african american children

Max becomes interested in doll making, but does not want other children to know. At a boutique, he meets Sen?r Pepe who tells him how he became a doll maker as a child.

Recounts the three months of protest that took place before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s landmark march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery to promote equal rights and help African-Americans earn the right to vote.

Presents a narrative history and development of African-American children's literature from its origin to the present.

Explores and analyzes the historical context and significance of the iconic Charles Moore photograph of three African-Americans teens being hit by a blast of water during a civil rights protest.

Tells the true story of Ruby Bridges, who at age six became the first African-American to attend an all-white school in New Orleans.

Examines racial identity, revealing the source of some of the racial and ethnic stereotypes adolescents are exposed to; discussing reasons why African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, and other racial groups often feel the need to stick together; and calling for a more open dialogue about race.

Fourth-grader Bakari Katari Johnson is having a really bad day--class bullies Tariq and Keisha are mad at him, his best friend Wardell has nominated him for hall monitor, a pack of ice zombies from a frozen world are demanding he return the magic ring that Keisha has, and somehow he has to find a way to save the school.

"A ... poem that celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young ones to dream big and achieve their goals"--Provided by publisher.

Tiffany Donovan needs cookies for the annual Devils' Pass Middle School Cookie Sale, though she is a little suspicious of the strange woman at the bakery offering them free; still, everybody seems to love the cookies--but when everyone who ate the cookies starts behaving like sleep-walking robots Tiffany remembers that in Devils' Pass there is no such thing as a free cookie.

"'Dream Variation,' one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial prejudice, is now a picture book ... illustrated by Daniel Miyares. An African-American boy faces the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice, but he dreams of a different life--one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his arms wide in the face of the sun"--.