Elementary: Award Winners, Coretta Scott King Medal & Honors, Suggested for Ages 9-12
Posted by Lauren Jonker on January 26, 2017
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306.3
MCK
Rebels against slavery: American slave revolts
Story of the men and women, slaves and free blacks, Northerners and Southerners, whites and Native Americans, who rebelled against the system of slavery, often giving up their lives in the process.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
323.092
PIN
Let it shine : stories of Black women freedom fighters
Presents profiles of ten African-American women whose efforts on behalf of racial justice and freedom have influenced the course of history.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
379.2
MOR
Remember : the journey to school integration
Presents a selection of archival photographs that document events surrounding the integration of U.S. schools following the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, and includes captions in which Toni Morrison imagines what the people in the pictures must have been thinking and feeling.
Overdue
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
398.2
HAM
The people could fly : the picture book
In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
398.2
HAM
Her stories : African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales
A collection of tales about the supernatural and animals, fairy tales, folk tales and legends, by and about African American women.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
398.2
LES
More tales of Uncle Remus/ as told by Julius Lester
Retells adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabit and his friends and enemies.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
398.2
LES
The last tales of Uncle Remus
Retells the final adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
639.2
MCK
Black hands, white sails : the story of African-American whalers
A history of African-American whalers between 1730 and 1880, describing their contributions to the whaling industry and their role in the abolitionist movement.
Due 03/06/19
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
796.357
NEL
We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball
Explores the history of Negro League baseball teams, discussing owners, players, hardships, wins, and losses; and including illustrations.
Overdue
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
811
HUG
I, too, am America
Presents the poem of Langston Hughes in which highlights the courage and dignity of the African American Pullman porters in the early twentieth century.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
811
HUG
Langston Hughes
An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems by noted African-American poet Langston Hughes, and contains a detailed introduction and biography, as well as brief notes accompanying each poem.
Overdue
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
811
MYE
Jazz
A collection of illustrated poems that celebrate the roots and various styles of jazz music, such as ragtime, bebop, and swing.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
811
SHA
Ellington was not a street
Presents an illustrated poem in which Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood growing up in the company W.E.B. Du Bois, Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Robeson, and other great African-American men who were instrumental in changing American culture and society.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
811
SMI
Keeping the night watch
A thirteen-year-old African American boy chronicles what happens to his family when his father, who temporarily left, returns home and they all must deal with their feelings of anger, hope, abandonment, and fear.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
973
NEL
Heart and soul : the story of America and African Americans
Examines the history of the United States, focusing on events that influenced African-Americans and how they advanced liberty and justice in America.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
973.0496
PIN
Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America
Offers insight into the lives of ten influential African American men from different times in the history of the United States.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
973.7
MCK
Days of Jubilee : the end of slavery in the United States
Uses slave narratives, letters, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the United States.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
975.03
MCK
Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters
Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.
Available
Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
ALE
The crossover
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
AUDIO
CUR
Elijah of Buxton
Eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American South in 1859, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
Available
Audiobooks - Elementary
J
B
ALI
Twelve rounds to glory : the story of Muhammad Ali
Rap-inspired verse and illustrations describe the life of Muhammed Ali, discussing his bouts, struggles with societal prejudice, Islamic faith, Olympic glory, and more.
Available
Biography - Elementary
J
B
BAKER
Josephine : the dazzling life of Josephine Baker
A portrait of the performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker.
Available
Biography - Elementary
J
B
BURNS
Anthony Burns : the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave
A biography of the slave who escaped to Boston in 1854, was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and whose trial caused a furor between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the Fugitive Slave Acts.
Available
Biography - Elementary
J
B
Coleman
Talkin' about Bessie : the story of aviator Elizabeth Coleman
A biography of the woman who became the first licensed Afro-American pilot.
Available
Biography - Elementary
J
B
GRE
Childtimes : a three-generation memoir
Childhood memoirs of three black women--grandmother, mother, and daughter-who grew up between the 1880's and the 1950's.
Available
Biography - Elementary
J
B
KING
Martin's big words : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
Looks at the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, explaining his work to bring about a peaceful end to segregation.
Available
Biography - Elementary
J
B
LEW
March. Book 3
Welcome to the conclusion of the March trilogy, in which Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to life for a new generation.
Available
Biography - Elementary
J
B
LYONS
Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl
Presents the personal memoirs of Maritcha Remond Lyons who was born in nineteenth-century New York City and describes how she and her family escaped to Rhode Island during the 1863 Draft riots and how she overcame prejudice to become the first African-American person to graduate from Providence High School
Available
Biography - Elementary
J
B
MAL
Malcolm X : a fire burning brightly
Text and pictures describe the life and ideas of the Black Muslim leader Malcolm X.
Overdue
Biography - Elementary
J
B
REEVES
Bad news for outlaws : the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal
An illustrated biography of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States marshal, based on his ability to communicate with the Native Americans in the area that was to become Oklahoma.
Available
Biography - Elementary
J
B
RUSTIN
Bayard Rustin : behind the scenes of the civil rights movement
A biography of Bayard Rustin, a skillful organizer behind the scenes of the American civil rights movement whose ideas stongly influenced Martin Luther King, Jr.
Due 03/05/19
Biography - Elementary
J
B
TRU
Sojourner Truth : ain't I a woman?
A biography of the former slave who became well-known as an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.
Available
Biography - Elementary
J
B
TRUTH
Only passing through : the story of Sojourner Truth
An illustrated biography of nineteenth-century abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who was born into slavery and fought for the rights of African-Americans and women.
Overdue
Biography - Elementary
J
B
WOODSON
Brown girl dreaming
"The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--Provided by publisher.
Overdue
Biography - Elementary
J
Boy
Circle of gold
Mattie is determined to get her mother a beautiful gold pin for Mother's Day, even though she has not saved enough money and has just lost her job.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
CUR
Bud, not Buddy
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
CUR
Elijah of Buxton
Eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American South in 1859, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
CUR
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
DEA
I thought my soul would rise and fly : the diary of Patsy, a freed girl
Twelve-year-old Patsy keeps a diary of the ripe but confusing time following the end of the Civil War and the granting of freedom to former slaves.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
ENG
Francie
When the sixteen-year-old boy whom she tutors in reading is accused of attempting to murder a white man, Francie gets herself in serious trouble for her efforts at friendship.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
GRI
The road to Paris
Inconsolable at being separated from her older brother, eight-year-old Paris is apprehensive about her new foster family but just as she learns to trust them, she faces a life-changing decision.
Reserved
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
JOH
Toning the sweep
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living.
Lost
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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MAG
The rock and the river
In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African-Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
Lost
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
MCK
The dark-thirty : Southern tales of the supernatural
A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
REY
As brave as you
"When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires -- literally."--Provided by publisher.
Available
Regular
J
TAY
The road to Memphis
Sadistically teased by two white boys in 1940's rural Mississippi, a black youth severely injures one of the boys with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
TAY
Roll of thunder, hear my cry
A black family living in the South during the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
WIL
Brothers in hope : the story of the lost boys of Sudan
Eight-year-old Garang, orphaned by a civil war in Sudan, finds the inner strength to help lead other boys as they trek hundreds of miles seeking safety in Ethiopia, and then Kenya, before being offered sanctuary in the United States many years later.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
WIL
Gone crazy in Alabama
"Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible" -- From publisher's website.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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WIL
One crazy summer
In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
Overdue
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
WIL
P.S. be eleven
After spending the Summer of 1968 with their mother and the Black Panthers, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern return home to Brooklyn with a new feeling of independence, but they discover their father has a new girlfriend, Uncle Darnell has come home from Vietnam a changed man, and Big Ma still expects Delphine to take care of everything. Feeling overwhelmed, Delphine writes to her mother, who reminds her to enjoy being eleven and not grow up too fast.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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WOO
The red rose box
In 1953, Leah Hopper dreams of leaving the poverty and segregation of her home in Sulphur, Louisiana, and when Aunt Olivia sends train tickets to Los Angeles as part of her tenth birthday present, Leah gets a first taste of freedom.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
WOO
I hadn't meant to tell you this
Marie, the only black girl in the eighth grade willing to befriend her white classmate Lena, discovers that Lena's father is doing horrible things to her in private.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
J
WOO
Locomotion
Inspired by his teacher, eleven-year-old Lonnie begins to write about his life in a series of poems in which he discusses his feelings about his friends, his foster mom, his little sister Lili, and the death of his parents.
Available
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
P
BEA
Knock knock : my dad's dream for me
"A boy wakes up one morning to find his father gone. At first, he feels lost. But his father has left him a letter filled with advice to guide him through the times he cannot be there"-- Provided by publisher.
Overdue
Picture Book - Elementary
P
NEL
The book itch : freedom, truth, & Harlem's greatest bookstore
Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
Available
Picture Book - Elementary