Laura (Illustrator) Freeman
2) The new kid
Author
Series
Carver chronicles volume 5
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Third-grader Gavin and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new boy in their class, Khufu. He doesn't look or act like other kids. When Gavin's bike goes missing, they think Khufu stole it, but did he?"--
3) Pizza party
Author
Series
Carver chronicles volume 6
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Third-grader Richard and his friends are four days from earning a pizza party for good behavior when a very strict substitute suspects that some of them have been cheating.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A stunning love letter to the important women who shape us -- from our own mothers and grandmothers to the legends who paved the way for girls and women everywhere"--
Includes a brief biography of each famous woman pictured and historical notes.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Georgia decided to help the best way she knew how. She worked together with a group of women and together they purchased the supplies they needed--bread, lettuce, and chickens. And off they went to cook. The women brought food to the mass meetings that followed at the church. They sold sandwiches. They sold dinners in their neighborhoods. As the boycotters walked and walked, Georgia cooked and cooked. Georgia Gilmore was a cook at the National Lunch...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Thurgood Marshall's determination to make all Americans equal under the law led him to the Supreme Court. But to get to the highest court in the land, Thurgood had to make space for himself every step of the way. Kekla Magoon and Laura Freeman tell the incredible story of the first Black Supreme Court justice.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A biography of Philip Freelon, whose rich family history and deep understanding of Black culture brought him to the role of lead architect for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture"--
Author
Series
American Girl historical characters volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Claudie Wells wants more than anything to be a person whose imagination can fly, instead of a person whose feet are stuck on the ground. She believes everyone has a talent except for her. She's growing up in the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City during the 1920s, surrounded by writers and poets, painters and sculptors, actors and dancers, singers and musicians. When an eviction notice threatens her family, friends, and the beloved boardinghouse...
15) I'm an American
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"What does it mean to be American? A classroom of children across many races, cultures, and origins explores the concept of Americanness as they each share bits of their family history and how their past has shaped their own personal American experience. Whether as new immigrants, or those whose family came to this country generations ago, or other scenarios, these children’s stories show some of the broad range of cultures and values that form...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"An inspiring picture book biography of Ida B. Wells-who was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader-as told by her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster"--