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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is...
3) I am loved
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A collection of the author's poetry conveys to young readers how much they are loved regardless of age and circumstance.
5) Come Sunday
Author
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Pub
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little girl describes a typical Sunday from the moment her mother wakes her up through the different elements of the worship service in church.
6) For everyone
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds's rallying cry to the dreamers of the world. For Every One is just that: for every one. For every one person. For every one dream. But especially for every one kid. The kids who dream...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The poem by African American author of the Harlem Renaissance about a mother's love for her child is paired with color illustrations. Its sweet, lulling rhythm celebrates a bedtime ritual and the bond between a mother and child.
Author
Series
Danitra Brown series volume 1
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This collection of poems assembled by award-winning writer Marilyn Nelson provides young readers with a compelling, lyrical account of the life of revered African-American botanist and inventor George Washington Carver. Born in 1864 and raised by white slave owners, Carver left home in search of an education and eventually earned a master's degree in agriculture. In 1896, he was invited by Booker T. Washington to head the agricultural department at...
13) Locomotion
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"'My little dark baby, / My little earth-thing, / My little love-one, / What shall I sing / For your lullaby?' With gracefully chosen words as smooth as a song, the poet Langston Hughes celebrates the love between an African American mother and her baby. Award-winning illustrator Sean Qualls's painted and collaged artwork captures universally powerful maternal moments with tenderness and whimsy. Like little love-ones, this beautiful book is a treasure."--...
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