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Kadir Nelson
Kadir Nelson 0000000038009108 Kadir Nelson is a renowned American artist and illustrator with a Bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute. Known for his work with major clients like Sports Illustrated, ...
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans Kadir Nelson 9780061730795 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins From Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, written an...
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Alice Dunbar-Nelson 0000000081179540 Check out Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) was an acclaimed American journalist, political act...
He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands
He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands Kadir Nelson 9780803728509 Nonfiction Dial Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House What began as a spiritual has developed into one of America’s best-known s...
Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game
Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game Kadir Nelson 9780316209403 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Kadir Nelson, award-winning creator, delivers the perfec...
Baby Bear Board Book
Baby Bear Board Book Kadir Nelson 9780062931573 Fiction Balzer + Bray HarperCollins The acclaimed tale of a lost little bear searching for home from Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winner...
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Kadir Nelson 9780061783746 Nonfiction Katherine Tegen Books HarperCollins One day when Nelson Mandela was nine years old, his father died and he was sent from his village to a school fa...
If You Plant a Seed
If You Plant a Seed Kadir Nelson 9780062298898 Fiction Balzer + Bray HarperCollins Kadir Nelson, acclaimed author of Baby Bear and winner of the Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Author and I...
Change Has Come: An Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit
Change Has Come: An Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit Kadir Nelson 9781416989554 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. The black and white images throughout a...
We Are The Ship: The Story Of Negro League Baseball
We Are The Ship: The Story Of Negro League Baseball Kadir Nelson 9780786808328 Nonfiction Disney-Hyperion Disney Publishing Worldwide "We are the ship; all else the sea."-Rube Foster, founde...
Marilyn Nelson
Marilyn Nelson 0000000081267022 Marilyn Nelson, former Poet Laureate of Connecticut, is a three-time National Book Award Finalist, Annisfield-Wolf Award winner, and author of acclaimed titles like 'T...
Lori Nelson Lee
Lori Nelson Lee NONE Lori Nelson Lee, author of children's books like 'Hillary’s Big Business Adventure' and 'Danica Dramatica - Queen Me', introduces entrepreneurship to young readers. Her works are...
Nelson Beats The Odds
Nelson Beats The Odds Ronnie Sidney, II 9780996532426 Fiction Creative Medicine: Healing Through Words Creative Medicine: Healing Through Words Nelson used to think school was all about playing around...
Matt De La Peña
Matt De La Peña 0000000439804364 Matt de la Peña, a New York Times Bestselling author, has written six young adult novels and award-winning picture books. He received his MFA in creative writing fro...
Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove
Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove MULTIPLE Prominent authors Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, ...
The Souls of Black Folk: Includes “The Talented Tenth” and ”The Souls of White Folk”
The Souls of Black Folk: Includes “The Talented Tenth” and ”The Souls of White Folk” W.E.B. Du Bois 9780140189988 Nonfiction Penguin Classics Penguin Random House The landmark book about being Black i...
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor 9781101993880 Fiction Dial Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A stunning repackage of Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning masterpiece wit...
The Village That Vanished
The Village That Vanished Kadir Nelson 9780142401903 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Young Abikanile and all of the villagers of Yao feel safe hidden deep within the African jungle. But word...
Let’s Get It On: A Novel
Let’s Get It On: A Novel Jill Nelson 9780060763305 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins “Sister Jill isn’t just a foot soldier in what passes for war between the sexes. She’s our commander-in-chief and follo...
Prince Rogers Nelson and Randee St. Nicholas
Prince Rogers Nelson and Randee St. Nicholas MULTIPLE Prince Rogers Nelson, known as Prince, was an iconic musician celebrated globally. Randee St. Nicholas is an acclaimed photographer and director,...
Nelson George
Nelson George 0000000115805862 Nelson George, born in 1957, is a renowned columnist, critic, journalist, filmmaker, and author of 21 books, including bestseller 'The Michael Jackson Story'. A pioneer...
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson 0000000084378609 Vaunda Micheaux Nelson is an award-winning children's author and librarian. She penned “Bad News for Outlaws,” which won the 2010 Coretta Scott King Award, and...
Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths And Discovering Fulfillment In The Age Of Michelle Obama
Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths And Discovering Fulfillment In The Age Of Michelle Obama Sophia Nelson 9781935618942 Nonfiction BenBella Books BenBella Books Stereotypes aren’t funny when they...
Finding Martha’s Vineyard: African Americans at Home on an Island
Finding Martha’s Vineyard: African Americans at Home on an Island Jill Nelson 9780385505666 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House In this elegant book of photographs, personal narrative, memories,...
Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-Up Black Woman
Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-Up Black Woman Jill Nelson 9780140277241 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House The face of journalism was forever changed after Jill Nelson came along...
Adiba Nelson
Adiba Nelson NONE Adiba Nelson is a Black author and speaker who advocates for inclusion. Known for her 2013 children's book, Meet ClaraBelle Blue, which represents her special needs Afro-Latinx daug...
The Black Pimpernel: Nelson Mandela on the Run
The Black Pimpernel: Nelson Mandela on the Run Zuksiwa Wanner 9781782693079 Nonfiction Pushkin Children’s Books Pushkin Press The story of Nelson Mandela’s early years on the run from the apartheid au...
Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson Tara T. Green 9781501382307 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Publishing “A fascinating biography of a fascinating woman.” - Boo...
The Darkest Hearts
The Darkest Hearts Nelson George 9781617758096 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "We’re big fans of music mysteries here at CrimeReads, so I’m psyched for the new Nelson George…A complex mystery tha...
All These Things the Old Tales Tell - The Best of Alice Dunbar Nelson
All These Things the Old Tales Tell - The Best of Alice Dunbar Nelson Alice Dunbar-Nelson 9781528717908 Poetry Ragged Hand Ragged Hand Alice Dunbar Nelson was an American journalist, political activis...
The Honeymoon Is Over
The Honeymoon Is Over Keith Lee Johnson 9781601620170 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. After his blockbuster success of Little Black Girl Lost, and Little Black Girl Lost II, Keith Lee ...
I Have a Dream (Picture Book)
I Have a Dream (Picture Book) Martin Luther King, Jr. 9780375858871 Nonfiction Random House Children’s Books Penguin Random House From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King: “My ...
Let ’er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People’s Champion
Let ’er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People’s Champion Vaunda Micheaux Nelson 9781512498080 Nonfiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group Nelson plaits her narrative with Western lingo and homesp...
Jill Nelson
Jill Nelson 0000000066956364 Jill Nelson, a seasoned journalist from Harlem, is a graduate of the City College of New York and the Columbia School of Journalism. Her work has graced various publicati...
Seduced
Seduced Nelson George 9780345412669 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House "[A] smart, funny, and wonderfully resonant novel … It’s the 1980s, and aspiring songwriter Derek Harper is a man ...
Havelock Nelson and Michael A. Gonzales
Havelock Nelson and Michael A. Gonzales MULTIPLE Havelock Nelson and Michael A. Gonzales are renowned authors known for their insightful contributions in the field of literature. Havelock Nelson and ...
The Boley Rodeo: Poems, 2008-2026
The Boley Rodeo: Poems, 2008-2026 Marilyn Nelson 9780807187265 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press Powerful, beautiful, and often deceptively simple, the poetry of Marilyn Nelson takes a...
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Lubaya’s Quiet Roar
Lubaya’s Quiet Roar Marilyn Nelson 9780525555551 Fiction Dial Books Penguin Random House In this stirring picture book about social justice activism and the power of introverts, a quiet girl’s artwork...
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela 9781631491177 Nonfiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company "Arrested in 1962 as South Africa’s apartheid regime intensified … ...
Selected Speeches and Writings of Nelson Mandela: The End of Apartheid in South Africa
Selected Speeches and Writings of Nelson Mandela: The End of Apartheid in South Africa Nelson Mandela 9781934941782 Nonfiction Red and Black Publishers Red and Black Publishers For 30 years, the Afric...
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela 9780316548182 Nonfiction Back Bay Books Hachette Book Group Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of o...
The Works of Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Volume 1
The Works of Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Volume 1 Alice Dunbar-Nelson 9780195052503 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press "Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s journalism—especially her column for The ...
Prince Rogers Nelson
Prince Rogers Nelson 0000000120964892 Prince Rogers Nelson, known as Prince, was an influential American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor. Famous for his eclectic work, flamboyant ...
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela 0000000121447715 Nelson Mandela, born July 18, 1918, was South Africa's first black President from 1994-1999, and ANC party President from 1991-1997. After 27 years in prison, he was r...
Caleb Azumah Nelson
Caleb Azumah Nelson 0000000505162647 A 2021 National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” Honoree Caleb Azumah Nelson is a British-Ghanaian writer and photographer based in London. Known for his n...
When Clowns Attack: A Survival Guide
When Clowns Attack: A Survival Guide Chuck Sambuchino 9781607747031 Fiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House "Now in a updated and expanded 28th edition, the Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Ma...
Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson: A True Story about Jackie Robinson
Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson: A True Story about Jackie Robinson Sharon Robinson 9780545052511 Nonfiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball ...
Under the Same Sun
Under the Same Sun Sharon Robinson 9780545166720 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. Praise for PROMISES TO KEEP-Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year, IRA Notable Book, YALSA Best...
Open Water
Open Water Caleb Azumah Nelson 9780802157942 Fiction Black Cat Grove Atlantic, Inc. A stunning first novel about two young Black artists in London falling in and out of love by a new literary virtuoso...
Police Brutality: An Anthology
Police Brutality: An Anthology Jill Nelson 9780393321630 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A landmark work by twelve leading critics and community leaders―essential readin...
A Carnival Jangle
A Carnival Jangle Alice Dunbar-Nelson 9781037403415 Fiction Macmillan Collector’s Library Macmillan Publishers From the landmark writer and activist of the Harlem Renaissance, Alice Dunbar Nelson, A C...
A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation
A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation Lindsey McDivitt 9780802855022 Nonfiction Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Kirkus Starred Review: "Beauti...
Nelson Mandela: From Prisoner to President
Nelson Mandela: From Prisoner to President Suzy Capozzi 9780553513431 Nonfiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House This Step 4 leveled reader about Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Pr...
His Day Is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute
His Day Is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute Maya Angelou 9780812997019 Poetry Random House Penguin Random House He was a son of Africa who became father to a nation and, for billions of people around th...
Meet ClaraBelle Blue
Meet ClaraBelle Blue Adiba Nelson 9780989191906 Fiction RocketChair Productions RocketChair Productions 2016 ROYAL DRAGONFLY WINNER - HONORABLE MENTION: CHILDREN’S BOOK/SPECIAL NEEDS Meet ClaraBell...
Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom
Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom Nelson Mandela 9781451675399 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the heart and soul of visionary Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela, a collecti...
Faster Than Light: New And Selected Poems, 1996-2011
Faster Than Light: New And Selected Poems, 1996-2011 Marilyn Nelson 9780807147344 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press Conjuring numerous voices and characters across oceans and centuries...
In The Words Of Nelson Mandela
In The Words Of Nelson Mandela Jennifer Crwys-Williams 9780802779304 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I ha...
Hillary’s Big Business Adventure (The Adventures Of Hillary)
Hillary’s Big Business Adventure (The Adventures Of Hillary) Lori Nelson Lee 9780979417108 Nonfiction Nelson Publishing, LLC Nelson Publishing, LLC Hillary is a 5th-grader from Baltimore, Maryland who...
The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems
The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems Marilyn Nelson 9780807121757 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press In The Fields of Praise, Marilyn Nelson claims as subjects the life of the s...
Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience
Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience Jill Nelson 9780140237160 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House When Jill Nelson became the first black woman to write for The Washington Post’...
The Works of Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Volume 2
The Works of Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Volume 2 Alice Dunbar-Nelson 9780195052510 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Spanning the gamut of literary genres, from autobiographical sho...
The Works of Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Volume 3
The Works of Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Volume 3 Alice Dunbar-Nelson 9780195052527 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Spanning the gamut of literary genres, from autobiographical sho...
People of Color in Louisiana
People of Color in Louisiana Alice Dunbar-Nelson 9781979797627 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Alice Dunbar Nelson was a social activist and reformer, journalist and poet. She was one ...
Alexis Nikole Nelson
Alexis Nikole Nelson NONE Alexis Nikole Nelson is a Wild Food Maker at BlackForager
In The Words Of Nelson Mandela
In The Words Of Nelson Mandela Robert Fleming Book Review One of the greatest assignments of my career as a newspaper reporter was covering South African leader, Nelson Mandela, who had just been r...
Anthony Mackie - The "Crossover and Half Nelson" Interview (2006)
Anthony Mackie - The "Crossover and Half Nelson" Interview (2006) Kam Williams Interview at the 2008 Tribeca All Access awards A graduate of Juilliard, classically-trained Anthony Mackie is...
Bessie the Motorcycle Queen
Bessie the Motorcycle Queen Charles R. Smith Jr. 9781338752472 Nonfiction Orchard Books Orchard Books Hop on the bike with Bessie Stringfield, the motorcycle queen of Miami, in this powerful picture b...
Black Heroes of the Wild West
Black Heroes of the Wild West James Otis Smith 9781943145515 Nonfiction Toon Graphics TOON Books This is Smith’s first book as both author and illustrator. NYPL’S TOP 10 BOOKS FOR KIDSExploring Ameri...
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Ann Petry 9780062691309 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins This quintessential middle grade biography of Harriet Tubman now features a cover by NAAC...
Ordinary Days: The Seeds, Sound, and City That Grew Prince Rogers Nelson
Ordinary Days: The Seeds, Sound, and City That Grew Prince Rogers Nelson Angela Joy 9781250797032 Nonfiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers A rhythmic, striking picture book biography of leg...
Julia Denos
Julia Denos NONE Julia Denos, author-illustrator of the 2016 ALA Notable selection 'Swatch: The Girl Who Loved Color', has also illustrated works by Margaret Cardillo and Boni Ashburn. She is now foc...
Gracey Zhang
Gracey Zhang NONE Gracey Zhang, a Vancouver-born illustrator and animator, is known for her storytelling and verse. She's the author of “Lala’s Words” and illustrator of several books. A Rhode Island...
Deloris Jordan
Deloris Jordan NONE Deloris Jordan, mother of NBA star Michael Jordan, is a bestselling children's book author and advocate for families. Known for works like “Salt in His Shoes,” she also contribute...
Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis
Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis Daria Peoples 9780063206786 Nonfiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins The life of civil rights icon Angela Davis is illuminated in an extraordinary picture b...
Jerdine Nolen
Jerdine Nolen 000000006390290X Jerdine Nolen is an acclaimed children's book author known for award-winning works like “Thunder Rose” and “Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life.” She lives in Ellicott Cit...
The People Remember
The People Remember Ibi Zoboi 9780062915641 Nonfiction Balzer & Bray/Harperteen HarperCollins From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her debut picture book—a tour de for...
The Undefeated
The Undefeated Vanessa Vanzie Book Review ℐf you have been searching for a book that will fill a child with the greatest sense of self-worth just for being who they are, then look no further. Ta...
Michael’s Golden Rules
Michael’s Golden Rules Deloris Jordan 9781534495784 Fiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. "I’ve learned it takes heart to come out a winner every time, whether you win or lose." — Michael...
The Road to Memphis
The Road to Memphis Mildred D. Taylor 9781101997550 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House A stunning repackage of a companion to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, with cover art by two-time Caldecott ...
Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life
Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life Jerdine Nolen 9781442460355 Fiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Young Hewitt Anderson is sweet, smart, polite—and very, very small. This warmly humorous...
Mama Miti
Mama Miti Donna Jo Napoli 9781416935056 Fiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. NAACP Image Award Nominee “In a word, stunning.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Through artful prose and bea...
Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln Doreen Rappaport 9781423104087 Nonfiction Disney-Hyperion Disney Publishing Worldwide From the time he was a young boy roaming the forests of the unsett...
Please, Baby, Please (Board Book)
Please, Baby, Please (Board Book) Spike Lee 9781416949114 Fiction Little Simon Simon & Schuster, Inc. From moments fussy to fond, Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, producer Ton...
Please, Baby, Please
Please, Baby, Please Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee 9780689834578 Fiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Go back to bed, baby please, baby, please. Not on your HEAD, ba...
Please, Puppy, Please
Please, Puppy, Please Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee 9780689868047 Fiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Away from the gate, puppy puppy, please, puppy. Oh wait, puppy...
Just the Two of Us
Just the Two of Us Will Smith 9780439669436 Fiction Scholastic Paperbacks Scholastic Inc. Superstar Will Smith’s touching ode to fatherhood. Let the Scholastic Bookshelf be your guide through the whol...
Ellington Was Not a Street
Ellington Was Not a Street Ntozake Shange 9780689828843 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, not...
Brothers of the Knight
Brothers of the Knight Debbie Allen 9780142300169 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Debbie Allen’s contemporary retelling of the classic tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses with illustrations f...
Dancing In The Wings
Dancing In The Wings Debbie Allen 9780803725010 Fiction Dial Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Sassy worries that her too-large feet, too-long legs, and even her big mouth will keep her fro...
To Funk and Die in L.A.
To Funk and Die in L.A. Nelson George 9781617755859 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books An A.D. Hunter Mystery "Ex-bodyguard D Hunter travels from Brooklyn to Los Angeles to investigate the circumsta...
Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality
Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality Vaunda Micheaux Nelson 9781728419237 Nonfiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and...
Papa’s Free Day Party
Papa’s Free Day Party Marilyn Nelson 9780940975729 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Johnnie wants to celebrate her Papa’s birthday, but Papa doesn’t know exactly when that special day is....
My Name Is Prince
My Name Is Prince Prince Rogers Nelson and Randee St. Nicholas 9780062939234 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Physical Info: 13.2 inches high, 11.4 inches wide, and 1.5 inches thick (7.4 lbs) A...
No Crystal Stair
No Crystal Stair Vaunda Micheaux Nelson 9781541514911 Fiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group A documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller "You can’t w...
Ostrich And Lark
Ostrich And Lark Marilyn Nelson 9781590787021 Nonfiction Front Street, Incorporated Boyds Mills Press Ostrich and Lark spend their days on the grasslands of southern Africa surrounded by a chorus of b...
Sexual Healing: A Novel
Sexual Healing: A Novel Jill Nelson 9780743492843 Fiction Pocket Books Pocket Books From bestselling author Jill Nelson comes a sexy and uproarious novel about Lydia and Acey, two best friends whose c...