Build a house by Giddens, Rhiannon 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 376928 Available

Dewey: 782.42/EAges: 5-8   
F&P: Q

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Subjects: African Americans - Songs Houses - Songs Juneteenth - Songs

Summary: Written as a song to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, this is a moving story of a people's resilience and the music that sustained them. An encouragement to honor one's heritage even in discouraging times.

Song so black, so proud! by Owens, R. J. 

BTSB Prebound(Sleeping Bear Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 694939 Available

Dewey: 782/NAges: 4-8   


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Subjects: Soul music African Americans - Songs Songs

Summary: A picture book adaptation of James Brown's 1968 song Say it loud, which he composed after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and later became an anthem for the civil rights movement.

Standing in the need of prayer : a modern retelling of the classic spiritual by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2022)

BTSB #: 924818 Available

Dewey: 782.253/EAges: 6-9   
F&P: W

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Subjects: African Americans - Songs Spirituals (Songs) Prayer

Summary: A picture book based on the popular spiritual with the classic lyrics reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American history.