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21) El nuevo bebé
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
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"¡Ana y Andrew están esperando un hermano! La familia de Mamá llega de Trinidad, y todos ayudan a prepararse. Cuando llega el bebé, aprenden de Abuelita que en la cultura afroamericana, el nombre de un bebé a menudo cuenta una historia importante"--
"Ana & Andrew are expecting a sibling! The family is very excited. Mama's family arrives from Trinidad, and everyone helps to get ready. When the baby arrives, Ana & Andrew learn from Granny that...
24) The Blackwoods
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Told from multiple points of view, this novel follows Ardith and Hollis Blackwood as their lives are upended when their great-grandmother, legendary actress Blossom Blackwood, passes away, and family secrets emerge.
25) Revolution
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English
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It's 1964 in Greenwood, Mississippi, and Sunny's town is being invaded by people from up north who are coming to help people register to vote. Her personal life isn't much better, as a new stepmother, brother, and sister are crowding into her life, giving her little room to breathe.--From publisher description.
26) All aboard!
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Ty wishes his family would play with him, but everyone is too busy before dinner-time. Luckily, Ty knows just what to do"--Publisher's description.
28) The real Santa
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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An African American boy and his family are getting ready for Christmas on Christmas Eve. He wonders what Santa really looks like, and finds out that he looks just like him.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It's the most wonderful time of the year. AJ is excited abount Christmas and his upcoming visit with Santa. While browsing the shelves in the store he notices none of the Christmas toys look like him and neither does Santa. AJ is confused. He asked his parents, "Does Santa look like me?"
32) Salt the water
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Young Adults
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
Description
A confrontation with a teacher and a family crisis force high school senior Cerulean Gene to drop out of twelfth grade and derails their dreams of moving cross-country and living off the grid. Told in verse format.
Author
Series
Family business novel volume 6
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A scientific researcher and a disgraced chemist become pawns in a power grab by a billionaire contraband smuggler targeting Paris Duncan and her family, a situation that is further complicated by an assassin lover's return from the dead.
34) Astronaut Annie
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Language
English
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When Annie has a career day at her school, each member of her family wonders if she will choose their career path--her grandfather the news photographer, her father the mountain climber or her mother the basketball player--until she reveals a dream that is all her own.
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English
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Black History Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
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"Why? distills the conversations many children and adults are having about race, injustice, and anger in communities throughout our country, and gives them context that young readers can connect with. Heartfelt and deeply piercing illustrations from Shane W. Evans will leave a lasting impact on readers of any age. One that will hopefully lead to more conversations, change, and peace within our own communities and the world." --
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A novel that "centers on the story of Felicia Lyons, a stay-at-home mother of three drowning in the drudgeries of play dates, lost pacifiers, and potty training, who occasionally wonders what it would be like to escape the demands of motherhood. But when an unexpected phone call threatens to destroy her life, Felicia is forced to return to her childhood home where she must wrestle with an ex-lover and long buried secrets to save the family and home...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Papa has something special planned for tonight's family dinner --and Bobo can't wait! Excited to learn how to make okra stew like his ancestors, Bobo helps Papa pick veggies from the garden, catch shrimp from the creek, rain down rice in the pot, simmer the stew, and even make a tasty side of cornbread. When the stew begins to bubble and pop, Bobo and his family gather around for a mouthwatering feast.
38) Eb & flow
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In this dual-POV novel in verse, Black seventh graders Ebony "Eb" Wilson and De'Kari "Flow" Flood contemplate the conflict that sees them both suspended from school. A ten-day suspension has tweens De'Kari and Ebony seeing the world with a fresh perspective. Don't miss this poignant novel in verse from the award-winning author of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero. Two kids. One fight. No one thinks they're wrong."--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A coming-of-age novel told from the perspective of an eleven-year-old over the course of a single summer, as she tries to make sense of her new life with her estranged grandfather and sister after the death of her father and disappearance of her mother"--
40) Trinity
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lottie Rebecca Lee is spoken into the world in Fayetteville, North Carolina by a Black nurse who declares, "Lord Jesus, if that ain't the blackest little baby born this side of heaven." Later, Lottie will prove that she is the ancestors' promise to unearth the Mississippi and Ghanaian atrocities that have tormented Benjamin Lee, her grandfather who was born during the Great Depression in Mississippi's red clay tobacco fields, and Benjamin Junior,...
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