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1 April Morning: Children Remember the Oklahoma City Bombing

The thoughts and emotions of fifty Oklahoma City children-- with the collaboration of therapists and teachers--emerge as the children discuss their feelings about the initial attack and the process of healing they have experienced since that dreadful morning.

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator) and Nancy Lamb

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9780688147242 | Lothrop Lee & Shepard, May 1, 1996, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: Conversations with children from the Oklahoma City area about their feelings at the time of the bombing of the Federal Building and afterwards.

African Beginnings

The first title of a series presents the history of Africa's rich cultural empires from the early part of the millennium through the time of Christopher Columbus. Reprint.

By Kathleen Benson and Floyd Cooper (illustrator)

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Library:

9780688102579 | Harpercollins, January 1, 1998, cover price $17.93 | About this edition: Presents the history of Africa's rich cultural empires from the early part of the millennium through the time of Christopher Columbus

Prebinding:

9781435200296 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 15, 2007), cover price $16.99 | also contains African Beginnings | About this edition: Presents the history of Africa's rich cultural empires from the early part of the millennium through the time of Christopher Columbus.

Back of the Bus

Product Description: Itâs December 1, 1955.A boy and his mother are riding the bus in Montgomery, Alabama like any other dayâway in the back of the bus. The boy passes time by watching his marble roll up and down the aisle with the motion of the busâ¦Until a big commotion breaks out from way up front...read more

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator) and Aaron Reynolds

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Paperback:

9780147510587 | Reprint edition (Puffin, December 26, 2013), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Itâs December 1, 1955.

School and Library:

9780399250910 | Philomel Books, January 7, 2010, cover price $16.99

Be Good to Eddie Lee

Christy's mother tells her to treat Eddie Lee, a neighborhood child, well because he has Down's Syndrome and needs special care, but Christy does not always want him tagging along, until Eddie Lee show her a special hiding place in the woods and she sees how very special he really is. Reprint. K.

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator)

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9780698115828 | Reprint edition (Puffin, July 1, 1997), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Although Christy considered him a pest, when Eddie Lee, a boy with Down's Syndrome, follows her into the woods, he shares several special discoveries with her.

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9780399219931 | Philomel Books, October 1, 1993, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Although Christy considered him a pest, when Eddie Lee, a boy with Down's Syndrome, follows her into the woods, he shares several special discoveries with her.

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9780606110952 | Demco Media, July 1, 1997, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: Although Christy considered him a pest, when Eddie Lee, a boy with Down's Syndrome, follows her into the woods, he shares several special discoveries with her.

A Beach Tail

Product Description: How will Gregory find his way back to Dad?Swish-swooshÂ . . . Gregory draws a lion in the sand. "Don't go in the water, and don't leave Sandy," warns Dad. But the sandy lion grows a tail that gets longer and longerâand soon Gregory is lost on the beach...read more

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator)

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9781590787120 | Boyds Mills Pr, February 1, 2010, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: How will Gregory find his way back to Dad?

Becoming Billie Holiday

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator)

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9781590785072 | Wordsong, October 1, 2008, cover price $19.95

Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator)

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9780802853196 | Eerdmans Pub Co, November 13, 2009, cover price $17.00

The Blacker the Berry

A collection of poems, including 'Golden Goodness,' 'Cranberry Red,' and 'Biscuit Brown,' celebrating individuality and African American identity

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator) and Joyce Carol Thomas

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9780060253769, titled "The Blacker the Berry: Poems" | Amistad Pr, July 1, 2008, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: A collection of poems, including 'Golden Goodness,' 'Cranberry Red,' and 'Biscuit Brown,' celebrating individuality and African American identity

Bound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World

Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including capture, branding, slave ship conditions, mutinies, and arrival in the Americas

By Kathleen Benson, Floyd Cooper (illustrator) and James Haskins

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9780688102586 | Lothrop Lee & Shepard, January 1, 1999, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including capture, branding, slave ship conditions, mutinies, and arrival in the Americas

Library:

9780688102593 | Lothrop Lee & Shepard, January 1, 1999, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including capture, branding, slave ship conditions, mutinies, and arrival in the Americas

Brick by Brick

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780061920820 | Amistad Pr, December 26, 2012, cover price $17.99

Paperback:

9780061920844 | Amistad Pr, January 6, 2015, cover price $6.99

Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea

A collection of poems explores the theme of African-American identity.

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9780804568395 | Pap/cas edition (Spoken Arts, June 1, 1997), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A collection of poems explores the theme of African-American identity.

9780064434393 | Reissue edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, March 1, 1996), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A collection of poems celebrates the African-American family and individuality

Reinforced:

9780606085021 | Demco Media, March 1, 1996, cover price $14.70 | About this edition: A collection of poems celebrates the African-American family and individuality

Prebinding:

9781439555538 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, October 1, 2008), cover price $15.99

9780785780113 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A collection of poems celebrates the African-American family and individuality

Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea: Poems

An illustrated collection of poetry from the National Book Award-winning author of Marked by Fire celebrates family, individuality, and the African-American tradition in verses that honor the past, love the present, and dream of the future.

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator) and Joyce Carol Thomas

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Hardcover:

9780060210878 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, October 1, 1993, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A collection of poems exploring the theme of African-American identity

Library:

9780060210885 | Harpercollins, October 1, 1993, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A collection of poems exploring the theme of African-American identity

Caddie the Golf Dog

When her stray dog runs off and doesn't return, Jennifer feels that she will never see her again, but strange circumstances reunite them when Jennifer responds to an ad for puppies in the paper and discovers that her run-away dog is now living with this new family.

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator) and Michael R. Sampson

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Hardcover:

9780802788177 | Walker & Co, October 1, 2002, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A stray dog must chose between the first girl who took her in and the two brothers who gave her a home and helped her care for her new puppies.

9780849958236, titled "Caddie, the Golf Dog" | Thomas Nelson Inc, January 1, 2002, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A stray dog enjoys the comfort of two different homes but must ultimately decide where she really belongs.

Library:

9780802788184 | Walker & Co, September 1, 2002, cover price $17.85 | About this edition: A stray dog must chose between the first girl who took her in and the two brothers who gave her a home and helped her care for her new puppies.

LA Cara De Abuelito

Seeing her beloved grandfather making a mean face while he rehearses for one of his plays, Tamika becomes afraid that someday she will lose his love and he will make that mean face at her.

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator) and Eloise Greenfield

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9780399225116 | Sandcastle, April 1, 1993, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Little Tamika is confused after watching her grandfather rehearse an angry role for a play, but she learns a lesson about the special love among parents, children, and grandparents

A Child Is Born

The author's poetic retelling of the Nativity story is accompanied by luminous paintings by an award-winning artist.

By Margaret Wise Brown and Floyd Cooper (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780786818402 | Board book edition (Jump at the Sun, August 1, 2003), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Presents a poetic description of the first Christmas night and the birth of the Baby Jesus.

9780786806737 | Jump at the Sun, October 1, 2000, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Presents a poetic description of the first Christmas night and the birth of the Baby Jesus.

Library:

9780786825646 | Jump at the Sun, October 1, 2000, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Presents a poetic description of the first Christmas night and the birth of the Baby Jesus.

Chita's Christmas Tree

Papa and Chita leave downtown Baltimore in a buggy to find a Christmas tree in the deep woods

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator) and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

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Paperback:

9780689717390, titled "Chita's Christmas Tree" | Aladdin Paperbacks, October 1, 1993, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Papa and Chita leave downtown Baltimore in a buggy to find a Christmas tree in the deep woods

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9780027446210, titled "Chita's Christmas Tree" | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Papa and Chita leave downtown Baltimore in a buggy to find a Christmas tree in the deep woods.

Reinforced:

9780606052030, titled "Chita's Christmas Tree" | Demco Media, October 1, 1993, cover price $15.37 | About this edition: Papa and Chita leave downtown Baltimore in a buggy to find a Christmas tree in the deep woods

Prebinding:

9780785713937, titled "Chita's Christmas Tree" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.50 | About this edition: Papa and Chita leave downtown Baltimore in a buggy to find a Christmas tree in the deep woods

Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes

A portrait of the childhood of poet Langston Hughes chronicles his early life with his grandmother and the events, personalities, circumstances, and rhythms that shaped his world and his writing

By Floyd Cooper

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Paperback:

9780698116122 | Reprint edition (Puffin, January 1, 1998), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A portrait of the childhood of poet Langston Hughes chronicles his early life with his grandmother and the events, personalities, circumstances, and rhythms that shaped his world and his writing

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9780399226823 | Philomel Books, September 1, 1994, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A portrait of the childhood of poet Langston Hughes chronicles his early life with his grandmother and the events, personalities, circumstances, and rhythms that shaped his world and his writing

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9780606129084 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, January 1, 1998), cover price $15.85 | About this edition: A portrait of the childhood of poet Langston Hughes chronicles his early life with his grandmother and the events, personalities, circumstances, and rhythms that shaped his world and his writing

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9780613047630 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A portrait of the childhood of poet Langston Hughes chronicles his early life with his grandmother and the events, personalities, circumstances, and rhythms that shaped his world and his writing

Coyote Walks on Two Legs

Four Navajo creation myths chronicle the exploits, antics, and adventures of Coyote the Trickster as he abducts the Water Monster's babies and starts the Great Flood, tries to steal corn from the horned toad, and attempts to exchange his fur for that of a spotted fawn.

By Floyd Cooper and Gerald Hausman

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School and Library:

9780399220180 | Philomel Books, March 1, 1995, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A collection of Navajo legends featuring the trickster character, Coyote.

Cumbayah

An illustrated version of the popular folksong

By Floyd Cooper

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Library:

9780688135447 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1998, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: An illustrated version of the popular folksong

Daddy, Daddy, Be There

Compelling and lyrical prose combined with emotionally driven artwork reveals the important relationships between children and their fathers in all their joy, possibility, and vulnerability. Reprint. SLJ. PW. K.

By Candy Dawson Boyd and Floyd Cooper (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9780698117501 | Reprint edition (Paper Star, September 1, 1998), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Reveals the important relationships between children and their fathers

School and Library:

9780399227455 | Philomel Books, September 1, 1995, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Reveals the relationships between children and their fathers through lyrical verse where children make a wish for their fathers to be there

A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream

Product Description: Little ballerinas have big dreams. Dreams of pirouettes and grande jetes, dreams of attending the best ballet schools and of dancing starring roles on stage. But in Harlem in the 1950s, dreams donât always come true - they take a lot of work and a lot of hope...read more

By Floyd Cooper

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Hardcover:

9781633794481 | Dvd edition (Dreamscape Media Llc, January 27, 2015), cover price $38.99 | About this edition: Little ballerinas have big dreams.

Paperback:

9780312207984, titled "A Writer''s Reference : Developmental Exercises to Accompany a Writer''s Reference" | 4th edition (St Martins Pr, October 1, 1998), cover price $38.35 | also contains A Writer''s Reference : Developmental Exercises to Accompany a Writer''s Reference

School and Library:

9780399252846 | Philomel Books, January 2, 2014, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A story of little ballerinas with big dreams.

Danitra Brown Leaves Town

Miles apart during summer vacation, best friends Zuri Jackson and Danitra Brown share their trials and tribulations through an entertaining collection of letters, in a delightful picture book that explores the power of friendship.

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator) and Nikki Grimes

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9780688131562 | Harpercollins, January 1, 2002, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: A series of poems, some in the form of letters, describing details of Danitra Brown's summer at her aunt's house in the country and her friend Zuri's summer at home in town.

Faraway Drums

Having recently moved to a new apartment in the city, Zakiya is afraid of the sounds she hears in the evenings, until her sister, Jamila, comforts her with her grandmother's African tales, which seem to transform the noises of the city into the sounds of Africa.

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator) and Virginia L Kroll

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9780316504492 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1998, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Jamila and her little sister are frightened by the loud city noises at their new apartment, but they find comfort in recalling the stories their great-grandma used to tell about life in Africa

Freedom School, Yes!

Based on the 1964 Mississippi Freedom School Summer Project, Jolie and her classmates worry about what is to follow after the church is burned down and hate notes are sent upon the arrival of their new teacher, Annie.

By Floyd Cooper and Amy Littlesugar

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9780399230066 | Philomel Books, January 1, 2001, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: When their house is attacked because her mother volunteered to take in the young white woman who has come to teach black children at the Freedom School, Jolie is afraid, but she overcomes her fear after learning the value of education.

From Miss Ida's Porch

In the evening the residents of Church Street gather on Miss Ida's porch to share memories and hear stories about events in the past, events significant to them as Black people

By Floyd Cooper (illustrator)

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9780606129404 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, January 1, 1998), cover price $14.70 | About this edition: In the evening the residents of Church Street gather on Miss Ida's porch to share memories and hear stories about events in the past, events significant to them as Black people

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