Derrick Barnes
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English
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Caldecott Medal & Honor Books - Present to 1938
Ezra Jack Keats Award and Honor Books
Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
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Ezra Jack Keats Award and Honor Books
Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
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Celebrates the feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
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Ruby and the Booker boys volume 3
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English
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Ruby hosts a slumber party at which she intends to pay her brother Roosevelt back for all the pranks he pulled at her last slumber party.
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Series
Ruby and the Booker boys volume 1
Language
English
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When Ruby Booker starts third grade at Hope Road Academy, the same school her three illustrious older brothers attend, she tries hard to make an impression of her own.
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Ruby and the Booker boys volume 2
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English
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When the Hope Road Academy holds its annual animal trivia contest, Ruby represents the third grade and competes against two of her older brothers.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Back to School, More Titles - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
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Instilled with confidence by his parents, a young boy has a great firs day of kindergarten.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
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The confident Black narrator of this book is proud of everything that makes him who he is. He's got big plans, and no doubt he'll see them through--as he's creative, adventurous, smart, funny, and a good friend. Sometimes he falls, but he always gets back up. And other times he's afraid, because he's so often misunderstood and called what he is not. So slow down and really look and listen, when somebody tells you--and shows you--who they are. There...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the unheralded people and stories that helped shape the game of baseball! Meet unsung pioneers, like John "Bud" Fowler, William Edward White, and brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weld Walker, four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson.Discover unforgettable moments, like the time a 17-year old girl named Jackie Mtchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.Marvel at records. Did you know that Japanese...
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Language
English
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Celebrate the unheralded people and stories that helped shape the game of baseball!
Meet unsung pioneers, like John "Bud" Fowler, William Edward White, and brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weld Walker, four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson.
Discover unforgettable moments, like the time a 17-year old girl named Jackie Mtchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
Marvel at records. Did you know...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Young Adults
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Maverick Graphic Novels 2023 (Gr. 6-12)
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Gems 2023 (YA Gr. 9+)
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Maverick Graphic Novels 2023 (Gr. 6-12)
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Gems 2023 (YA Gr. 9+)
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"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
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English
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The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving cream on their foreheads, and a slow, steady cut, they become royalty. That crisp yet subtle line makes boys sharper, more visible, more aware of every great thing that could happen to them when they look good: lesser grades turn into A's; girls take notice; even a mother's hug gets a little tighter....
Author
Language
English
Description
The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving cream on their foreheads, and a slow, steady cut, they become royalty. That crisp yet subtle line makes boys sharper, more visible, more aware of every great thing that could happen to them when they look good: lesser grades turn into A's; girls take notice; even a mother's hug gets a little tighter....