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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

Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

by Jeanne Walker Harvey
Illustrated by Loveis Wise

Publishers: Harper, HarperCollins, 2022
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780063021891

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Thomas

Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball

Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball

by Jen Bryant
Illustrated by Frank Morrison

Publisher: Abrams, 2020
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781419741081

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 796 Bryant

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

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

Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize

Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize

by Kathy-Jo Wargin
Illustrated by Zachary Pullen

Publisher: Sleeping Bear, 2009
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781585362813

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-12

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Nobel

Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious

Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by Hayelin Choi

Publisher: Readers to Eaters, 2014
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780983661566

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-9

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Waters

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch

by Chris Barton
Illustrated by Don Tate

Publisher: Eerdmans, 2015
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9780802853790

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Lynch

Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

by Candace Fleming

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade, 2011
Pages: 118
ISBN: 9780375841989

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 10-14

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Earhart

Anne Frank, Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance

Anne Frank, Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance

by Rian Verhoeven, Ruud van der Rol
Translated by Tony Langham, Plym Peters

Publisher: Viking, 1993
Pages: 111
ISBN: 0-670-84932-4

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 11 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 940 Verhoeven