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Riley Reynolds rocks the park

2022
Nonbinary fourth grader Riley and their friends learn how small, simple parks can be just as important and fun as fancy new parks.

My broken language

a memoir
2022
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an ailing Philadelphia barrio, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse"--Amazon.

Philadelphia 76ers

2020
Explores the history and key players of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team.

My broken language

a memoir
2021
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an ailing Philadelphia barrio, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse"--Amazon.

William Still and his freedom stories

the father of the Underground Railroad
Chronicles the life of William Still, African American abolitionist and the father of the Underground Railroad, and details his work with the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society and helping enslaved people fleeing to freedom. Explains how he recorded the stories of freedom seekers that he encountered in an effort to preserve their history and help families be reunited.

Never caught, the story of Ona Judge

George and Martha Washington's courageous slave who dared to run away
A narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for freedom.

New material as new media

the Fabric Workshop and Museum
2002
A collection of essays and photographs which profile the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.

Closing time

a memoir
2010
A memoir chronicling the author's upbringing in a Philadelphia housing project in the 1960s, covering his father's erratic and emotional behavior and his own flight from the confines of his youth to follow his dreams and better his circumstances.

Never caught, the story of Ona Judge

George and Martha Washington's courageous slave who dared to run away
2020
A narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for freedom.

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