A FEW RECENT TITLES
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WE RISE, WE REAIST, WE RAISE OUR VOICES
Over 50 voices use art, essays, letters, poems and stories to share words and images of encouragement, inspiration, support and love with young readers in today's troubled environment. Ages 8-12, Grades 3-6, Hardcover, 96 pages, full color, published by Crown Books AFRO-BETS Kids I'm Going to Be Written by Wade Hudson Illustrated by Nancy Devard There are so many exciting careers: astronaut, athlete, educator, film director, architect. And there are great Black leaders in those fields, including Dr. Mae C. Jemison, LeBron James, Mary McLeod Bethune, Ava DuVernay, Sir David J. Adjaye and Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Learn about these great achievers and their careers as the AFRO-BETS Kids (Tura, Stef, Nandi, Robo, Langston and Glo) research and use their imagination to explore what they'll be when they grow up. Revised edition with new illustrations. Ages 4-8, Grades k-2, PB 32 pages, full color IT'S CHURCH GOING TIME Illustrated by Peter Ambush It's Church Going Time is a great way to answer many of the questions young children have about going to church and serving God. Families can use the book to bond and create an on-going, evolving question-and-answer period about God and faith, and parents can also use artist Peter Ambush’s warm and expressive illustrations to explain the emotional and spiritual benefits of their family’s particular religious beliefs. If you are a parent who wants to nurture your child's burgeoning religious beliefs, this may be the book for you. A review by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Marimba Books (October 1, 2008) ISBN: 978-1603490054 PUDDIN', JEFFREY & LEAH: BEST FRIENDS Illustrated by Nancy Devard The first book in the Puddin, Jeffrey and Leah series, Best Friends, shares the world of three multicultural toddlers and their funny, charming, and engaging adventures during their play period at preschool. Best Friends teaches sharing, tolerance, and models diversity in way toddlers can understand. Reading level: Ages 4-8 Board Book16 pages Publisher: Marimba Books (June 1, 2009) ISBN: 978-1603490184 I LOVE TO...PLACES I LOVE TO GO Illustrated by Laura Feeman A young boy reflects on his favorite places in town, including the neighborhood pool, the library, the circus, and his grandfather's house. Reading level: Ages 4-8 Paperback: 24 pages Publisher: Marimba Books (September 1, 2008) ISBN: 978-1603490085 POWERFUL WORDS: More Than Two Years of Outstanding Writing by African Americans Illustrated by Sean Qualls Hudson highlights the words of 36 well-known African-American men and women from colonial to contemporary times. Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois, Mary McLeod Bethune, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Thurgood Marshall, and Toni Morrison are among the featured individuals. Marian Wright Edelman provides the foreword and is profiled later on in the book. Hudson bases his book on the writings of the subjects themselves, taken directly from speeches, books, essays, articles, letters, poems, and songs. The passages reflect the culture and conditions of the times, taking into account issues of slavery, discrimination, racism, and the growth and development of the African-American community. Most of the entries include a full-page, black-and-white drawing of the subject. For each one, Hudson gives a brief introduction to set the scene. Following each excerpt is a biographical sketch, as well as individual or public responses. The strength of this book rests on its illumination of the power of words to question, educate, inspire, and empower.—from School Library Journal Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Scholastic Reference (January 1, 2004) ISBN: 978-0439409698 |