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(0)Irene Latham
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
448 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A robodog, D-39, and his human friends discover challenges, danger, and the strength to persevere in this war and survival dystopian novel in verse about friendship and family"--
In a future United States, civil war is devastating a country on its last legs. On one side, the Patriots; on the other: President Vex's corrupt government. In the middle: everybody else, just trying to survive. Out in the sparsely populated Worselands, twelve-year-old...
3) African Town
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
438 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands along the Alabama River before being secretly parceled out to various plantations, where they made desperate attempts to maintain both their culture and also...
4) Be a bridge
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages ; color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Upbeat rhyming verse and colorful illustrations of a diverse group of students invite readers to "be a bridge" by taking actions that foster inclusivity, respect, and connection"--
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
119 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Organized as a dictionary, entries in this book for middle-grade readers present words related to creating a better, more inclusive world. Each word is explored via a poem, a quote from an inspiring person, and a short personal anecdote from one of the co-authors, a prompt for how to translate the word into action, and an illustration"--
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
282 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Whit's zookeeper parents have rarely allowed him to go outside of the Alabama zoo they run, but he stops seeing it as such a cage when he meets "Bird Girl," for whom the place is a refuge from problems at home.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old African American boy wants to welcome the circus elephant named Miss Fancy to her new home in a nearby park, but he is disappointed to see a sign: "No Colored Allowed".
9) Snail's ark
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
As a large storm approaches, snails Esther and Solomon make their way to the ark.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The Caldecott Honor-winning true story of Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, who in the midst of the Syrian Civil War courageously offered safe haven to Aleppo's abandoned cats.
Aleppo's city center no longer echoes with the rich, exciting sounds of copper-pot pounding and traditional sword sharpening. His neighborhood is empty—except for the many cats left behind.
Alaa loves Aleppo, but when war comes his neighbors flee to safety,...
Aleppo's city center no longer echoes with the rich, exciting sounds of copper-pot pounding and traditional sword sharpening. His neighborhood is empty—except for the many cats left behind.
Alaa loves Aleppo, but when war comes his neighbors flee to safety,...