Nikki Grimes
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In this collection of poetry, Nikki Grimes looks afresh at the poets of the Harlem Renaissance -- including voices like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and many more writers of importance and resonance from this era -- by combining their work with her own original poetry. Using "The Golden Shovel" poetic method, Grimes has written a collection of poetry that is as gorgeous as it is thought-provoking. This special book also includes original...
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Language
English
Description
While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
A biography of Elizabeth Coleman, who battled segregation, poverty, and gender discrimination in order to become the first licensed African-American female pilot.
Author
Publisher
WordSong, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
...this writing thing was some kind of magic trick I didn't yet understand... Nikki Grimes discovered the power of writing at the tender age of six, when, alone in her room, she poured her fears, anger, and tears onto a piece of paper - and felt sweet relief. Words and faith were her most enduring companions as life flung her headlong from one harrowing experience to the next through her childhood and teenage years. Words, spilled into notebook after...
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Inconsolable at being separated from her older brother, eight-year-old Paris is apprehensive about her new foster family but just as she learns to trust them, she faces a life-changing decision.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Language
English
Description
When David asks his mother about the man on television, she tells him the story of Barack Obama, discussing his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, his parents' divorce, and his desire to help others.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Pr
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
When Gabby's parents separate, her tendency to daydream becomes essential to coping with life's difficuties, which only increase when she moves with her mother to a new home and a new school.
11) Garvey's choice
Author
Publisher
Wordsong, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
"Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading--anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life changes. The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey, and through chorus,...
12) What is goodbye?
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Alternating poems by a brother and sister convey their feelings about the death of their older brother and the impact it had on their family.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Jazmin, an Afro-American teenager who lives with her older sister in a small Harlem apartment in the 1960s, finds strength in writing poetry and keeping a record of the events in her sometimes difficult life.
17) A day with Daddy
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
A boy enjoys every moment of a special day with his father, as they play in the park, share french fries, and see a movie together. Includes activity ideas for parents and children.
18) Come Sunday
Author
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Pub
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 960L
Language
English
Description
A little girl describes a typical Sunday from the moment her mother wakes her up through the different elements of the worship service in church.
19) Thanks a million
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow/Amistad
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of sixteen illustrated poems that celebrate the power thankfulness.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Spunky third-grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home.