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Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 26 cm.
Description
"Combining research from the fields of history, fashion, art, and visual culture, Textures is dedicated to the hair story of people of African descent. Addressing the global Diaspora and regional narratives, historic combs, picks, pins, and haircare products are exhibited alongside works by fifty artists from Africa, the Americas, and Europe"--
"Artists: Hector Acebes, Derrick Adams, Karo Akpokiere, Deborah Anzinger, Keturah Ariel, April Bey, ...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Description
"Renata Cherlise's family loved capturing their lives in photographs and home movies, sparking her love of archival photography. Following in her family's footsteps, Cherlise established Black Archives, which presents a nuanced representation of Black people across time living vibrant, ordinary lives. Through the platform, many have discovered and shared images of themselves and their loved ones experiencing daily life, forming multidimensional portraits...
Author
Series
Too Small Tola volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Too Small Tola lives in an apartment with her clever sister, Moji; her big brother, Dapo; and Grandmommy, who is very bossy. In the first of three endearing new adventures, Tola is sized just right to wriggle under the bed and rescue Grandmommy's prized possession when it goes missing. Her savvy and math skills save the day when Grandmommy gets sick, and when the family can't afford new clothes, industrious Tola finds a way--with a little help from...
5) I'm from
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm.
Description
"Early morning wakeups and homemade pancakes, Raucous bus rides and schoolyard games, Family games and bedtime rituals... These are the small moments that shape a child's day. I'm From is an invitation into the vivid world of one small boy, a poetic account of all the people and places and things that shape who he is and define where he is from"--
Author
Series
Blood like magic volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
468 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
While struggling with her new role as Matriarch, Voya has a vision of a terrifying, deadly future, and with a newfound sense of purpose, she vows to do whatever it takes to bring her shattered community together and prevent the destruction of them all.
9) We are here
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Lyrical, affirmational, and bursting with love, We Are Here is a poignant story about Black and brown heritage and community. Full of assurance, tenderness, and triumph, this much-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling picture book All Because You Matter offers an equally inspirational and arresting ode to all of the Black women and men throughout history who have made momentous contributions from the beginning of time."--
10) Blood like magic
Author
Series
Blood like magic volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 22
Physical Desc
484 pages; 24 CM
Description
After failing to come into her powers, sixteen-year-old Voya--a Black witch living in near-future Toronto--is forced to choose between losing her family's magic forever, a heritage steeped in centuries of blood and survival, or murdering her first love, a boy who is supposedly her genetic match.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
780L
Description
Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus's curse of seeing the future distracts him from being and doing his best, but when he sees his little brother Isaiah's imminent death, he races against time, death, and circumstances to save him.
Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus is trying his best. He tries to be the best employee he can be at the local ice cream shop; the best boyfriend he can be to his amazing girlfriend, Talia; the best protector he can be to his little...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm.
Description
"As a mail carrier, Victor Hugo Green traveled across New Jersey every day. But with Jim Crow laws enforcing segregation since the late 1800s, traveling as a Black person in the US could be stressful, even dangerous. So in the 1930s, Victor created a guide--The Negro Motorist Green-Book--compiling information on where to go and what places to avoid so that Black travelers could have a safe and pleasant time. While the Green Book started out small,...
15) Diamond boy
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
384 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Description
Set against the backdrop of Zimbabwe's brutal recent history, Diamond Boy is the story of a young man who succumbs to greed but finds his way out through a transformative journey to South Africa in search of his missing sister, in search of freedom, and in search of himself.
Author
Series
The bones of ruin volume 1
Formats
Description
"An African tightrope walker who cannot die gets involved with a mysterious society that's convinced the world is ending and is drafted into the fight-to-the-death Tournament of Freaks, where she learns the terrible truth of who and what she really is"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Javari knew that West Virginia would be different from his home in Bushwick, Brooklyn. But his first day at STEM Camp in a little Appalachian town is still a shock. Though run-ins with the police are just the same here. Not good. Javari will learn a lot about science ... And also about rich people, racism, and hidden agendas. But it's Cricket, a local boy, budding activist, and occasional thief, who will show him a different side of the holler--and...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
ix, 390 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers' community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens."--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
In Jason Mott's Hell of a Book, a Black author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives Hell of a Book and is the scaffolding of something much larger and urgent: since Mott's novel also tells the story of Soot, a young Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past, and The Kid, a possibly imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour. As these characters' stories build and build...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination
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