ilość książek w kategorii: 764
Brick by Brick
ISBN: 9780061920844 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The compelling true story behind the building of the White House, a powerful part of history rarely taught. From Coretta Scott King Award winners Charles R. Smith Jr. and Floyd Cooper. The home of the United States president was built by many hands, including those of slaves, who undertook this amazing achievement long before there were machines to do those same jobs. Stirring and emotional, Floyd Cooper's stunning illustrations bring to life the faces of those who endured hard, brutal work when the profit of their labor was paid to the master, not the... The compelling true story behind the building of the White House, a powerful part of history rarely taught. From Coretta Scott King ... |
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43,01 zł |
The Children of Africa
ISBN: 9780957649828 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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78,62 zł |
Big Daddy Percy: A Story of Goodwill
ISBN: 9781495926884 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Haven't we all met someone with real grit who when they got right down to the nitty gritty of it plugged away until achieving their goal? For Janet Anderson, a lot of that kind of inspiration came from Mud'ear, Big Mama, and Big Daddy Percy. The other kind came when they served farm fresh Mississippi-style buttered grits smothered with blackened catfish and new eggs from the hen house over-easy. Like the grits, the encouragement stuck. Janet's narrative of "Big Daddy Percy" is about goodness, a quality of being kind. It's a heartwarming story about phenomenal folk, with irrepressible grit and...
Haven't we all met someone with real grit who when they got right down to the nitty gritty of it plugged away until achieving their goal? For Janet An...
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54,20 zł |
Big Daddy Percy: A Story of Goodwill
ISBN: 9781496124074 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Haven't we all met someone with real grit who when they got right down to the nitty gritty of it plugged away until achieving their goal? For Janet Anderson, a lot of that kind of inspiration came from Mud'ear, Big Mama, and Big Daddy Percy. The other kind came when they served farm fresh Mississippi-style buttered grits smothered with blackened catfish and new eggs from the henhouse over-easy. Like the grits, the encouragement stuck. Janet's narrative of "Big Daddy Percy" is about goodness, a quality of being kind. It's a heartwarming story about phenomenal folk, with irrepressible grit and...
Haven't we all met someone with real grit who when they got right down to the nitty gritty of it plugged away until achieving their goal? For Janet An...
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90,41 zł |
Freedom in Congo Square
ISBN: 9781499801033 / Angielski / Twarda / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2017 Caldecott Honor 2017 Coretta Scott King Honor 2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award A 2016 New York Times Best Illustrated Book This poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human's capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom's heart. Mondays, there were hogs to slop, mules to train, and logs to chop. Slavery was no ways fair. Six more days to Congo Square. As slaves relentlessly toiled...
2017 Caldecott Honor 2017 Coretta Scott King Honor 2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award A 2016 New York Times Best...
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77,45 zł |
Ticktock Banneker's Clock
ISBN: 9781585369560 / Angielski / Twarda / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout his life, Benjamin Banneker was known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy, just to name a few pursuits. But even when he was born in Maryland in 1731, he was already an extraordinary person for that time period. He was born free at a time in America when most African Americans were slaves. Though he only briefly attended school and was largely self-taught, at a young age Benjamin displayed a keen aptitude for mathematics and science. Inspired by a pocket watch he had seen, at the age of 22 he built a strike clock based on his own drawings and using a...
Throughout his life, Benjamin Banneker was known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy, just to name a few pursuits. But eve...
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81,75 zł |
A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
ISBN: 9780544785137 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An angry white man began throwing stones at the boys, striking and killing one. Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that shook the city of Chicago to its foundations. This mesmerizing narrative draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of the explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture. Archival photos and prints, source notes, bibliography, index.
On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An angry white man b...
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81,75 zł |
Siblins Bully Showdown
ISBN: 9780692524756 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CJ is full of worries after a school bully promises to beat him up. He listens to advice from sisters Tookie, Tay and then his dad, but he's still confused. So the next day after school when he finds himself face-to-face with the menace, he's not sure what he will do... CJ is full of worries after a school bully promises to beat him up. He listens to advice from sisters Tookie, Tay and then his dad, but he's still ... |
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45,75 zł |
My Trip to St Helena Island: Discovering Gullah Geechee Culture
ISBN: 9780996754019 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author, a Gullah Geechee native, presents beautiful pictures that introduce readers to the beautiful culture from which she hails.
Breathtaking pictures take readers on an exciting trip to St. Helena Island, South Carolina. This family friendly book is an introduction to the island and the rich Gullah Geechee culture that still flourishes along the coast. The Travel Adventure Series inspires a love of learning through travel in little and big kids everywhere. The author, a Gullah Geechee native, presents beautiful pictures that introduce readers to the beautiful culture from which she hails.
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45,16 zł |
Little Brown Girl
ISBN: 9780692791424 / Angielski / Twarda / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The inspiration for this project came directly from the birth of Brian Lawrence's daughter Nile. He knew he would read to his daughter, and wanted the first words he read to her to set the pace for the lifelong bond he would share with her. This project is a celebration of the father and daughter relationship, as well as a children's book. Little Brown Girl is written intentionally to be read by a father figure to a daughter to facilitate a bond based on literacy, spirituality, cultural awareness and active engagement. About the Author: Brian Lawrence is a father, educator... The inspiration for this project came directly from the birth of Brian Lawrence's daughter Nile. He knew he would read to his daughter, and wanted ... |
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86,10 zł |
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
ISBN: 9780763680466 / Angielski / Twarda / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children's literature's top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg's quest to correct history. 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...
In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children's literature's top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg's quest to correct h...
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81,75 zł |
Hey Black Child
ISBN: 9780316360302 / Angielski / Twarda / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins
Hey black child, Do you know who you are?Who really are? Do you know you can beWhat you want to beIf you try to beWhat you can be? This lyrical, empowering poem celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young people to dream big and achieve their goals. Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, wri...
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81,75 zł |
Ethiopian Voices: Tsion's Life
ISBN: 9780979748110 / Angielski / Twarda / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Meet Tsion, an eleven year old Ethiopian girl as she talks about her life and her country. Stunning photographs bring the reader to Tsion s house, school, church, dinner table and more. Informative cultural facts are included. Amharic words for each page are transliterated for easy pronunciation. Book Awards received: Noteable Books for a Global Society, Moonbean Children's Book Awards, Benjamin Franklin Award, Independenct Publishers Book Award, Skipping Stones Honor Award. Advance Praise: The striking photographs and carefully selected... Meet Tsion, an eleven year old Ethiopian girl as she talks about her life and her country. Stunning photographs bring the reader to Tsion s house, ... |
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86,06 zł |
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
ISBN: 9781328882127 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy selling Warriors Don't Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow South.
Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions. Why couldn't she drink from a -whites only- fountain? Why couldn't she feel safe beyond home--or even within the walls of church? Adults all told her: Hold your... From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy selling Warriors Don't Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood me...
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77,45 zł |
Black Girl Boss Story Coloring Book
ISBN: 9780998921723 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Meet Mia an 8-year-old with many great ideas. With the help of her friends and family members, she is able to develop one of them into an exciting new venture. Experience the excitement of starting a new business with Mia and her team as you color inside the pages of this unique Children's Coloring book and full picture storybook all in one. Meet Mia an 8-year-old with many great ideas. With the help of her friends and family members, she is able to develop one of them into an exciting ... |
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42,84 zł |
Who Was Booker T. Washington?
ISBN: 9780448488516 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Learn how a slave became one of the leading influential African American intellectuals of the late 19th century. African American educator, author, speaker, and advisor to presidents of the United States, Booker Taliaferro Washington was the leading voice of former slaves and their descendants during the late 1800s. As part of the last generation of leaders born into slavery, Booker believed that blacks could better progress in society through education and entrepreneurship, rather than trying to directly challenge the Jim Crow segregation. After hearing the Emancipation...
Learn how a slave became one of the leading influential African American intellectuals of the late 19th century. African American educator,...
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25,79 zł |
A Child's Introduction to African American History: The Experiences, People, and Events That Shaped Our Country
ISBN: 9780316436427 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jabari Asim goes beyond what's taught in the classroom and tells a fact-filled history of African Americans through politics, activism, sports, entertainment, music, and much more. You'll follow the road to freedom beginning with the slave trade and the middle passage through the abolitionist movement and the Civil War where many African Americans fought as soldiers. You'll learn how slave songs often contained hidden messages and how a 15-year-old Jamaican-born young man named Clive Campbell helped to create hip-hop in the early 1970's.
You'll experience the passionate speeches, marches,... Jabari Asim goes beyond what's taught in the classroom and tells a fact-filled history of African Americans through politics, activism, sports, entert...
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86,06 zł |
Yoruba Culture: Proverbs Vol 1
ISBN: 9780998159003 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Proverbs are wise sayings passed from the old to young. The goals of introducing Yoruba culture to children through proverbs are to improve their self-image and to assist in buildings their morals.
Proverbs are wise sayings passed from the old to young. The goals of introducing Yoruba culture to children through proverbs are to improve their self...
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45,75 zł |
Yoruba Culture: Proverbs Vol 1
ISBN: 9780998159058 / Angielski / Twarda / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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74,37 zł |
Happy in Our Skin
ISBN: 9780763699727 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is there anything more splendid than a baby's skin? For families of all stripes comes a sweet celebration of what makes us unique--and what holds us together. Look at you
You look so cute in your brand-new birthday suit. Just savor these bouquets of babies--cocoa-brown, cinnamon, peaches and cream. As they grow, their clever skin does too, enjoying hugs and tickles, protecting them inside and out, and making them one of a kind. Fran Manushkin's rollicking text and Lauren Tobia's delicious illustrations paint a breezy and irresistible picture of the... Is there anything more splendid than a baby's skin? For families of all stripes comes a sweet celebration of what makes us unique--and what holds u...
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34,40 zł |