Floyd Cooper
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Celebrate Juneteenth
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Juneteenth for All Ages
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Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Juneteenth for All Ages
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Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom.
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BEST BOOKS 2021
Books by Carole Boston Weatherford
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
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Books by Carole Boston Weatherford
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The 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race massacre was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. On May 31 and June 1 an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood, and as many as three hundred African Americans were killed, most buried in unmarked graves. No official investigation occurred until seventy-five years later. Weatherford helps young readers understand the...
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2nd Grade Reading
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books for Black History Month
The Work of Author-Illustrator Floyd Cooper
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books for Black History Month
The Work of Author-Illustrator Floyd Cooper
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In Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865, ten-year-old Eli and other newly freed slaves gather to honor the memory of fallen Union soldiers, an event considered to be one of the first celebrations of what is now called Memorial Day. Includes author's note.
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Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
7) A beach tail
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When his father tells him not to leave the lion he is drawing on the beach, a little boy starts making a very, very long tail--and a trail to follow back.
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La La La 2024
Picture Books for Black Lives
The Work of Author-Illustrator Floyd Cooper
La La La 2024
Picture Books for Black Lives
The Work of Author-Illustrator Floyd Cooper
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When Max leaves his grandfather's house, the moon follows him all the way home, just as Grandpa promised it would.
10) Tree of hope
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Florrie's daddy used to be a stage actor in Harlem before the Depression forced the Lafayette Theater to close, but he gets a chance to act again when Orson Welles reopens the theater to stage an all-black version of Macbeth.
14) These hands
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An African American man tells his grandson about a time when, despite all the wonderful things his hands could do, they could not touch bread at the Wonder Bread factory. Based on stories of bakery union workers; includes historical note.
16) Back of the bus
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From the back of the bus, an African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.
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"Told for the first time in picture book form is the true story of James Lafayette, a slave who spied for George Washington's army during the American Revolution. But while America celebrated its newfound freedom, James returned to slavery. His service hadn't qualified him for the release he'd been hoping for. For James the fight wasn't over; he'd already helped his country gain its freedom, now it was time to win his own."--Amazon.
19) Cumbayah
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An illustrated version of the popular folksong. Printed music on endpapers.