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Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nobel Prize, and Pulitzer Prize
recipient Toni Morrison’s eight children’s books, cowritten
with her son, are collected in one hardcover volume for the first
time in this beautiful keepsake treasury with a foreword by Oprah
Winfrey! The three Who’s Got Game books slyly and exuberantly
retell some of Aesop’s fables. Three of the stories feature
illustrations by Pascal Lemaitre: The Ant or the Grasshopper?
examines friendship, betrayal, and survival while The Lion or the
Mouse? takes a hilarious, subversive look at bullying and ego, big
and small, and The Poppy or the Snake? shows how an accidental
injury spirals into a battle of wills. In The Tortoise or the
Hare?, illustrated by Joe Cepeda, slow and steady wins the
race…or does it? Peeny Butter Fudge, also illustrated by Joe
Cepeda, celebrates the relationship between three kids and their
Nana. Nana can take an ordinary afternoon and make it extra
special! Nap time, story time, and playtime are transformed by
fairies, dragons, dancing, and pretending—and then mixing and
fixing yummy, yummy fudge just like Nana and Mommy did not so many
years ago. A lot can happen when Nana is left in charge! Little
Cloud and Lady Wind features artwork by Sean Qualls and follows
Little Cloud, who likes her own place in the sky. Away from the
other clouds, the sky is all hers. Can Lady Wind show Little Cloud
the power of being with others? Shadra Strickland’s charming
illustrations illuminate Please, Louise. One gray afternoon, Louise
makes a trip to the library. With the help of a new library card
and through the transformative power of books, what started out as
a dull day turns into one of surprises, ideas, and curiosity! This
engaging picture book celebrates the wonders of reading, the
enchanting capacity of the imagination, and, of course, the
splendor of libraries. Toni Morrison’s first book for children,
The Big Box, illustrated by Giselle Potter, introduces three feisty
children who show grown-ups what it really means to be a kid.
"Each poem and illustration shines with a personality all its own."
-Shelf Awareness (starred review) "This book has definitely made an
impact on my life." -Kitt Shapiro, daughter of Eartha Kitt Fresh,
accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen
revolutionary young women-each paired with a noteworthy female
artist-to the next generation of activists, trailblazers, and
rabble-rousers. From the award-winning author of Ada's Violin and
Lifeboat 12, Susan Hood, this is a poetic and visual celebration of
persistent women throughout history. In this book of poems, you
will find Mary Anning, who was just thirteen when she unearthed a
prehistoric fossil. You'll meet Ruby Bridges, the brave
six-year-old who helped end segregation in the South. And Maya Lin,
who at twenty-one won a competition to create a war memorial, and
then had to appear before Congress to defend her right to create.
And those are just a few of the young women included in this book.
Readers will also hear about Molly Williams, Annette Kellerman,
Nellie Bly, Pura Belpre, Frida Kahlo, Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne,
Frances Moore Lappe, Mae Jemison, Angela Zhang, and Malala
Yousafzai-all whose stories will enthrall and inspire. This poetry
collection was written, illustrated, edited, and designed by women
and includes an author's note, a timeline, and additional
resources. With artwork by award-winning and bestselling artists
including Selina Alko, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Hadley Hooper,
Emily Winfield Martin, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Sara Palacios,
LeUyen Pham, Erin Robinson, Isabel Roxas, Shadra Strickland, and
Melissa Sweet. A 2019 Bank Street Best Book of the Year Named to
the 2019 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List Selected for CCBC
Choices Book 2019 Selected as a Notable Social Studies Trade Books
for Young People 2019 Named to the Cuyahoga County Public Library's
2018 list of Great Books for Kids 2020-2021 South Carolina Picture
Book Award Nominee
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Jump In! (Hardcover)
Shadra Strickland
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Please, Louise (Paperback, Reprint)
Toni Morrison, Slade Morrison; Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
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A library card unlocks a new life for a young girl in this picture
book about the power of imagination, from Nobel Prize-winning
author Toni Morrison. On one gray afternoon, Louise makes a trip to
the library. With the help of a new library card and through the
transformative power of books, what started out as a dull day turns
into one of surprises, ideas, and imagination! Inspired by Pulitzer
Prize-winning author Toni Morrison's experience working in a
library as a young girl, this engaging picture book celebrates the
wonders of reading, the enchanting capacity of the imagination,
and, of course, the splendor of libraries.
A lively tale of one young woman's adventure to pass her Official
Princess Test, discover a means of escape from her island, and
reveal her true destiny.
Thirteen-year-old orphan Black Bee Bright (B. B. for short) is
funny, quirky, precocious, and adventurous. But B. B. has a secret.
She's captive on an island in the middle of very tropical nowhere
because she's forced to hide her true identity as a royally born
princess from her parents' enemies in Raven World. B. B. must find
a way to escape to the Other World where there are best friends and
cool clothes, but she can't escape the island until she passes her
Official Princess Test and undertakes a dangerous journey alone to
the East side of the island, where eight princesses must help her
discover what it truly means to be a princess.
2013 NAACP Image Award Nominee
2013 Phillis Wheatley Book Award Winner
From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a
landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. In
1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amidst segregation and
prejudice, injustice and cruelty, two teenagers fell in love. Their
life together broke the law, but their determination would change
it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court
case that legalized marriage between races, and a story of the
devoted couple who faced discrimination, fought it, and won.
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Bird (Paperback)
Zetta Elliott; Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
bundle available
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It is 1852 in Alexandria, Virginia. Eliza's mother has been sent
away and it is Abbey, the cook, who looks after Eliza, when Eliza
isn't taking care of the Mistress. Eliza has the quilt her mother
left her and the memory of the stories she told to keep her close.
When her Mistress's health begins to fail and Eliza overhears the
Master talk of Eliza being traded, Eliza takes to the night. She
follows the path and the words of the farmhand Old Joe, " ...
travel the night ... sleep the day. Go East. Your back to the set
of the sun until you come to the safe house where the candlelight
lights the window." All the while, Eliza recites the stories her
mother taught her along her Freedom Road from Maryland to St.
Catherine's, Canada.
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