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| Title | A Child's Garden of Verses |
| Author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Illustrator | Brian Wildsmith |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners (Ages 1-3) • Picture Books (Ages 3-8) |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • classic • imagination • poetry • Read aloud to 3's, 4's, 5's • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • Read aloud to 6's, 7's, 8's |
'How Would you like to go up in a swing?' and take along with you the beautiful pictures of Brian Wildsmith? What a wonderful pairing of the poetry of Robert...
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| Title | Antarctic Antics A Book of Penguin Poems |
| Author | Judy Sierra |
| Illustrator | Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners (Ages 1-3) • Picture Books (Ages 3-8) |
| Keywords | Antarctica • boys • boys/girls • girls • great read aloud • penguins • poetry • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • humor • animals |
This is a collection of wonderful, insightful and humorous poems all about penguins. So, come to Antarctica with Judy Sierra and experience the life of a baby penguin as only...
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| Title | Awful Ogre's Awful Day |
| Author | Jack Prelutsky |
| Illustrator | Paul O. Zelinsky |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners (Ages 1-3) • Picture Books (Ages 3-8) |
| Keywords | boys • boys/girls • edgy • girls • gross • poetry • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • reluctant reader • humor |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Get ready for a good time. Even if you don't like "poetry," you're going to like this. The ogre is just too disgusting, and the pictures are wonderful. Perfect for...
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| Title | Becoming Billie Holiday |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Illustrator | Floyd Cooper |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers (Ages 14 and up) |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • biography • coming of age • drug abuse • fathers/daughters • finding your voice • finding yourself • grandmother • jazz • mature issues • mature reader • mothers/daughters • poems • poetry |
In ninety-seven poems using the titles from Billie Holiday's song list, the first twenty-five years of Billie Holiday's life are celebrated. It wasn't always an easy life and she grew...
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| Title | Before John Was a Jazz Giant |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Illustrator | Sean Qualls |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books (Ages 3-8) • Middle Readers (Ages 8-10) |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • family • finding your voice • finding yourself • growing up • jazz • music • picture books • poems • poetry • Read aloud to 6's, 7's, 8's • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
John Coltrane wasn't born playing jazz. No sirree. But, he was born into a wondrous world of a cacaphony of sound. There was the sound of the food cooking in...
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| Title | Birmingham, 1963 |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers (Ages 8-10) • Older Readers (Ages 11-13) |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • Civil Rights • danger • death • discrimination • great read aloud • growing up • historical fiction • injustice • loss • poetry • prejudice • racial differences • racism • society • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
It's 1963 and the Civil Rights movement has begun. A hopeful voice waits excitedly on her tenth birthday for her special moment. She's going to sing a solo at church...
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| Title | Birmingham, 1963 |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers (Ages 8-10) • Older Readers (Ages 11-13) |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • change • Civil Rights • discrimination • growing up • injustice • middle readers • older readers • poetry • prejudice • racial differences • racism • society • violence • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Turning ten years old, this eager young voice has already experienced lunch counter sit-ins and the voice and power of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial. But,...
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| Title | Blues Journey |
| Author | Walter Dean Myers |
| Illustrator | Christopher Myers |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books (Ages 3-8) • Independent Readers (Ages 6-8) • Middle Readers (Ages 8-10) |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • blues • feelings • great read aloud • Independent reader • independent readers • journeys • middle reader • middle readers • music • picture books |
This is a celebration of the soulful power of the blues. They are song of human suffering and human triumph. The poignant and powerful images tell a...
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| Title | Dear Mr. Rosenwald |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Illustrator | R. Gregory Christie |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books (Ages 3-8) • Middle Readers (Ages 8-10) |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • books that make a difference • finding yourself • helping others • independent readers • middle readers • overcoming obstacles • picture books • poems • poetry • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • read aloud to 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s • respect • responsibility • school story • self-reliance • sharing • society • teamwork • understanding others • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
In the rural South back in the early 1900's, schools for African American children were leaking, crumbling or non-existent. A man named Mr. Rosenwald, who just happened to be the...
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| Title | Diamond Life Baseball Sights, Sounds and Swings |
| Author | Charles R. Smith Jr. |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers (Ages 8-10) |
| Keywords | baseball • boys • middle reader • poetry • read aloud to 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s • sports |
Sports hold so many of the lessons of life, and in this poetic book by Charles R. Smith Jr., the power of baseball rings out. There's the confidence of a...
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