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Product Description: On a hot, humdrum day Ty meets a man who, using a washboard, comb, spoons, and pail, fills that night with music.

Hardcover:

9780517001349, titled "Living Russian" | Random House Childrens Books, June 1, 1986, cover price $17.95 | also contains Living Russian, Ty's One-Man Band

Paperback:

9781481458610 | Simon & Schuster, April 21, 2015, cover price $13.99 | also contains Ty's One-Man Band | About this edition: On a hot, humdrum day Ty meets a man who, using a washboard, comb, spoons, and pail, fills that night with music.
9780590401784 | Reissue edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, July 1, 1984), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Ty meets a man with a wooden peg-leg who promises Ty he will make music if Ty goes home and gets a washboard and some wooden spoons
9780590334501 | Scholastic, June 1, 1984, cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Ty meets a man with a wooden peg-leg who promises Ty he will make music if Ty goes home and gets a washboard and some wooden spoons

School and Library:

9780027923001 | Reissue edition (Simon & Schuster, August 1, 1987), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: On a hot, humdrum day Ty meets a man who, using a washboard, comb, spoons, and pail, fills that night with music.

Reinforced:

9780606011990 | Demco Media, July 1, 1984, cover price $13.70 | About this edition: Ty meets a man with a wooden peg-leg who promises Ty he will make music if Ty goes home and gets a washboard and some wooden spoons

Twelve-year-old Mariah envisions a great summer competing as a diver and planning a surprise party for her sister Lynn but half-sister Denise proves a cloud in Mariah's sunny summer

Hardcover:

9780027922950 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1990, cover price $26.99 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Mariah envisions a great summer competing as a diver and planning a surprise party for her sister Lynn but half-sister Denise proves a cloud in Mariah's sunny summer

Paperback:

9781481406031 | Simon & Schuster, January 2, 2014, cover price $8.99

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Little Justin's refusal to help around the house with 'girl things' exasperates his mother and older sisters, but Grandpa's special rodeo vacation changes Justin's outlook
By Catherine Stock (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780688066451 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, October 1, 1986, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Little Justin's refusal to help around the house with 'girl things' exasperates his mother and older sisters, but Grandpa's special rodeo vacation changes Justin's outlook

Paperback:

9780061958915 | Reprint edition (Amistad Pr, March 9, 2010), cover price $5.99
9780679894483 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 2000, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Suffering in a family full of females, ten-year-old Justin feels that cleaning and keeping house are women's work until he spends time on his beloved grandfather's ranch where he learns that cooking is men's work too.
9780679803461 | Reprint edition (Random House Childrens Books, December 1, 1990), cover price $5.50 | About this edition: Suffering in a family full of females, ten-year-old Justin feels that cleaning and keeping house are women's work until he spends time on his beloved grandfather's ranch.

Reinforced:

9780606047142 | Demco Media, December 1, 1990, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Suffering in a family full of females, ten-year-old Justin feels that cleaning and keeping house are women's work until he spends time on his beloved grandfather's ranch.

Prebinding:

9781439554951 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, October 1, 2008), cover price $14.50 | About this edition: "Justin gets in here just before you every day, Mama.

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A young slave's journey to freedom begins when a plantation owner's granddaughter teaches him how to read. Based on the childhood of Alec Turner (1845-1923) who escaped from slavery by joining the Union Army during the Civil War and later became a landowner in Vermont.Alec Turner's journey to freedom and life as a Vermont land owner begins when the granddaughter of the plantation owner teaches him how to read.
By Larry Johnson (illustrator) and Mildred Pitts Walter

Hardcover:

9780916718206 | Vermont Folklife Center, January 5, 2005, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A young slave's journey to freedom begins when a plantation owner's granddaughter teaches him how to read.

Christie's family promises her a tiger ride during her visit to the zoo and she is apprehensive until she finds out her tiger is on a merry-go-round.

Hardcover:

9780689805851 | Atheneum, April 1, 1997, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Christie's family promises her a tiger ride during her visit to the zoo and she is apprehensive until she finds out her tiger is on a merry-go-round.

School and Library:

9780027923032 | Bradbury Pr, October 1, 2002, cover price $17.00 | also contains The Shepherd's Calander: An Introduction | About this edition: Christie's family promises her a tiger ride during her visit to the zoo and she is apprehensive until she finds out her tiger is on a merry-go-round.
9780027923032 | Bradbury Pr, October 1, 2002, cover price $17.00 | also contains The Shepherd's Calander: An Introduction | About this edition: Christie's family promises her a tiger ride during her visit to the zoo and she is apprehensive until she finds out her tiger is on a merry-go-round.

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When Ray and his family arrive at their family reunion in Louisiana, Ray is delighted to finally meet his Gran-papa Pierre, and as they grow closer during their time together, Ray's father gets angrier, especially since he despises Pierre, and Ray must find a way to bring his family together.

Hardcover:

9780066236247 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, January 1, 2002, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: When his family attends a reunion in Louisiana, eleven-year-old Ray learns about his Creole roots and about the circumstances that have kept him from ever meeting his father's father.

Library:

9780066236254 | Amistad Pr, January 1, 2002, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: When his family attends a reunion in Louisiana, eleven-year-old Ray learns about his Creole roots and about the circumstances that have kept him from ever meeting his father's father.

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Disappointed that his birthday is the same day as Christmas and that this year his father is unemployed, Chris begins preparations for the seven-day Kwanzaa celebration and reaffirms his sense of family, community, ancestry, and pride. Reissue.
By Carole Byard (illustrator) and Mildred Pitts Walter

Paperback:

9780380713141 | Reissue edition (Camelot, November 1, 1996), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Upset because his birthday falls on Christmas and will therefore be eclipsed as usual, and worried that there is less money because his father is out of work, eleven-year-old Chris takes solace in the carvings he is preparing for Kwanzaa, the Afro-America

Explains the principles and symbols of the special traditions associated with Kwanzaa and offers recipes, activity ideas, and craft suggestions that help families create their own unique holiday celebrations

Hardcover:

9780788169564 | Diane Pub Co, December 1, 1995, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: "A handbook for parents and children about celebrating the African-American harvest festival.
9780688115531 | Lothrop Lee & Shepard, October 1, 1995, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Discusses the origins and symbols of Kwanzaa, the holiday that focuses on African American history, culture, and experiences, and offers suggestions for ways to celebrate this holiday.

Paperback:

9780380727353 | Camelot, November 1, 1996, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Explains the principles and symbols of the special traditions associated with Kwanzaa and offers recipes, activity ideas, and craft suggestions that help families create their own unique holiday celebrations

Reinforced:

9780606102445 | Demco Media, November 1, 1996, cover price $11.19 | About this edition: Explains the principles and symbols of the special traditions associated with Kwanzaa and offers recipes, activity ideas, and craft suggestions that help families create their own unique holiday celebrations

Prebinding:

9780613829830 | Turtleback Books, November 1, 1996, cover price $12.25 | About this edition: Explains the principles and symbols of the special traditions associated with Kwanzaa and offers recipes, activity ideas, and craft suggestions that help families create their own unique holiday celebrations

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Based on the true story of Mum Bett, or Elizabeth Freeman, a historical tale is told from the perspective of her sister, Aissa, and follows the young slave's victorious lawsuit for freedom from her owner.

School and Library:

9780590482820 | Scholastic, February 1, 1996, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Based on the true story of Elizabeth Freeman, a historical tale is told from the perspective of her fictional sister, Aissa, and follows the young slave's victorious lawsuit for freedom from her owner

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Incorporating the reminiscences and thoughts of many of the participants, this study of the history of African Americans in Mississippi chronicles the struggle for civil rights, from the time of slvaery through the events of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Reprint. SLJ. AB.

Paperback:

9780689803079 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, January 1, 1996), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Describes the struggle for civil rights for African Americans in Mississippi, from the time of slavery to the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965

School and Library:

9780027923018 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1992, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Covers the history of African Americans in Mississippi, including slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, as well as the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Freedom Summer, and the murder of three civil rights workers

Reinforced:

9780606096225 | Demco Media, January 1, 1996, cover price $14.49 | About this edition: Describes the struggle for civil rights for African Americans in Mississippi, from the time of slavery to the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965

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A comforting book for children who fear the dark celebrates all the wonderful things that happen in darkness, from pregnancy and seed sprouting to the darkest hour before the dawn, and the text is accompanied by shadowy illustrations.

School and Library:

9780689803055 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1995, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A celebration of the many wonderful things that flourish in darkness

Eva Collins, selected as one of the first Black students to integrate Chatman High School, is reluctantly befriended by Sophia Stuart, a white girl, when Eva is trapped by a mob of angry whites

Paperback:

9780590460910 | Reissue edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, March 1, 1995), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Eva Collins, selected as one of the first Black students to integrate Chatman High School, is reluctantly befriended by Sophia Stuart, a white girl, when Eva is trapped by a mob of angry whites

School and Library:

9780688014384 | William Morrow & Co, July 1, 1982, cover price $11.75 | About this edition: A fictional recreation of the 1957 integration of Little Rock's Central High School, focusing on the experiences of two girl students, one white, the other black.

Reinforced:

9780606058452 | Demco Media, March 1, 1995, cover price $9.50 | About this edition: Eva Collins, selected as one of the first Black students to integrate Chatman High School, is reluctantly befriended by Sophia Stuart, a white girl, when Eva is trapped by a mob of angry whites

Upset because his birthday falls on Christmas and will therefore be eclipsed as usual, and worried that there is less money because his father is out of work, eleven-year-old Chris takes solace in the carvings he is preparing for Kwanzaa, the Afro-American celebration of their cultural heritage.Born on Christmas; Chris takes solace in the carvings he is preparing for kwanzaa, the Afro-American celebration

Hardcover:

9780688069230 | Lothrop Lee & Shepard, July 1, 1989, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Upset because his birthday falls on Christmas and will therefore be eclipsed as usual, and worried that there is less money because his father is out of work, eleven-year-old Chris takes solace in the carvings he is preparing for Kwanzaa, the Afro-American celebration of their cultural heritage.

Reinforced:

9780606046916, titled "Have a Happy" | Demco Media, October 1, 1994, cover price $11.47 | About this edition: Upset because his birthday falls on Christmas and will therefore be eclipsed as usual, and worried that there is less money because his father is out of work, eleven-year-old Chris takes solace in the carvings he is preparing for Kwanzaa, the Afro-American celebration of their cultural heritage.

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While Mama cleans the house in preparation for a party, seven-year-old Brandon helps out by taking care of two-year-old Gina and discovers that the job is more difficult than he ever imagined
By Pat Cummings (illustrator) and Mildred Pitts Walter

School and Library:

9780027922905 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1990, cover price $13.95 | also contains A Thoreau Gazetteer | About this edition: Seven-year-old Brandon's attempt to take care of his two-year-old sister Gina results in one disaster after another.
9780027922905 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1990, cover price $13.95 | also contains A Thoreau Gazetteer | About this edition: Seven-year-old Brandon's attempt to take care of his two-year-old sister Gina results in one disaster after another.

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Mariah is ecstatic when she discovers that her favorite singer, Sheik Bashara, will be giving a concert in her hometown until she learns that her father's daughter from a previous marriage is coming to live with her family

Paperback:

9780816718382 | Troll Communications Llc, November 1, 1989, cover price $2.95 | About this edition: As fifth grade comes to an end, Mariah, who idolizes a famous rock star, experiences many misgivings, as does every member of her family, about the arrival of a half sister who is coming to live with them.

School and Library:

9780027925111 | Simon & Schuster, November 1, 1988, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: As fifth grade comes to an end, Mariah, who idolizes a famous rock star, experiences many misgivings, as does every member of her family, about the arrival of a half sister who is coming to live with them.

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Martha longs to leave her island home off the Louisiana coast and go to high school where she can learn more than the ways of her midwife grandmother and perhaps someday broaden the lives of the superstitious villagers

School and Library:

9780688042141 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1985, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Martha longs to leave her island home off the Louisiana coast and go to high school where she can learn more than the ways of her midwife grandmother and perhaps someday broaden the lives of the superstitious villagers

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With the help of Good Snake, a young African boy gets his dearest wish.

Library:

9780688038120 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1985, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: The two-time Caldecott winners illustrate an original African-American fantasy of young Emeke, whose wish to fly is encouraged by his grandmother and guided by Good Snake

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An honor student in a newly integrated school, Emma Walsh is transferred to an all-Black school after a disagreement with a patronizing white teacher

School and Library:

9780688022877 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1983, cover price $10.25 | About this edition: After a misunderstanding with a white teacher, black honor student Emma is transferred from the integrated high school where she has excelled to a segregated school where she finds a different kind of challenge.

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Jason wants to help, but isn't sure that his mother needs him at all after she brings home a new baby from the hospital.

Hardcover:

9780688016708 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1983, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Jason stops playing with his friends and stays at home hoping his mother or new baby sister will need him

Library:

9780688016715 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1983, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: Jason stops playing with his friends and stays at home hoping his mother or new baby sister will need him

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