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An inspiring portrayal of the early years of the famous abolitionist and orator depicts his realization that reading and writing were the keys to freedom, efforts to educate himself, and the overwhelming obstacles he faced because he was a slave.

School and Library:

9780807594636 | Albert Whitman & Co, May 1, 1994, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Recounts how Frederick Douglass learned to read, despite the fact that it was illegal to educate a slave

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Receiving a gift from her Nana at the time of her baby cousin's christening, Louise is unable to suppress her disappointment over the gift but comes to learn and appreciate the item's special significance.

Hardcover:

9780316798778 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1996, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Louise is disappointed in Nana's gift and prediction for her future, but later comes to understand just how special she is

Two Haitian American children deal with the problems of friendship, family life, and growing up
By Colin Bootman (illustrator)

Reinforced:

9780606109284 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, January 1, 1997), cover price $11.19 | About this edition: Two Haitian American children deal with the problems of friendship, family life, and growing up

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Toto Gourmand, an insatiable two-year-old who wants every single thing he sees, invokes panic throughout his West African village when his grandmother, Big Mami, brings him to the bustling marketplace.

School and Library:

9780590465854 | Scholastic, April 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Little Toto loves to eat, and when he goes with his grandmother to the marketplace he eats everything in sight, leaving chaos in his wake

In 1971 in a small North Carolina town, eleven-year-old Amanda must deal with being bussed to a newly integrated, formerly all-Black school
By Colin Bootman (illustrator)

Reinforced:

9780606155311 | Demco Media, January 1, 1999, cover price $11.19 | About this edition: In 1971 in a small North Carolina town, eleven-year-old Amanda must deal with being bussed to a newly integrated, formerly all-Black school

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Derrick wants to play music from the heart like his Uncle Booker T., but just isn't able to reach the mark, yet when his uncle doesn't come around for lessons one day, Derrick's heart takes over causing him to play with all the passion in his soul.

School and Library:

9780823413539 | Holiday House, March 1, 2000, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Uncle Booker T.

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Tells the story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his life, accomplishments in the civil rights movement, and his impact on American history.
By David A. Adler and Colin Bootman (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780823418039, titled "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." | Holiday House, May 1, 2003, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Tells the story of Dr.

School and Library:

9780823415724, titled "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." | Holiday House, March 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Tells the story of Dr.

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A child describes the family events, like making apple butter and having relatives visit, that center around Momma's kitchen.

Hardcover:

9780688127602 | Lothrop Lee & Shepard, April 1, 1999, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A child describes the family events, like making apple butter and having relatives visit, that center around Momma's kitchen

Paperback:

9780064437868 | Reprint edition (Amistad Pr, April 1, 2001), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A child describes the family events, like making apple butter and having relatives visit, that center around Momma's kitchen.

Library:

9780688127619 | Lothrop Lee & Shepard, April 1, 1999, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: A child describes the family events, like making apple butter and having relatives visit, that center around Momma's kitchen

Reinforced:

9780606212465 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $14.70 | also contains In My Momma's Kitchen | About this edition: A child describes the family events, like making apple butter and having relatives visit, that center around Momma's kitchen.

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Details the life and achievements of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe whose book, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', is said to have started the Civil War.
By David A. Adler and Colin Bootman (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780823418787 | Ill edition (Holiday House, September 30, 2004), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Details the life and achievements of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe whose book, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', is said to have started the Civil War.

School and Library:

9780823416462 | 1 edition (Holiday House, March 1, 2003), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Details the life and achievements of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe whose book, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', is said to have started the Civil War.

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With Election Day just around the corner, Simms excitedly begins teaching his father how to sign his name so that his father's first voting experience can be as proud and exciting as every other free man.

School and Library:

9780823416509 | Holiday House, July 1, 2003, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: After his son helps him learn to write his name, Samuel T.

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In 1957, a young girl is torn between life in the neighborhood she grew up in and fitting in at the school she now attends.
By Colin Bootman (illustrator) and Irene Smalls

Paperback:

9781570913822 | Reprint edition (Charlesbridge Pub Inc, February 1, 2004), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: In 1957, a young girl is torn between life in the neighborhood she grew up in and fitting in at the school she now attends.

School and Library:

9781570913815 | Charlesbridge Pub Inc, February 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In 1957, a young girl is torn between life in the neighborhood she grew up in and fitting in at the school she now attends.

Prebinding:

9780613708067 | Turtleback Books, February 1, 2004, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: In 1957, a young girl is torn between life in the neighborhood she grew up in and fitting in at the school she now attends.

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While on a trip in 1956 to visit her grandmother in the South, six-year-old Sarah Marie experiences segregation for the first time, but discovers that things have changed by the time she returns the following year.
By Becky Birtha and Colin Bootman (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780807530283 | Albert Whitman & Co, September 15, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: While on a trip in 1956 to visit her grandmother in the South, six-year-old Sarah Marie experiences segregation for the first time, but discovers that things have changed by the time she returns the following year.

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Setting off before dawn and going to their secret fishing spot in the rich forest of Trinidad, two brothers, Colly and Derrick, are determined to succeed in their goal to catch enough fish for their grandmother to cook for the family's evening dinner.

School and Library:

9780823418985 | Holiday House, September 15, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In Trinidad, two brothers try fishing in a new place, hoping to bring home a big catch for their grandmother.

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Offers a boy's explanation of why Sunday is the best day of the week, with his descriptions of some of the pleasant things he does every day.

Paperback:

9780439568548 | Scholastic Prof Book Div, March 1, 2004, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Offers a boy's explanation of why Sunday is the best day of the week, with his descriptions of some of the pleasant things he does every day.

Library:

9781424202386 | Fitzgerald Books, January 1, 2007, cover price $15.00 | also contains Sunday Best | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Reinforced:

9780606300339 | Demco Media, August 30, 2004, cover price $12.47 | About this edition: Offers a boy's explanation of why Sunday is the best day of the week, with his descriptions of some of the pleasant things he does every day.

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Ten-year-old Queen, a spoiled and conceited African American girl who is disliked by most of her classmates, learns a lesson about friendship from an unlikely 'knight in shining armor.' 50,000 first printing.
By Colin Bootman (illustrator) and Sharon Flake

Hardcover:

9781423100324 | Hyperion, May 1, 2007, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Queen, a spoiled and conceited African American girl who is disliked by most of her classmates, learns a lesson about friendship from an unlikely 'knight in shining armor.

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Product Description: The city of Harlem is overrun by rats. One day, a mysterious man appears with a steel pan drum, promising to rid the city of its problem...for a price. The mayor has no choice but to agree. The steel pan man plays the sweetest melody anyone has ever heard and dances the rats out of the city...read more

School and Library:

9780822590262 | Carolrhoda Books, November 1, 2009, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The city of Harlem is overrun by rats.

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In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy learns about discrimination and tolerance as he and his deaf father share their enthusiasm over baseball and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie Robinson.

Hardcover:

9781561453290 | Peachtree Pub Ltd, March 30, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy learns about discrimination and tolerance as he and his deaf father share their enthusiasm over baseball and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie Robinson.

Paperback:

9781561455317 | 1 edition (Peachtree Pub Ltd, February 1, 2010), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: IT IS THE SUMMER OF 1947 and a highly charged baseball season is underway in New York.

Prebinding:

9780606152655 | 1 edition (Turtleback Books, February 1, 2010), cover price $19.60

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Tells the story of a young girl's dramatic escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, from the perspective of her beloved rag doll.

Miscellaneous:

9781575056746 | Carolrhoda Books, August 1, 2010, cover price $12.71 | About this edition: Tells the story of a young girl's dramatic escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, from the perspective of her beloved rag doll.

School and Library:

9781575053424 | Carolrhoda Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Tells the story of a young girl's dramatic escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, from the perspective of her beloved rag doll.

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By Colin Bootman (illustrator) and Suzanne Slade

School and Library:

9780807512043 | Albert Whitman & Co, September 1, 2010, cover price $16.99

By Colin Bootman (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780761355656 | Carolrhoda Books, November 1, 2013, cover price $16.95

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By Colin Bootman (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781561458875 | Reprint edition (Peachtree Pub Ltd, August 1, 2015), cover price $8.95

School and Library:

9781561455911 | Peachtree Pub Ltd, August 1, 2011, cover price $17.95

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Product Description: Author Glenda Armand imagines Frederick Douglass as a young boy in 1820s Maryland, trying to understand why he can t live with his mother, who is a slave on another plantation. During a brief, nighttime visit, Mama answers Frederick s questions by describing what each mile of her journey is for remembering, listening, praying, singing, and finally, love...read more
By Colin Bootman (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781620142547 | Lee & Low Books, November 15, 2015, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Author Glenda Armand imagines Frederick Douglass as a young boy in 1820s Maryland, trying to understand why he can t live with his mother, who is a slave on another plantation.

School and Library:

9781600602450 | Lee & Low Books, November 1, 2011, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Frederick's mother walks twelve miles each way for a nighttime visit with her son, during which she recounts what each mile of the journey represents.

Library:

9781489653239 | Av2 by Weigl, July 1, 2016, cover price $34.28

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