My Snake Blake is the hilarious story about the
friendship between a boy and his rater exceptional pet is brought t life by the
delightful drawings of award-winning artist Serge Bloch.
Oliver is a curious explorer so he
asks a lot of questions. Then one day in the bathtub he hears a strange gurgle.
“What lives down the drain?” he wonders. Soon Oliver is headed down the drain
in his homemade submarine. But will this clever inventor be able to discover a
way back?
Maia and her best friend, who
happens to be a monster, are both becoming big sisters. This is NOT good news!
(But this funny and heart-warming story celebrates friendship, family, and new
siblings!)
Livi thinks baths are boring. In
fact, she thinks EVERYTHING is more fun than baths and that’s why on her way to
the bathtub… Livi is a snake slinking
and sliding. She is a gymnast perfecting her cartwheels. Livi is a jungle cat
stalking her prey…. the only thing Livi isn’t… is in the bath… yet!
Garmann has joined forces Hannah’s
twin Johanna, who takes him into the woods to show him a surprise, and the two find
a secret world full of imagination and discovery.
When Dinos Dawned, Mammals got Munched, &
Pterosaurs Took Flight: a cartoon prehistory of life in the Triassic. Ok. Ok. It’s a long title but this book is hard to
resist. Full of terrific artwork and clear prose, your grade school student
will really take a fancy to this fine text from National Geographic kids.
Zepher
is a girl with a passion and a dream and a a soaring imagination. So fasten
your seatbelts for a fun filled flight of fancy as Zepher does triple
loop-de-loops off her living room couch and is sent to her room… and a great
adventure!
What’s that sound? The
back door squeeeaks open, sounding like a noisy mouse nearby — eeek,
eeeek, eeeek! Big trucks on the highway rrrrrrrumble, just as hunger
makes a tummy grrrrumble. Ringing with exuberance and auditory delights,
this second collaboration by world-renowned jazz musician and composer Wynton
Marsalis and acclaimed illustrator Paul Rogers takes readers (and listeners) on
a rollicking, clanging, clapping tour through the many sounds that fill a
neighborhood.
A grandfather and grandson share a
special love
Zach’s grandpa loves the same things as Zach . . . except the
roller coaster. His grandpa once rode it one hundred times! But Zach doesn't
like the roller coaster. So when Grandpa goes on it every summer, Zach goes on
the Big wheel with Grandma. She understands. But one summer, Grandma is gone
and Grandpa is not the same. He misses her terribly. So does Zach.
But he also
wants his grandpa to be happy again. What will it take?
Get ready for giggles and ghouls in
this celebration of hard-working mommies who happen to be mummies! There’s a
doctor mummy curing raspy spooks with coffin syrup and fang-filled dentist
completely wrapped up in her dangerous work. There’s a mummy librarian with her
hands full dealing with book worms, and a writer mummy conjuring spells for
readers. With tons of visual puns and verbal repartees, these tall tales will
be sure to delight!
Bat
and Rat are two best friends living in the big city. Together, these nocturnal
pals enjoy their favorite things, like riding the subway, writing songs, and
playing in a jazz band. One hot summer night, while tasting their favorite
flavors of ice cream, they find the inspiration for a new tune. The result is a
perfect duet and a lyrical tribute to their friendship.
Growing
up in Washington, DC, at the turn of the twentieth century, Florence Mills knew
she was blesses with a gift——a sweet, birdlike singing voice that everyone
loved. But she also knew firsthand the profound ache of racism. When she moved
to New York City, the stages were bigger, the lights brighter, and offers that
could make her an international star were hers for the taking. Instead,
Florence Mills chose shows that promoted other Black performers and she sang
songs that were calls for civil rights. Harlem’s
Little Blackbird is the delightful story of one of the Harlem Renaissance’s
little-known but extraordinary performer is gorgeously illustrated by Christian
Robinson’s glorious mixed-media artwork.
Praise Song for the Day was commissioned for the inauguration of President
Barack Obama and these inspiring words by poet Elizabeth Alexander celebrate
all that has made America what it is today. The poem also challenges us as
individuals and as a nation to continue to work for equal rights and
protections under the law and towards realizing the dream of a better world for
all of us.
Hand in Hand: ten Black men who changed America, is an excellent collection of the biographies of ten extraordinary men whose individual work
combined to form a chain spanning American history from Colonial times to the
21st-century and the election of America’s first Black president. Includes
profiles of Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, A. Phillip Randolph,
W.E.B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., and more.
By
May of 1963, African-Americans in Birmingham, Alabama had had enough of
segregation and the brutality of Birmingham police. Most African-American
adults faced severe repercussions if they protested the city’s racist culture
but teenagers and children took up the banner and marched. They were beaten, harassed,
and jailed but they didn’t give up. Combining research and in-depth interviews
with the protesters, Cynthia Levinson has recreated the events and outcomes of
the Birmingham Children’s March.
No comments:
Post a Comment