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Being Clem (Finding Langston, #3)

Being Clem (Finding Langston, #3)

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Publisher: Holiday House, 2021
Pages: 248
ISBN: 9780823446049

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-12

CCBC Location: Fiction, Cline-Ransome

Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Michele Wood

Publisher: Candlewick, 2020
Pages: 56
ISBN: 9780763691561

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 10 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 306 Weatherford

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

Publisher: Dial, 2012
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780803735118

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 621 Kamkwamba

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
Illustrated by Anna Hymas

Publisher: Dial, 2015
Pages: 293
ISBN: 9780803740808

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Kamkwamba

Catch That Chicken!

Catch That Chicken!

by Atinuke
Illustrated by Angela Brooksbank

Publisher: Candlewick, 2020
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781536212686

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 2-5

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Atinuke

The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County

The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County

by Janice N. Harrington
Illustrated by Shelley Jackson

Publishers: Farrar Straus Giroux, Melanie Kroupa Books, 2007
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0374312516

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Harrington

Covered in Color: Christo & Jeanne-Claude's Fabrics of Freedom

Covered in Color: Christo & Jeanne-Claude's Fabrics of Freedom

by Elisa Boxer
Illustrated by Susanna Chapman

Publisher: Abrams, 2022
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781419756115

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Boxer

Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton

Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton

by Meghan McCarthy

Publishers: Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster, 2013
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781442422629

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-8

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Skelton

A Day for Sandcastles

A Day for Sandcastles

by JonArno Lawson
Illustrated by Qin Leng

Publisher: Candlewick, 2022
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781536208429

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-7

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Lawson

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

by Margarita Engle
Illustrated by Rafael Lopez

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780544102293

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-8

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Engle