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Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books for Black History Month
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Picture Books for Black History Month
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When young Mae Jemison is asked by her teacher what she wants to be when she grows up, African American Mae tells her mostly white classmates that she wants to be an astronaut, a dream that her parents wholeheartedly support.
6) Bunheads
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A young Misty Copeland discovers her love for dance through the ballet of Coppélia.
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Nashville Reads 2024 | The Works of Jason Reynolds
Picture Book Month: Staff Favorites
Preschool Read Alikes for 2024 Nashville Reads!
VSBA 2024-2025 -- Primary Nominees
Picture Book Month: Staff Favorites
Preschool Read Alikes for 2024 Nashville Reads!
VSBA 2024-2025 -- Primary Nominees
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A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991.
9) Ghost boys
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Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing.