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Denise Lewis Patrick
Read Melody's Diary to discover her story set in Detroit during the Civil Rights Movement. This title is a part of American Girl's exciting new series featuring the diaries and…
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In 1964, ten-year-old African American singer Melody Ellison decides to fix up her Detroit neighborhood playground and plant a garden, but when her friends put her in charge, Melody finds…
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The weekend she turns thirteen, aspiring clothing designer Teresa Reesie Boone is separated from her family by Hurricane Katrina but during the horrific storm and its aftermath, begins to find…
Melody Ellison can’t wait to sing her first solo at church, and she wants to pick a song that’s special. She gets advice from her big brother, who has his…
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In this stirring collection of short stories, Patrick considers the souls of black men and women across centuries and continents. Brutality, beauty, laughter, rage, and love all take their turns…
From the time John Lewis asked Dr. Martin Luther King to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown as teenager, he never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the…
Lewis Latimer was one of the greatest inventors of his time. He was also an engineer who transformed the lightbulb at Thomas Edison’s company. And he was a gifted artist…
Denise Lewis-Patrick
For thirteen-year-old Makena, clothes are a way for her to connect with others, but when some people make hurtful assumptions about her because she is Black, she discovers how to…
What do you know about the Civil War?
What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily…
Mahalia Jackson was known as the queen of gospel music. A close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s, she was also a civil rights activist who sang at the…
What do you know about the sinking of the Titanic?
What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would…
2024 Jane Addams Peace Association Children's Book Award Finalist
2023 CA Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Award Silver Medal
Discover the rise of Ketanji Brown Jackson, from a young girl growing…
Martin Luther King, Jr. is having some problems with his best friend, Bobby. They are going to different schools this year, and Bobby’s dad is not letting his son play…
J Patrick Lewis
That’s What Friends Are For is a trio of stories that has Teeny helping hippo Margie Barge learn self-acceptance, finding a substitute horn for Rocko Rhino, and hosting a neighborhood…
Tugg, a gorilla, and his best friend Teeny, a monkey, lead their other friends in three jungle adventures.
