The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives
By: Eloise Greenfield
4.24
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
The Women Who Caught the Babies highlights important aspects of the training and work of African-Am…
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1. A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
By: Flannery O'Connor
4.17
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
This now classic book revealed Flannery O'Connor as one of the most original and provocative writer… read more
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"The trouble with the world was that nobody stopped or took any care."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
"He had a look of composed dissatisfaction, as if he understood life thoroughly."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
"The thing you do with a boy it is to show him all the to show. Don't hold nothing back."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
"We're all damned," she said, “but some of us have taken off our blindfolds and see that there’s nothing to see. It’s a kind of salvation."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
2. Sidewalk Flowers
By: JonArno Lawson , Sydney Smith
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Hardcover
In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays … read more
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- picture books
- childrens
- family
3. Tobacco Road (Brown Thrasher Books)
By: Lewis Nordan , Erskine Caldwell
4.38
Format: None pages,
Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, Tobacco Roadwas f… read more
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4. The Graveyard Book Volume 2
By: Neil Gaiman , P. Craig Russell , David Lafuente , Scott Hampton , Kevin Nowlan , Galen Showman
3.80
Format: None pages, ebook
It Takes a Graveyard to Raise a Child. Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be com… read more
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5. The Graveyard Book Volume 1
By: Neil Gaiman , Lovern Kindzierski , P. Craig Russell , Jill Thompson , Scott Hampton , Tony Harris , Kevin Nowlan , Galen Showman , None
4.50
Format: 142 pages, ebook
The first volume of a glorious two-volume, four-color graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's #1 … read more
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6. Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story
By: Debbie Tung
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sweet, funny, and quietlypoignant, Debbie Tung's comics reveal the ups and downs of coming of age a… read more
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7. The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son
By: Rupert Isaacson
3.33
Format: 153 pages,
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8. Big
By: Vashti Harrison
4.66
Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition
This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more
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- african american
- picture books
- childrens
- juvenile
9. There Was a Party for Langston
By: Jason Reynolds
4.48
Format: 56 pages, ebook
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy… read more
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- poetry
- history
- childrens
- historical
- picture books
- nonfiction
- african american
10. The Truth About Dragons
By: Julie Leung
4.38
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable lyrical picture book that celebrates biracial identity from the award-winning auth… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
- family
11. Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
By: Joanna Ho
4.60
Format: 34 pages, Hardcover
A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes … read more
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- picture books
- childrens
- family
"When Mama tucks me in at night, her eyes tell me I'm a miracle."-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
"Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trims on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks as they twirl."-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
"My eyes crinkle into crescent moons and sparkle like the stars. Gold flecks dance and twirl while stories whirl in their oolong pools, carrying tales of the past and hope for the future."-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
"Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trim on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks as they twirl. Big eyes, long lashes. Not me. I have eyes that kiss on the corners and glow …"-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
12. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
By: Thien Pham
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more
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- nonfiction
- family
13. An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.63
Format: 56 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author of The Undefeated , Kwame Alexander, pens … read more
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- poetry
- history
- childrens
- historical
- picture books
- nonfiction
- african american
14. Huda F Are You?
By: Huda Fahmy
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
From the creator of Yes, I'm Hot In This, this cheeky, hilarious, and honest graphic novel asks the… read more
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"Use your hijab, woman! Cover that forehead!"-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?
"I swear if we end up getting joint weddings, we're running away."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?
15. Frizzy
By: Claribel A. Ortega
4.48
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more
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- childrens
- family
- juvenile
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy
16. Everything Is OK
By: Debbie Tung
4.31
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Quiet Girl in a Noisy World comes a gently humorous and poignant col… read more
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- nonfiction
17. Gibberish
By: Young Vo
4.40
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
It's Dat's first day of school in a new country! Dat and his Mah made a long journey to get here, a… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
18. How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
4.44
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting … read more
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- history
- childrens
- historical
- picture books
- nonfiction
- african american
- juvenile
19. Conjure Women
By: Afia Atakora
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing—and for the conjuring of curses—are at the h… read more
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- historical
- african american
"It was an honor to lift this burden and so the burden was light."-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
"It was folly to think that she was the only one that had ever had any secrets."-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
"Ain't every woman's daughter made from the death of the mama, somehow or another?"-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
"In death he looked himself a celebration - though surely his life had never been. But here it was, close up: freedom. He'd reached finally what he'd been running toward."-Afia Atakora, Conjure Women
20. Have You Ever Seen a Flower?
By: Shawn Harris
3.87
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
One child experiences a flower with all five senses—from its color to its fragrance to the entire u… read more
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- poetry
- picture books
- childrens
- juvenile
21. Hardly Haunted
By: Jessie Sima
4.15
Format: 42 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling creator of Not Quite Narwhal comes a delightfully spooky story about an old ho… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
- juvenile
22. Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
By: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
4.42
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the his… read more
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- history
- childrens
- historical
- picture books
- nonfiction
- juvenile
23. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
By: Glory Edim
4.37
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular boo… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
"This often has a lot to do with racism and sexism, and the stories we are "allowed" to tell as people of colour."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
"They both squealed in the face of hope and the audacity for a black body to exist despite the system designed to dismember it."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
"Cassie's story made me acutely aware of the fact that in that moment, she inhabited a black body, and so marked, would never be gifted with escape."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
"That while I wanted to write with the narrative bravado of Toni Morrison, it might be okay if I started with something less ambitious than a book like beloved."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
24. Jovita Wore Pants
By: Aida Salazar
4.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Scholastic/Levine has acquired Aida Salazar's debut picture book, Jovita Wore Pants, the story of J… read more
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- juvenile
25. The Mouse Who Carried a House on His Back
By: Jonathan Stutzman
4.37
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated artist Isabelle Arsenault joins forces with author Jonathan Stutzman for an enchanting t… read more
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- childrens
26. Joyful Song: A Naming Story
By: Lesléa Newman
4.30
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
What a happy day! Zachary’s baby sister will have her naming ceremony. In the temple! With his moms… read more
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- childrens
- family
27. Catalogue Baby
By: Myriam Steinberg
4.43
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A deeply moving tragicomic graphic memoir about a single woman’s efforts to conceive in her forties… read more
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- nonfiction
28. The Worst Teddy Ever
By: Marcelo Verdad
4.07
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Meet Noa and the worst Teddy EVER in this sweet, funny debut about the unrecognized heroes in our l… read more
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29. The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives
By: Eloise Greenfield
4.24
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
The Women Who Caught the Babies highlights important aspects of the training and work of African-Am… read more
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- poetry
- race
- history
- childrens
- historical
- picture books
- nonfiction
- family
- african american
- juvenile
30. Invincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America
By: Wade Hudson
4.08
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
This lyrical picture book explores the birth of Black America, focusing on the little-known men and… read more
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- historical
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- african american
31. Lena and the Burning of Greenwood: A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story
By: Nikki Shannon Smith
4.42
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
In the early 1920s, the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the wealthiest Black community in… read more
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- childrens
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