Quilt Alphabet
by Lesa Cline Ransome
From apples
to cows, kettles to scarecrows, warm country images abound in this
delightful alphabet poem with striking folk art illustrations.
ISBN 0-8234-1453-1
Holiday House
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Under the Quilt of Night
by Deborah Hopkinson
A young girl
flees from the farm where she has been worked as a slave and uses
the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom in the north.
ISBN 0-689-82227-8
Athenueum Books for Young Readers
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Peepers
by Eve Bunting
While helping their dad
run Fred's Fall Color Tours in New England, Jim and Andy think the
tourists are pretty silly; then one night the boys experience something
that makes them change their minds.
ISBN 0-15-260297-6
Harcourt
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Satchel Paige
by Lesa Cline Ransome
Examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first
African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series.
ISBN
0-689-81151-9
Simon & Schuster
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
by Deborah Hopkinson
A young slave stiches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her
to freedom in the North.
International Reading Association Award, Reading Rainbow Selection,
Book-of-the-Month Club Selection
ISBN
0-679-82311-5
Random House/Knopf
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The Secret of the Stones
by Robert D. San Souci
When they try to find out who is doing their chores while they are
working in the fields, a childless couple discovers that the two stones
they have brought home are actually two bewitched orphans.
ISBN
0-8037-1640-0
Dial Books/PenguinPutnam
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Uncle Jed's Barbershop
by Margaree King Mitchel
Despite serious obstacles and setbacks, Sara Jean's Uncle Jed, the
only black barber in the county, pursues his dream of saving enough
money to open his own barbershop.
Coretta Scott King Honor Book, ALA Notable Book, Horn Book Magazine
Starred Review, Reading Rainbow Feature, Feature on PBS's TV show:
Storytime.
ISBN 0-671-76969-3
Simon & Schuster
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Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)
by Elizabeth Howard
Sarah and Susan visit their Great-great Aunt Flossie and hear the
stories she has to tell about the days of long ago when she was young.
IRA Teacher's Choice, Notable Children's Trade Book (Social Studies),
Parenting Magazine's Reading Magic Award
ISBN 0-395-54682-6
Clarion Books
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Red Dancing Shoes
by Denise Lewis Patrick
Delighted with her shiny new red shoes, a little girl dances through
town to show them to everyone she knows.
ISBN 0-688-10392-8
TR
Harper Collins
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The Creation
by James Weldon Johnson
A poem based on the creation story from the first book of the Bible.
Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, School Library Journal
Starred Review, 1995 IBBY honor for illustration.
ISBN 0-8234-1069-2
Holiday House
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How Many Stars in the Sky?
by Lenny Hort
One night when Mama is away, Daddy and son seek a good place to count
the stars in the night sky. Reading Rainbow Selection
ISBN 0-688-10103-8
TR
Harper Collins
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Your Move
by Eve Bunting
When ten-year old James' gang initiation endangers his six-year old
brother Isaac, they find the courage to say "Thanks, but no thanks."
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Dark Day, Light Night
by Jan Carr
'Manda's aunt Ruby helps her to deal with some angry feelings by making
lists of all the things they like in the world. |
Quinnie Blue
by Dinah Johnson
A young girl wonders about activities of her grandmother Quinnie Blue
when she was little.
ISBN 0-8050-4378-0
Henry Holt |
Let My People Go
by Patricia & Fredrick McKissack
The daughter of a free black man who worked as a blacksmith in Charleston,
South Carolina, in the early 1800's recalls the stories from the Bible
that her father shared with her, relating them to the experiences
of African Americans.
ISBN 0-689-80856-9
Simon & Schuster
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Rum-A-Tum-Tum
by Angela Medearis
The jazzy rhythms of daily life meld into the ragtime beat of a marching
band as a parade sweeps down the street and everyone joins in the
dancing.
ISBN 0-8234-1143-5
Holiday House |
Do Like Kyla
by Angela Johnson
A little girl imitates her big sister Kyla all day, until in the evening
when Kyla imitates her.
Parenting Magazine Award
ISBN 0-531-05852-2
Orchard |
My Best Shoes
by Marilee Robin Burton
Celebrates the variety of shoes that can be worn, from sturdy lace
up high shoes to naked feet and toe shoes.
ISBN 0-688-11756-2
TR
Harper Collins |
The Old Dog
by Charlotte Zolotow
After a boy's dog passes away, he spends the rest of the day thinking
about all the good times they had together. Featured on PBS's TV
show Storytime.
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