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(0)Andrea Davis Pinkney
Author
Series
Dear America volume 40
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The New York Times best-selling and award-winning duo present this celebration of Black and Brown babies and the happiness, gentle moments and endless love shared between children and their caregivers.
4) Solo girl
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Although she is good at math, Cass wishes that she could jump rope as well as the group she watches in her new neighborhood.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome. Includes author's notes.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
While twelve-year-old Nell and her fourteen-year-old cousin struggle with the loss of parents and other hardships, both African-American youths learn to rely on themselves.
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 680L
Language
English
Description
Peggony-Po, carved out of wood by his father, a one-legged whaler, determines to catch the huge whale that ate his father's leg.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Audiobooks
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The night before Christmas: Clement C. Moore's classic poem about a visit from St. Nicholas. In the month of Kislev: A rich, arrogant merchant takes the family of a poor peddler to court and learns a lesson about the meaning of Hanukkah. Seven candles for Kwanza: describes the origins and practices of Kwanzaa, the seven-day festival during which people of African descent rejoice in their ancestral values. Too many tamales: Maria feels very grown-up...
