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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Cunnane
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E Cunnane
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East - Kids Easy
E Cunnane
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E Cunnane
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Green Hills - Kids Easy
E Cunnane
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E Cunnane
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From rooster crow to bedtime, a Kenyan boy plays and visits neighbors all through his village, even though he is supposed to be watching his grandfather's cows.
22) Freedom Soup
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Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Charles
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Talking Book E Charles
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Edgehill - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Charles
1 available
Talking Book E Charles
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Hadley Park - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Charles
1 available
Talking Book E Charles
1 available
Description
"Every year, Haitians all over the world ring in the new year by eating a special soup, a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Ti Gran is teaching Belle how to make the soup--Freedom Soup--just like she was taught when she was a little girl. Together, they dance and clap as they prepare the holiday feast, and Ti Gran tells Belle about the history of the soup, the history of Belle's family, and the history of Haiti, where Belle's...
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Isadora
1 available
E Isadora
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Isadora
1 available
E Isadora
1 available
East - Kids Easy
E Isadora
1 available
E Isadora
1 available
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In a village on the African plains, a little girl stalls bedtime by saying good night to various animals and objects.
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Bordeaux - Kids Biography
jB I199a
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jB I199a
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography
jB I199a
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jB I199a
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North - Kids Biography
jB I199a
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jB I199a
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Join Idia of the Benin Kingdom as she molds herself from the young and curious daughter of a village warrior to becoming the Queen of the ancient African Kingdom of Benin. Discover the journey of a young heroine who saw her future in a dream and works her way to becoming one of the most well-loved, praised, and successful queens in African History. Idia of the Benin Kingdom is a precious storybook that empowers young girls to create a vision of who...
25) Imani's moon
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Edgehill - Kids Easy
E Brown-W
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E Brown-W
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Brown-W
1 available
E Brown-W
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Main Library - Kids Easy
E Brown-W
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E Brown-W
1 available
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Little Imani of the Maasai people longs to do something great, like touching the moon, but the other children just laugh at her.
26) Islandborn
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Diaz
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E Diaz
1 available
Inglewood - Kids Easy
E Diaz
1 available
E Diaz
1 available
Madison - Kids Easy
E Diaz
1 available
E Diaz
1 available
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Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Diaz
1 available
Talking Book E Diaz
1 available
East - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Diaz
1 available
Talking Book E Diaz
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Diaz
1 available
Talking Book E Diaz
1 available
Description
"Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland ... and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage"--
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"Julie loves all kinds of fruit, but mangoes are her absolute favorite. One sticky summer afternoon, Julie goes to the big mango tree in her yard to ask for a snack. But no matter how nicely she asks or how patient she tries to be, the tree just won't drop a single sweet, juicy mango! Will Julie ever be able to convince the tree to let her have just a taste of her favorite treat?"--
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A young Ashanti boy describes some of the wonders of his life in and around the West African village of Bonwire.
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Daniel
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E Daniel
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Hermitage - Kids Easy
E Daniel
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E Daniel
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Main Library - Kids Easy
E Daniel
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E Daniel
1 available
Description
"THE LITTLE REGENT begins with a short blurb, offering context on the Yoruba tradition of regency: "Among the Yoruba tribe of West Africa, when a king dies without a son, his daughter will rule until the kingmakers choose a new king. These female rulers are called regents." The story begins when Abioye is declared the temporary ruler of her West African village following her father the king's death, much to the chagrin of the village chiefs. At first...
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Velasqu
1 available
E Velasqu
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Hermitage - Kids Easy
E Velasqu
1 available
E Velasqu
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Pruitt - Kids Easy
E Velasqu
1 available
E Velasqu
1 available
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A young boy has lost Bongo, his favorite stuffed animal, and no matter where he looks for it he cannot find it. Perhaps someone stole it, he thinks, someone like his little sister.
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Malaika stories volume 1
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Green Hills - Kids Easy
E Hohn
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E Hohn
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Inglewood - Kids Easy
E Hohn
1 available
E Hohn
1 available
Main Library - Kids Easy
E Hohn
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E Hohn
1 available
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Participating in a first Carnival since her mother left to find a better job, Malaika fears she will not be able to dance in the parade without a costume and comes up with an idea to use scrap fabric to create a patchwork rainbow peacock outfit.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Chamber
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E Chamber
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Southeast - Kids Easy
E Chamber
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E Chamber
1 available
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Mama Panya has just enough money to buy ingredients for a few pancakes, so when her son Adika invites all their friends to join them, she is sure there will not be enough to go around.
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A little Haitian girl describes how her parents' house fills up with babies as relatives drop off their children on their way to work.
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Tarpley
1 available
E Tarpley
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Tarpley
1 available
E Tarpley
1 available
East - Kids Easy
E Tarpley
1 available
E Tarpley
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"The possibilities are endless in this uplifting ode to the power of potential. With lyrical text by bestselling author Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and images by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt -- the team behind CreativeSoul Photography -- each page of The Me I Choose To Be is an immersive call for self-love that highlights the inherent beauty of all Black and brown children. "--
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Charles
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E Charles
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Hadley Park - Kids Easy
E Charles
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E Charles
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Madison - Kids Easy
E Charles
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E Charles
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"In the hills above Port-au-Prince, a young girl named Fallon wants more than anything to carry a large woven basket to the market, just like her Manman. As she watches her mother wrap her hair in a mouchwa, Fallon tries to twist her own braids into a scarf and balance the empty panye atop her head, but realizes it's much harder than she thought" --
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Walker
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E Walker
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North - Kids Easy
E Walker
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E Walker
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Richland Park - Kids Easy
E Walker
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E Walker
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Zura is worried about how her classmates will react to her Ghanaian Nana's tattoos on Grandparents Day, but Nana finds a way to show how special and meaningful they are.
37) Off to market
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Dale
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E Dale
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Green Hills - Kids Easy
E Dale
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E Dale
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Southeast - Kids Easy
E Dale
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E Dale
1 available
38) Olu & Greta
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Ejaita
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E Ejaita
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Green Hills - Kids Easy
E Ejaita
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E Ejaita
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Madison - Kids Easy
E Ejaita
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E Ejaita
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Two cousins--one in Lagos, Nigeria, and the other in Milan, Italy--have different lives, but they share a dream of meeting and being together.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Lawrenc
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E Lawrenc
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Southeast - Kids Easy
E Lawrenc
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E Lawrenc
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Thompson Lane - Kids Easy
E Lawrenc
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E Lawrenc
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"When Paloma goes to visit her family in Trinidad, she doesn't feel that she fits in. But Tante Janet has a story to tell her: An ancient story of warrior queens and talking drums, of treasures and tales that span thousands of years... Join Tante Janet and her inquisitive niece as they share the story of how her family came to the Caribbean, through the dark days of colonization and enslavement, to the emergence of a thriving, contemporary Africa."--...
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East - Kids Easy
E Clarke
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E Clarke
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Clarke
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E Clarke
1 available
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Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Clarke
1 available
Talking Book E Clarke
1 available
Edgehill - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Clarke
1 available
Talking Book E Clarke
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook
Talking Book E Clarke
1 available
Talking Book E Clarke
1 available
Description
"When you live at the edge of the no-go desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe Mum is using it, maybe not), a bent bucket seat, and bashed tin-can handles. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for going bumpetty bump over the sand hills, past your fed-up mum, and right through your mud-for-walls home."--Back cover....