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285702
Stompin' at the Savoy : how Chick Webb became the King of drums by Donohue, Moira Rose 

BTSB Prebound(Sleeping Bear Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 285702 Available

Dewey: 781.6509/BAges: 6-8   
Lexile: 610 AD

Subjects: Webb, Chick Jazz musicians - United States - Biography Drummers (Musicians) - United States - Biography African Americans - Biography


Summary: Black American jazz drummer William Henry "Chick" Webb led one of the big bands of the swing era, earning him the nickname the "King of the Savoy."


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356861
Story of Bodri by Fried, Hedi 

BTSB Prebound(Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 356861 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 610 F&P: S

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Animals


Subjects: Fried, Hedi - Childhood and youth - Fiction Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Romania - Fiction Jews - Romania - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Romania - History|y1914-1944 - Fiction


Summary: Hedi, a young Jewish girl, spends her days playing with her best friend and their dogs until Adolf Hitler's soldiers take Hedi's family away, while her dog, Bodri, awaits their return.


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Susan la Flesche Picotte [Discovering History's Heroes]by Bailey, Diane 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2021)

BTSB #: 080864 Available

Dewey: 610/BAges: 7-10   
Lexile: 840 F&P: S

Subjects: Picotte, Susan LaFlesche,|d1865-1915 Native Americans - North America - Biography Women physicians - Biography Native Americans - Reservations


Summary: Middle grade biography about Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American woman to earn a medical degree.


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Susan La Flesche Picotte [Biographies (Pebble (Firm)), Pebble explore]by Murray, Laura K. 

BTSB Prebound(Pebble, 2022)

BTSB #: 665534 Available

Dewey: 610.92/BAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 540

Subjects: Picotte, Susan LaFlesche,|d1865-1915 Omaha women - Biography Native American women physicians - Nebraska - Biography Women social reformers - Nebraska - Biography


Summary: Describes the life of Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first American Indian to become a doctor. Includes her early life, challenges, and major accomplishments.


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Swish! : the slam-dunking, alley-ooping, high-flying Harlem Globetrotters by Slade, Suzanne 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 823767 Available

Dewey: 796.323/CAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.7 LG F&P: P

Subjects: Harlem Globetrotters - History National Basketball Association - History African American basketball players - Biography Basketball players - United States - Biography Discrimination in sports - United States Basketball - United States - History


Summary: The true story of the high-flying Harlem Globetrotters--the team that changed basketball forever.


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916927
Teachers march! : how Selma's teachers changed history by Wallace, Sandra Neil 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2020)

BTSB #: 916927 Available

Dewey: 323.1196/NAges: 7-10   
AR: 4.5 LG Lexile: 700 F&P: S

Subjects: Teachers Civil rights movements Civil rights demonstrations - Alabama Alabama


Summary: An exciting tribute to the educators who participated in the 1965 Selma Teachers' March.


769570
This very tree : a story of 9/11, resilience, and regrowth by Rubin, Sean 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2021)

BTSB #: 769570 Available

Dewey: 973.931/NAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.9 LG Lexile: 520 AD

Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Trees Memorials - New York (State) - New York Terrorism - United States


Summary: A portrait of the Callery pear tree that survived the attacks on September 11 and now stands amidst the beauty of the 9/11 Memorial.


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956927
Thurgood by Winter, Jonah 

BTSB Prebound(Schwartz & Wade Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 956927 Available

Dewey: 347.73/BAges: 5-9   
AR: 5.6 LG Lexile: 950

Subjects: Marshall, Thurgood,|d1908-1993 United States.|bSupreme Court. - Biography African American judges - Biography


Summary: A picture book biography of Thurgood Marshall--the first black justice on the Supreme Court and a giant of the civil rights movement.


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567644
Toni Morrison [Heroes of Black history]by Levy, Janey 

Paperback(Gareth Stevens, 2021)

BTSB #: 567644 Available

Dewey: 813/BAges: 8-11   
AR: 5.6 MG

Subjects: Morrison, Toni African American novelists - Biography Women authors - Biography Literary prizes


Summary: A biography of Toni Morrison, including her childhood in Lorain, Ohio, through her marriage, academic career, editing career, writing success, and more.


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Trombone Shorty by Andrews, Troy 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 061757 Temp OS

Dewey: 788.9/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.2 LG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 760 F&P: Q

Subjects: Andrews, Troy Jazz musicians Trombonists


Summary: A picture book autobiography by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, who hails from the Treme neighborhood in New Orleans' 6th Ward. By the time he reached six, this prodigy was playing trumpet and trombone in a jazz band led by his older brother.


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761234
Try it! : how Frieda Caplan changed the way we eat by Rockliff, Mara 

BTSB Prebound(Beach Lane Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 761234 Available

Dewey: 338.7/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.3 LG Lexile: 790 AD

Subjects: Caplan, Frieda,|d1923- Businesswomen - United States - Biography Farm produce - Marketing Eating customs Nutrition


Summary: A picture book biography of Frieda Caplan, the produce pioneer who changed the way Americans eat by introducing exciting new fruits and vegetables, from baby carrots to blood oranges to kiwis.


255100
Tu Youyou's discovery : finding a cure for malaria by Daemicke, Songju Ma 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2021)

BTSB #: 255100 Available

Dewey: 615.1092/BAges: 4-8   


Subjects: Tu, Youyou,|d1930- Pharmacologists - China - Biography Women medical scientists - China - Biography Artemisinin Malaria - Treatment Chinese medicine


Summary: Tu Youyou had been interested in science and medicine since she was a child, so when malaria started infecting people all over the world in 1969, she went to work finding a treatment. Trained as a medical researcher in college and healed by traditional medicine techniques when she was young, Tu Youyou started experimenting with natural Chinese remedies. The treatment she discovered through years of research and experimentation is still used all over the world today.


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Undefeated by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)

BTSB #: 050946 Available

Dewey: 811/NAges: 4-7   
AR: 2.6 LG F&P: S

Subjects: African Americans Children's poetry


Summary: An ode to black American triumph and tribulation throughout history.


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Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Carolrhoda, 2021)

BTSB #: 924822 Available

Dewey: 976.6/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG Lexile: 1100

Subjects: Tulsa (Okla.), Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 African Americans - Violence against - Oklahoma - Tulsa - History|y20th century Race relations Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) - Race relations - History|y20th century Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) - History|y20th century Tulsa (Okla.) - Race relations - History|y20th century


Summary: Provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history.


956981
Voices from the Underground Railroad by Winters, Kay 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 956981 Available

Dewey: 973.7/NAges: 7-9   
AR: 3.1 MG Lexile: 500

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Underground Railroad - Fiction Fugitive slaves - United States - History|y19th century - Fiction Antislavery movements - United States - History|y19th century - Fiction


Summary: Siblings Mattie and Jeb escape slavery via the Underground Railroad, meeting helpful conductors and dodging slave catchers as they travel from Maryland to Massachusetts.


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831142
What was the Harlem Renaissance? [What Was?]by Smith, Sherri L. 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2021)

BTSB #: 831142 Available

Dewey: 974.7/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.1 MG Lexile: 910 F&P: X

Subjects: Harlem Renaissance African Americans - New York (State) - New York - Intellectual life|y20th century African American arts - New York (State) - New York|y20th century African Americans - Intellectual life|y20th century Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - Intellectual life|y20th century New York (N.Y.) - Intellectual life|y20th century


Summary: Traces Harlem's history all the way to its seventeenth-century roots and explains how the early-twentieth-century Great Migration brought African Americans from the deep South to New York City and gave birth to the golden years of the Harlem Renaissance when African Americans excelled in the arts.


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What's your story, Sequoyah? [Cub reporter meets famous Americans]by Shaffer, Jody Jensen 

BTSB Prebound(Lerner, 2016)

BTSB #: 804818 Available

Dewey: 973.0497/BAges: 4-7   
AR: 4.2 LG Lexile: 570 F&P: P

Subjects: Sequoyah,|d1770?-1843 Cherokee Indians Cherokee language - Writing Cherokee language - Alphabet


Summary: A biography of Sequoyah, including how he overcame adversity in his childhood, created the Cherokee alphabet, and more.


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Who was Juliette Gordon Low? [Who Was?]by Rau, Dana Meachen 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2021)

BTSB #: 740517 Available

Dewey: 369.463/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG Lexile: 880 F&P: S

Subjects: Low, Juliette Gordon,|d1860-1927 Girl Scouts of the United States of America Girl Scouts Women - Biography Socialites Georgia


Summary: Born in 1860 in Savannah, Georgia, Juliette Gordon Low grew up having the finest clothes and education. She was expected to be prim and proper, but she preferred to climb trees, ride horses, and hike. She also tried to find ways to help people in need. Today, Juliette's organization, the Girl Scouts, continues to empower young girls, improve their self-esteem, and provide them with lifelong skills and a community of sisterhood.


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872734
William Still and his freedom stories : the father of the Underground Railroad by Tate, Don 

BTSB Prebound(Peachtree, 2020)

BTSB #: 872734 Available

Dewey: 326.8/BAges: 6-10   
AR: 4 LG Lexile: 610

Subjects: Still, William,|d1821-1902 Abolitionists - Biography Underground railroad Fugitive slaves


Summary: The youngest son of two escaped slaves joined an abolitionist organization, raised money, planned rescues, and organized assistance for slaves who escaped north to freedom. He also collected their stories and helped reunite separated families.


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