Bryan Collier
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English
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"We Shall Overcome" is one of the most recognizable anthems of the Civil Rights movement, widely performed at protests and rallies to promote nonviolent civil rights activism. Now, these inspirational, empowering, legendary lyrics are, brought to life with the stirring, evocative, and breathtaking illustrations from multi-award-winning talent Bryan Collier. Powerfully imagined for the present moment, Collier's illustrations meld the most emblematic...
2) Uptown
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English
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A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.
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Trombone Shorty volume Book 1
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English
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Hailing from the Tremae neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest.
5) Rosa
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English
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The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance.
11) Clemente!
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Henry Holt
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English
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A tribute to the one of baseball's most beloved players shows how his skills made him the first Latin American player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame and how his career was cut short by his untimely death.
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English
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Fifteen children's book artists, including Lauren Castillo, Frann Preston-Gannon, and Melissa Sweet, share their favorite colors and explain why they love them. This personal collection will inspire readers to create favorite-color drawings and stories of their own.
14) Freedom river
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Jump at the Sun
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English
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Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom.
17) City shapes
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Little, Brown and Company
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English
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"A young girl walks through the bustling city, while a pigeon flies above, both spotting hidden shapes at every turn"--
18) Thurgood
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Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House
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English
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"Before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr., before the civil rights movement there was Thurgood, fighting for African Americans - and winning. Here is the powerful story of the trailblazer who proved that separate is not equal." --
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English
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More than any other, one song traces America's history of patriotism and protest.
Everyone knows the words to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." What most don't realize is that this iconic song has been a beacon of change for hundreds of years. Generations of protesters and civil rights pioneers have created new lyrics, beginning in royalist Britain and continuing through conflicts in colonial times, the American Revolution, the suffragist and labor movements,...