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Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life

Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life

by Marilyn Nelson

Publishers: Christy Ottaviano Books, Little, Brown, 2022
Pages: 114
ISBN: 9780316298025

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Savage

Beautiful Ballerina

Beautiful Ballerina

by Marilyn Nelson
Illustrated by Susan Kuklin

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2009
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780545089203

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-11

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 792 Nelson

Carver: A Life in Poems

Carver: A Life in Poems

by Marilyn Nelson

Publisher: Front Street, 2001
Pages: 103
ISBN: 1886910537

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Nelson

How I Discovered Poetry

How I Discovered Poetry

by Marilyn Nelson
Illustrated by Hadley Hooper

Publisher: Dial, 2014
Pages: 103
ISBN: 9780803733046

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Nelson

Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color

Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color

by Marilyn Nelson, Elizabeth Alexander
Illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Publishers: Boyds Mills, WordSong, 2007
Pages: 47
ISBN: 9781590784563

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 11 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Alexander

My Seneca Village

My Seneca Village

by Marilyn Nelson

Publisher: Namelos, 2015
Pages: 87
ISBN: 978160898196

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Nelson

Snook Alone

Snook Alone

by Marilyn Nelson
Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering

Publisher: Candlewick, 2010
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9780763626679

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Nelson

A Wreath for Emmett Till

A Wreath for Emmett Till

by Marilyn Nelson
Illustrated by Philippe Lardy

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin , 2005
Pages: 40
ISBN: 0618397523

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 14 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Nelson