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Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills
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Laban Carrick Hill
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
Patricia Hruby Powell
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm790L Lexile
Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: a Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix
Gary Golio · 32 pages
Before he became one of the greatest guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix was a boy who loved to paint and listen to records, and who asked himself an unusual question: could someone paint pictures with sound?
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
Katheryn Russell-Brown
"A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources"-- This picture-book biography introduces African American Melba Doretta Liston, who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
Andrea Davis Pinkney · 32 pages
A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category.
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
Pam Munoz Ryan · 40 pages
An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.
Rap A Tap Tap, Here's Bojangles - Think of That!
Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon
The Golden Voice of Africa
Karen Ehrhardt; illustrated by Colin Bootman
What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!
Barbara Kerley · 48 pages
A brief biography in pictures and simple text of Alice Roosevelt, the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife.
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Debbie Levy · 40 pages
Traces the achievements of the celebrated Supreme Court justice through the lens of her many famous acts of civil disagreement against inequality, unfair treatment, and human rights injustice.
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
Kathleen Krull · 44 pages
A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson
Sharon Robinson
As a testament to his courage, Jackie Robinson's daughter shares memories of him, from his baseball career to the day he tests the ice for her, her brothers, and their friends.
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
Jennifer Fisher Bryant
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
Don Tate · 37 pages
In the nineteenth century, North Carolina slave George Moses Horton taught himself to read and earned money to purchase his time, although not his freedom. Horton became the first African American to be published in the South, protesting slavery in the form of verse.
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
Jennifer Berne · 56 pages
Anything But Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic
Mara Rockliff
Some girls are perfectly happy never doing anything out of the ordinary. But Addie was anything but ordinary. She longed for thrills and excitement! At a time when a young lady appearing onstage was considered most unusual, Addie defied convention and became a dancer. And when she married the world-famous magician Herrmann the Great, she knew she had to be part of his show. Addie wanted toshock an
The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
Jacqueline Davies · 32 pages
As a boy, John James Audubon loved to watch birds. In 1804, at the age of eighteen, he moved from his home in France to Pennsylvania. There he took a particular interest in peewee flycatchers. While observing these birds, John James became determined to answer a pair of two-thousand-year-old questions: Where do small birds go in the winter, and do they return to the same nest in the spring?