Ellen Levine
2) Seababy
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A baby sea otter, separated from his mother by a storm, is rescued by a human who takes him to the Monterey Bay Aquarium to recover and learn how to take care of himself.
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
9) In Trouble
Author
Language
English
Description
Jamie and Elaine have been best friends forever, and now they're finally juniors in high school. Elaine has a steady boyfriend, and Jamie could have one-if she'd just open her eyes and see Paul. But Jamie has a bigger problem to worry about. Then Elaine gets "in trouble"-something they thought only happened to "other" girls. Are there any good choices for a girl in trouble? In Trouble is a novel born of author Ellen Levine's interviews with women...
Author
Language
English
Description
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.
Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his...
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Description
March on!: Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister recalls the day she heard him deliver his "I have a dream" speech.
Martin's big words: Introduces the ideas and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. using some of his own words.
Rosa: Recounts how Rosa Parks set the events of the civil rights movement in motion by refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus.
Henry's freedom box: A fictionalized story about a young slave who mails himself to...