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(0)Laura Freeman
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Natalie's hair is really wild-and she likes it that way! A host of friendly animals agree, and they move right in. At first it's just butterflies and birds that take up residence atop Natalie's head, but soon there are zebras, elephants, even a tiger! With all the roaring and squawking and snorting and burping, poor Natalie can hardly sleep. She needs to find someone to help coax those critters out... but who?
Inspired by the author's own childhood...
2) Pizza party
Author
Series
The Carver chronicles volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Third-grader Richard and his friends are four days from earning a pizza party for good behavior when a very strict substitute suspects that some of them have been cheating.
3) The new kid
Author
Series
Carver chronicles volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Third-grader Gavin and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new boy in their class, Khufu. He doesn't look or act like other kids. When Gavin's bike goes missing, they think Khufu stole it, but did he?"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A brilliant picture book biography about Thurgood Marshall, who fought for equality during the Civil Rights Movement and served as the first Black justice on the Supreme Court, from Coretta Scott King Honor winners Kekla Magoon and Laura Freeman.
Growing up in Baltimore, Thurgood Marshall could see that things weren't fair. The laws said that Black and white people couldn't use the same schools, parks, or water fountains.
When
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
As her eighth birthday approaches, Deja's biggest concern is whether her father will attend her party, until her aunt is called away on business and a classmate schedules a "just because party" on the same afternoon.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Carlos isn't sure how he feels about the news that his cousin Bernardo will be joining his class at Carver Elementary. But when Bernardo comes to live with him temporarily, taking over Carlos's top bunk, his spot on the school soccer team, and even his Papi's attention, Carlos knows he isn't happy. Worse, Bernardo starts messing with Carlos's pet geckos! Carlos tries to see past his cousin's annoying ways, but Bernardo sure doesn't make it easy. Will...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meet Nikki and Deja, who live next door to each other and are best friends. They do everything together-watch Saturday morning cartoons, play jacks, jump double dutch at recess, and help each other with their homework for Mrs. Shelby's third-grade class. But when an arrogant new girl arrives and Nikki and Deja form a club that would exclude her, the results are not what they expect. This warm, easy-to-read chapter book from an award-winning author...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little known civil rights hero and college football MVP finally gets a voice in this fictional account detailing Chester Pierce's game-changing play as he became the first black college football player to compete south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
In 1947, no African American player can play at a southern school; in return, the opposing team benches a player of "equal talent." This historical fiction picture book frames a turbulent time in the civil...