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922608
1619 project : born on the water by Hannah-Jones, Nikole 

BTSB Prebound(Kokila, 2021)

BTSB #: 922608 Available

Dewey: 305.896/NAges: 5-9   
AR: 5 LG Lexile: 860

Subjects: African Americans Slavery Genealogy Grandmothers - Fiction United States - History


Summary: Stymied by her unfinished family tree assignment for school, a young girl seeks Grandma's counsel and learns about her African ancestors, the consequences of slavery, and the history of Black resistance in the United States.


263107
30,000 stitches : the inspiring story of the National 9/11 Flag by Davis, Amanda Gilman 

BTSB Prebound(WorthyKids, 2021)

BTSB #: 263107 Available

Dewey: 929.9/NAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.9 LG

Subjects: Flags - United States September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Flags National emblems - United States


Summary: Discover the inspiring story of the American flag that flew over Ground Zero, traveled across all fifty states as it was repaired, and returned to New York, a restored symbol of unity.


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061755
5 O'clock Band by Andrews, Troy 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 061755 Available

Dewey: 788.9/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.5 LG Lexile: 830 AD F&P: Q

Subjects: Andrews, Troy Jazz musicians


Summary: In this companion to Trombone Shorty, join a scrappy young musician named Shorty on a hometown tour of his beloved New Orleans.


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164395
Above the rim : how Elgin Baylor changed basketball by Bryant, Jen 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 164395 Available

Dewey: 796.323/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.3 LG F&P: S

Subjects: Baylor, Elgin Minneapolis Lakers (Basketball team) Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team) National Basketball Association African American basketball players - United States - Biography Segregation Race relations


Summary: A player in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers, Elgin Baylor was known for his acrobatic style of moving and shooting, inspiring others to get creative with their game. But when hotels and restaurants were racially segregated on their road trips, Elgin and his teammates boycotted them until the entire NBA followed suit.


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Africville by Grant, Shauntay 

BTSB Prebound(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 393000 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
F&P: L

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Black people - Nova Scotia - Halifax - Social life and customs - Fiction Africville (Halifax, N.S.) - Social life and customs - Fiction Halifax (N.S.) - Social life and customs - Fiction


Summary: When a young girl visits the site of Africville, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the stories she's heard from her family come to mind. She imagines what the community was once like--the brightly painted houses nestled into the hillside, the field where boys played football, the pond where all the kids went rafting, the bountiful fishing, and the huge bonfires.


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908544
All star : how Larry Doby smashed the color barrier in baseball by Vernick, Audrey 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2022)

BTSB #: 908544 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 4-7   
AR: 4.7 LG

Subjects: Doby, Larry Baseball African American baseball players - Biography Segregation Race relations


Summary: The remarkable story of Larry Doby, the first Black baseball player in the American League.


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Amanda Gorman [Checkerboard biographies]by Borgert-Spaniol, Megan 

BTSB Prebound(Checkerboard Library, 2021)

BTSB #: 134976 In Bindery

Dewey: 800/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG Lexile: 870

Subjects: Gorman, Amanda,|d1998- Poets laureate - Biography African American women poets - Biography Women activists - Biography Feminist poetry


Summary: Examines the life of National Youth Poet Laureate and activist Amanda Gorman.


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605159
Anne Frank : the girl heard around the world by Marshall, Linda Elovitz 

BTSB Prebound(Orchard Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 605159 Available

Dewey: 940/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.5 LG

Subjects: Frank, Anne,|d1929-1945 Jews Holocaust, 1939-1945 Hidden children (Holocaust) Amsterdam (Netherlands)


Summary: An accessible picture book about Anne Frank and how she found her voice in a world determined to silence her.


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639761
Attack on Pearl Harbor [Ranger in time Volume: 12]by Messner, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2020)

BTSB #: 639761 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   
AR: 4.4 MG Lexile: 610

Genres: Adventure Fiction Historical Fiction Animals


Subjects: Golden retrievers - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 - Fiction Time travel - Fiction Rescues - Fiction Japanese Americans - Fiction Hawaii - History|y1900-1959 - Fiction


Summary: This time Ranger, the time-travelling golden retriever, finds himself transported to the deck of the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941, where he rescues the young sailor Ben Hansen who is badly burned when the ship explodes--and there is a Japanese-American boy and girl in a rowboat who also need his help to find their father amid the chaos of the attack.


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924771
Be a King : Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream and you by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury, 2018)

BTSB #: 924771 Available

Dewey: 323.092/NAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.1 LG Lexile: 360

Subjects: King, Martin Luther, - Jr.,|d1929-1968 African Americans - Biography Civil rights workers - United States - Biography African Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century Civil rights movements - United States - History|y20th century


Summary: See a class of young students as they begin a school project inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and learn to follow his example, as he dealt with adversity and never lost hope that a future of equality and justice would soon be a reality. As times change, Dr. King's example remains, encouraging a new generation of children to take charge and change the world ... to be a King.


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214834
Beautiful shades of brown : the art of Laura Wheeler Waring by Churnin, Nancy 

BTSB Prebound(Creston Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 214834 Available

Dewey: 759.1/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.8 LG Lexile: 940 AD

Subjects: Waring, Laura Wheeler,|d1887-1948 African American artists - Biography


Summary: Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, singers, political activists, and thinkers all posed for her. Now her portraits hang in Washington, D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery.


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Before she was Harriet by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2019)

BTSB #: 222880 Available

Dewey: 973.7115/BAges: 5-8   
AR: 4.5 LG Lexile: NP

Subjects: Tubman, Harriet,|d1820?-1913 Slaves African Americans - Biography African American women - Biography Underground Railroad


Summary: Poetry that celebrates the diverse accomplishments of Harriet Tubman as revealed by her many names.


589174
Behind the bookcase : Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the hiding place by Lowell, Barbara 

BTSB Prebound(Kar-Ben, 2020)

BTSB #: 589174 Available

Dewey: 940.53/BAges: 7-11   


Subjects: Gies, Miep,|d1909-2010 Frank, Anne,|d1929-1945 Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust - Netherlands - Amsterdam - Biography Jewish children in the Holocaust - Netherlands - Amsterdam Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Netherlands - Amsterdam


Summary: Miep Gies, who as a girl was a refugee during World War I, recognized that the world had once again become a dark place. Especially in danger were Jewish people during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, like her boss's family. This is the story of how Miep helped hide the Frank family.


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739504
Bell rang by Ransome, James 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019)

BTSB #: 739504 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 1.8 LG RC: 2.2 K-2 Lexile: 360

Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Slavery - Fiction Fugitive slaves - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Family life - Fiction


Summary: A slave family is distressed when they discover their son Ben has run away.


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115328
Big Papa and the time machine by Bernstrom, Daniel 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2020)

BTSB #: 115328 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.5 LG

Genres: Family Life Science Fiction


Subjects: Grandparent-grandchild relationship - Fiction Time travel - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Automobiles - Fiction


Summary: A grandfather and grandson travel through time in a beloved 1952 Ford, zipping in and out of African American historical time periods, to discover the true meaning of being brave.


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Black heroes of the wild west by Smith, James Otis 

BTSB Prebound(TOON Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 827086 Available

Dewey: 978.78/CAges: 9-12   
AR: 5 MG Lexile: 740 GN

Subjects: Fields, Mary,|dapproximately 1832-1914 Reeves, Bass Lemmons, Bob African American pioneers African American cowboys African Americans - History Biographical comic books, strips, etc


Summary: Celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black historical figures in the Old West: Mary "Stagecoach" Fields, a cardplaying coach driver; Bass Reeves, the first black Deputy US Marshall west of the Mississippi; and Bob Lemmons, a cowboy famous for his ability to tame mustangs. In graphic novel format.


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827087
Black heroes of the wild west by Smith, James Otis 

Paperback(TOON Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 827087 Available

Dewey: 978.78/CAges: 9-12   
AR: 5 MG

Subjects: Fields, Mary,|dapproximately 1832-1914 Reeves, Bass Lemmons, Bob African American pioneers African American cowboys African Americans - History Biographical comic books, strips, etc


Summary: Celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black historical figures in the Old West: Mary "Stagecoach" Fields, a cardplaying coach driver; Bass Reeves, the first black Deputy US Marshall west of the Mississippi; and Bob Lemmons, a cowboy famous for his ability to tame mustangs. In graphic novel format.


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848342
Bowl full of peace : a true story by Stelson, Caren Barzelay 

BTSB Prebound(Carolrhoda, 2020)

BTSB #: 848342 Available

Dewey: 940.54/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 3.6 LG Lexile: 650

Subjects: Yasui, Sachiko Atomic bomb victims - Japan - Nagasaki-shi - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - Japan - Nagasaki-shi Nagasaki-shi (Japan) - History|yBombardment, 1945


Summary: Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace.


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924773
Box : Henry Brown mails himself to freedom by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 924773 Available

Dewey: 973/BAges: 7-9   
AR: 5.3 MG F&P: Y

Subjects: Brown, Henry Box,|d1815 or 1816- Slavery Underground railroad Fugitive slaves Shipment of goods - Fiction


Summary: The life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery.


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634324
Brave ballerina : the story of Janet Collins [Who Did It First? Book]by Meadows, Michelle 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2019)

BTSB #: 634324 In Bindery

Dewey: 792.802/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.3 LG Lexile: 570

Subjects: Collins, Janet,|d1917-2003 Ballet dancers - United States - Biography Ballerinas - United States - Biography African American dancers - Biography


Summary: A picture book tribute to Janet Collins, the first African American principal dancer at the Metropolitan Opera House.


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