal, in this celebration of food, traditions, and gathering together at the table. Includes recipe for baked macaroni and cheese.
20) Flower garden
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this warm and sunny picture book, follow the progress of a little girl and her father as they put together a wonderful birthday surprise for mom: a window box flower garden.
After the pansies, tulips, daffodils, geraniums, and daisies are purchased and dad and daughter take them home on the bus, they're lovingly planted in the window box. Candles on the cake are lighted—just as Mom walks in the door to find her daughter, her husband, and her...