Little Cliff and the Porch People

Little Cliff and the Porch People PDF Author: Clifton L. Taulbert
Publisher: Dial
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Little Cliff's grandmother sends him off to get a pound of butter, but all the front porches he must pass are full today--of neighbors who want to help him with his errand. Full color. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Little Cliff and the Porch People

Little Cliff and the Porch People PDF Author: Clifton L. Taulbert
Publisher: Dial
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Little Cliff's grandmother sends him off to get a pound of butter, but all the front porches he must pass are full today--of neighbors who want to help him with his errand. Full color. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Eight Habits of the Heart

Eight Habits of the Heart PDF Author: Clifton L. Taulbert
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140266763
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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The acclaimed speaker and author of Once Upon a Time We Were Colored shares his timeless "front porch wisdom" of his youth "A beautiful and gentle book... a healing work."—Jonathan Kozol, New York Times bestselling author Clifton L. Taulbert is renowned for his poignant memoirs about growing up in the segregated South and for his lectures and programs in schools, businesses, and communities throughout the world. In Eight Habits of the Heart, this inspiring handbook, filled with moving stories and memorable lessons, he lays out eight basic principles he learned from his elders: a nurturing attitude, dependability, responsibility, friendship, brotherhood, high expectations, courage, and hope. With exercises for reflection and practice, Taulbert shows how the Eight Habits of the Heart can be utilized today to help strengthen relationships, families, and communities everywhere. Here is a refreshing and meaningful guide to the spiritual core we, as a society, always seem to be seeking.

Little Cliff and the Cold Place

Little Cliff and the Cold Place PDF Author: Clifton L. Taulbert
Publisher: Dial
ISBN: 9780803725584
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When Little Cliff hears about the cold Arctic in school and wants to go there, his Poppa Joe finds an ingenious way to satisfy his curiosity without leaving their small town.

Little Cliff's First Day of School

Little Cliff's First Day of School PDF Author: Clifton L. Taulbert
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613675611
Category : FEAR
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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For use in schools and libraries only. Little Cliff is terrified of starting school, but with Mama Pearl's encouragement, he is able to overcome his fears.

The Boy on the Porch

The Boy on the Porch PDF Author: Sharon Creech
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062207776
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95

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“This quiet novel sings. A graceful profound story for all ages that speaks well beyond its intended audience.” —Kirkus (starred review) Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Ruby Holler will love this tween novel about opening your heart and finding family when you least expect it. When a young couple finds a boy asleep on their porch, their lives take a surprising turn. Unable to speak, the boy, Jacob, can't explain his history. All John and Marta know is that they have been chosen to care for him. And as their connection and friendship with Jacob grow, they embrace his exuberant spirit and talents. The three of them blossom into an unlikely family and begin to see the world in brand-new ways.

Little Green

Little Green PDF Author: Walter Mosley
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0307949788
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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In Little Green, Walter Mosley’s acclaimed detective Easy Rawlins returns from the brink of death to investigate the dark side of that haven for Los Angeles hippies, the Sunset Strip. He’s soon back in top form, cruising the gloriously psychedelic mean streets of L.A. with his murderous sidekick, Mouse. They’ve been hired to look for a young black man, Evander “Little Green” Noon, who disappeared during an acid trip. Fueled by an elixir called Gator’s Blood, Easy experiences a physical, spiritual, and emotional resurrection, but peace and love soon give way to murder and mayhem.

The Journey of Little Charlie

The Journey of Little Charlie PDF Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338164007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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The Newberry Medalist brings humor and heart to this story of a Civil War–era boy struggling to do right in the face of history’s cruelest evils. Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His sharecropper father just died, and Cap’n Buck—the most fearsome man in Possum Moan, South Carolina—has come to collect a debt. Fearing for his life, Charlie strikes a deal with Cap’n Buck and agrees to track down some folks accused of stealing from the cap’n and his boss. It’s not too bad of a bargain for Charlie . . . until he comes face-to-face with the fugitives and discovers their true identities. Torn between his guilty conscience and his survival instinct, Charlie needs to figure out his next move—and soon. It’s only a matter of time before Cap’n Buck catches on. Praise for The Journey of Little Charlie A National Book Award Finalist “This is a compelling and ugly story for middle-grade readers told with genuine care. Little Charlie is a product of his Southern upbringing, yet in Curtis’s skillful hands he learns the world is not as he’d thought . . . Christopher Paul Curtis does it again.” —Historical Novel Society “A characteristically lively and complex addition to the historical fiction of the era from Curtis.” —Kirkus Reviews

The Invitation

The Invitation PDF Author: Clifton Taulbert
Publisher: NewSouth Books
ISBN: 160306351X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 309

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Book Description
When international lecturer Clifton Taulbert receives an unexpected invitation to supper in Allendale, South Carolina, he brings with him Little Cliff, the colored boy from the Mississippi Delta who is also Clifton Taulbert, carrying all he was taught as a child about staying "in his place" and surviving in the Jim Crow South.Transported back into a setting that looks and feels like the cotton fields and shotgun shacks of his childhood, Taulbert finds himself expected to cross racial barriers he would have been forbidden to cross before. The Invitation is the story of the man and the little boy inside him wrestling with a past they both know so well, while stepping into a future that is still being determined

Bippity Bop Barbershop

Bippity Bop Barbershop PDF Author: Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 031609157X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55

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In this companion book to the bestselling "I Love My Hair!, " a young boy, Miles, makes his first trip to the barbershop with his father. With the support of his dad, the barber, and the other men in the barbershop, Miles bravely sits through his first haircut.

Wish

Wish PDF Author: Barbara O'Connor
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374302731
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Book Description
From award-winning author Barbara O'Connor comes a middle-grade novel about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers the true meaning of family.