Jamey Christoph
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told from three viewpoints, a brisk historical tale follows the experiences of two sisters who discover an abandoned baby on the library steps, while their estranged friend, racing to complete an important errand for his World War II soldier brother, jumps to the wrong conclusion.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he was a poor African American looking for work. When he bought a camera, his life changed forever. He taught himself how to take pictures and before long, people noticed"--
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Determined not to let history forget those who died of AIDS, activist Cleve Jones creates a memorial quilt to commemorate the lives of those lost and bring awareness to the disease. Includes a Names Project timeline.
"Cleve Jones' extraordinary life was pieced together, then stitched tightly into different types of quilts. From the blanket that his great-grandmother made for him as a boy, to the friends he gathered in San Francisco as young man,...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Queue up for a whistle-stop tour of trains of all kinds, narrated in lively verse and featuring dynamic retro artwork. Rows of grooves, cables, and bars. Graffiti rockin' out the cars. A badge of rust. A proud oil stain.There's nothin' plain about a train. All aboard!