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Dear Black Boy You will teach the world How to shine brightly Just by being yourself This program is read by the author and features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun! "Author Mahogany Browne masterfully delivers her narrative poems about being a Black girl in America...

Dear Black Girl You teach the world The power of creativity Just by being yourself This program is read by the author and features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun! "Author Mahogany Browne masterfully delivers her narrative poems about being a Black girl in America...

A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.

Jenny Epstein and her family arrive on a steamship from Russia in the 1910s. Jenny writes letters in Yiddish to her grandmother, while practicing her English in her new neighborhood. By the 1930s, when Anna Cozzi and her Italian family move into the building, Jenny has become a teacher in Anna’s school. Then José Marte moves in during the 1960s, Maria Torres in the 1980s, and Wei Yei in the Lower East Side of today.

Grandma’s tiny house stays small as her family grows and this time as they all gather she wonders will everyone fit inside? A fantastic feast unfolds as family and friends and neighbors arrive with lots of food and energy until… the walls bulge! “There is no more space! How will we all eat in this too-tiny place?” One of the “FIFTEEN hungry grandchildren” provides the solution in this rhyming, counting story of a large, impromptu gathering that celebrates the joys of family, friends and food.

It’s not easy to be the new student in school, but when you are from another country, it can be especially hard to fit in. With a little support and a lot of courage Maria, Jin, and Fatimah overcome the challenges to find their places in their new American classroom. This heartfelt and beautifully rendered message of empathy for the immigrant experience is encouraging for new students as well as important for their classmates.

Throughout her lifetime Harriet Tubman was known by many names -- as General Tubman she was a Union spy, as Moses she led hundreds to freedom on the Underground Railroad and as Minty she was a spirited slave. The reverse-chronological approach to the details of her life unfolds through memorable verse and lavish illustrations in this unique, evocative biography of an American icon.

Who are the “we” of “we the people”? This collaboration between Duncan Tonatiuh and Howard W. Reeves celebrates inclusion, exploring what the preamble to our United States Constitution leaves unsaid. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union . . . Who are...

Commemorate the innumerable ways the African American community has shaped the foundation of the United States in this poetic audiobook from the Caldecott Honor-winning team behind Freedom in Congo Square. Black hands molded clay, chiseled marble, rendered portraits, and painted vistas. Black...

Everyone's favorite fourth grader, Gracie Wei, is back for her third chapter book adventure, mustering up the courage to brave the haunted house with her friends and prove that she’s all grownup—for fans of Ivy and Bean and Dory Fantasmagory. Gracie Wei has grown an entire inch over summer...

Minoru Yamasaki described the feeling he sought to create in his buildings as “serenity, surprise, and delight.” Here, his granddaughter Katie Yamasaki charts his life and work: his childhood in Seattle’s Japanese immigrant community, paying his way through college working in Alaska’s notorious salmon canneries, his success in architectural school, and the transformative structures he imagined and built. A Japanese American man who faced brutal anti-Asian racism in post-World War II America and an outsider to the establishment, he nonetheless left his mark on the world.

Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa.

Nico Vera embarca em uma aventura no Japão para descobrir quem foram os lendários samurais. Em vez de só aprender sobre espadas e armaduras, ele se vê no meio de um grande mistério: um guerreiro fantasma está assombrando a vila! Com a ajuda do professor Takeshi, Nico vai descobrir que os verdadeiros samurais seguiam o Bushidô — um caminho cheio de coragem, respeito e disciplina.

Alice Dunnigan knew all about injustice—she was the daughter of poor Black sharecroppers in Kentucky. But Alice also knew the key to fighting injustice was to speak out. At 13 years old, she wrote to a Black newspaper asking for a job—and got it! It was only the beginning. After many years of hard work as a teacher, a cleaner, a typist, and a journalist, Alice became the first Black woman in the Capitol Press Corp. But one person was still beyond her grasp, a person who needed to be held accountable: President Truman. Would he keep his promise to support civil rights for Black Americans?

Roots are our ancestor’s Magick. Summer for Juniper has finally arrived, which means rootwork with Grandma can finally begin! It’s time to collect healing herbs into protective mojo bags; to fill mason jars with all the love, history, dirt, and magick one can fit. It’s time to talk to the...

Harriet Tubman was a conductor of the Underground Railroad, a nurse and spy during the Civil War, and an advocate for the Women's Suffrage Movement. Her dangerous journey from enslavement to freedom, along with her commitment to liberating others from the chains of slavery, has inspired countless generations. This short and lively biography invites middle-grade listeners to explore Tubman's extraordinary life, highlighting her remarkable courage, devotion to her family, and unwavering faith in God.

Mama says her little boy is a songbird with a voice bigger than his whole body. But at school, his classmates make fun of the way he walks and the way he talks—which makes him feel like a songbird too shy to sing. With the encouragement of his choir teacher, he embraces his talent, realizing...

Questions fill Min’s mind. How can they lock us up when we haven’t done anything wrong? MINORU “MIN” TONAI, a young American citizen, and his family must leave everything behind as they are rounded up and unjustly imprisoned following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. From 1942 to 1945, Min...

Allie’s life with Mama isn’t bad, but she knows it could be better if Mama would find someone to marry. Allie’s worst enemy, her NOT-friend Gwen, has a daddy, and Allie wants someone like that—someone to fix things when they break, someone who likes to sing, and has a kind-smile. So Allie makes a plan—her super secret Man-For-Mama plan. She has a list of candidates with a clear top choice: Mr. Johnson, who owns the antique store. Best of all, Mr. Johnson went to school with Mama, and he wants to get reacquainted! 

A tall tale inspired by the life and works of Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. Young Toni knows that her stories are going to change the world. She's good at spinning a yarn, and in fact, she thinks she might be able to spin her stories into gold if she tries hard enough. Maybe her...