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1) Tar Beach
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 660L
Language
English
Description
A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt story of the same name.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young People
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 980L
Language
English
Description
A biography of the African American woman and civil rights worker whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a boycott which lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996.
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
An interactive biography of the African-American artist and children's book author, detailing her experiences, perspectives, and the inspiration for her art. At intervals in the text, the reader is asked related questions.
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Lexile measure
AD 990L
Language
English
Description
Mama and Papa Love have a child, the Invisible Princess, who saves them and the other plantation slaves from their cruel master so that they can all find happiness in the Invisible Village of Peace, Freedom, and Love.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins/Amistad
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Presents the Christmas story according to Luke plus the words to five popular Christmas carols--"Silent Night, " "O Come All Ye Faithful, " "O Holy Night, " "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, " and "Joy to the World, " sung on the accompanying CD by the Boys Choir of Harlem.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This mixed-media special features animated shorts of bedtime stories with celebrity voices, lullabies by famous performers, and interviews with children talking about sleep, dreams, and the tradition of bedtime stories. The featured stories are "Goodnight Moon" about a young bunny's pre-bedtime rituals, "There's a Nightmare in My Closet" about a worried little boy who is convinced a monster lives in his closet, and "Tar Beach" the tale of 8-year-old...
