Carole Boston Weatherford
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A novel in verse traces the life and legacy of Norma Jeane Mortenson, who survived the foster-care system, sexual abuse, and teen marriage before her meteoric rise to stardom was further challenged by depression, addiction, and exploitation.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
An incredibly moving picture book biography of the man behind the hymn "Amazing Grace" and the living legacy of the song Caldecott Honorwinning author Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison. One stormy night at sea, a wayward man named John Newton feared for his life. In his darkest hour he fell to his knees and prayedand somehow the battered ship survived the storm. Grateful, he changed his ways and became a minister,...
45) Racing against the odds: the Story of Wendell Scott, stock car racing's African-American champion
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Wendell O. Scott, who made history as the only African-American driver to win a race in a NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) division.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Nancy Pelosi is a beacon of patriotism and integrity, demonstrating strength and leadership in her over 30 years in public office. A politician, mother of five, and tireless advocate for the underprivileged, she has dedicated her life to correcting injustice and inequality, and she serves her country with confidence and compassion. Rising from the California Democratic Party Chair to House Minority Leader to become the first woman Speaker of the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Picture book biography told in rhyming verse. Charles Tindley was born free, though his childhood was far from easy. He had no chance to go to school, but the spirituals he heard as he worked in the fields made him long to know how to read the Gospel. Late at night, he taught himself to read from scraps of newspapers. From those small scraps, Charles raised himself to become a founding father of American gospel music whose hymn was the basis for the...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father's Detroit church. Her incredible talent and string of hit songs earned her the title "the Queen of Soul." This Queen was a multi-Grammy winner and the first female inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And there was even more to Aretha than being a singer, songwriter, and pianist: she was an activist,...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
Picture book biography told in rhyming verse. Charles Tindley was born free, though his childhood was far from easy. He had no chance to go to school, but the spirituals he heard as he worked in the fields made him long to know how to read the Gospel. Late at night, he taught himself to read from scraps of newspapers. From those small scraps, Charles raised himself to become a founding father of American gospel music whose hymn was the basis for the...
59) Jazz baby
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A group of children move and play, hum and sleep to a jazz beat.
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