James Ransome
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Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
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Up and down! Round and round! Tom is having a blast zooming all over the neighborhood on his new red bike. But when Tom stops by Sam's house to show off his wheels, he's in for an unhappy surprise. The new bike is sudenly...gone. Could his best friend, Sam, be the culprit?
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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1st Grade Rocks
Poetry - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Poetry - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Description
A slave family is distressed when they discover their son Ben has run away.
3) My teacher
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
A student wonders why her teacher has chosen to teach in her school for so long, and highlights all the special things her teacher does for her class.
Author
Language
English
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Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Women's History - Tweens
Women's History - Tweens
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An ALA Notable Book
"Every page is splashed with vibrant color and eye-catching patterns, and the figures of the women themselves are full of energy, speed, and tension." —Shelf Awareness (starred review)
Venus and Serena Williams are two of the greatest tennis players of all time. Some say they're two of the greatest athletes of all time. Before they were world famous, they were little girls with big...
"Every page is splashed with vibrant color and eye-catching patterns, and the figures of the women themselves are full of energy, speed, and tension." —Shelf Awareness (starred review)
Venus and Serena Williams are two of the greatest tennis players of all time. Some say they're two of the greatest athletes of all time. Before they were world famous, they were little girls with big...
Author
Language
English
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Description
For Helen Keller, "w-a-t-e-r" was a cool, slippery splash. "S-u-n" was the warm afternoon glow coating her skin. "L-i-l-y" was a sweet-smelling petal, soft and delicate to her touch. After an illness left her blind and deaf, Helen relied on her senses of touch and smell to help compensate for her loss. And then she met her teacher, Annie Sullivan, who showed her a new way to give meaning to the world around her. But most of all, Annie gave Helen a...
Author
Series
Language
English
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ALSC Notable Children's Books 2021 (Preschool-Gr.2)
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Description
"A girl named Ruth Anne tells the story of her family's train journey from North Carolina to New York City as part of the Great Migration"--
10) Satchel Paige
Author
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series.
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English
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"...A ball made of a sock stuffed with rags. Bare feet. Does this sound like an auspicious beginning for "soccer's first star?" Ibsen Santos is an unobtrusive narrator who sets a leisurely pace and lets young listeners interact with both the text and the illustrations... Radio broadcasts of soccer games add ambiance to the production."-AudoFile
17) Quinnie Blue
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Hattie wonders about the activities of her grandmother Quinnie Blue when she was little.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"This book outlines a step-by-step process for software security that is relevant to today's technical, operational, business, and development environments. The authors focus on what humans can do to control and manage a secure software development process in the form of best practices and metrics. Although security issues will always exist, this book will teach you how to maximize an organizations ability to minimize vulnerabilities in your software...