African American & Black

This book spotlights John Lewis, known for his role in the Civil Rights Movement, having helped organize the March on Washington and the Selma Voting Rights March, and for his lifelong dedication to public service as a member of the House of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593571064Author Charnelle Pinkney BarlowFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Caldecott Medal 2024 and Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator) 2024.Book InformationISBN 9781534439443Author Jason ReynoldsFormat HardbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786031587Author Jamia WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Frances Lincoln Children's BooksPublisher Quarto Publishing PLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593123683Author Alicia WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Schwartz & WadePublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547906041Author Andrea Davis PinkneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Clarion BooksPublisher Clarion BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 264mm *...

This lyrical celebration of Juneteenth, deeply rooted in Black American history, spans centuries and reverberates loudly and proudly today.After 300 years of forced bondage;hands bound, descendants of Africapicked up their souls-all that they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432850258Author Margot Lee ShetterlyFormat PaperbackImprint Thorndike Press Large PrintPublisher Thorndike Press Large PrintWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780763660918Author Kathryn LaskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Candlewick Press (MA)Publisher Candlewick Press (MA)Weight(grams) 136g

"A brilliant work of US history." -School Library Journal (starred review) "Gripping." -BCCB (starred review) "Accessible...Necessary." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book of 2019! A National Book Award Finalist...

Born into a close knit family in Chicago, Michelle Robinson was a star student who graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law. Then in 1992, she married another promising young lawyer and the rest, as they say, is history. It is undeniable that President...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices 2011 and New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. Short-listed for Bank Street Child Study...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619635548Author Nikki GrimesFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Bloomsbury Childrens BooksPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062662385Author Margot Lee ShetterlyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561458448Author Cynthia LevinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Peachtree PublishersPublisher Peachtree Publishers,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499809152Author Vivian KirkfieldFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Little Bee BooksPublisher Little Bee BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 287mm *...

A proud, empowering introduction to African American history that celebrates and honors enslaved ancestors Your story begins in Africa. Your African ancestors defied the odds and survived 400 years of slavery in America and passed down an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711245808Author Maria Isabel Sanchez VegaraFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint White Lion PublishingPublisher Quarto Publishing PLCWeight(grams)...

Susan B. Anthony. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Alice Paul. The Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls. The 1913 Women's March in D.C. When the epic story of the suffrage movement in the United States is told, the most familiar leaders, speakers at...

The latest addition to the Who HQ program: a biography of Barack Obama, created specifically for the preschool audience!The #1 New York Times Bestselling Who Was? series expands into the board book space, bringing age-appropriate biographies of...

Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their...

A child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, Roy DeCarava is an unsung hero of Black history. Convinced that the lives of ordinary Black people deserved to be immortalised and documented in photos, Roy celebrated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator) 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780823420476Author Lesa Cline-RansomeFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Holiday House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645179702Author Editors of Silver Dolphin BooksPage Count 8Imprint Silver Dolphin BooksPublisher Silver Dolphin BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Midwest Book Award (MIPA) (Children-Y/A Nonfiction) 2008. Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Multicultural Nf Teen/YA) 2009 and Benjamin Franklin...

A dedicated mom puts love into action as she creates the perfect rainbow-colored wig for her transgender daughter, based on the real-life experience of mother-daughter advocate duo Trinity and DeShanna Neal.Warm morning sunlight and love fill the Neal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448467122Author Yona Zeldis McDonoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 128gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088057285Author Cara ReeseFormat HardbackPage Count 58Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 8mm

Kobe Bryant was just an eighteen-year-old high-school basketball player when he decided to enter the National Basketball Association's draft. Though he was the thirteenth overall pick by the Charlotte Hornets, he would never play a single game for them...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Massachusetts Children's Book Award 2021 and Massachusetts Children's Book Award 2021.Book InformationISBN 9780593121610Author Wade HudsonFormat HardbackPage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456881351Author Jason FarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 147mm * 10mm

Aretha Franklin is a musical and cultural icon who created an amazing legacy spanning six decades! Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1942, Aretha got her start singing in front of her father's Baptist congregation and found minor success as a gospel singer...

The #1 New York Times bestseller!This chapter book edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller by luminaries Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds is an essential introduction to the history of racism and antiracism in AmericaRACE. Uh-oh. The R-word. But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063222465Author Laura ObuobiFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Newbery Honor Book.Book InformationISBN 9780141310015Author Julius LesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Random House...

Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions. Why couldn't she drink from a 'whites only' fountain? Why...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338262049Author Henry Louis Gates JrFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Caldecott Medal 2017 and Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator) 2017.Book InformationISBN 9781499801033Author Carole Boston WeatherfordFormat HardbackPage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771087667Author Shauntay GrantFormat HardbackPage Count 14Imprint Nimbus Publishing LimitedPublisher Nimbus Publishing LimitedWeight(grams)...

This illustrated introduction to African American history goes beyond what's taught in the classroom giving young readers a more comprehensive look at this timely and important topic.Author Jabari Asim chronicles the story of African Americans from the...