Eric Velasquez
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The author describes Christmas at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem the year she introduced him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, which has had a profound and lasting effect on him.
2) Octopus stew
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Ramsey dons his superhero cape to rescue Grandma from the huge octopus she is trying to cook--or is he simply telling a story? Includes author's note on the story's origin and a recipe for Octopus stew.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Spanish language edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
Español
Description
"When a boy's abuela accuses him of being careless with his beloved Bongo, he devises a trap and catches the toy thief red-handed"--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 280L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a boy's abuela accuses him of being careless with his beloved Bongo, he devises a trap and catches the toy thief red-handed" --
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
Español
Description
The author describes his boyhood summers spent at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem where she intoduced him to the sounds and steps of the merengue and the conga and told him stories of Puerto Rico.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The author describes his boyhood summers spent at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem where she introduced him to the sounds and steps of the merengue and the conga and told him stories of Puerto Rico.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"Under a radiant moon and surrounded by all the noises of the city at night, a little boy prays for those in need, for wars to end, for the sick to be healed, and for all the members of his family"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1100L
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Where is our historian to give us our side? Arturo asked. Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. When Schomburg's collection became so big it began to overflow his house...
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of Muhammad Ali, from his childhood in Louisville, Kentucky, his legendary boxing career, and his conversion to Islam and opposition to the war in Vietnam, to his appearance at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and career of Willie Powell as he worked through the racist restrictions that kept him from playing golf on "whites-only" clubs. Describes his hard work and determination to build a golf course that would have no racial restrictions and depicts the encouragement he gave to his daughter to play golf in spite of rules that were restricted by gender. Includes color illustrations.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29. cm
Language
English
Description
Gabriel "paced the halls of heaven" as he memorized God's message to Mary. He wondered what she would say. The Christmas story unfolds, as never before, through the voices of those who witnessed the Messiah's birth. Listen to Joseph's struggle. Rejoice with Elizabeth and Zachariah. Worship with the magi. Hear the fear in Herod's voice. Receive the blessing of Simeon and Anna. And, like the shepherds, shout for joy!
Author
Pub. Date
1985
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Separated from their mother by the harsh social and economic conditions prevalent among blacks in South Africa, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother make a journey of over 300 kilometers to find her in Johannesburg.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
AD 880L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Jesse Owens' mother frequently told him, "Put your best foot forward." So Jesse followed her advice, worked hard, and made his dreams come true as one of the greatest Olympic champions of all time. But it wasn't easy, as Jesse had to overcome many obstacles. Even though World War II hadn't started yet, Adolf Hitler controlled Germany during the 1936 Olympics. He wanted to prove during the games that Germans were a superior "race" to other people of...
Author
Series
Encyclopedia Brown the boy detective volume 19
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers continues his war on crime in ten more cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together...until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas creating Latin jazz, music for the head, the heart, and the hips. Then...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a mail carrier, Victor Hugo Green traveled across New Jersey every day. But with Jim Crow laws enforcing segregation since the late 1800s, traveling as a Black person in the US could be stressful, even dangerous. So in the 1930s, Victor created a guide--The Negro Motorist Green-Book--compiling information on where to go and what places to avoid so that Black travelers could have a safe and pleasant time. While the Green Book started out small,...
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
NC 870L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
As a student, teacher, lawyer, and judge, Ruth often experienced unfair treatment. But she persisted, becoming a cultural icon, championing equality in pay and opportunity. Her brilliant mind, compelling arguments, and staunch commitment to truth and justice have convinced many to stand with her, and her fight continues to this day.