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"More More More," Said the Baby: 3 Love Stories

"More More More," Said the Baby: 3 Love Stories

by Vera B. Williams
Illustrated by Vera B. Williams

Publisher: Greenwillow, 1990
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0688091741

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9 months-3 years

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Williams

145th Street: Short Stories

145th Street: Short Stories

by Walter Dean Myers

Publisher: Delacorte, 2000
Pages: 151
ISBN: 038532137

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 13 and older

CCBC Location: Fiction, Myers

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

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

The Adventures of Sparrowboy

The Adventures of Sparrowboy

by Brian Pinkney
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1997
Pages: 40
ISBN: 0689810717

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-9

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Pinkney

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 ABC Book

Afro-Bets ABC Book

by Cheryl Willis Hudson

Publisher: Just Us Books, 1987
Pages: 24
ISBN: 0940975009

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 2-7

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Hudson

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