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2023.
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English
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"Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother....
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[2022]
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Español
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"Cuando Nigel mira a la luna, su futuro es resplandeciente. Se imagina que es... un astronauta, un bailarín, ¡incluso un superhéroe! En medio de las estrellas, hace una pirueta. Su pecho se alza con orgullo. Y sus ojos centellean. Nigel es el ser más brillante en todo el cielo. Pero es la semana de las profesiones en su escuela, y Nigel no consigue juntar el valor para compartir sus sueños. Es sencillo susurrárselas a la luna, pero no contárselos...
4) Camp-out
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Nonstop rain dampens the family's plans to go camping. But with a boost from Ty, the Camp-Out comes out just fine. Rhythmic text, vibrant art, family love, and Black boy joy shine on every page of this camping adventure"--
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Dr. Bettina Love argues ... that Reagan's presidency ushered in a War on Black Children, pathologizing and penalizing them in concert with the War on Drugs. New policies punished schools with policing, closure, and loss of funding in the name of reform, as white savior, egalitarian efforts increasingly allowed private interests to infiltrate the system. These changes implicated children of color, and Black children in particular, as low performing,...
7) The talk
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that-to paraphrase Toni Morrison-does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't play with a white friend's realistic...
8) One
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Introduce young ones to the concept of counting from one to ten while celebrating themes of friendship and community."--Provided by publisher.
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