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Goodlettsville - Kids Easy
E Otaru
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E Otaru
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Main Library - Kids Easy
E Otaru
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E Otaru
1 available
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"A young girl pays tribute to the memory of her grandfather during a West African masquerade festival in this moving, lushly illustrated picture book. "DUM! DUM! DUM! DUM! / The talking drums thump a sweet beat ... / The masquerade has begun." As villagers gather to hear masked musicians beating drums, savor fried plantains, and watch the joyful dancers, a young girl joins the celebration with her family. But this year, everything feels different;...
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Daniel
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E Daniel
1 available
Hermitage - Kids Easy
E Daniel
1 available
E Daniel
1 available
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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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Tripple
1 available
E Tripple
1 available
Hermitage - Kids Easy
E Tripple
1 available
E Tripple
1 available
North - Kids Easy
E Tripple
1 available
E Tripple
1 available
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"Ju-Girl's favorite days are the ones spent with Granddad in his garage, fixing cars and hearing stories about his old blue pickup. Granddad used to drive the blue pickup all over the island, bringing happiness to many. And now it just sits in the driveway. One day, Ju-Girl asks Granddad if he'd ever fix it, and he's unsure at first. But the pair soon finds out just what it takes to restore the memory of the blue pickup and to create new stories along...
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Grant
1 available
E Grant
1 available
Goodlettsville - Kids Easy
E Grant
1 available
E Grant
1 available
Hermitage - Kids Easy
E Grant
1 available
E Grant
1 available
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"This joyful, inspiring and powerful love letter to hair wrapping ties together past and present as it recognizes and demonstrates how knowledge is passed through generations"--
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Madison - Kids Easy
E Paul
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E Paul
1 available
Southeast - Kids Easy
E Paul
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E Paul
1 available
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With fabric scrap treasures, a mother makes her son clothes fit for royalty.
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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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Green Hills - Kids Easy
E Agard
1 available
E Agard
1 available
Old Hickory - Kids Easy
E Agard
1 available
E Agard
1 available
Description
With one last hug, Windrush child waves goodbye to his Caribbean home and sets sail across the ocean to Britain. In this powerful picture book, full of hope and promise, celebrated poet John Agard and illustrator Sophie Bass movingly evoke the journey made by children and their families as part of the Windrush Generation.
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Agostin
1 available
E Agostin
1 available
Donelson - Kids Easy
E Agostin
1 available
E Agostin
1 available
Hadley Park - Kids Easy
E Agostin
1 available
E Agostin
1 available
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Shane, a boy with big dancing dreams, learns the meaning of courage and community.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Lawrenc
1 available
E Lawrenc
1 available
Southeast - Kids Easy
E Lawrenc
1 available
E Lawrenc
1 available
Thompson Lane - Kids Easy
E Lawrenc
1 available
E Lawrenc
1 available
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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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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Selasi
1 available
E Selasi
1 available
Hermitage - Kids Easy
E Selasi
1 available
E Selasi
1 available
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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...
11) Olu & Greta
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Ejaita
1 available
E Ejaita
1 available
Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Ejaita
1 available
E Ejaita
1 available
Goodlettsville - Kids Easy
E Ejaita
1 available
E Ejaita
1 available
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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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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Freeman
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E Freeman
1 available
Green Hills - Kids Easy
E Freeman
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E Freeman
1 available
Inglewood - Kids Easy
E Freeman
1 available
E Freeman
1 available
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It's a special day in Macy's classroom as all the children come in dressed up in their most stylish African clothing! Zahra's Ethiopian dress is covered in beads, while Malika's Namibian outfit is bursting with colors. And who is hiding behind that elephant mask from Cameroon? No two outfits are the same, in this beautiful and varied parade of clothing from across Africa!
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Khan
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E Khan
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Khan
1 available
E Khan
1 available
Southeast - Kids Easy
E Khan
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E Khan
1 available
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Musa and his sister travel to a Zanzibar beach in a shared minibus which, despite Musa's protests, gets loaded with everything from a man and his bicycle to ten swimmers.
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Tarpley
1 available
E Tarpley
1 available
Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Tarpley
1 available
E Tarpley
1 available
East - Kids Easy
E Tarpley
1 available
E Tarpley
1 available
Description
"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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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Farish
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E Farish
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Hermitage - Kids Easy
E Farish
1 available
E Farish
1 available
Southeast - Kids Easy
E Farish
1 available
E Farish
1 available
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"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...
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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.
17) Sulwe
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Looby - Kids Easy
E Nyong'o
1 available
E Nyong'o
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Madison - Kids Easy
E Nyong'o
2 available
E Nyong'o
2 available
Richland Park - Kids Easy
E Nyong'o
1 available
E Nyong'o
1 available
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When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.
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East - Kids Easy
E Carmona
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E Carmona
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Madison - 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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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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Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction
j398.2 S197c
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j398.2 S197c
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction
j398.2 S197c
3 available
j398.2 S197c
3 available
Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction
j398.2 S197c
1 available
j398.2 S197c
1 available
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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 Biography
jB I199a
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jB I199a
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography
jB I199a
1 available
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...