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Sophie Washington Secret Santa (paperback)
Sophie Washington Secret Santa (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706064 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT! Santa Claus is Coming to TownChristmas is three...
Sophie Washington My BFF
Sophie Washington My BFF Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776387 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing READERS’ FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL BOOK AWARD WINNERAn Amazon Bestselling Book!!Fans of Junie ...
Sophie Washington Queen of the Bee (paperback)
Sophie Washington Queen of the Bee (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706002 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! This entertaining, illustrat...
Sophie Washington The Gamer
Sophie Washington The Gamer Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776325 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Give Up Video Games for 40 Days? Oh No! Sophie and Cole...
Sophie Washington Things You Didn’t Know About Sophie (paperback)
Sophie Washington Things You Didn’t Know About Sophie (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706026 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Only Los...
Sophie Washington The Snitch (paperback)
Sophie Washington The Snitch (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706019 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! **Purple Dragonfly Book Award Firs...
Sophie Washington Things You Didn’t Know About Sophie
Sophie Washington Things You Didn’t Know About Sophie Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706095 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing Only Losers Don’t Have Cell Phones… That’s what Sophie thin...
Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Volume 4)
Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Volume 4) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781721149452 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing READERS’ FAVORITE "FIVE STAR" RATED BOOK FOR KIDS! Give Up Video Games fo...
Sophie Washington Secret Santa
Sophie Washington Secret Santa Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776356 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A FUN READ ALL YEAR ROUNDAn Amazon Bestselling Book!! Santa Claus is Coming to Tow...
Sophie Washington Queen of the Bee
Sophie Washington Queen of the Bee Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706071 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A READERS’ FAVORITE FIVE STAR RATED BOOK FOR KIDS! This entertaining, illustra...
Sophie Washington Hurricane (paperback)
Sophie Washington Hurricane (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706040 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Are you ready for the hurricane? St...
Sophie Washington The Snitch
Sophie Washington The Snitch Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706088 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing **Purple Dragonfly Book Award First Place Winner** Should Sophie Stand Up to the Sch...
Sophie Washington Mismatch
Sophie Washington Mismatch Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776370 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK!!What’s up with Mackenzie?Sophie Washington is trying out f...
Sophie Washington Code One
Sophie Washington Code One Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776318 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! GIRL POWER! Xavier Academy is having a computer c...
Sophie Washington Mission Costa Rica (paperback)
Sophie Washington Mission Costa Rica (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706057 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Sophie’s lost in the jungle...
Santa’s Gotta Go!
Santa’s Gotta Go! Derrick Barnes 9780593530436 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House The book opens with siblings Monte and Mabel penning their Christmas lists, with a peculiar top wish - a...
Sophie Williams
Sophie Williams NONE Sophie Williams, an anti-racism advocate, speaker, and former advertising professional, uses her experience to promote diversity and black representation. She now runs her own bu...
Sophie Washington Hurricane
Sophie Washington Hurricane Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776332 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK FOR KIDS!! Are you ready for the hurricane? Strap in for a...
Tonya Duncan Ellis on Her Book, Sophie Washington: Secret Santa
Tonya Duncan Ellis on Her Book, Sophie Washington: Secret Santa Book Spotlights Tonya Duncan Ellis: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Tonya+Duncan+Ellis talk about her her book, Sophie ...
Sophie Washington Lemonade Day
Sophie Washington Lemonade Day Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781735338934 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing When Life Gives You Lemons…Make Lemonade Sixth-grader Sophie Washington and friend...
Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up
Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up Renita Bryant 9781957092928 Fiction Mynd Matters Publishing Mynd Matters Publishing Santa and his sleigh are loaded up with gifts and headed to spread holiday cheer with nothing...
Sophie Washington Class Retreat
Sophie Washington Class Retreat Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781735338927 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing An entertaining story that celebrates friendship, diversity, environmental awaren...
In Plain Sight: A Game
In Plain Sight: A Game Richard Jackson 9781626722552 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers Sophie lives with Mama and Daddy and Grandpa, who spends his days by the window. Every day after ...
Sophie Adriansen
Sophie Adriansen 000000012303368X Sophie Adriansen, born in 1982, is a French author and member of renowned literary societies. With over 56 diverse works including novels, graphic novels, non-fictio...
A Santa Like Me
A Santa Like Me Tonya Abari 9780316515726 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Celebrate a child’s first experience meeting a Black Santa Claus! Christmas is just aroun...
The Real Santa
The Real Santa Nancy Redd 9780593647394 Fiction Dragonfly Books Dragonfly Books Join one Black family on their journey to discover what Santa looks like in this joyous tale celebrating identity, famil...
Kiss the Sky: A Novel
Kiss the Sky: A Novel Farai Chideya 9781416585954 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. From nationally acclaimed political commentator and multimedia personality Farai Chideya comes ...
Escape From … Hurricane Katrina
Escape From … Hurricane Katrina Judy Allen Dodson 9781499811681 Fiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive storms in American history. In this fi...
Toni Pressley-Sanon and Sophie Saint-Just
Toni Pressley-Sanon and Sophie Saint-Just MULTIPLE Toni Pressley-Sanon and Sophie Saint-Just
Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull
Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull MULTIPLE Calvin Duncan is the founder and director of the Light of Justice program, which focuses on improving legal access for incarcerated individuals. Falsely accuse...
Tonya Duncan Ellis
Tonya Duncan Ellis NONE Tonya Duncan Ellis, acclaimed author of the Sophie Washington children's book series, combines her love for writing and travel in her books. Her award-winning series, aimed at...
Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up Coloring Book
Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up Coloring Book Renita Bryant 9781957092959 Fiction Mynd Matters Publishing Mynd Matters Publishing Santa and his sleigh are loaded up with gifts and headed to spread holiday chee...
Santa in the City
Santa in the City Tiffany D. Jackson 9780593110256 Fiction Dial Books Penguin Random House A little girl’s belief in Santa is restored in this ode to the magic of Christmas. This is a holiday gift rea...
The Little Christmas Elf
The Little Christmas Elf Nikki Shannon Smith 9780375873485 Fiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Celebrate Christmas all year round with Nina, the littlest elf in Santa’s workshop! Nina doesn’t...
Sophie Washington Activity Book
Sophie Washington Activity Book Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781735338903 Nonfiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing Learn and play with characters from the Sophie Washington series with this ent...
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (paperback)
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (paperback) Gene Barretta 9780062430182 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins The inspirational story of George Washington Carver and his childhood secre...
The Night Before Christmas: A New Christmas Tradition
The Night Before Christmas: A New Christmas Tradition Candice Bradley 9781665937917 Fiction Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this adaptation of Clement C. Moore’s bel...
Yallwest Santa Monica Book Festival
Yallwest Santa Monica Book Festival Santa Monica High School Santa Monica California Over 113 authors including New York Times Bestsellers along with local and acclaimed young adult and middle grade ...
Follow-Up Letters to Santa From Kids Who Never Got a Response
Follow-Up Letters to Santa From Kids Who Never Got a Response Tony Medina 9780940975750 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Every Christmas, millions of children wait impatiently for the arrival...
Jeffrey C. Stewart
Jeffrey C. Stewart 0000000082117456 Dr. Jeffrey C. Stewart is a renowned professor and chair of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara. With an academic background from UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, and Yale, he's...
The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington Brad Meltzer 9781250130334 Nonfiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers Taking place during the most critical period of our nation’s b...
Anti-Racist Ally
Anti-Racist Ally Sophie Williams 9780063081352 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins “I’ve spoken a lot about breaking your echo chambers, and that’s something I wanted to challenge myself to keep doing, i...
Inherit the Kin
Inherit the Kin Lisa Saxton 9781976422850 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Kathriyne “Kitt” Robinson suffers from a very special curse. She is doomed by “inescapable lineage.” In less than...
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington 0000000114628411 Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was a pivotal African American educator, author, and advisor to presidents. Born into slavery, he rose to become a key leader fo...
Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington 0000000114635056 Kerry Washington, an Emmy-winning actor, director, and producer from The Bronx, is known for her groundbreaking role in ABC's Scandal and films like Django Unchained...
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver Gene Barretta 9780062430151 Nonfiction Katherine Tegen Books HarperCollins The inspirational story of George Washington Carver and his childhood secret ga...
The Santa Barbara Writers Conference
The Santa Barbara Writers Conference Mar Monte Hotel Santa Barbara California Six days and nights of 30+ writing workshops, panels, speakers, agnets and fellow word-crafters.
Carla and the Christmas Cornbread
Carla and the Christmas Cornbread Carla Hall 9781534494695 Fiction Denene Millner Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this heartwarming tale inspired by her childhood, superstar chef and TV host Carla Hal...
A Piece of Black Cake for Santa
A Piece of Black Cake for Santa Yolanda T. Marshall 9781999115555 Fiction Garnalma Press Garnalma Press Femi and her friends planned to leave some traditional Caribbean treats out for Santa, including...
Stephanie Casher
Stephanie Casher NONE Stephanie Casher is a freelance editor, author of multi-cultural women's fiction, and co-owner of The Pantheon Collective. She holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Cal...
The Perfect Holiday
The Perfect Holiday Kam Williams the_pe24.jpg Film Review Santa Woos Overburdened Mom in Syrupy Sweet Christmas Comedy The Perfect Holiday Rated PG for mild epithets and suggestive humor. Runni...
On The Edge
On The Edge E. D. Arrington 9781420851489 Nonfiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions Secrets lurked amongst the small intimate group of family and friends - secrets they hoped and prayed would never be r...
Secret Mysteries of America’s Beginnings
Secret Mysteries of America’s Beginnings Kam Williams /reviews/images/secret-of-americas-beginnings.jpg Film Review Documentary Discusses Influence of Fraternities on Founding Fathers and Beyond Se...
Rising Up From the Blood: A Legacy Reclaimed- A Bridge Forward: The Autobiography of Sarah Washington O’Neal Rush, The Great-Granddaughter of Booker T. Washington
Rising Up From the Blood: A Legacy Reclaimed- A Bridge Forward: The Autobiography of Sarah Washington O’Neal Rush, The Great-Granddaughter of Booker T. Washington Sarah Washington O’Neal Rush 97806923...
Hester Bass
Hester Bass NONE Hester Bass, an award-winning author, was influenced by her upbringing near Atlanta and time in Mississippi. Her diverse experiences, from singing in a rock band to appearing on game...
James Mcgrath Morris
James Mcgrath Morris 000000007142934X James McGrath Morris is a renowned author of biographies and narrative nonfiction, including a New York Times Bestseller. With a career spanning journalism, teac...
The Jailhouse Lawyer
The Jailhouse Lawyer Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull 9780593834329 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House A USA Today Bestseller! Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Public Library ...
Resonant Solace
Resonant Solace Tiye 9781967565061 Fiction Honey Blossom Press Honey Blossom Press From the author of Rifts and Refrains comes a soulful and deeply romantic story about love after loss and finding you...
Sweetness in the Skin: A Novel
Sweetness in the Skin: A Novel Ishi Robinson 9780063349858 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins “A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth.”—Charmaine ...
Nina Simone in Comics!
Nina Simone in Comics! Sophie Adriansen 9781681123264 Nonfiction Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing This is the story of an emancipation, that of a young black...
It All Comes Down to This
It All Comes Down to This Karen English 9780358098539 Fiction Clarion Books HarperCollins A powerful middle grade coming-of-age novel set in a slowly integrating upper middle class Los Angeles neighbo...
It All Comes Down to This
It All Comes Down to This Karen English 9780544839571 Fiction Clarion Books HarperCollins It’s 1965, Los Angeles. All twelve-year-old Sophie wants to do is write her book, star in the community play, ...
Raoul Peck: Power, Politics, and the Cinematic Imagination
Raoul Peck: Power, Politics, and the Cinematic Imagination Toni Pressley-Sanon and Sophie Saint-Just 9780739198780 Nonfiction Lexington Books Lexington Books Raoul Peck: Power, Politics and the Cinema...
In My Grandmother’s House (paperback): Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit
In My Grandmother’s House (paperback): Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit Yolanda Pierce 9781506484662 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media "In a world eager to promote the newest wu...
Jason Reynolds’s Track Series Paperback Collection (Boxed Set): Ghost; Patina; Sunny; Lu
Jason Reynolds’s Track Series Paperback Collection (Boxed Set): Ghost; Patina; Sunny; Lu Jason Reynolds 9781534462434 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Race through the f...
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw 9781949199734 Fiction West Virginia University Press West Virginia University Press Tessa Thompson’s new production company will adapt Who Fears Death ...
Summer’s Dirty Little Secret
Summer’s Dirty Little Secret Ernest Morris 9781947340138 Fiction Good2go Publishing Good2go Publishing A young woman discovers a deep and dark secret about her family while try to pick up the pieces a...
The Secret Olivia Told Me
The Secret Olivia Told Me E. N. Joy 9781933491363 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Olivia has a secret - a BIG secret. It’s a secret that she tells only to her very best friend. And her frien...
The Secret
The Secret Rhonda Byrne 9781582701707 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies thr...
Marla Washington
Marla Washington NONE Dr. Marla Washington, a PhD in Sociology, is a specialist on daddyless daughters. Drawing from her own experiences and those of others, she authored a book offering strategies t...
Jesse J. Holland
Jesse J. Holland 0000000048283848 Jesse J. Holland is a noteworthy journalist from Mississippi, focusing on race, ethnicity, and demographics. He is a Washington correspondent for The Associated Pres...
A Christian Christmas: A novella
A Christian Christmas: A novella Pat Simmons 9781502859556 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Christmas will never be the same for Joy Knight if Christian Andersen has his way. Not to be con...
Jesse Byrd
Jesse Byrd NONE Jesse Byrd, Jr., an award-winning author and former Google project worker, used his basketball skills to fund his education at UC Santa Barbara. Known for his debut novel, King Pengui...
The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington (Young Reader’s)
The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington (Young Reader’s) Brad Meltzer 9781250244833 Nonfiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers #1 New York Times bestselling author Bra...
DC Jazz: Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC
DC Jazz: Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC Maurice Jackson 9781626165908 Nonfiction Georgetown University Press Georgetown University Press DC Jazz offers original and engaging stories about the...
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...
Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington
Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington Ruth Ann Stewart 9780385053297 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Tells the story of an independent and coura...
Keepers of the Secret Code
Keepers of the Secret Code K J Williams and Teresa Kemp 9781735830681 Fiction Doodle and Peck Publishing Doodle and Peck Publishing Peter Farrow is a slave. He’s grown up with his family on Dover Plan...
June Cross
June Cross NONE June Cross is a two-time Emmy and duPont-Columbia Journalism award-winning documentary television producer and professor at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. Known for her 199...
Best Kept Secret
Best Kept Secret Kam Williams best-kept-secret.jpg Film Review Moving Documentary Chronicles Dedicated Teacher’s Selfless Efforts on Behalf of Her Autistic Students Best Kept Secret In Theater...
The Love He Saved
The Love He Saved Carol Denise Mitchell 9780978625832 Fiction Carol Denise Mitchell Carol Denise Mitchell Frankie Mae Tyson was in love. She loved Michael Jackson for as long as she could remember and...
The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America’s 16th President—And Why It Failed
The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America’s 16th President—And Why It Failed Brad Meltzer 9781250317476 Nonfiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch, the b...
A Man for Mrs. Claus
A Man for Mrs. Claus Rebekah Weatherspoon 9798218577896 Fiction Rebekah Weatherspoon Rebekah Weatherspoon From the absolutely adorable author Rebekah Weatherspoon comes a new holiday romance to help y...
David Heredia
David Heredia 0000000078836765 David Heredia, renowned animator for Walt Disney and Warner Bros., is recognized for his award-winning educational series “Heroes of Color.” Featured in the New York Ti...
Kai Harris
Kai Harris NONE Kai Harris is a Detroit-born writer and educator based in the Bay Area. She uses her talent in realistic fiction to uplift the Black community. In addition to being an author, she is ...
Mary Williams
Mary Williams NONE Mary Williams, adopted daughter of Jane Fonda, worked with humanitarian organizations and founded the Lost Boys Foundation. She lived in various locations, including Africa and acr...
Angela Y. Davis
Angela Y. Davis 0000000110323039 “In a racist society, it’s not enough to be non-racist—we must be anti-racist.” Angela Davis is a renowned American political activist, scholar, and author. Notably ac...
Michael R. French
Michael R. French NONE Michael R. French, a Stanford English graduate and Northwestern Journalism master's holder, is an acclaimed author of over 20 books and award-winning screenplays. A former US A...
Monica R. Guillemin and Carla McMichael
Monica R. Guillemin and Carla McMichael MULTIPLE Carla McMichael is a respected Administrative Law Judge, globetrotter, mother, grandmother, mentor, and friend. With degrees from UC Santa Cruz and UC...
Reggie Brown
Reggie Brown NONE Reggie Brown is a San Diego-based artist and illustrator with a corporate graphic design background. His debut picture book, Santa In The City, was published by Dial Books in Novemb...
Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners
Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners MULTIPLE Gina Dent is a professor at UC Santa Cruz and prison abolition advocate. Erica R. Meiners is a professor at Northeastern Illinois University and ...
Lara Love Hardin
Lara Love Hardin NONE Lara Love Hardin, COO and Editorial Director of Idea Architects, is a UC Irvine MFA holder and collaborator on over 10 books including NY Times bestsellers. She resides in Santa...
Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, and George Lipsitz
Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, and George Lipsitz MULTIPLE Kimberlé Crenshaw, a law professor at UCLA and Columbia, co-founded the African American Policy Forum with Luke Charles Harris, a ...
Lerita Coleman Brown
Lerita Coleman Brown NONE Lerita Coleman Brown, Ph.D., is a retired Psychology Professor from Agnes Scott College, spiritual director, author, and speaker. She studied at UC Santa Cruz and Harvard Un...
Darrell M. McNeill
Darrell M. McNeill NONE Darrell M. McNeill is a Santa Barbara-based producer, musician, and journalist. He is the director of operations for the Black Rock Coalition, a nonprofit supporting artists o...
Renita Bryant
Renita Bryant NONE In 2012, Renita Bryant launched Mynd Matters Publishing, an author-centric hybrid publishing company dedicated to guiding and supporting new and aspiring authors through their boo...
Secret Library (paperback)
Secret Library (paperback) Kekla Magoon 9781536243574 Fiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press “A deeply satisfying, page-turning, genre-defying read.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Since ...
The Snotty Nosed Kids and The Secret of The Lily (Paperback)
The Snotty Nosed Kids and The Secret of The Lily (Paperback) Maurice Todd 9781736391440 Fiction SNK Rocks SNK Rocks What are some of the most important aspects that a parent looks for when selecting ...