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Who Was Harriet Tubman?Zona Zeldis McDonough (A) and Nancy Harrison (ILT)
List Price: $6.99 (Paperback – Biography / Conductor / Underground Railroad – 2002)
Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone’s property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field…
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When Harriet Met SojournerCatherine Clinton and Shane W. Evans
List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – History / African American Women Leaders – 2007)
Two women with similar backgrounds. Both slaves; both fiercely independent. Both great, in different ways.
Harriet Tubman: brave pioneer who led her fellow slaves to freedom, larger than…
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What Does It Mean To Be GlobalRana DiOrio (A) and Chris Hill (ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Green / Environment/ Global / Diversity – 2009)
In this whimsically drawn and thoughtfully-told story, children learn what it means to be global by visiting the pyramids, eating sushi, celebrating Kwanzaa, and learning how to say hello in Swahili. The book…
$8.99
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League BaseballKadir Nelson (A and ILT)
List Price: $21.99 (Hardcover – Sports / Negro League Baseball – 2008)
2010 Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor Award
We are the ship; all else the sea. Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League
The story of…
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We All Have A HeritageSandy Lynne Holman (A) and Lela Kometiani (ILT)
List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Culture / Heritage / Ethnic Diversity – 2002)
An illustrated story of children from diverse backgrounds who learn and celebrate the fact that we all have a Heritage and that we all have a lot in common.
I like the…
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Wavy, Curly, Kinky: The African American Childs Hair Care GuideDeborah R. Lilly (A)
A renowned stylist offers easy-to-follow hair-care instructions. In this hands-on guide, hairstylist Deborah Lilly shows parents the best ways to style and maintain African American boys and girls hair from infancy to the preteen…
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Visiting DayJacqueline Woodson (A) and James Ransome (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Family / Incarcerated Parent – 2002)
In this moving picture book from multi-award winning author Jacqueline Woodson, a young girl and her grandmother prepare for a very special day–the one day a month they get to visit the girl’s father in…
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Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah BreedloveKathryn Lasky (A) and Nneka Bennett (ILT)
List Price: $5.99 (Paperback – Biography / Entrepreneur / Cosmetics – 2000)
A biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born in poverty, pioneered her genius ideas in hair and beauty care products for black women, and became a great financial success. (48…
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Under The Quilt Of NightDeborah Hopkinson (A) and James E. Ransome (ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Historical / Underground Railroad – 2004)
Under the quilt of night a young slave girl leads her loved ones away from the slave master who worked them: hoeing and picking, / mending and sewing, / till…
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Uncle Jed’s Barber ShopMargaree King Mitchell (A) and James E. Ransome (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Family / Barbershop Story – 1993)
Sarah Jean Uncle Jed was the only black barber in the county. He had a kind heart and a warm smile. Living in the segregated South of the 1920, where…
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Tupac: Resurrection 1971-1996Jacob Hoye (A)
List Price:$30.00 (Paperback – Biography / Hip Hop Artist / Rapper – 2006)
Capturing as never before the matchless passion and searing honesty of the late Tupac Shakur, the brilliant young rapper, actor, and poet who was mysteriously gunned…
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To Be A SlaveTom Feelings (A) and Julius Lester (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – History / Slave Narratives – 2005)
What was it like to be a slave? Listen to the words and learn about the lives of countless slaves and ex-slaves, telling about their forced journey from Africa to the United States, their…
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This Little Light of MinePublic Domain, E.B.. Lewis (ILT)
List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Song / African American Spiritual – 2005)
A great visual interpretation of a a popular African-American spiritual. It is morning when the book opens, and readers are greeted by a smiling boy. Throughout the day, he spreads his own special…
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This Is The DreamDiane Z. Shore (A) and Jessica Alexander (A) James Ransome (ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – History / Civil Rights / Racism / Segregation / Integration – 2005)
Our nation was founded on the belief that all men are created equal. Nearly two hundred years after the signing of the…
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The Village That VanishedAnne Grifalconi (A) and Kadir Nelson (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – African Village / Escape – 2004)
An inspiring tale of one girls struggle to preserve her peoples freedom. Young Abikanile and all of the villagers of Yao feel safe hidden deep within…
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The Souls of Black FolksW. E. Du Boise (A)
List Price: $4.99 (Paperback – African American History / Negro Life / 20th Century / Race – 2005)
This landmark book is a founding work in the literature of black protest. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) played a key role in developing the strategy and…
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The Rose That Grew From ConcreteNikki Giovannni (A), Tupac Shakur (A) and Leila Steinberg (Photo)
List Price: $16.00 (Paperback – Poetry / Hip Hop – 1999)
His talent was unbounded, a raw force that commanded attention and respect. His death was tragic — a violent homage to the power of his voice.…
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The Righteous Revenge of Artemis BonnerWalter Dean Myers (A)
List Price : $7.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Western Adventure / Friendship and Revenge – 1994)
Fifteen-year-old Artemis journeys from New York City to Tombstone, Arizona, in 1882, to avenge the murder of his uncle.
Wanted: One low-lifed,…
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The Planet of Junior BrownVirginia Hamilton (A) and Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Friendship / Drama – 2006)
Junior Brown, an overprotected three-hundred pound musical prodigy who prone to having fantasies, and Buddy Clark, a loner who lives by his wits…
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The Pan-AfricanistsKofi A. Annan (A), Dudley J. Thompson (A) and Barrington A. Watson (ILT)
List Price: $15.00 (Paperback – Biographies / Pan Africanists – 2005)
This book celebrates the lives of seventeen Black leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the liberation, unity and solidarity of Africa and African peoples throughout…
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The Neighborhood Mother GooseNina Crews (A) and (PHOTO)
List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Poetry – 2003)
Every day, children the world over sing, shout, and celebrate Mother Goose rhymes. And now there a new reason to cheer: Nina Crews has added her own remarkable, jazzy style of illustration to a collection of forty-one…
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The House of Dies DrearVirginia Hamilton (A)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Mystery / Ancestor Ghosts – 2006)
The house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock. It had a century-old legend — two fugitive…
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The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage“We cannot let this history die, nor can we let it fade away. As it has filled me with pride and given me understanding of one group of outstanding soldiers, so it should be passed on to all Americans to appreciate and honor” (from the introduction by coauthor and unit historian Bill Miles)
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Walter Dean Myers (Authro) and Bill Miles (Author)
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The Great Migration: An American StoryJacob Lawrence (A and ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – African American History / Migration North 1900 – 2007)
A noted African-American artist chronicles the 1916-1919 migration of blacks from the South through a sequence of 60 paintings and accompanying narrative captions. The story begins with the call for new…
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The Entrance Place of Wonders: Poems of the Harlem Renaissance
List Price: $16.95 (Hardcover – Poetry / Harlem Renaissance – 2005)
A remarkable and much-needed collection for the youngest lovers of poetry, Entrance Place of Wonders: Poems of the Harlem Renaissance features poems from the leaders of this cultural movement…
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The BeastWalter Dean Myers (A)
List Price: $16.95 (Hardcover – Fiction / Racial and Social Divides / Relationships / Drug Addiction – 2003)
Anthony Spoon Witherspoon, 17, leaves Harlem, and his girl, Gabi, to spend his senior year at Wallingford Academy in Connecticut, with the hope that he will get into an Ivy League…
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The African American Baby Name BookTeresa Norman (A)
List Price: $18.00 (Paperback – Name Reference – 1998)
Names are a hallmark of our heritage, reflections of both the ethnic and religious roots of our past and our dreams for our childrens future. This A-to-Z guide includes more than 10,000 names, ranging from African names to contemporary…
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Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern HaitiFrances Temple (A)
List Price: $5.99 (Paperback – Social Political / Haitian Revolt – 2004)
Seventeen year old Do has a story: Once he was one of Titid’s boys, a vital member of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s election team, fighting to overthrow military dictatorship in Haiti. Now he is barely alive,…
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Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth ColemanNikki Grimes (A) and E. B. Lewis (ILT)
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Biography / Aviation Pioneer – 2002)
Learn how a young African-American woman living in an era of segregation achieved her dream of flying. When the Wright brothers took their historic flight, 11-year-old Bessie Coleman vowed to become…
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Summertime: From Porgy and BessGeorge Gershwin (A) and Mike Wimmer (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback / Plantation Life – 2002)
This lavish picture book is based on the beloved folk opera Porgy and Bess features Wimmer lush, epic oil paintings which reveal a vision of plantation life that extends the lyrics of this enormously popular…
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Soul Looks Back In WonderVarious Authors and Tom Feelings (EDIT) and ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Poetry / African American – 1999)
Artist Feelings invited poets whom he admired to compose original, short verses for these drawings, with breathtakingly rich and powerful results. Together they created a tribute to African-American creativity, the collection…
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Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our ChildrenSandra L. Pinkney (A) and Myles Pinkney (Photos)
List Price: $6.99 (Board Book – African American / Children’s Features – 2006)
The beauty of African-American children is celebrated in this joyous picture book. Wonderful, clear, full-color photographs of youngsters illustrate a poetic, vivid text that describes a range of skin and eye…
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ScorpionsWalter Dean Myers (A)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Gangs / Drugs / Relationships – 1995)
Lately everybody is messing with Jamal. His teachers, the kids at school, even his dad. And now that Jamal brother Randy in the slam, Crazy Mack has a crazy idea. He wants…
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Satchel PaigeLesa Cline-Ransome (A) and James E. Ransome (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Biography / Sport / Baseball – 2005)
This book examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series. Some say Leroy Paige was born six…
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Salt In His ShoesDeloris Jordan (A) and Kadir Nelson (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback- Biography / Sports / Basketball – 2000)
Young Michael Jordan, who is smaller than the other players, learns that determination and hard work are more important than size when playing the game of basketball. (32 pgs) Ages 4-8
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logan Family Saga #2)Mildred D. Taylor (A)
List Price: $9.99. (Paperback – Logan Family Saga #2 – 1976)
With the land to hold them together, nothing can tear the Logans apart. Why is the land so important to Cassie family? It takes the events of one turbulent year – the year of the night…
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Rikki-Tikki-TaviRudyard Kipling (A) and Nataly Donskaya (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Myths and Fables / India – 2019)
The Jungle Book Tales by Rudyard Kipling
This book series presents one of the world’s most famous collections of stories for children – the animal tales by Rudyard Kipling.
The exciting adventures…
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Whoever You Are/Quienquiera que seasMem Fox (A) and Leslie Staub (ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Board Book – Bi-Lingual / Children / Unity / Similarities – 2002)
Mem Fox’s touching tale of what bonds us all. Little one, whoever you are, she explains, there are children all over the world who may look different,…
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Pretty Brown FaceAndrea and Brian Pinkney (A) and (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Board Book – Self Esteem – 1997)
Babies will love the shiny mirror on the last page. So adoreable. (8 pgs) Ages 2-6
- Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.9 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
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Portraits of African American HeroesTonya Bolden (A) and Ansel Pitcairin (ILT)
List Price: $13.99 (Paperback – African American History / Heroes -2005)
This is a stunningly beautiful book consisting of portraits-in pictures and words-of twenty outstanding African-Americans. The individuals range from historical to contemporary figures, such as the dancer Judith Jamison, and represent diverse…
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Please, Puppy, PleaseSpike and Tonya Lewis Lee (A) Kadir Nelson (ILT)
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Toddlers with Puppy – 2005)
In page after page of tail-wagging fun, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Beacon Award-winning producer Tonya Lewis Lee, take a close-up look at what happens when a couple…
$18.99
Peekaboo MorningRachel Isadora (A and ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Board Book – Playful Toddler – 2002)
A toddler plays peekaboo throughout the day with his Grand Parents.. (32 pgs) Ages Baby -3
- Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
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One Hot Summer Day
List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – Adventure and Discovery / 1995)
A simple story of a child everyday adventures, told in an innovative, yet accessible style that will be enjoyed by young listeners no matter what the season. Most of the fun filled activities, are centered around…
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Nobody Gonna Turn Me ‘Round: Stories and Songs of the Civil RightsDoreen Rappaport (A) and Shane W. Evans (ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback- African American History / Civil Rights Era – 2006)
In the summer of 1955, Moses Wright braved mortal danger to testify against three white men accused of murdering Emmett Till – a brutal event that helped to spur the…
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No More! Stories and Songs of Slave ResistanceDoreen Rappaport (A) Shane Evans (ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – History / Slave Resistance – 2005)
Ever since the first boatload of human cargo sailed to the New World, African Americans have waged a courageous struggle for dignity and freedom from slavery. Using true accounts, author Doreen Rappaport puts readers…
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No Mirrors In My Nanas HouseYsaye M. Barnwell (A) and Synthia Saint James (ILT)
List Price: $10.99 (Paperback – Book and CD / Self Pride – 2005)
The beauty in the cracked and crowded hallway, the beauty in her own dark skin, the beauty in the outside world – it all in her Nana eyes.…
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My Man BlueNikki Grimes (A) and Jerome LaGarrique (ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Poetry / Friendship / Mentor – 1999)
In 14 knowing, heartfelt poems, Nikki Grimes invites readers to witness the friendship that blossoms between Damon, an African-American boy without a father, and Blue, a tough-looking man who has lost…
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My Brother Martin: A Sister Growing Up With Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Christine King Farris (A) and Chris K. Soentpiet (ILT) (A)
List Price: $19.95 (Hardcover – Martin Luther King / Family – 2005)
Long before he became a world-famous dreamer, Martin Luther King Jr. was a little boy who played practical jokes and made friends without any consideration to race. But growing…
$19.95
Moonstick: The Seasons of the SiouxEve Bunting (A) and John Sandford (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Native American – Sioux / Spiritual / Coming of Age – 2000)
In this beautifully written story by acclaimed author Eve Bunting, a young boy comes of age under the thirteen moons of the Sioux year. With each…
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Lotus Bloom And The Afro RevolutionLonglisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
Member of the 2023 Notable Books for a Global Society (NGBS) List
From the beloved author of President of the Whole Fifth Grade, a story about a young Black girl who summons the courage to fight against a discriminatory dress…
Sherri Winston (Author)
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The ABC’s of CyberSecurityThe ABCs of Cybersecurity takes readers on a high-tech adventure into the exhilarating world of digital security.
In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving digital landscape, where children are spending increasingly more time online, this book equips kids with the tools they need to defeat cyber villains, navigate the digital world with confidence, and discover…
Claudia Walker (Author),London Walker (Author) and Dissarama Laurencia
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The ABCs Of Black Wall Street (Book)Get ready for the ride of your life, as The ABCs of Black Wall Street takes readers on a front-row, all-inclusive tour.
The ABCs of Black Wall Street Coloring Book takes readers on a nostalgic trip through the heart of Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District. From Madam C.J. Walker and O.W. Gurley, to Williams…
Claudia Walker (Author) and Jessica E. Boyd (Illustrator)
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The ABC’s Of HBCU’S (Book)Get ready for the ride of your life, as The ABCs of Black Wall Street takes readers on a front-row, all-inclusive tour of Historically Black Colleges & Universities.
The ABCs of Black Wall Street Coloring Book takes readers on a nostalgic trip through the heart of Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District. From Madam…
Claudia Walker (Author) & Jessica E. Boyd (Illustrator)
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Young, Gifted and Black Too: Meet 52 More Black IconsIn this timely follow-up to the best-selling, genre-defining Young, Gifted and Black, you can meet 52 more Black icons from around the world – this time spanning even more countries and including inspiring figures from as far back as the 1500s right up to present-day heroes.
Featuring the stories of recent changemakers such…
Jamia Wilson (Author) and Andrea Pippins (llustrator)
$24.99
Juneteenth: A Picture Book for Kids Celebrating Black Joy
Van G. Garrett (Author), Reginald C. Adams (Illustrator)
$19.99
Step into My Power: A Guide to Feeling Good and Living Your Best LifeThis newly updated and extended version of…
Jamia Wilson (Author) and Andrea Pippins (Illustrator)
$16.00
One LoveAdapted from one of Bob Marley most beloved songs, One Love brings the joyful spirit and unforgettable lyrics of his music to life for a new generation.
Readers will delight in dancing to the beat and feeling the positive groove of change when one girl enlists her community to help transform her neighborhood for…
Cedella Marley (Author), Bob Marley (Author) and Vanessa
$17.99
Me and My Mama: Celebrate Black Joy and Family LoveA celebration of family love and Black joy from Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Carole Boston Weatherford, this beautiful rhyming board book is the perfect gift for mom!
Carole Boston Weatherford (Author) and Ashleigh Corrin (Illustrator)
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Brown Is Warm, Black Is BrightA long overdue book that lyrically celebrates and teaches positive associations with two of the most important colors on Earth, black and brown.
Sarah L. Thomson (Author) and Keith Mallet (Illustrator)
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My First Library: Boxset of 10 Board BooksA collection of 10 well-researched board books to introduce a wide range of learning topics and everyday objects to the little scholars. The topics included in the set are – ABC, Numbers, Shapes, Colors, Wild Animals, Farm Animals and Pets, Birds, Fruits, Vegetables and Transport.
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Wonder House Books (Author)
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Backyard Bugs – Touch and Feel Sensory Board BookLittle ones won’t be afraid to touch these bugs. Learn fun facts about the bugs and creatures in your own backyard in this colorful, touch and feel board book. The touch and feel silicone textures add a sensory element to this book for toddlers.
With fun rhyming text, your toddler can explore each insects…
Little Hippo Books (Author)
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See, Touch, Feel: A First Sensory BookThere’s lots for baby to explore in See, Touch, Feel: A First Sensory Book. This sturdy board book, with bright photographs of happy babies, is specially designed to stimulate curiosity through sensory play.
Each page has a colorful picture activity that invites baby to touch and explore. There are raised textures…
Roger Priddy (Author)
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Zuri Ray and the Backyard BashFrom New York Times bestselling author Tami Charles and rising star illustrator Sharon Sordo comes the second book in a charming picture book series about a fun, spunky girl with strong opinions, big ideas, and a huge heart!
Zuri Ray is back! And this time, she’s got a party to plan.…
Tami Charles (Author) and Sharon Sordo (llustrator)
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Jump In!It’s a sunny spring day, and the tic tac tic tac sound of jump ropes hitting the ground floats through the wind.
“Jump in!”
Everyone lines up for a turn. The Delancy twins, double dutch divas. Leroy Jones with the hip-hop tricks. Even Ms. Mabel, showing the youngstas how it’s done. And after a…
Shadra Strickland (Author and Illustrator)
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Grandparents Day! (Step into Reading Level 1))
Candice Ransom (Author) and Ashley Evans (Illustrator)
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This Makes Me Scared (Rodale Kids Curious Readers / Level 2)
Courtney Carbone (Author) and Hilli Kushnir (Illustrator)
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The Proudest ColorFor me, brown is more than feeling proud.
It’s the color I see when I see me.
Zahra sees the world in vivid color. When she’s happy, she feels a razzle-dazzle pink in her hands. When she’s sad, she feels a deep blue behind her eyes. But she isn’t quite sure how…
Sheila Modir, PHD (Author) and Jeff Kashou (Illustrator)
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The TalkA Coretta Scott King Author Honor winner!
As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, ready to take on the world, he first must have that very difficult conversation far too familiar to so many Black and Brown Americans in this gentle and ultimately hopeful picture book.
Jay’s most favorite things…
Alicia D. Williams (Author) and Briana Mukodiri Uchendu
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All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Carole Boston Weatherford (Author) and Ashley Evans (Illustrator)
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Ashay’s Baby Bundle #6 Spanish Bi-Lingual Babies and Toddlers (Group B)The Perfect Little Spanish Bi-Lingual Bundle (Group B)
Includes the Following 6 Board Books
Around The World with / Alreadedor del mundo con Cantinflas / Geology $9.99
Inspired by one of the world’s most iconic comedians, Mario Moreno (better known as the inquisitive Cantinflas),…
Lil Libros/ Collection by Ashay By The Bay
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Every Little Thing (Board Book)Bob Marley’s songs are known the world over for their powerful message of love, peace, and harmony. Now a whole new generation can discover one of his most joyous songs in this reassuring picture book adaptation written by his daughter Cedella and exuberantly illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton.
This upbeat story reminds children that the sun…
Cedella Marley (Author), Bob Marley (Author) and Vanessa
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Happy Birthday! – Touch and Feel Sensory Board BookExplore all kinds of birthday fun from surprise gifts to colorful balloons in this touch and feel board book. Perfect for little hands to hold, this sensory book features a variety of materials to touch and feel.
- Features a silicone touch and feel element on the cover and various touch and…
Little Hippo Book (Author)
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Ocean Friends – Touch and Feel Sensory Board BookExplore the underwater world of creatures from sea turtles to clown fish in this touch and feel board book. Perfect for little hands to hold, this sensory board book features a variety of materials to touch and feel.
- Features a silicone touch and feel element on the cover and various touch and feel elements…
Little Hippo Book (Author)
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We Move TogetherA bold and colorful exploration of all the ways that people navigate through the spaces around them and a celebration of the relationships we build along the way.
We Move Together follows a mixed-ability group of kids as they creatively negotiate everyday barriers and find joy and connection in disability culture and community. A perfect…
Kelly Fritsch (A) and Anne McGuire (A) and
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Brilliant Bea: A Story for Kids With Dyslexia and Learning DifferencesAn endearing and empowering story that demonstrates that a learning difference like dyslexia doesn’t define who you are.
Despite her struggles with reading and writing, Beatrice is a natural and brilliant storyteller. With the help of a kind-hearted teacher, Beatrice uses an old-fashioned tape recorder so she can speak her words and then play…
Shaina Rudolph (Author), Mary Vukadinovich (Author) and Fiona
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Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat BetterDiscover the inspiring story of Augustus Jackson, an African American entrepreneur who is known as “the father of ice cream,” in this beautifully illustrated picture-book biography.
Augustus Jackson was born in 1808 in Philadelphia. While most African Americans were enslaved at that time, in Pennsylvania, slavery was against the law. But while Augustus and…
Glenda Armand (Author) and Kim Freeman and Keith
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Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man NovelFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes the “action-packed…banter-filled” (School Library Journal, starred review) sequel to his groundbreaking young adult novel Miles Morales: Spider-Man about the adventures of the unassuming, everyday kid who just so happens to be Spider-Man.
Miles Morales is just your average teenager.…
Jason Reynolds (Author) and Zeke Pena (Illustrator)
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We Are Free, You and MeActivists Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab present a poetic anthem to your brilliance, your beauty, your very existence.
Every child has the right to be free. … the right to reach … the right to dream!
This lyrical affirmation of what freedom truly means celebrates the principles of Colin and Nessa’s Know Your Rights…
Colin Kaepernick (Author) and Nessa Diab (Illustrator)
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The MessageWith his bestseller, Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates established himself as a unique voice in his generation of American authors; a brilliant writer and thinker in the tradition of James Baldwin.
In his keenly anticipated new book, The Message, he explores the urgent question of how our stories – our reporting,…
Ta-Nehisi Coates (Author)
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When Black Girls Dream BigYou have within you infinite promise. How big will YOU dream? This striking companion to I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams celebrates Black female achievement and is perfect for fans of I Am Enough, Little Leaders, and She Persisted.
“Magnificently compelling….Lets Black girls know each time…
Tanisia Moore (Author) and Robert Paul (Illustrator)
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The Story of Kamala Harris: An Inspiring Biography for Young ReadersDiscover the life of Kamala Harris―a story for kids ages 6 to 9 about fighting for justice. The new edition, updated to reflect her vice presidency and 2024 presidential run!
Kamala Harris is the first woman, Black American, and South Asian American to become vice president of the United States―and now she is running…
Tonya Leslie, PhD (Author)
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Martin Luther King Jr. (Little People, Big Dreams)In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the inspiring minister and civil rights activist.
Little Martin grew up in a family of preachers: his dad was a preacher, his uncle was a preacher, his grandfather was a preacher…so maybe…
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (Author) and Mai Ly
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WWE: The New Day: Power of PositivityEveryone knows The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E ) are six-time Tag Team Champions – including the longest reign in WWE history – but now, for the first time, discover the true origins of this unforgettable trio.
IT’S THE NEW DAY GRAPHIC NOVEL, YES IT IS!
WWE Superstars Kofi Kingston,…
Evan Narcisse (Author) Austin Walker (Author) and Daniel
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I’m Going to Be a PrincessWhat will Maya be when she grows up? A rocket scientist like Annie Easley? An Olympic athlete like Alice Coachman? A brain surgeon like Alexa Canady?
In this heart-warming and funny story, Maya discovers the achievements of some amazing Black women . . . but it’s a brave Nigerian princess who really captures her…
Stephanie Taylor (Author) and Jade Orlando (Illustrator)
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Sydney’s Big SpeechA perfect picture book about perseverance, overcoming challenges, and working hard to achieve your goals!
Sydney learns to conquer her fear of public speaking at school, in this affectionate father-daughter story referencing inspiring role models who dealt with similar issues.
Sydney wants to be a great leader when she grows up. There’s just one…
Malcolm Newsome (Author) and Jade Orlando (Illustrator)
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A Boy And His MirrorThe bestselling illustrator of I Am Enough brings to life the story of a boy whose mirror gives him a whole new way of seeing himself.
Chris loves his long, curly hair, so why do his classmates tease him about it? When he looks for answers in his mirror, something wonderfully wild and…
Marchant Davis (Author) and Keturah A. Bobo (Illustrator)
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Who Was Harriet Tubman?Zona Zeldis McDonough (A) and Nancy Harrison (ILT)
List Price: $6.99 (Paperback – Biography / Conductor / Underground Railroad – 2002)
Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone’s property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field…
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When Harriet Met SojournerCatherine Clinton and Shane W. Evans
List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – History / African American Women Leaders – 2007)
Two women with similar backgrounds. Both slaves; both fiercely independent. Both great, in different ways.
Harriet Tubman: brave pioneer who led her fellow slaves to freedom, larger than…
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What Does It Mean To Be GlobalRana DiOrio (A) and Chris Hill (ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Green / Environment/ Global / Diversity – 2009)
In this whimsically drawn and thoughtfully-told story, children learn what it means to be global by visiting the pyramids, eating sushi, celebrating Kwanzaa, and learning how to say hello in Swahili. The book…
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We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League BaseballKadir Nelson (A and ILT)
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2010 Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor Award
We are the ship; all else the sea. Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League
The story of…
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We All Have A HeritageSandy Lynne Holman (A) and Lela Kometiani (ILT)
List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Culture / Heritage / Ethnic Diversity – 2002)
An illustrated story of children from diverse backgrounds who learn and celebrate the fact that we all have a Heritage and that we all have a lot in common.
I like the…
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Wavy, Curly, Kinky: The African American Childs Hair Care GuideDeborah R. Lilly (A)
A renowned stylist offers easy-to-follow hair-care instructions. In this hands-on guide, hairstylist Deborah Lilly shows parents the best ways to style and maintain African American boys and girls hair from infancy to the preteen…
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Visiting DayJacqueline Woodson (A) and James Ransome (ILT)
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In this moving picture book from multi-award winning author Jacqueline Woodson, a young girl and her grandmother prepare for a very special day–the one day a month they get to visit the girl’s father in…
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Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah BreedloveKathryn Lasky (A) and Nneka Bennett (ILT)
List Price: $5.99 (Paperback – Biography / Entrepreneur / Cosmetics – 2000)
A biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born in poverty, pioneered her genius ideas in hair and beauty care products for black women, and became a great financial success. (48…
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Under The Quilt Of NightDeborah Hopkinson (A) and James E. Ransome (ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Historical / Underground Railroad – 2004)
Under the quilt of night a young slave girl leads her loved ones away from the slave master who worked them: hoeing and picking, / mending and sewing, / till…
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Uncle Jed’s Barber ShopMargaree King Mitchell (A) and James E. Ransome (ILT)
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Sarah Jean Uncle Jed was the only black barber in the county. He had a kind heart and a warm smile. Living in the segregated South of the 1920, where…
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Tupac: Resurrection 1971-1996Jacob Hoye (A)
List Price:$30.00 (Paperback – Biography / Hip Hop Artist / Rapper – 2006)
Capturing as never before the matchless passion and searing honesty of the late Tupac Shakur, the brilliant young rapper, actor, and poet who was mysteriously gunned…
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To Be A SlaveTom Feelings (A) and Julius Lester (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – History / Slave Narratives – 2005)
What was it like to be a slave? Listen to the words and learn about the lives of countless slaves and ex-slaves, telling about their forced journey from Africa to the United States, their…
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This Little Light of MinePublic Domain, E.B.. Lewis (ILT)
List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Song / African American Spiritual – 2005)
A great visual interpretation of a a popular African-American spiritual. It is morning when the book opens, and readers are greeted by a smiling boy. Throughout the day, he spreads his own special…
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This Is The DreamDiane Z. Shore (A) and Jessica Alexander (A) James Ransome (ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – History / Civil Rights / Racism / Segregation / Integration – 2005)
Our nation was founded on the belief that all men are created equal. Nearly two hundred years after the signing of the…
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The Village That VanishedAnne Grifalconi (A) and Kadir Nelson (ILT)
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An inspiring tale of one girls struggle to preserve her peoples freedom. Young Abikanile and all of the villagers of Yao feel safe hidden deep within…
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The Souls of Black FolksW. E. Du Boise (A)
List Price: $4.99 (Paperback – African American History / Negro Life / 20th Century / Race – 2005)
This landmark book is a founding work in the literature of black protest. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) played a key role in developing the strategy and…
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The Rose That Grew From ConcreteNikki Giovannni (A), Tupac Shakur (A) and Leila Steinberg (Photo)
List Price: $16.00 (Paperback – Poetry / Hip Hop – 1999)
His talent was unbounded, a raw force that commanded attention and respect. His death was tragic — a violent homage to the power of his voice.…
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The Righteous Revenge of Artemis BonnerWalter Dean Myers (A)
List Price : $7.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Western Adventure / Friendship and Revenge – 1994)
Fifteen-year-old Artemis journeys from New York City to Tombstone, Arizona, in 1882, to avenge the murder of his uncle.
Wanted: One low-lifed,…
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The Planet of Junior BrownVirginia Hamilton (A) and Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Friendship / Drama – 2006)
Junior Brown, an overprotected three-hundred pound musical prodigy who prone to having fantasies, and Buddy Clark, a loner who lives by his wits…
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The Pan-AfricanistsKofi A. Annan (A), Dudley J. Thompson (A) and Barrington A. Watson (ILT)
List Price: $15.00 (Paperback – Biographies / Pan Africanists – 2005)
This book celebrates the lives of seventeen Black leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the liberation, unity and solidarity of Africa and African peoples throughout…
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The Neighborhood Mother GooseNina Crews (A) and (PHOTO)
List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Poetry – 2003)
Every day, children the world over sing, shout, and celebrate Mother Goose rhymes. And now there a new reason to cheer: Nina Crews has added her own remarkable, jazzy style of illustration to a collection of forty-one…
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The House of Dies DrearVirginia Hamilton (A)
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The house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock. It had a century-old legend — two fugitive…
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The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage“We cannot let this history die, nor can we let it fade away. As it has filled me with pride and given me understanding of one group of outstanding soldiers, so it should be passed on to all Americans to appreciate and honor” (from the introduction by coauthor and unit historian Bill Miles)
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The Great Migration: An American StoryJacob Lawrence (A and ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – African American History / Migration North 1900 – 2007)
A noted African-American artist chronicles the 1916-1919 migration of blacks from the South through a sequence of 60 paintings and accompanying narrative captions. The story begins with the call for new…
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The Entrance Place of Wonders: Poems of the Harlem Renaissance
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A remarkable and much-needed collection for the youngest lovers of poetry, Entrance Place of Wonders: Poems of the Harlem Renaissance features poems from the leaders of this cultural movement…
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The BeastWalter Dean Myers (A)
List Price: $16.95 (Hardcover – Fiction / Racial and Social Divides / Relationships / Drug Addiction – 2003)
Anthony Spoon Witherspoon, 17, leaves Harlem, and his girl, Gabi, to spend his senior year at Wallingford Academy in Connecticut, with the hope that he will get into an Ivy League…
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The African American Baby Name BookTeresa Norman (A)
List Price: $18.00 (Paperback – Name Reference – 1998)
Names are a hallmark of our heritage, reflections of both the ethnic and religious roots of our past and our dreams for our childrens future. This A-to-Z guide includes more than 10,000 names, ranging from African names to contemporary…
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Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern HaitiFrances Temple (A)
List Price: $5.99 (Paperback – Social Political / Haitian Revolt – 2004)
Seventeen year old Do has a story: Once he was one of Titid’s boys, a vital member of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s election team, fighting to overthrow military dictatorship in Haiti. Now he is barely alive,…
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Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth ColemanNikki Grimes (A) and E. B. Lewis (ILT)
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Biography / Aviation Pioneer – 2002)
Learn how a young African-American woman living in an era of segregation achieved her dream of flying. When the Wright brothers took their historic flight, 11-year-old Bessie Coleman vowed to become…
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Summertime: From Porgy and BessGeorge Gershwin (A) and Mike Wimmer (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback / Plantation Life – 2002)
This lavish picture book is based on the beloved folk opera Porgy and Bess features Wimmer lush, epic oil paintings which reveal a vision of plantation life that extends the lyrics of this enormously popular…
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Soul Looks Back In WonderVarious Authors and Tom Feelings (EDIT) and ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Poetry / African American – 1999)
Artist Feelings invited poets whom he admired to compose original, short verses for these drawings, with breathtakingly rich and powerful results. Together they created a tribute to African-American creativity, the collection…
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Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our ChildrenSandra L. Pinkney (A) and Myles Pinkney (Photos)
List Price: $6.99 (Board Book – African American / Children’s Features – 2006)
The beauty of African-American children is celebrated in this joyous picture book. Wonderful, clear, full-color photographs of youngsters illustrate a poetic, vivid text that describes a range of skin and eye…
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ScorpionsWalter Dean Myers (A)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Gangs / Drugs / Relationships – 1995)
Lately everybody is messing with Jamal. His teachers, the kids at school, even his dad. And now that Jamal brother Randy in the slam, Crazy Mack has a crazy idea. He wants…
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Satchel PaigeLesa Cline-Ransome (A) and James E. Ransome (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Biography / Sport / Baseball – 2005)
This book examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series. Some say Leroy Paige was born six…
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Salt In His ShoesDeloris Jordan (A) and Kadir Nelson (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback- Biography / Sports / Basketball – 2000)
Young Michael Jordan, who is smaller than the other players, learns that determination and hard work are more important than size when playing the game of basketball. (32 pgs) Ages 4-8
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logan Family Saga #2)Mildred D. Taylor (A)
List Price: $9.99. (Paperback – Logan Family Saga #2 – 1976)
With the land to hold them together, nothing can tear the Logans apart. Why is the land so important to Cassie family? It takes the events of one turbulent year – the year of the night…
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Rikki-Tikki-TaviRudyard Kipling (A) and Nataly Donskaya (ILT)
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The Jungle Book Tales by Rudyard Kipling
This book series presents one of the world’s most famous collections of stories for children – the animal tales by Rudyard Kipling.
The exciting adventures…
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Whoever You Are/Quienquiera que seasMem Fox (A) and Leslie Staub (ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Board Book – Bi-Lingual / Children / Unity / Similarities – 2002)
Mem Fox’s touching tale of what bonds us all. Little one, whoever you are, she explains, there are children all over the world who may look different,…
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Pretty Brown FaceAndrea and Brian Pinkney (A) and (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Board Book – Self Esteem – 1997)
Babies will love the shiny mirror on the last page. So adoreable. (8 pgs) Ages 2-6
- Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.9 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
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Portraits of African American HeroesTonya Bolden (A) and Ansel Pitcairin (ILT)
List Price: $13.99 (Paperback – African American History / Heroes -2005)
This is a stunningly beautiful book consisting of portraits-in pictures and words-of twenty outstanding African-Americans. The individuals range from historical to contemporary figures, such as the dancer Judith Jamison, and represent diverse…
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Please, Puppy, PleaseSpike and Tonya Lewis Lee (A) Kadir Nelson (ILT)
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Toddlers with Puppy – 2005)
In page after page of tail-wagging fun, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Beacon Award-winning producer Tonya Lewis Lee, take a close-up look at what happens when a couple…
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Peekaboo MorningRachel Isadora (A and ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Board Book – Playful Toddler – 2002)
A toddler plays peekaboo throughout the day with his Grand Parents.. (32 pgs) Ages Baby -3
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One Hot Summer Day
List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – Adventure and Discovery / 1995)
A simple story of a child everyday adventures, told in an innovative, yet accessible style that will be enjoyed by young listeners no matter what the season. Most of the fun filled activities, are centered around…
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Nobody Gonna Turn Me ‘Round: Stories and Songs of the Civil RightsDoreen Rappaport (A) and Shane W. Evans (ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback- African American History / Civil Rights Era – 2006)
In the summer of 1955, Moses Wright braved mortal danger to testify against three white men accused of murdering Emmett Till – a brutal event that helped to spur the…
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No More! Stories and Songs of Slave ResistanceDoreen Rappaport (A) Shane Evans (ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – History / Slave Resistance – 2005)
Ever since the first boatload of human cargo sailed to the New World, African Americans have waged a courageous struggle for dignity and freedom from slavery. Using true accounts, author Doreen Rappaport puts readers…
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No Mirrors In My Nanas HouseYsaye M. Barnwell (A) and Synthia Saint James (ILT)
List Price: $10.99 (Paperback – Book and CD / Self Pride – 2005)
The beauty in the cracked and crowded hallway, the beauty in her own dark skin, the beauty in the outside world – it all in her Nana eyes.…
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My Man BlueNikki Grimes (A) and Jerome LaGarrique (ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Poetry / Friendship / Mentor – 1999)
In 14 knowing, heartfelt poems, Nikki Grimes invites readers to witness the friendship that blossoms between Damon, an African-American boy without a father, and Blue, a tough-looking man who has lost…
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My Brother Martin: A Sister Growing Up With Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Christine King Farris (A) and Chris K. Soentpiet (ILT) (A)
List Price: $19.95 (Hardcover – Martin Luther King / Family – 2005)
Long before he became a world-famous dreamer, Martin Luther King Jr. was a little boy who played practical jokes and made friends without any consideration to race. But growing…
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Moonstick: The Seasons of the SiouxEve Bunting (A) and John Sandford (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Native American – Sioux / Spiritual / Coming of Age – 2000)
In this beautifully written story by acclaimed author Eve Bunting, a young boy comes of age under the thirteen moons of the Sioux year. With each…
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Lotus Bloom And The Afro RevolutionLonglisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
Member of the 2023 Notable Books for a Global Society (NGBS) List
From the beloved author of President of the Whole Fifth Grade, a story about a young Black girl who summons the courage to fight against a discriminatory dress…
Sherri Winston (Author)
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The ABC’s of CyberSecurityThe ABCs of Cybersecurity takes readers on a high-tech adventure into the exhilarating world of digital security.
In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving digital landscape, where children are spending increasingly more time online, this book equips kids with the tools they need to defeat cyber villains, navigate the digital world with confidence, and discover…
Claudia Walker (Author),London Walker (Author) and Dissarama Laurencia
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The ABCs Of Black Wall Street (Book)Get ready for the ride of your life, as The ABCs of Black Wall Street takes readers on a front-row, all-inclusive tour.
The ABCs of Black Wall Street Coloring Book takes readers on a nostalgic trip through the heart of Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District. From Madam C.J. Walker and O.W. Gurley, to Williams…
Claudia Walker (Author) and Jessica E. Boyd (Illustrator)
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The ABC’s Of HBCU’S (Book)Get ready for the ride of your life, as The ABCs of Black Wall Street takes readers on a front-row, all-inclusive tour of Historically Black Colleges & Universities.
The ABCs of Black Wall Street Coloring Book takes readers on a nostalgic trip through the heart of Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District. From Madam…
Claudia Walker (Author) & Jessica E. Boyd (Illustrator)
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Young, Gifted and Black Too: Meet 52 More Black IconsIn this timely follow-up to the best-selling, genre-defining Young, Gifted and Black, you can meet 52 more Black icons from around the world – this time spanning even more countries and including inspiring figures from as far back as the 1500s right up to present-day heroes.
Featuring the stories of recent changemakers such…
Jamia Wilson (Author) and Andrea Pippins (llustrator)
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Juneteenth: A Picture Book for Kids Celebrating Black Joy
Van G. Garrett (Author), Reginald C. Adams (Illustrator)
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Step into My Power: A Guide to Feeling Good and Living Your Best LifeThis newly updated and extended version of…
Jamia Wilson (Author) and Andrea Pippins (Illustrator)
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One LoveAdapted from one of Bob Marley most beloved songs, One Love brings the joyful spirit and unforgettable lyrics of his music to life for a new generation.
Readers will delight in dancing to the beat and feeling the positive groove of change when one girl enlists her community to help transform her neighborhood for…
Cedella Marley (Author), Bob Marley (Author) and Vanessa
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Me and My Mama: Celebrate Black Joy and Family LoveA celebration of family love and Black joy from Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Carole Boston Weatherford, this beautiful rhyming board book is the perfect gift for mom!
Carole Boston Weatherford (Author) and Ashleigh Corrin (Illustrator)
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Brown Is Warm, Black Is BrightA long overdue book that lyrically celebrates and teaches positive associations with two of the most important colors on Earth, black and brown.
Sarah L. Thomson (Author) and Keith Mallet (Illustrator)
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My First Library: Boxset of 10 Board BooksA collection of 10 well-researched board books to introduce a wide range of learning topics and everyday objects to the little scholars. The topics included in the set are – ABC, Numbers, Shapes, Colors, Wild Animals, Farm Animals and Pets, Birds, Fruits, Vegetables and Transport.
These beautiful picture books
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Wonder House Books (Author)
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Backyard Bugs – Touch and Feel Sensory Board BookLittle ones won’t be afraid to touch these bugs. Learn fun facts about the bugs and creatures in your own backyard in this colorful, touch and feel board book. The touch and feel silicone textures add a sensory element to this book for toddlers.
With fun rhyming text, your toddler can explore each insects…
Little Hippo Books (Author)
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See, Touch, Feel: A First Sensory BookThere’s lots for baby to explore in See, Touch, Feel: A First Sensory Book. This sturdy board book, with bright photographs of happy babies, is specially designed to stimulate curiosity through sensory play.
Each page has a colorful picture activity that invites baby to touch and explore. There are raised textures…
Roger Priddy (Author)
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Zuri Ray and the Backyard BashFrom New York Times bestselling author Tami Charles and rising star illustrator Sharon Sordo comes the second book in a charming picture book series about a fun, spunky girl with strong opinions, big ideas, and a huge heart!
Zuri Ray is back! And this time, she’s got a party to plan.…
Tami Charles (Author) and Sharon Sordo (llustrator)
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Jump In!It’s a sunny spring day, and the tic tac tic tac sound of jump ropes hitting the ground floats through the wind.
“Jump in!”
Everyone lines up for a turn. The Delancy twins, double dutch divas. Leroy Jones with the hip-hop tricks. Even Ms. Mabel, showing the youngstas how it’s done. And after a…
Shadra Strickland (Author and Illustrator)
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Grandparents Day! (Step into Reading Level 1))
Candice Ransom (Author) and Ashley Evans (Illustrator)
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This Makes Me Scared (Rodale Kids Curious Readers / Level 2)
Courtney Carbone (Author) and Hilli Kushnir (Illustrator)
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The Proudest ColorFor me, brown is more than feeling proud.
It’s the color I see when I see me.
Zahra sees the world in vivid color. When she’s happy, she feels a razzle-dazzle pink in her hands. When she’s sad, she feels a deep blue behind her eyes. But she isn’t quite sure how…
Sheila Modir, PHD (Author) and Jeff Kashou (Illustrator)
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The TalkA Coretta Scott King Author Honor winner!
As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, ready to take on the world, he first must have that very difficult conversation far too familiar to so many Black and Brown Americans in this gentle and ultimately hopeful picture book.
Jay’s most favorite things…
Alicia D. Williams (Author) and Briana Mukodiri Uchendu
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All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Carole Boston Weatherford (Author) and Ashley Evans (Illustrator)
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Ashay’s Baby Bundle #6 Spanish Bi-Lingual Babies and Toddlers (Group B)The Perfect Little Spanish Bi-Lingual Bundle (Group B)
Includes the Following 6 Board Books
Around The World with / Alreadedor del mundo con Cantinflas / Geology $9.99
Inspired by one of the world’s most iconic comedians, Mario Moreno (better known as the inquisitive Cantinflas),…
Lil Libros/ Collection by Ashay By The Bay
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Every Little Thing (Board Book)Bob Marley’s songs are known the world over for their powerful message of love, peace, and harmony. Now a whole new generation can discover one of his most joyous songs in this reassuring picture book adaptation written by his daughter Cedella and exuberantly illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton.
This upbeat story reminds children that the sun…
Cedella Marley (Author), Bob Marley (Author) and Vanessa
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Happy Birthday! – Touch and Feel Sensory Board BookExplore all kinds of birthday fun from surprise gifts to colorful balloons in this touch and feel board book. Perfect for little hands to hold, this sensory book features a variety of materials to touch and feel.
- Features a silicone touch and feel element on the cover and various touch and…
Little Hippo Book (Author)
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Ocean Friends – Touch and Feel Sensory Board BookExplore the underwater world of creatures from sea turtles to clown fish in this touch and feel board book. Perfect for little hands to hold, this sensory board book features a variety of materials to touch and feel.
- Features a silicone touch and feel element on the cover and various touch and feel elements…
Little Hippo Book (Author)
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We Move TogetherA bold and colorful exploration of all the ways that people navigate through the spaces around them and a celebration of the relationships we build along the way.
We Move Together follows a mixed-ability group of kids as they creatively negotiate everyday barriers and find joy and connection in disability culture and community. A perfect…
Kelly Fritsch (A) and Anne McGuire (A) and
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Brilliant Bea: A Story for Kids With Dyslexia and Learning DifferencesAn endearing and empowering story that demonstrates that a learning difference like dyslexia doesn’t define who you are.
Despite her struggles with reading and writing, Beatrice is a natural and brilliant storyteller. With the help of a kind-hearted teacher, Beatrice uses an old-fashioned tape recorder so she can speak her words and then play…
Shaina Rudolph (Author), Mary Vukadinovich (Author) and Fiona
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Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat BetterDiscover the inspiring story of Augustus Jackson, an African American entrepreneur who is known as “the father of ice cream,” in this beautifully illustrated picture-book biography.
Augustus Jackson was born in 1808 in Philadelphia. While most African Americans were enslaved at that time, in Pennsylvania, slavery was against the law. But while Augustus and…
Glenda Armand (Author) and Kim Freeman and Keith
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Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man NovelFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes the “action-packed…banter-filled” (School Library Journal, starred review) sequel to his groundbreaking young adult novel Miles Morales: Spider-Man about the adventures of the unassuming, everyday kid who just so happens to be Spider-Man.
Miles Morales is just your average teenager.…
Jason Reynolds (Author) and Zeke Pena (Illustrator)
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We Are Free, You and MeActivists Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab present a poetic anthem to your brilliance, your beauty, your very existence.
Every child has the right to be free. … the right to reach … the right to dream!
This lyrical affirmation of what freedom truly means celebrates the principles of Colin and Nessa’s Know Your Rights…
Colin Kaepernick (Author) and Nessa Diab (Illustrator)
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The MessageWith his bestseller, Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates established himself as a unique voice in his generation of American authors; a brilliant writer and thinker in the tradition of James Baldwin.
In his keenly anticipated new book, The Message, he explores the urgent question of how our stories – our reporting,…
Ta-Nehisi Coates (Author)
$30.00
When Black Girls Dream BigYou have within you infinite promise. How big will YOU dream? This striking companion to I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams celebrates Black female achievement and is perfect for fans of I Am Enough, Little Leaders, and She Persisted.
“Magnificently compelling….Lets Black girls know each time…
Tanisia Moore (Author) and Robert Paul (Illustrator)
$19.99
The Story of Kamala Harris: An Inspiring Biography for Young ReadersDiscover the life of Kamala Harris―a story for kids ages 6 to 9 about fighting for justice. The new edition, updated to reflect her vice presidency and 2024 presidential run!
Kamala Harris is the first woman, Black American, and South Asian American to become vice president of the United States―and now she is running…
Tonya Leslie, PhD (Author)
$6.99
Martin Luther King Jr. (Little People, Big Dreams)In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the inspiring minister and civil rights activist.
Little Martin grew up in a family of preachers: his dad was a preacher, his uncle was a preacher, his grandfather was a preacher…so maybe…
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (Author) and Mai Ly
Original price was: $15.99.$14.99Current price is: $14.99.
WWE: The New Day: Power of PositivityEveryone knows The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E ) are six-time Tag Team Champions – including the longest reign in WWE history – but now, for the first time, discover the true origins of this unforgettable trio.
IT’S THE NEW DAY GRAPHIC NOVEL, YES IT IS!
WWE Superstars Kofi Kingston,…
Evan Narcisse (Author) Austin Walker (Author) and Daniel
$14.99
I’m Going to Be a PrincessWhat will Maya be when she grows up? A rocket scientist like Annie Easley? An Olympic athlete like Alice Coachman? A brain surgeon like Alexa Canady?
In this heart-warming and funny story, Maya discovers the achievements of some amazing Black women . . . but it’s a brave Nigerian princess who really captures her…
Stephanie Taylor (Author) and Jade Orlando (Illustrator)
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Sydney’s Big SpeechA perfect picture book about perseverance, overcoming challenges, and working hard to achieve your goals!
Sydney learns to conquer her fear of public speaking at school, in this affectionate father-daughter story referencing inspiring role models who dealt with similar issues.
Sydney wants to be a great leader when she grows up. There’s just one…
Malcolm Newsome (Author) and Jade Orlando (Illustrator)
$19.99
A Boy And His MirrorThe bestselling illustrator of I Am Enough brings to life the story of a boy whose mirror gives him a whole new way of seeing himself.
Chris loves his long, curly hair, so why do his classmates tease him about it? When he looks for answers in his mirror, something wonderfully wild and…
Marchant Davis (Author) and Keturah A. Bobo (Illustrator)
$18.99
Read to your Kids early, and watch their minds grow.
Baby-3 and Pre-School
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Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the AshantiGerald Mcdermott (A and ILT)
List Price:$9.99 (Paperback – Ashanti Tale – 1972)
Anansi the Spider is one of the great folk heroes of the world. He is a rogue, a mischief-maker, and a wise, lovable creature who triumphs over larger foes.
Description: In this traditional Ashanti tale, Anansi sets out on a long,…
$9.99
A Child’s Book of Prayers and Blessings: From Faiths and Cultures Around the WorldDeloris Jordan (A) and Shadra Strickland (ILT)
List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Prayers / From Around The World)
From the coauthor of Salt in His Shoes Deloris Jordan comes a comforting book of prayers collected from faiths and cultures all over the world.
From cultures and countries near and far, this collection of more than…
$17.99
Ages 4-8 and Grades K-3
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When I Am Old With YouAngela Johnson (A) and David Soman (ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Grandfather and Grandson / Generations / Love – 2007)
A small child imagines a future when he will be old with his Grandaddy. . . . The African-American child and grandfather are distinct individuals, yet also universal figures, recognizable to anyone who…
$7.99
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the Worlds Fastest WomanKathleen Krull (A) and David Diaz (ILT)
List Price: $8.95 (Paperback – Sports / Track Athlete / Handicap / Determination – 2000)
Description: Wilma Rudolph was born in Tennessee in 1940 and contracted polio just before her fifth birthday. She was not expected to walk…
$8.95
Our Children Can SoarMichelle Cook (A) and the following Contributing Illustrators: A.G. Ford, Bryan Collier, Charlotte Riley-Webb, Cozbi Cabrera, Diane Dillon, E.B. Lewis, Eric Velasquez, Frank Morrison, James Ransome, Leo Dillon, Pat Cummings, R. Gregory Christie, Shadra, E. B. Lewis, Marian Wright Edelman (Introduction)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback -Highlights11 African American Achievers…
$8.99
Mummy Mazes: A Monumental BookElizabeth Carpenter (A)
List Price: $11.99 (Paperback – Activity Book / Mazes / Ancient Egypt – 2010)
The first new idea in maze books since Egyptian times. Originally self- published, Mummy Mazes has won awards and seals of approval from Dr. Toy, The National Parenting Center, Independent Publishers, and Creative Child Magazine.
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Jazzy Miz MozettaBrenda C. Roberts (A), Frank Morrison (A) and (ILT)
List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – Dancing / Friends – 2004)
Jazzy Miz Mozetta is the winner of the 2005 Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe New Talent Award
One fine evening, Miz Mozetta puts on her firecracker-red dress and heads outside to enjoy the…
$16.99
I Have A Dream (Book and CD)Kadir Nelson (A and ILT)
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Biography / African American Leader – 2014)
A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King: My father’s dream continues to live on from generation to generation, and this beautiful and powerful illustrated edition…
$18.99
My Brother CharlieHolly Robinson Peete (A) and Ryan Elizabeth Peete (A) and Shane Evans (ILT)
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Disabillities / Autism / Siblings / Love and Tolerance – 2010)
Callie is very proud of her brother Charlie. He good at so many things – swimming, playing the piano, running fast. And Charlie has…
$18.99
My First KwanzaaKaren Katz (A and ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – African American Holiday / Kwanzaa – 2003)
A round-faced, happy little girl tells about her family Kwanzaa celebration. The simple text and colorful folkloric illustrations with vivid patterns make this a good book to share with young children. Adults will appreciate the brief…
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My Pop Pop and Me and A RecipeIrene Smalls (A) and Cathy Ann Johnson (ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Relationships / Grandfather and Grandson / Bake A Cake – 2006)
A grandfather, Pop Pop, and his grandson transform baking a lemon cake into a magical time filled with sound, rhythm snd sction. Sniff sniff the lemon whiff / Peel…
$9.99
Nelson MandelaKadir Nelson (A and ILT)
List Price: $11.99 (Paperback – African Leader / South Africa – 2013)
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
In this picture book biography, award-winning author and illustrator Kadir Nelson tells the story of Mandela, a global icon, in poignant free verse and glorious illustrations. It is the story…
$11.99
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My DaughtersBarack Obama (A) and Loren Long (ILT)
List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – President Obama Letter to His Daughters: Sasha and Malia – 2010)
In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the…
$17.99
Meet Danitra BrownNikki Grimes (A) and Floyd Cooper (ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Friendship / Girls / Poetry – 1997)
Thirteen poems tell the story of the friendship of two girls, Zuri Jackson and Danitra Brown. The poems, in Zuri voice, celebrate Danitra bravery, spunk, and kindness. Oil-wash illustrations accompany the verses.…
$7.99
Michaels Golden RulesDeloris Jordan (A), Roslyn ME. Jordan (A)) and Kadir Nelson (ILT)
List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Sports / Baseball /Teamwork / Friendship – 2007)
Ive learned it takes heart to come out a winner every time, whether you win or lose. — Michael Jordan Jonathan wants to win more than…
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“With over 25 years in business, we’ve built strong partnerships with publishers and distributors—one of the many valuable benefits we’re able to offer our customers.”
We are enthusiastic about the upcoming school year and are committed to expanding our collection with a wide range of popular titles. At present, our online inventory includes more than 1,300 books, with an additional 3,000 titles in our database, the majority of which align with Core Curriculum Standards. Our high-quality books are sure to capture their attention, stir the imagination and engage students to want to read.
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Shop the Best Reads at Our Children’s Bookstore
“With over 25 years in business, we’ve built strong partnerships with publishers and distributors—one of the many valuable benefits we’re able to offer our customers.”
We are enthusiastic about the upcoming school year and are committed to expanding our collection with a wide range of popular titles. At present, our online inventory includes more than 1,300 books, with an additional 3,000 titles in our database, the majority of which align with Core Curriculum Standards. Our high-quality books are sure to capture their attention, stir the imagination and engage students to want to read.
Ashay By The Bay is the #1 Black Children’s Bookstore, aka The Largest Selection of African American and Multi-Cultural Children’s Bookstore. Our hand-picked selection includes 49 collections of diverse and inclusive stories that ignite young minds and foster a love for reading at an early age. From picture books to children’s novels, our bookstore has something for every age and interest.
With over 25 years in business, we’ve built strong partnerships with publishers and distributors—and that has been an added value for our customers. We are enthusiastic about the new school year and we are committed to continue bringing you the best high quality books that educate and empower children.
Ages 9-12 and Grades 4-5
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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black HistoryVashti Harrison (A and ILT)
List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – African American History / Black Women Leaders – 2017)
This beautifully illustrated book introduces readers of all ages to 40 women who changed the world.
Featuring forty trailblazing black women in American history, Little Leaders educates and inspires as it relates true stories…
$16.99
Barber Game Time Books: Red ZoneTiki Barber (A), Ronde Barber (A) and Paul Mantell (Contri)
Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Series / Sports / Football – Playoffs – 2013)
The Hidden Valley Eagles have the championship in sight—but will chicken pox get in the way?
The Hidden Valley Eagles are on track to make the playoffs. Full of focus…
$7.99
Barber Game Time Books: Wild CardTiki Barber (A), Ronde Barber (A) and Paul Mantell (Contri)
Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Series / Sports / Football- Grades/Probation – 2012)
From NFL superstars Tiki and Ronde Barber, a story of teamwork and determination—in the classroom as well as on the field.
The eighth-grade season couldn’t be going better for the Barbers’…
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Barber Game Time Books: Goal LineTiki Barber (A), Ronde Barber (A) and Paul Mantell (Contri)
Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Series / Sports / Football- Popularity – 2013)
Balancing priorities presents a challenge in this heartwarming novel about teamwork and perseverance from NFL superstars and bestselling authors Tiki and Ronde Barber.
Tiki and Ronde have grown a lot during…
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Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 1Ta-Nehisi Coates (A) and Brian Stelfreeze (ILT)
List Price: $16.99 (Paperback – Graphic Novel / Black Super Hero – 2016)
Description: A new era begins for the Black Panther! MacArthur Genius and National Book Award-winning writer T-Nehisi Coates (BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME) takes the helm, confronting T’Challa with a dramatic upheaval in…
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Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 2Ta-Nehisi Coates (A) and Chris Sprouse (ILT)
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Dark times for the Black Panther, as Ta-Nehisi Coates chronicles the fi nal days of the kingdom of Wakanda! As Zenzi and the People poison Wakanda’s populace against their king, a cabal of…
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March: Book TwoJohn Lewis (A), Andrew Aydin (A) and Nate Powell (ILT)
List Price: $19.95 (Paperback – Graphic Novel / Biography / African American History / Civil Rights Era – 2015)
Don’t miss the long-awaited sequel to the #1 bestseller March: Book One!
“With March, Congressman John Lewis takes us behind the scenes of some…
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The Red PencilAndrea Davis Pinkney (A)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Africa / Sudan / Refugee – 2016)
The powerful story of one girl’s triumphant journey, inspired by true tales of life in Sudan — now in paperback.
Life in Amira’s peaceful Sudanese village is shattered when Janjaweed attackers arrive, unleashing unspeakable horrors. After losing…
$8.99
Africa on My Mind: Reflections of My Second TripAtlantis Tye Browder (A) and Anthony T Browder (A)
Liat Price: $11.99 (Paperback – Journal/ Travel To Africa – 1995)
Africa on My Mind is the second publication co-authored by 13 year old Atlantis Tye Browder and her father Anthony. It chronicles their experiences while participating in a 15 day study tour to…
$11.99
Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights MvmntRick Bowers (A)
List Price: $16.95 (Hardcover – African American History / Civil Rights Era / White Supremacy – 2010)
The Spies of Mississippi is a compelling story of how state spies tried to block voting rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights era. This book sheds new light on one of…
$16.95
Zora and MeVictoria Bond (A) and T.R. Simon (A)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Historical Non-Fiction/Biography / Life of Young Nora Neal Hurston / Literary Giant / Coming of Age Adventure – 2010)
Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award
Racial duplicity threatens an…
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Ain’t Nothing But A Man: My Quest To Find The Real John HenryScott Reynolds Nelson (A) and Marc Aronson (A)
List Price: $18.95 (Hardcover – History / John Henry / Folk Hero – 2007)
Who was the real John Henry? The story of this legendary African-American figure has come down to us in so many songs, stories, and plays, that the facts are often lost.…
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Build Your Own School Collection Online and Checkout
Now you can build your own custom collection for your classroom.
Select books from our 49 collections and SAVE 10 – 15% on your order. To get started click on the link School Collection Builder
Setting up is easy—just create an account, enter your school information, and include a purchase order if needed. Orders ship within approximately 10 business days. LEARN MORE
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