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Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction
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Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction
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1st ed.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction
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j960 K711a
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Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction
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Demonstrates the diversity of the African continent by describing daily life in some of its fifty-three nations.
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A boy helps his father keep their very old car running as they make a trip to Havana for his newborn cousin's zero-year birthday. Includes author's note about cars in Cuba.
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Green Hills - Kids Easy
E Selasi
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E Selasi
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E Selasi
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E Selasi
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First American edition.
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Green Hills - Kids Easy
E Selasi
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E Selasi
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E Selasi
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E Selasi
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"Kweku has grown up hearing stories about the mischievous spider Anansi. He is given the nickname Anansi by his father because of his similarly cheeky ways. On a holiday to visit his beloved Grandma in Ghana, Anansi the spider and Anansi the boy meet, and discover a magical pot that can be filled with whatever they want. Anansi fills it again and again with his favorite red-red stew, and eats so much that he feels sick. Will he learn to share this...
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Main Library - Kids Easy
E Winter
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E Winter
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Every day, Angelina dreams of her home in Jamaica and imagines she is there, until her mother finds a wonderful way to convince her that New York is now their home. Angelina's heart aches for Jamaica, and no matter how much Mama talks of having a better life in New York, Angelina still dreams about mangos, johnnycake, rainbow-colored birds, and the warmth of the sand under her feet. Then one day Mama sees something in the paper about Carnival in Brooklyn,...
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East - Kids Easy
E Carmona
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E Carmona
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Pruitt - Kids Easy
E Carmona
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E Carmona
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Southeast - Kids Easy
E Carmona
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E Carmona
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American edition.
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East - Kids Easy
E Carmona
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E Carmona
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Pruitt - Kids Easy
E Carmona
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E Carmona
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E Carmona
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E Carmona
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Anita watches the dragons high above her as she hops from one cement roof to another in her village in the Dominican Republic. But being the valiant princesa she is, she never lets them scare her. Then one day, Anita must face her fears to begin a new life in a new country. Will she be brave enough to enter the belly of the beast and take flight to new adventures?
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"Anna fetches water from the spring every day, but she can't carry it on her head like her older brothers and sisters. In this charming and poetic family story set in Jamaica, Prize-winning author Olive Senior shows young readers the power of determination, as Anna achieves her goal and overcomes her fear." --Publisher.
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Main Library - Kids Easy
E Latour
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E Latour
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Southeast - Kids Easy
E Latour
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E Latour
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Main Library - Kids Easy
E Latour
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E Latour
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Southeast - Kids Easy
E Latour
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E Latour
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"Every winter, a young girl flies to Haiti to visit her Auntie Luce, a painter. The moment she steps off the plane, she feels a wall of heat, and familiar sights soon follow - the boys selling water ice by the pink cathedral, the tap tap buses in the busy streets, the fog and steep winding road to her aunt's home in the mountains. The girl has always loved Auntie Luce's paintings - the houses tucked into the hillside, colorful fishing boats by the...
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Hadley Park - Kids Easy
E Atinuke
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E Atinuke
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North - Kids Easy
E Atinuke
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E Atinuke
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Pruitt - Kids Easy
E Atinuke
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E Atinuke
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First U.S. edition.
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Hadley Park - Kids Easy
E Atinuke
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E Atinuke
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North - Kids Easy
E Atinuke
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E Atinuke
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Pruitt - Kids Easy
E Atinuke
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E Atinuke
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Join Baby and his doting mama at a bustling southwest Nigerian marketplace for a bright, bouncy read-aloud offering a gentle introduction to numbers.
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1st ed.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Belton
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E Belton
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While visiting her grandmother in the Sea Islands, a young girl hears about her African heritage and learns to weave a sea grass basket.
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Donelson - Kids Easy
E Agostin
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E Agostin
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Hadley Park - Kids Easy
E Agostin
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E Agostin
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Thompson Lane - Kids Easy
E Agostin
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E Agostin
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First edition.
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Donelson - Kids Easy
E Agostin
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E Agostin
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Hadley Park - Kids Easy
E Agostin
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E Agostin
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Thompson Lane - Kids Easy
E Agostin
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E Agostin
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Shane, a boy with big dancing dreams, learns the meaning of courage and community.
11) Bintou's braids
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Dio
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E Dio
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Dio
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E Dio
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Madison - Kids Easy
E Dio
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E Dio
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Dio
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E Dio
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Dio
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E Dio
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Madison - Kids Easy
E Dio
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E Dio
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When Bintou, a little girl living in West Africa, finally gets her wish for braids, she discovers that what she dreamed for has been hers all along.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Redding
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E Redding
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E Redding
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E Redding
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Redding
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E Redding
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E Redding
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E Redding
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"A young boy loses both parents as they attempt to flee Haiti for a better life, and afterward is only able to process his grief and communicate with the outside world through playing the drums. Includes author's note"--
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As a young girl growing up in Havana, Celia Cruz is determined to become a successful salsa singer. Relying on the help and support of her parents, teachers, and friends, Celia works her way to the top, eventually making it big by becoming the lead singer in a famous Cuban band.
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Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction
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j398.2 S197c
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Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction
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j398.2 S197c
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction
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Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction
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j398.2 S197c
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Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction
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j398.2 S197c
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction
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j398.2 S197c
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A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love.
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Okorafo
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E Okorafo
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Main Library - Kids Easy
E Okorafo
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E Okorafo
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American edition.
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Okorafo
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E Okorafo
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E Okorafo
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E Okorafo
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Awakened by strange sounds, Anyaugo discovers a giant chicken in her kitchen and has to muster the courage to remove it before the chicken destroys her family's preparations for the New Yam Festival.
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Rhymes, chants, and games of Afro-Caribbean origin.
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1st ed.
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Main Library - Kids Biography
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jB S5968g
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"A story inspired by events in the boyhood of Winston "Spree" Simon, a pioneer in the development of the steel drum, in which he discovers he can create tunes by banging on discarded cans. Includes author's note, glossary, and sources"--Provided by publisher.
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Junior tells of the games he played in his mind during the eight days he was trapped in his house after the devastating January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti. Includes author's note about Haitian children before the earthquake and her own children's reactions to the disaster.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography
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jB Y42t
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Main Library - Kids Biography
jB Y42t
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jB Y42t
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Pruitt - Kids Biography
jB Y42t
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jB Y42t
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First edition.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography
jB Y42t
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jB Y42t
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Main Library - Kids Biography
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jB Y42t
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Pruitt - Kids Biography
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jB Y42t
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today,...
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Marley
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E Marley
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Edgehill - Kids Easy
E Marley
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E Marley
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Hermitage - Kids Easy
E Marley
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E Marley
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Marley
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E Marley
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Edgehill - Kids Easy
E Marley
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E Marley
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Hermitage - Kids Easy
E Marley
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E Marley
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Bellevue - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Marley
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Talking Book E Marley
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Main Library - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Marley
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Talking Book E Marley
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North - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Marley
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Talking Book E Marley
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VOX edition.
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Bellevue - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Marley
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Talking Book E Marley
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Main Library - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Marley
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Talking Book E Marley
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North - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Marley
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Talking Book E Marley
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In this illustrated version of Bob Marley's song, a young boy, with the encouragement of three little birds, enjoys life and will not let anything get him down.