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Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O. And on that farm he had a ... TRUCK?! With a DIG DIG here and a SCOOP SCOOP there, this classic folk song just got revved up! Beloved machines -- the excavator, dump truck, bulldozer, and more -- will have the vehicle-obsessed of all ages reading and singing along.
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ALA Youth Media Award Winners 2023
Books by Carole Boston Weatherford
Picture Books for Black History Month
Books by Carole Boston Weatherford
Picture Books for Black History Month
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The popular spiritual, Standing in the need of prayer, has been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American people and their history. The text and illustrations of this inspirational book are informative reminders of yesterday, hopeful images for today, and aspirational dreams of tomorrow.
11) We could fly
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"At a sparrow's urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it's time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago. To hold each other tight and rise. Drawing on lyrics from the song "We Could Fly" by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell, which...