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1) Carbon copy
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When an uptight executive discovers he has a long-lost black son, his tidy world goes hopelessly and hilariously awry in this wickedly funny comedy.
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.
Author
Language
English
Description
Award-winning novelist Tayari Jones delivers a story based on the 1979-1980 Atlanta child murders. Told from the perspective of three fifth-grade classmates, Leaving Atlanta is a vividly disturbing, but hopeful novel. The convincing characters, voiced by a full cast of narrators, make this a haunting and effective work.
Author
Series
Hey L'il D! volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
L'il Dobber tries to earn money to buy a new basketball while staying out of trouble with his grouchy neighbor Mr. Palmer.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long...
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Features six classic stories including: The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, Peter's Chair, Pet Show!, A Letter to Amy, Apt. 3, and The Trip.
Snowy day: One winter morning Peter wakes up to see that snow has fallen, covering everything in the city! What exciting adventures will he have on this snowy day? Whistle for Willie: Wouldn't it be great if Peter could whistle for his dog, Willie? He tries hard, but he can't make a sound. Peter's chair: A little...
12) I love my hair!
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 840L
Language
English
Description
A young African American girl describes the different, wonderful ways she can wear her hair. Every night before she goes to bed, Keyana sits down between her mother's knees to have her hair combed. But no matter how gently Mama pulls, it still hurts sometimes! Keyana doesn't feel lucky to have such a head of hair--until Mama reminds her of all the lovely ways her wonderful hair can be fixed. Full color.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"When twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway and his friends are left home from Beach Bash, aka the greatest party of the year, only to realize that everyone in town has disappeared without a trace, they do what any smart, responsible kids would do ... have the best day ever! No parental supervision sounds fun for a while, but forever is a long time. And soon the gang starts to notice strange things happening around town, and they're only getting stranger....
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 810L
Language
English
Description
A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to Black and Brown children everywhere reminds them how much they matter, that they have always mattered and they always will.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.
19) A library
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet, New York Times bestselling author, and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Nikki Giovanni and fine artist Erin Robinson craft an ode to the magic of a library as a place not only for knowledge but also for imagination, exploration, and escape. In what other place can a child "sail their dreams" and "surf the rainbow" without ever leaving the room? This ode to libraries is a celebration for everyone who...
20) Hair to share
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Language
English
Description
Touching upon the difficulty of childhood medical hair loss, this heartwarming exploration of friendship, generosity and confidence follows Suri as she, blessed with bountiful hair, finds a way to help her new friend who has none.
