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Floyd Cooper

Floyd Cooper 0000000063165049 Floyd Cooper (1956-2021) was a celebrated illustrator, recipient of 4 Coretta Scott King Honors, and 10 ALA Notables. From Oklahoma, he pursued his career in NYC post hi...

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Floyd Cooper and Daria Peoples

Floyd Cooper and Daria Peoples MULTIPLE Floyd Cooper and Daria Peoples Children's book Illustrators Floyd Cooper and Daria Peoples

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Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams

by Howard Bryant

Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams Howard Bryant 9780399169069 Nonfiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House From Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus ...

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The Ring Bearer

by Floyd Cooper

The Ring Bearer Floyd Cooper 9780399167409 Fiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Mama’s getting married, and Jackson has an important job to do! A story about love, weddings, and the special joy...

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Juneteenth for Mazie

by Floyd Cooper

Juneteenth for Mazie Floyd Cooper 9781623701703 Fiction Capstone Press Capstone Press Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in A...

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Max and the Tag-Along Moon

by Floyd Cooper

Max and the Tag-Along Moon Floyd Cooper 9780399233425 Fiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Has the moon ever followed you home at night?Max loves his grandpa. When they must say good-bye after ...

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Jump!: From the Life of Michael Jordan

by Floyd Cooper

Jump!: From the Life of Michael Jordan Floyd Cooper 9780399242304 Nonfiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Michael Jordan was once just an ordinary little boy growing up in a North Carolina subu...

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Cumbayah

by Floyd Cooper

Cumbayah Floyd Cooper 9780688135430 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins "Cumbayah" is an enduring campfire song for children and a source of inspiration for adults. Though its roots are in the African-Ameri...

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Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes

by Floyd Cooper

Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes Floyd Cooper 9780698116122 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Writer Langston Hughes is an inspiration for youth everywhere. Now children can disco...

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Sisters of the Neversea

by Floyd Cooper

Sisters of the Neversea Floyd Cooper 9780062869975 Fiction Heartdrum HarperCollins In this beautifully reimagined story by NSK Neustadt Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich S...

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A Day for Rememberin’: Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day

by Leah Henderson

A Day for Rememberin’: Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day Leah Henderson 9781419736308 Fiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams A moving tribute to the little-known history beh...

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Juneteenth for Mazie

by Floyd Cooper

Juneteenth for Mazie Floyd Cooper 9781684463640 Fiction Capstone Editions Capstone Press Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day i...

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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

by Carole Boston Weatherford

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Carole Boston Weatherford 9781541581203 Nonfiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group “Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Coop...

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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy

by Tony Medina

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy Tony Medina 9780998799940 Fiction Penny Candy Books Penny Candy Books Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina offers a fresh perspective of young...

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Brick by Brick (Paperback)

by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Brick by Brick (Paperback) Charles R. Smith Jr. 9780061920844 Nonfiction Amistad Books for Young Readers HarperCollins The compelling true story behind the building of the White House, a powerful part...

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Willie and the All-Stars

by Floyd Cooper

Willie and the All-Stars Floyd Cooper 9780399233401 Fiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Willie, an African-American boy growing up in Chicago, dreams of playing baseball in the Major Leagues, ...

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Mandela

by Floyd Cooper

Mandela Floyd Cooper 9780399229428 Fiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Nelson Mandela is admired and respected the world over. Now, for the first time in picture book form, children can experi...

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Anne Rockwell

Anne Rockwell 000000008004082X Anne Rockwell (1934-2018) was a prolific children's author, renowned for works like “A Spy Called James” illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Anne Rockwell (1934–2018) ha...

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Brick by Brick

by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Brick by Brick Charles R. Smith Jr. 9780061920820 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Coretta Scott King Award-winners Charles R. Smith Jr. and Floyd Cooper deliver the compelling story behind the buildi...

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Color of Children’s Literature Conference

Color of Children’s Literature Conference New York New York Kweli’s Color of Children’s Literature Conference is the nation’s first and largest conference for BIPOC creators of chil...

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Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life

by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson

Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson 9780593381595 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House In the stunning follow-up to T...

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Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States

by Louisa Jaggar and Shari Becker

Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States Louisa Jaggar and Shari Becker 9781984847621 Nonfiction Crown Books for Young ...

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Ira’s Shakespeare Dream

by Glenda Armand

Ira’s Shakespeare Dream Glenda Armand 9781620141557 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books Ira Aldridge dreamed of being on stage one day performing the great works of William Shakespeare. He spen...

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A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream

by Kristy Dempsey

A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream Kristy Dempsey 9780399252846 Fiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House A story of little ballerinas with big dreams.Little ballerinas have big dreams. D...

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In the Land of Milk and Honey

by Joyce Carol Thomas

In the Land of Milk and Honey Joyce Carol Thomas 9780060253837 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins I ease myself back in the window seat and breathe in as the train breathes out We’re on our way! On o...

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Becoming Billie Holiday

by Carole Boston Weatherford

Becoming Billie Holiday Carole Boston Weatherford 9781590785072 Nonfiction Wordsong Boyds Mills Press Before the legend of Billie Holiday, there was a girl named Eleanora. In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave bi...

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The Blacker The Berry

by Joyce Carol Thomas

The Blacker The Berry Joyce Carol Thomas 9780060253752 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins We are color struck The way an artist strikes His canvas with his brush of many hues Look closely at these...

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Miss Crandall’s School For Young Ladies & Little Misses Of Color

by Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson

Miss Crandall’s School For Young Ladies & Little Misses Of Color Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson 9781590784563 Nonfiction Wordsong Boyds Mills Press Two renowned poets tell the story of Prudenc...

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Freedom School, Yes!

by Amy Littlesugar

Freedom School, Yes! Amy Littlesugar 9780399230066 Fiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Jolie has a lot to be scared about since the new Freedom School teacher, Annie, came to town. Bricks thro...

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I Have Heard of a Land

by Joyce Carol Thomas

I Have Heard of a Land Joyce Carol Thomas 9780064436175 Fiction HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins I have heard of a landWhere the imagination has no fencesWhere what is dreamed one nightIs accom...

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In Praise Of Our Fathers And Our Mothers: A Black Family Treasury By Outstanding Authors And Artists

by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson

In Praise Of Our Fathers And Our Mothers: A Black Family Treasury By Outstanding Authors And Artists Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson 9780940975590 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. For...

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