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Anansi the Spider is a 1973 Caldecott Honor Book.
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Getting to feel at home in a new country
Yoon’s name means Shining Wisdom, and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. But her...
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The noted actress retells this lively, well-paced and involving version of a Liberian folktale.
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A magical retelling of a Liberian creation story
Head is all alone. Body bounces along. Arms swing about. Legs stand around. They can’t do much by...
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Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier discovers the vibrant world of Harlem, New York, as seen through the eyes of a little boy
"Uptown...
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A wonderful picture book introduction to a legendary American writer
It’s a special day when a little girl and her father go to visit the house where...
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In teaching her granddaughter the craft of sewing baskets, a grandmother tells the story of their ancestors and passes along memories of struggle and freedom.
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Mrs. Chicken has to think fast to outwit hungry Crocodile, who wants to eat her for dinner.
One morning Mrs. Chicken took her bath in a puddle.
“Cluck,...
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My name is Sadie
and I live in Harlem
with my mother
and my little sister, Julie.
Sadie likes living in her grandmother’s brownstone, where she has her...
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Meet one smart chicken chaser. She can catch any chicken on her grandmother’s farm except one – the elusive Miss Hen. In a hilarious battle of wits, the...
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Can the legendary trickster be out-tricked?
All the young men had gathered in the village courtyard to hear the Chief’s pronouncement: Whoever guesses...
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A simple way to get acquainted with Kwanzaa
"Hooray! Hooray!
It's time to get ready for Kwanzaa."
During the seven days of Kwanzaa we celebrate the...
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A tender and lyrical portrayal of the special relationship between a young African-American girl and her grandmother, by an acclaimed author and an...
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A touching story about friendship and the preservation of memory.
"I bet it was sad for Miss Opal to watch her belongings leaving in the hands of neighbors...
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A sensitive exploration of a difficult problem by an award winning author/illustrator team.
"One day in school, just out of the blue,"
Everett whispers,...
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Since her older brother always wins at ping pong, checkers, and everything else, Amy decides to learn riddles in hope of finding some way she can beat him.
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A perceptive story of how a young boy adjusts to the new man in his single mother's life.
"One can be lonely and One can be fun, and
Two can be awful or...
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"Tom Sawyer looks like a small-time operator compared to the haitian trickster Malese . . . This well-paced, funny folktale will supplement social studies...
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A Basotho girl's prayer to the ancestors
"When can I paint a wall, Mama?"
"When the rains come and wash away my designs, Elsina. Then you can paint the...
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"Okay, young cats, let the beat hit your feet."
One fine evening, Miz Mozetta puts on her firecracker-red dress and heads outside to enjoy the moonlight....
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Six voices from an inner-city classroom
In a series of candid free-form poems, Karen English presents the thoughts of six third-grade children in one day...
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In My Name Is Yoon, Yoon’s parents encouraged her to write her name in English instead of Korean. Now it’s Yoon’s turn to teach her parents about something...
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Every day I tell Mama,
I want to go home.
Every day she tells me,
We are home, Angelina.
New York is home now.
Angelina’s heart aches for Jamaica, and...
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On Mother’s Sunday at church, Clara B.’s grandma has the most beautiful hat of all the ladies. When people compliment her on it, she says, “Honey, I’m not...
