Many believe that support for the abolition of slavery was universally accepted in Vermont, but it was actually a fiercely divisive issue that rocked the Green Mountain State. In the midst of turbulence and violence, though, some brave Vermonters helped f

A young boy and his father save the town that ostracized them from a hungry giant in this picture book adaptation of a South African lullaby and folk story. In a small town, one young boy loves walking around playing the ukulele, but the people get tired...

The third installment in the "brilliantly conceived and executed" (Library Journal) series set in an overgrown, dystopian Las Vegas. "Like a sexy WALKING DEAD!" --Mara Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of Worth the Effort. "Colleen Gleason's...

Aamila spends every summer vacation with her grandparents. Usually, they take road trips to museums and cities that pay homage to the Black experience in the United States of America. This summer, Aamila is taking a short road trip to downtown Tulsa...

From the bestselling author of The Personal Librarian comes the fourth book in the The Divas series. Diamond, India, Veronique, and Aaliyah are fifteen-year-old high school sophomores on their way to becoming the hottest new group to hit gospel...

2006 Coretta Scott King Honor Book In 1955, people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the...

Adam thought that his mom was the whole world. Then one day his whole world changed. He found out that what he was taught by his mom was not the way things were in the real world. Adam was stuck between what he thought was real and right and the way the...

Twists & turns in the world's roads to oil and golf .... This book takes you there! * World cultures; people and places tourists do not typically see *Oil business risk and wildcat wells *Rebels, jungle, desert and offshore *Golf in strange places; even...

"I have had the honor of knowing the writer of this book my entire life. I have seen how her issues affected her in every aspect of her life. Others thought she was a mean and rude person who didn't care. But, I have seen her silent tears, hurts, and...

Among the immortals that inhabit our world, Arnaud Demeure is known as the man who can fulfill your one true wish or who can also conjure your worst nightmares.Eight invitations are sent to eight immortals, and when Arnaud Demeure hosts a party, no one...

Among the immortals that inhabit our world, Arnaud Demeure is known as the man who can fulfill your one true wish or who can also conjure your worst nightmares.Eight invitations are sent to eight immortals, and when Arnaud Demeure hosts a party, no one...

Winter walk in the city. What do I see? One glowing menorah. Two bells on a tree. Take a walk through the city in winter and experience the sights, sounds, colors, and smells of the multitude of different holidays we celebrate this season. From...

Though the Black Law did not succeed in forcing Crandall to close the school, vigilante violence finally did, in 1834. In the wake of the hostilities, which has tragic consequences for her family, Crandall took to the prairie, where she spent the...

The colors of love comes in several shades for Queen Thomas, and has been prevalent on her canvas of life as she continues to paint by the numbers. Successful beyond measure, but flawed to a degree where bright hues tend to fade a bit, happiness should...

Discover how George Washington Carver went from a slave to an innovator of agricultural science in this luminously illustrated picture book. Born a slave, George Washington Carver went on to become the most prominent black scientist of the early...

Discover how George Washington Carver went from a slave to an innovator of agricultural science in this luminously illustrated picture book. Born a slave, George Washington Carver went on to become the most prominent black scientist of the early...