Children & Young Adult

This title introduces readers to Harriet Tubman and how she became a shero to free as many slaves as possible through the Underground Railroad. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.

"A spiritual experience." --The Boston Globe Named Book of the Year by The New York Times, this spectacular picture book follows Harriet Tubman as she leads enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Told with sparse text and vividly...

From Caldecott Honor winner Christian Robinson and acclaimed author Renee Watson, comes the inspiring true story of Florence Mills. Born to parents who were both former slaves, Florence Mills knew at an early age that she loved to sing, and that her...

Celebrate one of the most important periods of American cultural history: the Harlem Renaissance! This package features beautiful illustrations, poetry, and prose.Determined to make a new start for themselves at the dawn of the twentieth century, many...

Caldecott Honor artist Faith Ringgold takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the Harlem Renaissance.Lonnie and his uncle go back to Harlem in the 1920s. Along the way, they meet famous writers, musicians, artists, and athletes, from Langston...

Lewis's poetics are perfectly complemented by Kelley's evocative pastel illustrations, which both inspire and unsettle. -New York Times They went by many names, but the world came to know them best as the Harlem Hellfighters. Two thousand strong, these...

They took the road in Waycross Georgia / Skipped over the tracks in East St. Louis / Took the bus from Holly Springs / Hitched a ride from Gee's Bend / Took the long way through Memphis / The third deck down from Trinidad / A wrench of the heart from...

This illustrated historical chapter book introduces young readers to some of the very first African Americans, who came to American in the early seventeenth century. In 1619, twenty Africans stepped foot on American soil as indentured servants. They came...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories. It all starts when six kids have to meet...

The groundbreaking picture book by legendary author bell hooks and multi-Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka that celebrates hair, perfect for fans of Hair Love and I Love My Hair!Happy with hair all short and strong. Happy with locks that twist and curl...

Happy St. Patrick's Day is a child's introduction to the faerie folk of Irish legend from Roger Priddy, with sweet illustrations, fun rhymes, and shiny foil shamrocks cut through every scene. Have you heard of the pointy-eared menWho live in wee houses...

An illustrated picture book that teaches the best way to be happy is to embrace the circumstances we find ourselves in each day Happy Right Now brings a much-needed message to kids: it's great to feel happy, but it's okay to feel sad sometimes too...

Meet rock star Layla and her team of Bots!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and...

Meet rock star Layla and her team of Bots!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and...

"A cheeky meditation on the everyday miraculousness of skin. . . . It's freewheeling fun." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)Is there anything more splendid than a baby's skin? Cocoa-brown, cinnamon, peaches and cream. As children grow, their clever...

Mechal Renee Roe, illustrator of Vice President Kamala Harris's Super Heroes Are Everywhere, creates a joyful, positive, read-together book celebrating girls with natural black hair that will have kids everywhere chanting: I love being me! Full 'fro,...