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Title: Meet Marie Grace Series: American Girl Cecile and Marie Grace, book 1 Author: Sarah Masters Buckey Illustrator: Christine Kornacki ISBN: 9781593696511 Pages: 105 pages Publisher/Date: American Girl Publishing, Inc., c2011. Title: Meet Cecile Series: American Girl Cecile and Marie Grace, book 2 Author: Denise Lewis Patrick Illustrator: [...]
Title: Ghetto Cowboy Author: G. Neri Illustrator: Jesse Joshua Watson ISBN: 9780763649227 Pages: 218 pages Publisher/Date: Candlewick Press, c2011. Publication Date: August 9, 2011 The front door’s open. I walk in and the first thing I smell is . . . horses? I ain’t never smelled a horse before, never even saw one up close before [...]
February 10, 2012
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Title: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans Author/Illustrator: Kadir Nelson ISBN: 9780061730740 Pages: 108 pages Publisher/Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2011. Awards: Won Coretta Scot King Author Award, 2012 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2012 Most folks my age and complexion don’t speak much about the past. Sometimes it’s [...]
Title: The Other Half of My Heart Author: Sundee T. Frazier ISBN: 9780385734400 Pages: 296 pages Publisher/Date: Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., c2010. The location of their birth got them on the evening news all across the country, but what got just as much attention, if [...]
Title: One Crazy Summer Author: Rita Williams-Garcia ISBN: 97800607960885 Pages: 218 pages Publisher/Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2010. “We were a block away from the green stucco house, chatting and laughing. Then we stopped walking. All three of us. There were three police cars parked outside of Cecile’s house. One in the driveway and [...]
Title: Wonder Horse: The True Story of the World’s Smartest Horse Author: Emily Arnold McCully ISBN: 9780805087932 Pages: Picture Book Publisher/Date: Henry Holt and Company, LLC, c2010. Born Bill Key a slave on a plantation in 1833, “Doc” Key’s way with animals soon became well-known. An Arabian mare that he saved from a circus whipping [...]
February 7, 2011
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Title: Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix Author: Gary Golio Illustrator: Javaka Steptoe ISBN: 9780618852796 Pages: 32 pages Publisher/Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, c2010. The cover should give you a clue that this picture book just explodes with color! At times, the double page [...]
February 3, 2011
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Title: Lockdown Author: Walter Dean Myers ISBN: 9780061214806 Pages: 247 pages Publisher/Date: Amistad, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2010. Something told me to mind my own business, but I went over to where Diego was sitting. “What you want?” he asked. “Why you messing with Toon?” I asked. “Why’s it your business?” “Toon ain’t nothing but [...]
Title: The Help Author: Kathryn Stockett Narrators: Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, and Cassandra Campbell ISBN: 9780143144182 Pages: 451 pages Discs: 15 CDs, about 18 hours Publisher/Date: Amy Einhorn Books, (Penguin Audio) c2009. “I want to interview you. About what it’s like to work as a maid.” [...] I turn and look at her. [...]
Title: Liar Author: Justine Larbalestier ISBN: 9781599903057 Pages: 376 pages Publisher/Date: Bloomsbury, c2009. “Weaving lies is one thing; having them weave you is another. That’s why I’m writing this. To keep me from going over the edge. I don’t want to be a liar anymore. I want to tell my stories true. But I haven’t [...]
