Sean Qualls
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today,...
3) Why am I me?
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In a poetic, philosophical exchange, two children of different races ask themselves why they are who and what they are, and speculate on how they could be different.
4) Dizzy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An acclaimed biographer for children, Jonah Winter brings historical figures to life for young listeners. Here he turns his talents to jazz legend John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. Born into poverty and the victim of vicious parental abuses, Dizzy received a trumpet one day and it changed his life forever. Dizzy follows Gillespie's journey from rural South Carolina to New York City-straight into the burgeoning jazz scene he soon immersed himself in.
8) Baby be
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
As they dance, wiggle, and boogie together, fathers assure their sons that they can become anything they want and that they will always have their fathers' support
12) Bird in a box
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome. Includes author's notes.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Sesame Street, beloved picture-book artists have each created an artwork interpreting a different line from "Sunny Day," the iconic Sesame Street theme song. The range of their pieces demonstrates that Sesame Street can truly be found anywhere. The award-winning and bestselling roster of illustrators includes Christian Robinson, Tom Lichtenheld, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Leo Espinosa, and Dan Santat, among...
15) How we are smart
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Through direct quotations, verse, and prose, presents the achievements of a diverse group of people who illustrated Dr. Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence. Includes information about the eight basic ways people can be 'smart' and suggested activities."
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that Paul Laurence Dunbar originated such famous lines as "I know why the caged bird sings" and "We wear the mask that grins and lies"? From his childhood in poverty and his early promise as a poet through his struggles to find acceptance as a writer and his tumultuous romance with his wife, to his immense fame and his untimely death, Dunbar's story is one of triumph and tragedy. But his legacy remains in his much-beloved poetry--told...
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