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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief biography in verse of boxer Muhammad Ali.
From the Publisher: A dynamic author-illustrator team follows the three time heavyweight champ through twelve rounds of a remarkable life. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee-I'm the prettiest thing that ever lived!" From the moment a fired-up teenager from Kentucky won 1960 Olympic gold to the day in 1996 when a retired legend, hands shaking from Parkinson's, returned to raise the Olympic...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Art and poetry combine to tell the story of boxer Jack Johnson, who became the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion in the early part of the twentieth century.
4) My people
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Ginee Seo Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribute to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Smith interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the beauty, and the soul of being a black American today.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Hop on the bike with Bessie Stringfield, the motorcycle queen of Miami, in this powerful picture book from Coretta Scott King medalist Charles R. Smith, Jr. and debut picture book illustrator Charlot Kristensen. In 1929, 18-year-old Bessie Stringfield hopped on her motorcycle and headed out on an adventure, an unusual choice for a young Black woman at the time. Paying her way by winning motorcycle races, she criss-crossed the country through small...
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Describes the building of the White House, the home of the United States president, and how it took many hands, several of them slaves', who will be remembered throughout history for their extraordinary feat.