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Muslim Faith & Culture - picture books and more for kids
OBD National Poetry Month (April) - YOUTH
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"After her tribal village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to safety at a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder"--
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OBD Earth Day (April) - YOUTH
OBD Princesses - YOUTH
OBD Read, Renew, Repeat - Summer 2024 YOUTH
World Water Week
OBD Princesses - YOUTH
OBD Read, Renew, Repeat - Summer 2024 YOUTH
World Water Week
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"The story of one young girl's quest to bring clean drinking water to her African village"--
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"Calling to mind the best works of Paul Beatty and Junot Diaz, this collection of moving, timely, and darkly funny stories examines the concept of black identity in this so-called post-racial era. A stunning new talent in literary fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with black identity and the contemporary middle class in these compelling, boundary-pushing vignettes. Each captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of new, utterly original...
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"From one of our premier writers, scholars, and public intellectuals: a surprising, inspiring, often boldly infuriating, highly instructive and entertaining compendium of curiosities regarding African Americans. In 1934, 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof: A Short Cut to the World History of the Negro was published by Joel A. Rogers, a largely self-educated black journalist and historian. Now with élan and erudition--and winning...
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From The Guardian's Georgina Lawton, a moving examination of how racial identity is constructed--through the author's own journey grappling with secrets and stereotypes, having been raised by white parents with no explanation as to why she looked black. Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger to homogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was no reason for her to think she was any different. But over...
6) Sankofa
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"A woman wondering who she really is goes in search of a father she never knew--only to find something far more complicated than she ever expected--in this "stirring narrative about family, our capacity to change and the need to belong" (Time). Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. In her 40s, she has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother--the only parent who raised her--is...
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Blood like magic volume 1
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Bewitching Reads - Teen
GPLD Best Sci-Fi for Teens
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
Witches in YA (SCPL)
GPLD Best Sci-Fi for Teens
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
Witches in YA (SCPL)
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After failing to come into her powers, sixteen-year-old Voya--a Black witch living in near-future Toronto--is forced to choose between losing her family's magic forever, a heritage steeped in centuries of blood and survival, or murdering her first love, a boy who is supposedly her genetic match.
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"The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other, the novel draws readers into the experiences of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery, and Sofia"--
9) The jumbies
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1
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Black History Month - Youth
K - Fantasy Books
K&T - Black Joy - Fiction
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
K - Fantasy Books
K&T - Black Joy - Fiction
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.
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From the Publisher: Edited and translated by Mercer Cook. Laymen and scholars alike will welcome the publication of this one-volume translation of the major sections of C.A. Diop's two books, Nations negres et culture and Anteriorite des civilizations negres, which have profoundly influenced thinking about Africa around the world. It was largely because of these works that, at the World Festival of the Arts held in Dakar in 1966, Dr. Diop shared with...
11) John Henry
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Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month - Youth
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
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Black History Month - Youth
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Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
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Aboliçao is a startling look at the racial situation of Black Brazilians in contemporary Brazil. The director asks the following question to Black Brazilians from diverse walks of life --musicians, politicians, activists, people in government, ambassadors, social workers, sport stars, actors, street kids, farmers, etc. -- "We are celebrating 100 years since the abolition of slavery in Brazil, what does the abolition of slavery mean to you?"
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2024 Juneteenth Reading for Kids
Black Authors: Youth Nonfiction (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month - Youth
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Black Authors: Youth Nonfiction (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month - Youth
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"Amazing visual timelines take readers through the people and the issues that have shaped Black history. Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people. From Frederick Douglass to Oprah Winfrey, and the achievements of ancient African kingdoms to those of the US Civil Rights Movement, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies takes kids on an exceptional...
14) The cay
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When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
15) Ikenga
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In southeastern Nigeria, twelve-year-old Mnamdi is determined to avenge his police chief father, who was murdered while triyng to rid the town of criminals, but Nnamdi feels powerless until he receives a magical object which gives him superpowers.
16) Palmares
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Black History Month 2023 (WPL-ADULT)
Black Voices
OBD 2022 Pulitzer Prize Winners and Finalists
OBD Black History Month - Adult
Black Voices
OBD 2022 Pulitzer Prize Winners and Finalists
OBD Black History Month - Adult
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"The epic rendering of a Black woman’s journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil; the return of a major voice in American literature. First discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century. Now, for the first time in over 20 years, Jones is ready to publish again. Palmares is the first of five new works by Gayl Jones to be published in...
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When she was only twenty-three, Carson McCullers's first novel created a literary sensation. She was very special, one of America's superlative writers who conjures up a vision of existence as terrible as it is real, who takes us on shattering voyages into the depths of the spiritual isolation that underlies the human condition. This novel is the work of a supreme artist, Carson McCullers's enduring masterpiece. The heroine is the strange young girl,...
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 3
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After two out-of-season hurricanes nearly destroy her island home, Corinne discovers that the god Huracan is angry and she, aided by friends and enemies alike, races to calm him.
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