Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Picture Books for Black History Month

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This biography profiles the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States Marshal in the area that was to become Oklahoma.

2) The book itch: freedom, truth, and Harlem's greatest bookstore

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Children's Books About Black Business Owners
Picture Books for Black History Month
Preschool Read Alikes for 2024 Nashville Reads!

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Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.

3) Radiant

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In 1963, Cooper Dale navigates the challenges of fifth grade as a Black girl in a predominantly white community near Pittsburgh.

4) Ready? Set. Raymond!

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Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.

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Three stories in which a little boy does everything fast, from brushing his teeth to making friends to running races.

5) Ready? Set. Birthday!

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Tomorrow is Raymond's birthday, and while it seems to him that time is barely moving, his parents assure him that if he finds something fun to do, time will fly.

6) Ready? Set. Rides!: a Raymond and Roxy book

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"Raymond and Roxy are excited now that summer vacation has started and their first summer adventure is at Wild World Park!"-- Provided by publisher.

7) Don't call me Grandma

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A granddaughter recounts the reasons why her grandmother is hard to love--and why she loves her anyway.

8) Let 'er buck!: George Fletcher, the people's champion

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English

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"African American George Fletcher loved horses from an early age. When he unfairly lost the 1911 Pendleton Round-Up to a white man, the outraged audience declared him "people's champion" --Provided by publisher.

9) No Crystal Stair

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English

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eBook, Kindle

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A documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller

"You can't walk straight on a crooked line. You do you'll break your leg. How can you walk straight in a crooked system?"

Lewis Michaux was born to do things his own way. When a white banker told him to sell fried chicken, not books, because "Negroes don't read," Lewis took five books and one hundred dollars and built a bookstore. It soon became the intellectual center

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10) Juneteenth

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Juneteenth for All Ages
Juneteenth: Children's Books

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English

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Learn about how freedom came to the slaves in June 1865.

11) Dream march: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Washington

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English

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An inspiring biography introducing children to the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the historic march on Washington in 1963.

12) No crystal stair: a documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller

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English

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