Author: Janice N. Harrington
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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A young farm girl tries to catch her favorite chicken, until she learns something about the hen that makes her change her ways.
Author: Janice N. Harrington
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374347468
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Harrington's retelling of a little-known Central African story is perfectly matched with "New York Times"-bestselling artist Pinkney's jazzy depiction of a can-do little critter. Full color.
Author: Juanita Havill
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395453575
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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For use in schools and libraries only. A little girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home.
Author: Janice N. Harrington
Publisher: Thinkingdom
ISBN: 1635923603
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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The story of Charles Henry Turner, the first Black entomologist — a scientist who studies bugs — is told in this fascinating book for young readers. Can spiders learn? How do ants find their way home? Can bugs see color? All of these questions buzzed endlessly in Charles Henry Turner’s mind. He was fascinated by plants and animals and bugs. And even when he faced racial prejudice, Turner did not stop wondering. He constantly read, researched, and experimented. Author Janice Harrington and artist Theodore Taylor III capture the life of this inspiring scientist and educator in this nonfiction picture book, highlighting Turner's unstoppable quest for knowledge and his passion for science. The extensive back matter includes an author's note, time line, bibliography, source notes, and archival images.
Author: Janice N. Harrington
Publisher: BOA Editions, Ltd.
ISBN: 9781929918898
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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"Memory and its embodiment in a colloquial, yet highly wrought musical language are what originally drew me to Harrington's manuscript and what continues to pull me back. We learn the story of Lillian and Webster and their children and grandchildren, a black family living a hardscrabble life in the rural South more than sixty years ago. Set on the cusp of the Civil Rights era, the poems chronicle a way of life that has long since vanished."--Elizabeth Spires, from the foreword Janice N. Harrington is an award-winning children's book author and a nationally recognized storyteller. She works as a librarian in Champaign, Illinois.
Author: Janice N. Harrington
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
ISBN: 162979743X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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This lyrical middle-grade novel-in-verse celebrates the power of story and of finding one’s individual voice. Keet knows the only good thing about moving away from her Alabama home is that she'll live near her beloved grandfather. When Keet starts school, it's even worse than she expected, as the kids tease her about her southern accent. Now Keet, who can "talk the whiskers off a catfish," doesn't want to open her mouth. While fishing with her grandfather, she learns the art of listening and gradually, she makes her first new friend. But just as she's beginning to settle in, her grandfather has a stroke, and even though he's still nearby, he suddenly feels ever-so-far-away. Keet is determined to reel him back to her by telling him stories; in the process she finds her voice and her grandfather again.
Author: Nikki Grimes
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425289761
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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This award-winning novel is a powerful exploration of self, an homage to spoken-word poetry, and an intriguing look into the life of eighteen teens. When Wesley Boone writes a poem for his high school English class, some of his classmates clamor to read their poems aloud too. Soon they're having weekly poetry sessions and, one by one, the eighteen students are opening up and taking on the risky challenge of self-revelation. There's Lupe Alvarin, desperate to have a baby so she will feel loved. Raynard Patterson, hiding a secret behind his silence. Porscha Johnson, needing an outlet for her anger after her mother OD's. Through the poetry they share and narratives in which they reveal their most intimate thoughts about themselves and one another, their words and lives show what lies beneath the skin, behind the eyes, beyond the masquerade.
Author: Michelle Knudsen
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536237922
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
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"A reminder that sometimes, there is a good reason to break the rules. . . .This winsome pairing of text and illustration is a natural for storytime." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review) (Ages 4-7) Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do. There aren't any rules about lions in the library. And, as it turns out, this lion seems very well suited to library visiting. His big feet are quiet on the library floor. He makes a comfy backrest for the children at story hour. And he never roars in the library, at least not anymore. But when something terrible happens, the lion quickly comes to the rescue in the only way he knows how. Michelle Knudsen's disarming story, illustrated by the matchless Kevin Hawkes in an expressive timeless style, will win over even the most ardent of rule keepers.
Author: Margaret H. Mason
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547215665
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
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An African American man tells his grandson about a time when, despite all the wonderful things his hands could do, they could not touch bread at the Wonder Bread factory. Based on stories of bakery union workers; includes historical note.
Author: Shelley Jackson
Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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The royal alchemist's dog Sophia is able to discover for him the secret of making gold, but when the King comes to visit he finds treasure of a different kind.
