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Basketball DreamsChris Paul (A) and Courtney Lovett (ILT)
List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Basketball and Grandpa – 2023)
From NBA All-Star Chris Paul comes an inspirational and uplifting picture book about chasing your basketball dreams and the lessons he learned both on and off the court from his beloved grandfather Papa Chilly.
Growing up, young…
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Be Boy BuzzBell Hooks (A) and Chris Raschka (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Board Book- Discovery / Celebrating Boyhood – 2016)
Be Boy Buzz catchy phrases celebrates all the bliss and boldness of being a boy. Lively story and sweet illustrations. (32 pgs) Ages 4-8
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Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi StoryArune Gandhi (A), Bethany Hegedus (A) and Evan Turk (ILT)
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – India / Being Present / Wastefulness – 2016)
In this breathtaking companion to the award-winning Grandfather Gandhi, Arun Gandhi, with Bethany Hegedus, tells a poignant, personal story of the damage of wastefulness, gorgeuously illustrated by Evan Turk.
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Beasts of No Nation: A Novel (P.S.)Uzodinma Iweala (A)
List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – Africa / Guerilla Fighting Boys – 2006)
The harrowing, utterly original debut novel by Uzodinma Iweala about the life of a child soldier in a war-torn African country—now a critically-acclaimed Netflix original film directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) and starring Idris Elba (Mandela, The…
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Bayou Magic
Jewell Parker Rhodes (A)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Mystery / Friends – 2016)
A magical coming-of-age story from Coretta Scott King honor author Jewell Parker Rhodes, rich with Southern folklore, friendship, family, fireflies and mermaids, plus an environmental twist.
It’s city-girl Maddy’s first summer in the bayou, and she just…
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BeautifulStacy McAnulty (A) and Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (ILT)
List Price: $17.95 (Hardcover – Self Esteem / Girls – 2016)
Every girl is unique, talented, and lovable. . . .Every girl is BEAUTIFUL.
Much more than how one looks on the outside, true beauty is found in conquering…
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and YouCarole Boston Weatherford (A) and (ILT) James E. Ransome
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Kids Bio of Dr. King – 2018)
You can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall.
You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience.
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Beach Day! (Step into Reading, Level 1)Candice Ransome (A) and Erika Meza (ILT)
List Price: $5.99 (PAPERBACK – Day At The Beach – 2020)
Summer sun and fun in this Step 1 reader featuring the family from Pumpkin Day!, Apple Picking Day!, Garden Day, and Snow Day!
Family time means it’s time to pack…
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Barber Game Time Books: Kickoff!Tiki & Ronde Barber with Paul Mantell (A)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Sports / Jr. High Football / Siblings / Teamwork and Perseverance – 2007)
Tiki and Ronde twelfth summer is winding down — the nights are getting shorter and the evenings cooler. That means two things: The first day…
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BarackJonah Winter (A) and A G Ford (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Biography – African American History / 44th President 2008)
This is a journey that began in many places.
It began in Kansas, home of Barack’s mother. It began in Africa, home…
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Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of HopeNikki Grimes (A) and Bryan Collier (ILT)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Biography – African American History/President – 2008)
Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from the jungles of Indonesia to the plains of Kenya, he has held…
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Baseball Saved UsKen Mochizuki (A) and Dom Lee (ILT)
List Price: $10.95 (Paperback – Japanese / Intern Camp / Baseball – 1993)
A Japanese-American boy and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during WWII. To help deal with their depression they decide to build a baseball field. During a game, the…
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Barber Game Time Books: Go Long!Ronde Barber (A), Tiki Barber (A) and Paul Mantell (ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Series: Football / Identical Twins / New Coach / Team Spirit – 2008)
It Tiki and Ronde second year on their junior high school football team, the Hidden Valley Eagles. The eighth-grade season is here, and the boys…
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Barber Game Time Books: End ZoneTiki Barber (A), Ronde Barber (A), Paul Mantell (Contri)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Series / Sports/ Football – 2014)
The Hidden Valley Eagles have high hopes for the football championship in this novel from NFL superstars and bestselling authors Tiki and Ronde Barber.
Tiki and Ronde are ready to end junior high…
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Bartlett’s Familiar Black QuotationsRetha Powers (A) and Henry Louis Gates (FRWD)
List Price: $40.00 (Hardcover – Reference / Black Quotations- 2013)
Description: A comprehensive, all-new collection bringing together the most thoughtful, inspiring, and wisest voices from the Black diaspora across history.
BARTLETT’S FAMILIAR BLACK QUOTATIONS paints a rich canvas of Black history through time. Five thousand…
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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…
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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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Bad Boy: A MemoirWalter Dean Myers (A)
List Price: $13.99 (Paperback – Auto Biography – 2002)
In a memoir that is gripping, funny, and ultimately unforgettable, New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers travels back to his roots in the magical world of Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. Here is the story of one…
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Baby SaysJohn Steptoe (A)
List Price: $7.99 ( Board Book – Playful Sibling Story – 2018)
The legendary Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author and illustrator John Steptoe shares the story of a baby who desperately wants to get his older brother’s attention. Now in board book!
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Baby Young, Gifted and Black with A Mirror!“There are so many things I am and can be……
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Baby DanceAnn Taylor (A) and Marjorie van Heerden (ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Board Book – Father Daughter Celebration – 1999)
Description: A sweet rhythmic poem by nineteenth century poet Anne Taylor that also captures the the motion of dance and music and a playful text, with vivid pastel illustrations. (16 pgs) Ages Baby…
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Baby Goes To MarketAtinuke (A) and Angela Brooksbank (ILT)
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – A Day At The Market – 2017)
Join Baby and his doting mama at a bustling southwest Nigerian marketplace for a bright, bouncy read-aloud offering a gentle introduction to numbers.
Market is very crowded.
Mama…
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Baby BlessingsDeloris Jordan (A) and James Ransome (ILT)
List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – A Baby Celebration Book – 2010)
A Prayer for the Day Your Were Born. This touching story from bestselling author Doloris Jordan celebrates the blessings new parents wish for their babies all through their lives. With a strong emphasis on the…
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Baby BearKadir Nelson ( A and ILT)
List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Finding Home / Being Grounded – 2014)
This simple story works on so many levels: as the tale of a bear who finds his way home with the help of his animal friends; as a reassuring way to show children how to…
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At The CrossroadsRachel Isadora (A and ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Paperback / South Africa / Children’s Love for their Fathers – 1994)
The children of a South African village eagerly gather at the crossroads to welcome their fathers, who have been away for months working in the mines. The children wait, but the men don’t…
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Ashay’s Baby Bundle #5 Spanish Bi-Lingual Babies and Toddlers (Group A)The Perfect Little Spanish Bi-Lingual Bundle (Group A)
Includes the Following 6 Board Books
Counting With – Contando Con Frida $9.99
Introduce your little one to the life of one of Mexico’s most iconic painters, Frida Kahlo, while teaching them their numbers, 1 to 10,…
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B is For Black Wealth : Children’s Encyclopedia Intro to Business and FinanceB is For Black Wealth is an ABC book for children designed to expose them to entrepreneurial concepts and business terminology.
This exposure is meant to build confidence in our children while simultaneously educating the adults that love them. This book is intentional about teaching concepts related to group economics, business ownership and…
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Baby Code: Girls Who CodeSandra Horning (A) and Melissa Crowton (ILT)
List Price: $7.99 (Board Book – Intro to Coding for Babies – 2018)
It’s never too early to get little ones interested in computer coding with this unique series of board books!
How do you explain coding in art to a baby? By showing…
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American Medical Association Boy’s Guide To Becoming A TeenAmerican Medical Association and Amy B. Middleman (EDIT) and Kate Gruenwald Pfeifer (A)
List Price: $17.00 (Paperback – Teen Self Help / Boys / Puberty / Health – 2006)
Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every boy life. It even more important to get answers and advice to the…
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American Medical Association Girl’s Guide to Becoming a TeenAmerican Medical Association and Amy B. Middleman (EDIT) and Kate Gruenwald (A)
Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every girl’s life. It?s even more important to…
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American Born ChineseGene Luen Yang (A) and (ILT)
List Price: $14.99 (Paperback – Youth – Culture / Race, Identity, Self Acceptance / Three Asian Students – 2021)
A tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood…
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Amazing Grace Series: Starring GraceMary Hoffman (A) ad Caroline Binch (ILT)
List Price: $6.99 (Paperback – Center Stage / Circus – 2001)
School’s out, and that means it’s time for fun! Grace and her friends are always ready for a little adventure, and Grace’s backyard is the perfect place to set up headquarters. Suddenly the lawn is…
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Amber and The Hidden CityMilton J. Davis (A)
List Price: $16.95 (Paperback – Sci-Fi / Self Discovery / Super Powers – 2013)
Thirteen year old Amber Robinson’s life is full of changes. Her parents are sending her to a private school away from her friends, and high school looms before her. But little does she know that…
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American StreetIbi Zoboi (A)
List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – Coming Of Age / Haitian Teen – 2017)
American Street is an evocative and powerful coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Everything, Everything; Bone Gap; and All American Boys.
In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing…
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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,…
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Ambitious GirlMeena Harris (A ) and Marissa Valdez (ILT)
List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover / Girl Empowerment – 2021)
Anyone who’s ever been underestimated or overshadowed will find inspiration in this empowering new picture book from Meena Harris, New York Times-bestselling author of Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea, which is based on a true story about her aunt,…
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Ancestor Approved Intertribal Stories For KidsCynthia Leitich Smith (EDIT)
List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Anthology of Native American Stories – 2021)
Edited by award-winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride.
Native…
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Ancient Egypt (Scholastic Discover More)Penelope Arlon (A)
List Price: $11.99 (Paperback – Ancient Egypt Guide – 2014)
A visual guide to ancient Egypt for newly confident readers.
This book is packed with exclusive photos so that kids can see ancient Egypt like never before! The images are accompanied by time lines, step-by-steps, and cross-section graphics for…
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Antiracist BabyIbram X. Kendi (A) and Ashley Lukashevsky IILT)
List Price: $10.99 (Hardcover -AntiRacist Baby – 2020)
From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist comes a fresh new board book that empowers parents and children to uproot racism in our society and in ourselves.
Take your first steps with Antiracist…
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Annie and The Old OneMika Miles (A) Peter Parnall (ILT)
List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Native American / Grief Loss – 1985)
Description: Annie is a young Navajo girl who refuses to believe that her grandmother, the Old One, will die. Sadly, Annie learns that she cannot change the course of life. (44 pgs) Ages 6-9
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Ancient FutureWayne B. Chandler (A) and Ivan Van Sertima
List Price: $24.95 (Paperback – Ancient African History – 2000)
Ancient Future celebrates the wisdom of those ancient civilizations that did not disassociate the philosophical, spiritual, and material realms of life. This book is an attempt to re-create this holistic experience in hopes that a…
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Ashay’s Baby Bundle #1 Black Empowerment and Self LoveThe Little Self Love Bundle Is Perfect for Babies and Toddlers
Includes the Following 6 Board Books
Brown Sugar Baby $9.99
“Brown sugar baby, dark eyes spark bright with glee…Pie of my eye, stay right here with me.” This lyrical first…
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Ashay’s Baby Bundle #3 for Growing Baby BoysThe Perfect Little Bundle for African American Baby Boys
Includes the Following 6 Board Books
Every Little Thing $8.99
A classic for every baby collection. Every family will relate to this universal story of a boy who won’t let anything get him down, as long as he…
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All The Right StuffWalter Dean Myers (A)
List Price: $9.99 (Paperback- Teen / Politics / Choices / Basketball – 2012)
After his father is shot and killed, Paul Dupree finds a summer job in a Harlem Soup Kitchen. Elijah, the soup man questions…
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