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This collection of essays by scholar-activist W.E.B. Du Bois is a masterpiece in the African American canon. Du Bois, arguably the most influential African American leader of the early twentieth century, offers insightful commentary on black history, racism, and the struggles of black Americans following emancipation. In his groundbreaking work, the author presciently writes that "the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,"...
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Books to Read & Sing With (Eisenhower Kids World)
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
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OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
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Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.
4) Glass sword
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Bloomingdale Library Teen Audiobooks
OBD Patron Picks Winter Reading 2021-2022 (Adult)
OBD YA Fantasy - YOUTH
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The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they've always known -- and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul. Mare Barrow's blood is red -- the color of common folk -- but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a...
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"Simon's memoir reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters performing folk songs with her sister Lucy in Greenwich Village, to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, including the #1 song "You're So Vain." She was the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award,...
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Old MacDonald had a farm, and on that farm he had a whole barnyard of irresistibly cute and uproariously funny animals. With an oink-oink here, and a moo-moo there, the song ends showing the most precious resident of all, a very young MacDonald!
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Arts and Crafts Month For Kids
OBD Reading Colors Your World Picture Books - YOUTH
Picture Books Based on Songs
OBD Reading Colors Your World Picture Books - YOUTH
Picture Books Based on Songs
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In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.
9) Drummer Hoff
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A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.
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From chasing ribbons and shredding paper to cuddling by the fire and climbing the Christmas tree (uh-oh), the cute cats of this take on the classic "Twelve Days of Christmas" carol teach readers of all ages to celebrate the holiday season in festive, feline fashion. Endearing and adorable, these mischievous kitties are sure to steal your heart --and your cookies for Santa!
An adaptation of the classic "Twelve Days of Christmas" that follows a multitude...
13) Life
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This book is the long awaited autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards. With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life. Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane; his listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band...
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"When a little girl's cherished baby blanket becomes old and worn, it is made into a dress, and over the years it is made into even smaller and smaller items, eventually ending up as a bookmark and inspiring the creation of a book. Includes an author's note and a glossary"--
17) As you like it
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Graphic Shakespeare (Magic Wagon)
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Signet classic volume CD168. The Signet classic Shakespeare
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Signet classic volume CD168. The Signet classic Shakespeare
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"Shakespeare's As You Like It can appear bright or sombre in performance: a feast of language and a delight for comic actors; or a risk-taking exploration of gender roles. This edition offers an account of what makes the play both innocent and dangerous, mapping the complexities of its setting (a no-man's-land related to both France and England) and giving an ample commentary on its language and an analytical account of performance."--BOOK JACKET....
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It's mid-December and for the fifth year, at the Sullivans' lonely brownstone in Harlem, stockings go un-stuffed, tinsel un-strewn, gifts un-bought, mistletoe un-hung, chestnuts un-roasted, carols un-played, cookies un-cooked and a tree un-visible. But this year, a mysterious someone is sending gifts to widower Henry Sullivan and his two children, Will and Ella. These gifts are strange. Noisy. And there's no returning them. First, a small beaked and...
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