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"From ice cream scoopers to extendable fire truck ladders, the inventions of Black innovators have changed history. Through playful art and rhyming text, readers follow a bustling modern family as they get ready for a beloved relative's 100th birthday. Woven into their activities are ten inventions that positively impact their daily lives-and ours! Both a clever counting book and a celebration of Black history, Inventions to Count On shines a light...
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Nansi graphic novels volume 1.
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"Nansi has never lost a race--until snobby Tania beats her in an unofficial event. Surely it's Tania's flashy shoes that gave her the edge? Nansi has to get a pair before the track tryouts. But how will she kick up $338? Incorporating Jamaican culture and the West African trickster character Anansi, debut author Carl Brundtland has created [a] ... self-absorbed heroine who always goes the distance--even if it's the wrong way"--
43. Little big man
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"A little boy has to step up and be a 'little big man' while his dad is at work over the weekend"--
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"Princess Shuri is trying to upgrade her vibranium Kimoyo Beads, but it's harder than she thought it would be. She decides to take a break from her lab in Wakanda and visit her friends Gwen and Miles in New York City. But when she arrives at the Stark Center, she finds everyone flipping down the halls and flying through the air! They've all been hypnotized by the Ringmaster who wants to create a new Circus of Crime knows exactly what could save the...
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In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
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Aaron Judge was a big kid with big talent. He was a star in basketball, baseball, and football. Many colleges tried to recruit him to play football, but his true love was always baseball. From winning the Home Run Derby his rookie year to smashing a home run during his first at-bat with the Yankees, Judge has had many amazing moments. Find out all about this superstar slugger in this sports biography.
47. Sounds like joy
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"One day, Joy finds something unexpected on the ocean reef. When she shakes it, it makes a brand-new noise. Soon she and her aquatic animal friends are dancing to the beat and feeling amazing--until her 'jingle-jangle' loses a few important pieces and stops making the special sound she loves. The little mermaid's friends spring into action with some creative noisemaking to cheer her up. How can they use what they have under the sea to make the sound...
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"A Southern family gathers in their backyard around a special table to celebrate important moments throughout the year, from anniiversaries to new births, as they share food, traditions, and love."--
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"Bellen Woodard adores ballet and always looks forward to reaching new heights. Though as she moves through dance, she begins to notice that pink leotards, pink shoes, and pink or white tights--often referred to as ballet pink--are synonymous with ballet. But what about brown tights and shoes? When her dance studio doesn't act, Bellen takes matters into her own hands and creates a way for all of us to see the 'many beautiful colors of dance'--and...
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After watching a woodpecker pecking on a tree, Sumaya worries it could be hurting itself, so she makes a plan to help protect the woodpecker.
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After a fresh snowstorm, Sumaya plays in the snow, but soon becomes cold and needs to go inside--then she starts to wonder how polar animals live outside in the cold.
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On a hot summer day, Sumaya is all set to make some lemonade, but before she is able to fix her refreshment, the ice goes missing, and she tries to figure out where it went.
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Sumaya's cousin is graduating from high school, and Sumaya wants to give her a flowering plant as a gift, but when she notices the plant drooping, she must figure out why.
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"Go on patrol with the Black Mambas, South Africa's first women-led anti-poaching unit. Meet the rangers and discover all they do to protect the wildlife at the Olifants West Nature Reserve"--
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"Everything is changing, and twelve-year-old Rowan Robinson hates it. She's dreading having to spend her summer in New York City with her Aunt Monica, even though she used to love it. But things are just different after her father passed away. Without him, nothing about her world feels the same start to get a little better when Rowan brings her dad's old camera to Central Park to take pictures. But as she's snapping photos, she notices a strange mirror-like...
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Keynan Masters knows the power of his rhymes--without them he wouldn't have been able to fend off the monstrous creature Ratchet and save Peerless Academy. But when his poetry reveals truths that challenge everything that he's ever known, he's suddenly whisked back to Peerless with even more questions about magic. As Keynan and his friends uncover more secrets about Ratchet and the origins of the academy, they realize that their true enemy may be...
57. Black boy, rise
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"A poetic exploration of America's past and present treatment of Black boys and an anthem of hope for a promising future"--
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"When a girl's confidence is shaken and she begins to shrink, her grandmother is there to remind her of who she is in this empowering picture book about self-esteem."--Provided by publisher.
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Sixteen-year-old Afia leaves her beloved twin sister to embark on a journey of self-discovery in a magical land with a beguiling queen and dangers untold.
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"From fifteen legendary Black female authors comes a collection of stories and poems about the power we find in the everyday and the beauty of Black girlhood"--