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1) Alvin Ailey
Author
On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography 1 available
jB A293p
Hadley Park - Kids Biography 1 available
jB A293p
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c1993 | 1st ed. | Hyperion Books for Children | 30 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography 1 available jB A293p Hadley Park - Kids Biography 1 available jB A293p |
Description
Describes the life, dancing, and choreography of Alvin Ailey, who created his own modern dance company to explore the black experience.
2) A beach tail
Author
Formats:
On Shelf
Madison - Kids Easy 1 available
E William
Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available
E William
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c2010 | 1st ed. | Boyds Mills Press | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm. | English | On Shelf
Madison - Kids Easy 1 available E William Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available E William |
Description
When his father tells him not to leave the lion he is drawing on the beach, a little boy starts making a very, very long tail--and a trail to follow back.
Author
Formats:
On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j398.2096894 B9151b
Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j398.2096894 B9151b
Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j398.2096894 B9151b
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c2003 | 1st ed. | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j398.2096894 B9151b Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j398.2096894 B9151b Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j398.2096894 B9151b |
Description
In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."
Author
On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Bernstr
Pruitt - Kids Easy 1 available
E Bernstr
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2020] | First edition. | Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Bernstr Pruitt - Kids Easy 1 available E Bernstr |
Description
Discover the true meaning of being brave in this tender and whimsical picture book from Daniel Bernstrom (One Day in the Eucalytus, Eucalyptus Tree) and Shane Evans (Chocolate Me!) that follows a grandfather and grandson who travel through time in a beloved 1952 Ford.
Author
On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Tarpley
Looby - Kids Easy 1 available
E Tarpley
Madison - Kids Easy 1 available
E Tarpley
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2002 | 1st ed. | Little, Brown | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Tarpley Looby - Kids Easy 1 available E Tarpley Madison - Kids Easy 1 available E Tarpley |
Description
A story celebrating a young African-American boy's first trip to the barbershop.
Author
On Shelf
Edgehill - Kids Easy 1 available
E Murphy
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Murphy
Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available
E Murphy
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2019] | Sleeping Bear Press | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Edgehill - Kids Easy 1 available E Murphy Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Murphy Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available E Murphy |
Description
Encourages every boy to embrace all of the things that make him unique, and to be curious, brave, kind, thoughtful, and more.
Author
On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j621.453 K156b
Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction 2 available
j621.453 K156b
Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j621.453 K156b
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Availability | |
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[2015] | Young readers edition. | Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc | 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 22 cm. | On Shelf
Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j621.453 K156b | |
2012 | Dial Books for Young Readers | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j621.453 K156b Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j621.453 K156b Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j621.453 K156b |
On Shelf
Green Hills - Kids Audiobook 1 available
jCD AUDIO 621.453 K156b
Pruitt - Kids Audiobook 1 available
jCD AUDIO 621.453 K156b
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2015 | Young readers ed., unabridged. | Brilliance Audio | 6 sound discs (6 hr., 42 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Kids Audiobook 1 available jCD AUDIO 621.453 K156b Pruitt - Kids Audiobook 1 available jCD AUDIO 621.453 K156b |
Publication Date | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2015 | Penguin Young Readers Group | English | Available Online
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On Shelf
Hadley Park - Kids Audiobook 1 available
PLAYAWAY j621.453 K156b
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2014] | Young readers edition, unabridged. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Hadley Park - Kids Audiobook 1 available PLAYAWAY j621.453 K156b |
Description
"When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard...
8) Cool cuts
Author
Series
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Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2020] | First edition. | Doubleday Books for Young Readers | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Roe |
Publication Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2020 | OverDrive | Random House Children's Books | English | Available Online
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Publication Date | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2020 | Random House Children's Books | English | Available Online
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Description
"An illustrated, joyful celebration of African-American boys' hairstyles"--
Author
On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available
E Barnes
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Barnes
Green Hills - Kids Easy 1 available
E Barnes
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2017. | Bolden, An Agate imprint | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Barnes Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Barnes Green Hills - Kids Easy 1 available E Barnes |
Description
Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
Author
On Shelf
East - Kids Easy 1 available
E Johnson
Pruitt - Kids Easy 1 available
E Johnson
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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1997 | Orchard Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
East - Kids Easy 1 available E Johnson Pruitt - Kids Easy 1 available E Johnson |
Description
Inspired by his family experiences and his father's paintings, a young boy creates four poems.
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On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available
E Funk
Edgehill - Kids Easy 1 available
E Funk
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Funk
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2016. | Viking | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Funk Edgehill - Kids Easy 1 available E Funk Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Funk |
Publication Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2016 | OverDrive | Penguin Young Readers Group | English | Available Online
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Publication Date | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2016 | Penguin Young Readers Group | English | Available Online
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Description
As a school project, George and Blaise become pen pals, writing rhyming letters about their favorite things to do, unaware that one is human and the other a dragon.
Author
On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available
E Tutu
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 2 available
E Tutu
Hermitage - Kids Easy 1 available
E Tutu
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2013 | 1st ed. | Candlewick Press | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available E Tutu Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 2 available E Tutu Hermitage - Kids Easy 1 available E Tutu |
Description
While riding his new bicycle Desmond is hurt by the mean word yelled at him by a group of boys, but he soon learns that hurting back will not make him feel any better.
Author
Series
Mo Jackson series volume 1
Formats:
On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Reader 1 available
Reader Adler
Goodlettsville - Kids Reader 1 available
Reader Adler
Green Hills - Kids Reader 1 available
Reader Adler
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2015] | Penguin Young readers, an imprint of Penguin group (USA) | 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Reader 1 available Reader Adler Goodlettsville - Kids Reader 1 available Reader Adler Green Hills - Kids Reader 1 available Reader Adler |
Publication Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2015 | OverDrive | Penguin Young Readers Group | English | Available Online
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Publication Date | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2015 | Penguin Young Readers Group | English | Available Online
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Description
"Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team tease him for being a 'butterfingers' who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan up his sleeve to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Formats:
On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available
E Loney
Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available
E Loney
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2019. | First edition. | Alfred A. Knopf | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Loney Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available E Loney |
Publication Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2019 | OverDrive | Random House Children's Books | English | Available Online
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Publication Date | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2019 | Random House Children's Books | English | Available Online
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Description
After school orchestra practice, young Nic carries his double bass through rough neighborhoods to his grandfather's home, where he and Grandaddy Nic play jazz music with friends, delighting the neighbors.
15) Each kindness
Author
Formats:
On Shelf
Donelson - Kids Easy 1 available
E Woodson
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Woodson
Green Hills - Kids Easy 1 available
E Woodson
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2012 | Nancy Paulsen Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Donelson - Kids Easy 1 available E Woodson Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Woodson Green Hills - Kids Easy 1 available E Woodson |
Publication Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2014 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Weston Woods | English | Available Online
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Description
When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.
Author
On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available
E Swanson
Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available
E Swanson
North - Kids Easy 1 available
E Swanson
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2017. | First edition. | Imprint | 42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Swanson Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available E Swanson North - Kids Easy 1 available E Swanson |
Description
"A book for all ages about noticing the wonder and beauty in the world both near and far"--
17) Get a hit, Mo!
Author
Series
Mo Jackson series volume 2
On Shelf
East - Kids Reader 1 available
Reader Adler
Edgehill - Kids Reader 1 available
Reader Adler
Green Hills - Kids Reader 1 available
Reader Adler
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2016] | Viking, published by Penguin Group | 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm cm. | English | On Shelf
East - Kids Reader 1 available Reader Adler Edgehill - Kids Reader 1 available Reader Adler Green Hills - Kids Reader 1 available Reader Adler |
Description
"Mo Jackson is excited for his baseball game, but Coach Marie tells him he is batting last and playing right field, again. Will Mo ever get a hit?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Formats:
On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available
E Menchin
Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available
E Menchin
North - Kids Easy 1 available
E Menchin
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2015. | Abrams Books for Young Readers | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy 1 available E Menchin Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available E Menchin North - Kids Easy 1 available E Menchin |
Description
After his teacher says that anything can be in an art exhibition, and his fellow students give myriad reasons why something might belong in a museum, a child offers his special grandmother as an exhibit but when the curator cites a rule against accepting grandmas, the child has a better idea.
19) Grandma's gift
Author
On Shelf
East - Kids Easy 1 available
E Velasqu
Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available
E Velasqu
Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available
E Velasqu
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | 1st U.S. ed. | Walker | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
East - Kids Easy 1 available E Velasqu Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available E Velasqu Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available E Velasqu |
Description
The author describes Christmas at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem the year she introduced him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, which has had a profound and lasting effect on him.
20) Hair love
Author
Formats:
On Shelf
Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available
E Cherry
Watkins Park - Kids Easy 1 available
E Cherry
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2019] | Kokila | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm | English | On Shelf
Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available E Cherry Watkins Park - Kids Easy 1 available E Cherry |
Publication Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2019 | OverDrive | Penguin Young Readers Group | English | Available Online
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Publication Date | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2019 | Penguin Young Readers Group | English | Available Online
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Description
A little girl's daddy steps in to help her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self.