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1) Seven candles for Kwanzaa

Author

Pinkney, Andrea Davis

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, Local Library Checkout Only

Description

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Describes the origins and practices of Kwanzaa, the seven-day festival during which people of African descent rejoice in their ancestral values.

2) My First Kwanzaa Book

Author

Chocolate, Deborah M. Newton

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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This book is about a boy who celebrates Kwanzaa with his family and learns something valuable about his heritage. Swahili is used to present the seven cherished principles of the Kwanzaa celebration.

3) Harriet Tubman, a woman of courage

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the African American woman who spent her childhood in slavery and later worked to help other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.

4) I see the rhythm

Author

Igus, Toyomi

Publisher

Children's Book Press

Pub. Date

[1998]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Coretta Scott King

Description

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Chronicles and captures poetically the history, mood, and movement of African American music.

5) When Marian sang: the true recital of Marian Anderson, the voice of a century

Author

Ryan, Pam Muñoz

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Juneteenth - Children's

Description

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The inspiring story of Marian Anderson, best known for her historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939.

6) Martin Luther King Day

Author

Lowery, Linda

Series

Carolrhoda on my own books

Publisher

Carolrhoda Books

Pub. Date

[1987]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Briefly recounts the life of the black minister who devoted his life to civil rights and discusses the national holiday in his name: Martin Luther King Day celebrated on the third Monday of every January.

7) Mary McLeod Bethune

Author

Greenfield, Eloise

Publisher

Crowell

Pub. Date

[1977]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Biography of Mary Jane McLeod Bethune who made numerous contributions to education for Afro-Americans.

8) The baby on the way

Author

English, Karen

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pub. Date

[2005]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A young boy asks his grandmother if she was ever a baby, she tells him the story of how she was born.

9) ,The story of Ruby Bridges

Author

Coles, Robert

Publisher

Scholastic

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Capturing the courage of a little girl facing racism and hatred alone, the true story of Ruby Bridges reveals how she helped shape American history as the first African American child sent to first grade in a white school.

10) George Washington Carver: the peanut wizard

Author

Driscoll, Laura

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

c2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A fictional student's report presents information on George Washington Carver, who became an expert on peanuts and other plants and taught others at the famous college for African Americans, Tuskeegee Institute.