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Auburndale Elementary Culturally Responsive Books: African American

Picture Books

I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811 Hug
ISBN: 9781442420083
Publication Date: 2012
The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811 Hug
ISBN: 0786818670
Publication Date: 2009
Our Children Can Soar by Michelle Cook; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator); Frank Morrison (Illustrator); James Ransome (Illustrator); Charlotte Riley-Webb (Illustrator); Shadra Strickland (Illustrator); Eric Velasquez (Illustrator); Marian Wright Edelman (Foreword by, Introduction by); Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator); R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator); Bryan Collier (Illustrator); Pat Cummings (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator); Leo Dillon (Illustrator); A. G. Ford (Illustrator)
Call Number: 920 Coo
ISBN: 1599904195
Publication Date: 2009
Martin and Mahalia by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Brian Pinkney (Artist)
Call Number: 920 Pin
ISBN: 9780316070133
Publication Date: 2013
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
Call Number: 920 She
ISBN: 9780062742469
Publication Date: 2018
28 Days by Charles R. Smith; Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
Call Number: 973 Smi
ISBN: 1596438207
Publication Date: 2015
Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty; Bryan Collier (Artist)
Call Number: E Bea
ISBN: 0316209171
Publication Date: 2013
Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Cla
ISBN: 9780544704527
Publication Date: 2018
Uptown by Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Col
ISBN: 0805057218
Publication Date: 2000
Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Coo
ISBN: 9781479558193
Publication Date: 2015
Firebird by Misty Copeland; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Cop
ISBN: 9780399166150
Publication Date: 2014
Hula-Hoopin' Queen by Thelma Lynne Godin; Vanessa Brantley Newton (Illustrator)
Call Number: E God
ISBN: 9781600608469
Publication Date: 2014
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman; Caroline Binch (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Hof
ISBN: 0803710402
Publication Date: 1991
Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Kea
ISBN: 0689711573
Publication Date: 1987
Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: E McK
ISBN: 0689818858
Publication Date: 2001
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
Call Number: E Mor
ISBN: 9780316431248
Publication Date: 2018
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H. O. R. S. E. by Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Mye
ISBN: 9781606842188
Publication Date: 2012
Who Will I Be, Lord? by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; Sean Qualls (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Nel
ISBN: 0375843426
Publication Date: 2009
Sugar Hill by Carole Boston Weatherford; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Wea
ISBN: 0807576506
Publication Date: 2014
Lillian's Right to Vote by Jonah Winter; Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Win
ISBN: 9780385390293
Publication Date: 2015
This Is the Rope by Jacqueline Woodson; James Ransome (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Woo
ISBN: 9780399239861
Publication Date: 2013

Chapter Books & Bios

Let's Clap, Jump, Sing and Shout; Dance, Spin and Turn It Out! by Patricia C. McKissack; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: 305.89 Mck
ISBN: 9780375870880
Publication Date: 2017
African-American Culture by Darice Bailer
Call Number: 305.896 Bai
ISBN: 9781624031434
Publication Date: 2014
Marching with Martin by Lorenzo Pace
Call Number: 323.4 Pac
ISBN: 9781477792865
Publication Date: 2015
A Poem for Peter by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Steve Johnson (Illustrator); Lou Fancher (Illustrator); Rosemary Wells
Call Number: 813.54 Pin
ISBN: 9780425287682
Publication Date: 2016
Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: 973 Nel
ISBN: 0061730769
Publication Date: 2011
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
Call Number: B Bri
ISBN: 0590189239
Publication Date: 1999
Misty Copeland by Hannah Isbell
Call Number: B Cop
ISBN: 9780766081796
Publication Date: 2016
Aerospace Engineer Aprille Ericsson by Laura Hamilton Waxman
Call Number: B Eri
ISBN: 9781467757935
Publication Date: 2015
Jalani and the Lock by Lorenzo Pace
Call Number: B Jal
ISBN: 9781477792773
Publication Date: 2015
Mae Jemison by Linda Barghoorn
Call Number: B Jem
ISBN: 9780778726937
Publication Date: 2016
Super Soaker Inventor Lonnie Johnson by Heather E. Schwartz
Call Number: B Joh
ISBN: 9781512434477
Publication Date: 2017
Harriet Tubman and My Grandmother's Quilts by Lorenzo Pace
Call Number: B Tub
ISBN: 9781477792896
Publication Date: 2015
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: B Woo
ISBN: 9780399252518
Publication Date: 2014
What Color Is My World? by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Raymond Obstfeld; Ben Boos (Illustrator); A. G. Ford (Illustrator)
Call Number: F Abd
ISBN: 9780763645649
Publication Date: 2012
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Call Number: F Ale
ISBN: 9780544935204
Publication Date: 2019
Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth
Call Number: F Boo
ISBN: 9780545224963
Publication Date: 2014
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Call Number: F Cli
ISBN: 9780823439607
Publication Date: 2018
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: F Cur
ISBN: 0439227534
Publication Date: 2002
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: F Cur
ISBN: 9780439023443
Publication Date: 2007
The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: F Cur
ISBN: 9780385734912
Publication Date: 2012
Blended by Sharon M. Draper
Call Number: F Dra
ISBN: 9781442495005
Publication Date: 2018
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Call Number: F Joh
ISBN: 9780545946179
Publication Date: 2018
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
Call Number: F Mag
ISBN: 9781524715953
Publication Date: 2018
The Hero Two Doors Down by Sharon Robinson
Call Number: F Rob
ISBN: 9780545804523
Publication Date: 2017
Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz; Renée Watson
Call Number: F Sha
ISBN: 9781250294180
Publication Date: 2018
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: F Smi
ISBN: 0805072020
Publication Date: 2008
I Survived Hurricane Katrina 2005 by Lauren Tarshis; Scott Dawson (Illustrator)
Call Number: F Tar
ISBN: 0545206960
Publication Date: 2011
EllRay Jakes Stands Tall by Sally Warner; Brian Biggs (Illustrator)
Call Number: F War
ISBN: 9780451469137
Publication Date: 2016
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: F Wil
ISBN: 0060760885
Publication Date: 2010
The Sweetest Sound by Sherri Winston
Call Number: F Win
ISBN: 9780316302937
Publication Date: 2018

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