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1) Amazing Grace

Author

Hoffman, Mary

Series

Amazing Grace (Picture books) volume 1

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

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Black History Month- Picture Books

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Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.

2) Hi, Cat!

Author

Keats, Ezra Jack

Series

Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 6

Pub. Date

1999.

Language

English

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Kids Books About Cats

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Archie's day would have been great if he had not started it by greeting the new cat on the block.

3) Loose tooth

Author

Suen, Anastasia

Series

Puffin easy-to-read. Level 2
Peter's neighborhood

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

Description

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Peter can't decide if he wants his loose tooth to fall out because if it falls out, he will have a gap in his smile for the school pictures, but money from the tooth fairy will help him buy a new basketball.

4) Messy Bessey's garden

Author

McKissack, Pat

Series

Rookie reader

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

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Gardening - Youth

Description

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Messy Bessey discovers that with proper care her garden will flourish.

5) Get on the ice, Mo!

Author

Adler, David A

Series

Penguin young readers. Level 3

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

Description

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Mo is new to ice hockey and is having trouble staying upright on the ice, but his desire to help the team motivates him to keep getting better.

6) Whistle for Willie

Author

Keats, Ezra Jack

Series

Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 2

Pub. Date

1964.

Language

English

Description

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A little boy wishes so much that he could whistle.

7) Born ready: the true story of a boy named Penelope

Author

Patterson, Jodie

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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LGBTQIA Picture Books

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Just before his fifth birthday, Penelope lets his mother know he is a boy and, with her support and his ninja powers, faces the rest of his family and his classmates. Drawn from the author's memoir, The bold world.

8) Get a hit, Mo!

Author

Adler, David A

Series

Mo Jackson series volume 2
Penguin young readers. Level 2

Pub. Date

[2016?]

Language

English

Description

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"Mo Jackson is excited for his baseball game, but Coach Marie tells him he is batting last and playing right field, again. Will Mo ever get a hit?"-- Provided by publisher.

9) Shipwreck Saturday

Author

Cosby, Bill

Series

Little Bill books for beginning readers

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

Description

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Although his brother's friends make fun of it, Little Bill is very proud of the toy boat he has built and very upset when it is wrecked the first time he puts it in the water.

10) Let the Circle be unbroken

Author

Taylor, Mildred D

Series

Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 3

Pub. Date

1991.

Language

English

11) Swim, Mo, swim!

Author

Adler, David A

Series

Mo Jackson series volume 5
Penguin young readers. Level 2

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Description

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On Field Day, Mo swims a lot faster than he knew he could, not because his team might win but because a fish keeps nibbling his toe.

12) The chosen one: a first-generation ivy league odyssey

Author

Brown, Echo

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

Description

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"A YA coming-of-age novel about a first-year, first-generation Black student at Dartmouth College"-- Provided by publisher.

13) Freedom over me: eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life

Author

Bryan, Ashley

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

Description

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Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of life experiences and dreams that a slave owner could never take away.

14) Grace at Christmas

Author

Hoffman, Mary

Series

Amazing Grace (Picture books) volume 4

Pub. Date

2011.

Language

English

Description

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When her grandmother takes in a stranded family at Christmas, Grace is reluctant to share her favorite holiday with strangers, even though the visiting family includes a "real live ballerina."

15) Un dia de nieve

Author

Keats, Ezra Jack

Pub. Date

1991.

Language

Español

Description

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A young black boy spends an adventurous day in the city when it snows.

16) The orange wall

Author

Bolling, Valerie

Series

Acorn (Scholastic Inc.)

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

Description

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With her puppy Coco's help, Zoya gives her room a glittery makeover.

17) Thunder Rose

Author

Nolen, Jerdine

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

Description

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Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado. Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building metal structures, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.

18) Freedom for Addy

Author

Leslie, Tonya

Series

Step into reading. Step 3 book

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

Description

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American Girl Addy fights for freedom during the Civil War in this all-new Step 3 Step into Reading leveled reader that takes place in 1864--and includes an Addy poster! Addy Walker escapes a Southern plantation during the turbulent Civil War. Meet Addy as she and her mother make a daring journey from slavery to freedom in 1864. Addy's story is sure to engage young girls as they learn what it was like to be a girl during the Civil War in this Step...