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The big bed
by Bunmi Laditan
A loving African-American family navigates the laugh-out-loud efforts of a little girl to sneak her way into her parents' big bed, an endeavor that prompts her to drag a camping cot into the room for her father so that she can make more room for herself. By the creator of the Honest Toddler blog.
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So done
by Paula Chase
"When best friends Metai and Jamila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and looming auditions for a potentially life-changing new talented-and-gifted program"
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Crossing Ebenezer Creek
by Tonya Bolden
Freed from slavery, Mariah and her younger brother Zeke join Sherman's march through Georgia, where Mariah meets a free black named Caleb and dares to imagine the possibility of true love, but hope can come at a cost
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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963
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The vast wonder of the world : biologist Ernest Everett Just
by Mélina Mangal
A picture book introduction to the work of lesser-known scientific pioneer Ernest Everett Just describes how his all-encompassing approach to research was challenged by discrimination but ultimately led to important discoveries about egg cells and the origins of life.
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Ashley Bryan Writer and illustrator Ashley Bryan has created over 30 children's books about the Black experience. When he published his first book in 1962 at 40 years old, Bryan was the first African-American to publish a children's book as an author and illustrator. He has received many awards and recognition for his work, such as the Coretta Scott King Award and the international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest honor you can receive as a children's author. Bryan's books range from slavery to folktales and poetry. Read his latest work Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life.
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