The Story of Ruby Bridges
By: Robert Coles , George Ford
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
"Please, God, try to forgive those people. Because even if they say those bad things, They don't kn…
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1. Ruby Bridges Goes To School: My True Story
By: Ruby Bridges
4.43
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd and into a school where she change… read more
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2. Snowflake Bentley
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin , Mary Azarian
3.76
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Of all the forms of water the tiny six-pointed crystals of ice called snow are incomparably the mo… read more
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3. The Name Jar
By: Yangsook Choi
4.14
Format: None pages,
The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she? Being the new kid in school is hard enough, bu… read more
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4. The Story of Ruby Bridges
By: Robert Coles , George Ford
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
"Please, God, try to forgive those people. Because even if they say those bad things, They don't kn… read more
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- african american
5. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
By: Kadir Nelson , Carole Boston Weatherford
3.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This poetic book is a resounding tribute to Tubman's strength, humility, and devotion. With proper … read more
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6. The Rough-Face Girl
By: Rafe Martin , David Shannon
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
This moving adaptation of the classic children's story Cinderella tells how a disfigured Algonquin … read more
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7. A Chair for My Mother
By: Vera B. Williams
4.22
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother and grandmother save their coins to buy a… read more
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9. Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Bryan Collier , Doreen Rappaport
4.71
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Barnes & Noble Review Acclaimed author Doreen Rappaport and Coretta Scott King Award winner Bry… read more
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10. Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
By: Kadir Nelson , Ellen Levine
3.57
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-win… read more
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11. Through My Eyes
By: Ruby Bridges , Margo Lundell
4.07
Format: 189 pages, Hardcover
In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal m… read more
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12. Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Méndez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
By: Duncan Tonatiuh
3.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end schoo… read more
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13. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
By: Steven Lomazow
4.33
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more
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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
14. "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
By: Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
4.31
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
A GREAT MAN AND HIS UNHERALDED ASSISTANT For some 50 years, Paul Sochaczewski has been on the tr… read more
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"The “facts"-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"A key element in everyone’s hero’s journey is the “decision point,"-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"The Wallace-Ali relationship reflects the great mythic “hero’s journey."-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"Wallace would not have been as successful as he was without Ali’s support."-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
15. Our Class is a Family (The Classroom Community Collection)
By: Shannon Olsen
4.57
Format: 27 pages, Paperback
Teachers do so much more than just teach academics. They build a sense of community within their cl… read more
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16. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
4.48
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. The… read more
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17. Hair Love
By: Matthew A. Cherry
4.59
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
When mommy is away, it’s up to daddy to do his daughter’s hair in this ode to self-confidence and t… read more
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18. Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
By: Margarita Engle
4.22
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
The story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.As a little girl,… read more
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19. The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
By: Rita Lorraine Hubbard
4.60
Format: 34 pages, Hardcover
In 1848, Mary Walker was born into slavery. At age 15, she was freed, and by age 20, she was marrie… read more
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"Mary decided that flying was a lot like reading: they both made a body feel free as a bird."-Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
20. I Am Ruby Bridges
By: Ruby Bridges
4.44
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Ruby Bridges tells her story as never before and shares the events of the momentous day in 1960 whe… read more
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21. Where Are You From?
By: Yamile Saied Méndez
4.38
Format: 32 pages, None
In which a girl who is asked where she's really from turns to her abuelo for the answer. read more
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