Jarrett Pumphrey
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English
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Ezra Jack Keats Award and Honor Books
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Farms
Storytime @ Home: Spotlight on Mother Nature & Planet Earth
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Farms
Storytime @ Home: Spotlight on Mother Nature & Planet Earth
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"On a small family farm, an old truck falls into disrepair and lies nearly forgotten, except by the family's daughter. The truck is been part of her daydreams as she grows up and develops strength and independence. As an industrious young woman, she pulls the rusted and overgrown vehicle from its almost-grave and restores it"--
2) The old boat
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Black History Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Spotlight on Mother Nature & Planet Earth
Storytime @ Home: Tails and Tales Summer Reading Challenge
Storytime @ Home: Spotlight on Mother Nature & Planet Earth
Storytime @ Home: Tails and Tales Summer Reading Challenge
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"Off a small island, a boy and his grandfather set sail in their beloved fishing boat. They ride the waves, catching wants and wishes and seeing the wonders of the ocean. But soon the boy is sailing the boat himself, drifting further from shore as the waters grow muddied and turbulent. When a storm washes him ashore, he sees home in a new light"--
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Rat, Squirrel, Rabbit, and Mouse want to cross the bayou, but next to the log they are considering as a bridge is a sneaky tail, which may be attached to someone dangerous--each of the four approach the problem with a different strategy, with varying results.
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Link and Hud volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Brothers Lincoln and Hudson Dupré go on imaginary adventures that often wreak havoc in the real world and conspire to undermine their newest babysitter.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Children
Black History Month - Children
Caldecott Medal & Honor Books - Present to 1938
Black History Month - Children
Caldecott Medal & Honor Books - Present to 1938
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A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A little boy is excited to work alongside his Papa as they collect eggs, plums, peppers and pumpkins to sell at their stand in the farmer's market, but when Papa cannot make it to the stand, his community gathers around him, with dishes made of his own produce."--
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You are INVITED. To a most marvelous party. For a most marvelous man. A man who turned the alphabet into THUMP A BUMP. Who turned words into JAZZ into RIVERS into BUSTIN' A MOVE. All of his word-children will be there, uh-huh.
Because it's a party for LANGSTON.
Langston Hughes. King o' Letters. Renaissance Man. So don't be shy. Come on in.
To the Hoopla in Harlem.
EVERYONE is welcome.