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Harlem's Little Blackbird

Author: Renée Watson

Publisher: Dragonfly Books

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0593380053

From Caldecott Honor winner Christian Robinson and acclaimed author Renee Watson, comes the inspiring true story of Florence Mills. Born to parents who were both former slaves, Florence Mills knew at an early age that she loved to sing, and that her sweet, bird-like voice, resonated with those who heard her. Performing catapulted her all the way to the stages of 1920s Broadway where she inspired everyone from songwriters to playwrights. Yet with all her success, she knew firsthand how prejudice shaped her world and the world of those around her. As a result, Florence chose to support and promote works by her fellow black performers while heralding a call for their civil rights. Featuring a moving text and colorful illustrations, Harlem's Little Blackbird is a timeless story about justice, equality, and the importance of following one's heart and dreams. A CARTER G. WOODSON ELEMENTARY HONOR BOOK (awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies, 2013)

Beautiful Blackbird

Author: Ashley Bryan

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2024-05-07

Total Pages: 19

ISBN-13: 1665960272

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With vibrant cut-paper collages, a Coretta Scott King Award-winner presents an adaptation of a folktale from Zimbabwe that celebrates the importance of appreciating one's own inner beauty. Full color.

Florence Mills

Author: Bill Egan

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780810850071

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This biography reveals the lost history of the life of the 1920s Black female international superstar. Mills was lionized by the crowned heads in Europe and opened doors for generations of Black female stars from Lena Horne to Diana Ross. Although her career and shows changed the nature of Black entertainment, and thereby the wider American popular culture, she was largely forgotten in later years. Anyone who wants to understand the history of Black entertainment from Bert Williams to Michael Jackson and, by implication, the history of American popular culture, needs to understand the ways in which Florence Mills changed the rules forever.

Harlem's Little Blackbird

Author: Renée Watson

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2012-10-23

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0375985379

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What Momma Left Me

Author: Renée Watson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-07-01

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1599905949

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Rediscover New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor- and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning author Renée Watson's heart-rending debut, about one girl's journey to reconnect to joy. Serenity is good at keeping secrets, and she's got a whole lifetime's worth of them. Her mother is dead, her father is gone, and starting life over at her grandparents' house is strange. Luckily, certain things seem to hold promise: a new friend who makes her feel connected, and a boy who makes her feel seen. But when her brother starts making poor choices, her friend is keeping her own dangerous secret, and her grandparents put all of their trust in a faith that Serenity isn't sure she understands, it is the power of love that will repair her heart and keep her sure of just who she is. Renée Watson's stunning writing shines in this powerful and ultimately uplifting novel.

Rain!

Author: Linda Ashman

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 054773395X

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From the author of "Babies on the Go" comes an intergenerational story of howa good attitude can chase away the blues at any age. Full color.

Sugar Hill

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2014-02-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0807576514

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CCBC Choices 2015 Best History/Non-fiction Picture Book of 2014, The Huffington Post 2015 Jefferson Cup Overfloweth 2016 Arnold Adoff Early Readers Poetry Award, Honor Book Take a walk through Harlem's Sugar Hill and meet all the amazing people who made this neighborhood legendary. With upbeat rhyming, read-aloud text, Sugar Hill celebrates the Harlem neighborhood that successful African Americans first called home during the 1920s. Children raised in Sugar Hill not only looked up to these achievers but also experienced art and culture at home, at church, and in the community. Books, music lessons, and art classes expanded their horizons beyond the narrow limits of segregation. Includes brief biographies of jazz greats Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sonny Rollins, and Miles Davis; artists Aaron Douglas and Faith Ringgold; entertainers Lena Horne and the Nicholas Brothers; writer Zora Neale Hurston; civil rights leader W. E. B. DuBois and lawyer Thurgood Marshall.

This Side of Home

Author: Renée Watson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2015-02-03

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1599906686

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A captivating and poignant coming-of-age urban YA debut about sisters, friends, and what it means to embrace change.

The Book Itch

Author: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®

Published: 2015-11-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1467790451

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In the 1930s, Lewis's dad, Lewis Michaux Sr., had an itch he needed to scratch—a book itch. How to scratch it? He started a bookstore in Harlem and named it the National Memorial African Bookstore. And as far as Lewis Michaux Jr. could tell, his father's bookstore was one of a kind. People from all over came to visit the store, even famous people—Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, and Langston Hughes, to name a few. In his father's bookstore people bought and read books, and they also learned from each other. People swapped and traded ideas and talked about how things could change. They came together here all because of his father's book itch. Read the story of how Lewis Michaux Sr. and his bookstore fostered new ideas and helped people stand up for what they believed in.

Celeste's Harlem Renaissance

Author: Eleanora E. Tate

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0316040460

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When Celeste Lassiter Massey is forced to live with her actress Aunt Valentina in Harlem, she is not thrilled to trade her friends and comfortable North Carolina for scary, big-city life. While Celeste experiences the Harlem Renaissance in full swing, she sees as much grit as glamour. A passionate writer, talented violinist, and aspiring doctor, she eventually faces a choice between ambition and loyalty, roots and horizons. The decision will change her forever.