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16 Words: William Carlos Williams & "The Red Wheelbarrow"

16 Words: William Carlos Williams & "The Red Wheelbarrow"

by Lisa Rogers
Illustrated by Chuck Groenink

Publishers: Penguin Random House, Schwartz & Wade, 2019
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781524720162

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-9

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Rogers

1968

1968

by Michael T. Kaufman

Publishers: Roaring Brook, Flash Point, 2009
Pages: 148
ISBN: 9781596434288

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 909 Kaufman

Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship

Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship

by Russell Freedman

Publisher: Clarion, 2012
Pages: 119
ISBN: 9780547385624

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 973 Freedman

Across America on an Emigrant Train

Across America on an Emigrant Train

by Jim Murphy

Publisher: Clarion, 1993
Pages: 150
ISBN: 0395633907

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 10-14

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 973 Murphy

Action! How Movies Began

Action! How Movies Began

by Meghan McCarthy
Illustrated by Meghan McCarthy

Publishers: Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster, 2022
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9781534452305

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-11

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, McCarthy

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer

by Diane Stanley
Illustrated by Jessie Hartland

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2016
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781481452496

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Lovelace

Africville

Africville

by Shauntay Grant
Illustrated by Eva Campbell

Publishers: Groundwood, House of Anansi, 2018
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781773060439

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-9

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Grant

Afro-Bets Book of Black Heroes from A-Z: An Introduction to Important Black Achievers for Young Readers

Afro-Bets Book of Black Heroes from A-Z: An Introduction to Important Black Achievers for Young Readers

by Wade Hudson, Valerie Wilson Wesley

Publisher: Just Us Books, 1988
Pages: 54
ISBN: 0940975025

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-11

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920

Afro-Bets First Book about Africa

Afro-Bets First Book about Africa

by Veronica Freeman Ellis
Illustrated by George Ford

Publisher: Just Us Books, 1990
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0940975122

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-11

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 960 Ellis

After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance

After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance

by Anne Sibley O'Brien, Perry Edmond O'Brien
Illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien

Publisher: Charlesbridge, 2009
Pages: 181
ISBN: 9781580891295

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 10-15

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 303 O'Brien