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Black History Month

These books may give kids of all ages a deeper appreciation of African American culture.

We Are One
We Are One
Book and Musical CD
Ysaye M. Barnwell
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
9780152057350 Book & Music

Ages: 3 to 7

Join in this uplifting song about community from acclaimed a cappella group Sweet Honey In the Rock.

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A Slave No More
A Slave No More
Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation
David W. Blight
9780151012329 Hardcover


Two major additions to the American canon of slave narratives and the biographies of the men who wrote them, by a Bancroft Prize-winning historian.

Black Heroes of the American Revolution
Black Heroes of the American Revolution
Burke Davis
9780152085612 Trade Paperback

Ages: 10 and up

A tribute to all who fought gallantly in the hope of winning their own independence.

Black Pioneers of Science and Invention
Black Pioneers of Science and Invention
Louis Haber
9780152085667 Trade Paperback
9780152085667 Trade Paperback

Ages: 10 and up

A perceptive account of the lives of fourteen gifted black Americans.

Thunder Rose
Thunder Rose
Jerdine Nolen
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
9780152060060 Trade Paperback
9780152164720 Hardcover

Ages: 5 to 8

Meet Thunder Rose, a girl with the power of thunder and lightning in her veins. But when a whirling storm on a riotous rampage threatens, has Rose finally met her match?

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The Ever-After Bird
The Ever-After Bird
Ann Rinaldi
9780152026202 Hardcover

Ages: 10 and up

The Underground Railroad is revealed through the eyes of a sheltered young woman.



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