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Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j960 K711a
Hadley Park - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j960 K711a
Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j960 K711a
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©2000 | 1st ed. | Millbrook Press | 39 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j960 K711a Hadley Park - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j960 K711a Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j960 K711a |
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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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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Engle
Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available
E Engle
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2017. | First edition. | Godwin Books/ Henry Holt and Company | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Engle Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available E Engle |
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2017 | OverDrive | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) | English | Available Online
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2017 | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) | English | Available Online
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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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2022. | First American edition. | DK | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available 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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2007 | 1st ed. | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 1 v. (unpaged.) : col. ill. ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available E Winter |
Description
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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Pruitt - Kids Easy 1 available
E Carmona
Thompson Lane - Kids Easy 1 available
E Carmona
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2021. | American edition. | Lantana Publishing | 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 25 cm | English | On Shelf
Pruitt - Kids Easy 1 available E Carmona Thompson Lane - Kids Easy 1 available E Carmona |
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2021 | OverDrive | Lantana Publishing | English | Checked Out
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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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2014, c2013. | Tradewind Books | 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 30 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available E Senior |
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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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2018. | Groundwood Books | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available E Latour |
Description
"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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Green Hills - Kids Easy 1 available
E Atinuke
Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available
E Atinuke
North - Kids Easy 1 available
E Atinuke
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | First U.S. edition. | Candlewick Press | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Kids Easy 1 available E Atinuke Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available E Atinuke North - Kids Easy 1 available E Atinuke |
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2021 | OverDrive | Candlewick Press | English | Available Online
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2021 | Candlewick Press | English | Available Online
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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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c2004 | 1st ed. | Greenwillow Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available 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.
10) Bintou's braids
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available
E Dio
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Dio
Madison - Kids Easy 1 available
E Dio
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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©2001 | Chronicle Books | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Dio Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Dio Madison - Kids Easy 1 available E Dio |
Description
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 1 available
E Redding
Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available
E Redding
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2016. | First edition. | Lee & Low Books Inc | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Redding Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available 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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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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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 1 available
j398.2 S197c
Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j398.2 S197c
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 4 available
j398.2 S197c
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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1998 | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | n.p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j398.2 S197c Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j398.2 S197c Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 4 available 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 1 available
E Okorafo
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Okorafo
Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available
E Okorafo
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2017. | American edition. | Lantana Publishing | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Okorafo Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Okorafo Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available 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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1996 | 1st American ed. | Scholastic | (32)p. : col. ill. ; 31cm. | English | On Shelf
Hadley Park - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j811 D748 |
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Rhymes, chants, and games of Afro-Caribbean origin.
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c2012 | 1st ed. | Lee & Low Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 22 x 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Kids Biography 1 available 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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2010 | 1st ed. | Orchard Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English |
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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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Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available
jB Y42t
Southeast - Kids Biography 1 available
jB Y42t
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2015. | First edition. | Schwartz & Wade Books | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Biography 1 available jB Y42t Southeast - Kids Biography 1 available jB Y42t |
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2021 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
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2015 | OverDrive | Random House Children's Books | English | Available Online
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2015 | Random House Children's Books | English | Available Online
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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 1 available
E Marley
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Marley
Hermitage - Kids Easy 1 available
E Marley
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c2012 | Chronicle Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Marley Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Marley Hermitage - Kids Easy 1 available E Marley |
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East - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Talking Book E Marley
North - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Talking Book E Marley
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2021. | VOX edition. | [Library Ideas, LLC] | 1 audio enabled book (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm | English | On Shelf
East - Kids Audiobook 1 available Talking Book E Marley North - Kids Audiobook 1 available 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.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Farish
Hermitage - Kids Easy 1 available
E Farish
Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available
E Farish
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2021. | Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Farish Hermitage - Kids Easy 1 available E Farish Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available E Farish |
Description
"Joseph misses sharing meals with lots of people like he did back in the refugee camp, so when the neighbors finally come over, it's a feast! A companion book to Joseph's Big Ride, described in Kirkus as "a joyful, upbeat tale." When Joseph and Mama lived in a refugee camp in East Africa, everyone cooked and ate together. And Joseph could always hear someone playing the awal. It's much too quiet and lonely in his new home. Though Whoosh, the girl...