Black Brilliance Youth Books


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Book cover for "First there was me, then there was you"
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"'You were as small as a pumpkin, with a cute button nose. It was love at first sight.' When a big brother meets the baby sibling he's been waiting for, he loves her immediately, but is a little disappointed at how little she can do. Soon it's time to show her the ropes! Walking, talking, hide-and-seek, reading, making Mom and Dad laugh--he's got her covered. Even through tantrums and squabbles, each day they learn new things or make new friends,...
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"Follow Faith on a joyful journey on a New York City train, where she learns a delicious lesson about courage and being kind."--
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Lily the fairy fears she has no special talent, but her human friend, Willow, believes she does, and intends to prove it.
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Orin, an ordinary boy, discovers he's the reincarnation of a great hero and is destined to defeat the Fiendlord--but keeps befriending the Fiends he's meant to destroy.
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Marvellerverse volume 3.
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After saving the world from the Ace of Anarchy, Ella, Brigit, and Jason return to the Arcanum Training Institute for their third year, only to face rising tensions between magical factions and a dangerous underworld search for the truth behind a missing Conjure architect.
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Ellie Engle volume 2.
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When twelve-year-old spelling bee champ Bree acquires superpowers from a lightning strike, her preordained life turns upside down as she envisions a future that deviates from her father's high expectations.
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"This vibrantly illustrated book for kids aged 6 to 10 traces a year in the real-life apiary of Sankofa Farms as a father (the author) teaches his young son, Akeem, the basics of beekeeping. Told from Akeem's perspective, Akeem Keeps Bees! begins with the arrival and installation of a package of bees and follows the sequence of beekeeping tasks throughout the year, as Akeem and his dad inspect the hive, find the queen, deal with a swarm, harvest honey,...
Book cover for "Neecy and Nay Nay and the tangled, hairy mess"
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When twin sisters Neecy and Nay open a salon for a class assignment, they discover styling is much harder than they thought.
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The story of a young baseball fan's misadventures after getting locked inside a pro baseball stadium on the eve of the biggest game of the season.
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When thirteen-year-old Sage's best friend dies, Sage struggles with grief and feels that she's at fault, but when she joins a grief group, she slowly learns to heal. Told in verse format.
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Zainab cherishes time spent with family and friends around the kitchen table and worries these traditions will end after moving, only to find comfort as new friends and old neighbors gather around the same table in their new home.
Book cover for "You are a star, Martin Luther King, Jr"
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"Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to a trailblazer of the civil rights movement. The fourth book in an exciting nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Martin Luther King Jr. focuses on Martin's lifelong mission to ensure that African Americans gained their constitutional rights"--
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"When Tia Valor takes a test on a whim for an exclusive NASA program for middle schoolers, she never thought she'd pass. After all, she never really fit in at school. In fact, she's been skipping school most days to work at her brother's auto shop instead. But Leland Melvin, a famed astronaut, sees potential in Tia, and before she knows it, she's part of a team of other talented kids training to launch to an advanced space station orbiting the earth....
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"An illustrated picture book of Langston Hughes's classic 1926 poem about a Black boy listening to a relative's shadow-crossed stories of slavery, [which] honors a culture's history keepers"--
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Celebrates Black hair and heritage through the lens of a young boy and his afro.
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"Girls are strong and powerful alone, but even stronger when they work to uplift one another. In this galvanizing original poem by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, girls and girlhood are celebrated in their many forms, all beautiful, not for how they look but for how they look into the face of fear."--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "A hero looks like you"
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"Set in the world of Marvel Studios' Captain America: Brave New World, [this volume] is a heartwarming picture book about a young boy named DJ who steps up to help Captain America, his favorite superhero, and discovers along the way that heroes don't always look big or strong or wear a suit. Sometimes, they might even look like him"--
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"An inspiring picture book for the littlest Beyoncé fans"--
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As a young girl, playwright Lorraine Hansberry walked everywhere with a notebook, eager to capture the sights, sounds, and stories of the people around her. First Lorraine watched her parents triumph in the Supreme Court case of Hansberry v. Lee. Then she discovered the magic of theater. Next, she unlocked the power of her voice, crafting A Raisin in the Sun. Her play went on to influence generations of artists and the world was never the same
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"Ezra loves exploring new books and discovering new things with his friend LeVar Burton"--