James Ransome
1) My teacher
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
A student wonders why her teacher has chosen to teach in her school for so long, and highlights all the special things her teacher does for her class.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Shares the story of the sisters and tennis stars, including their special relationship as sisters and best friends, their constant training as children, and their incredible success in professional tennis.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Here is the remarkable true story of how former slave Isabella Baumfree transformed herself into the preacher and orator Sojourner Truth, as told by acclaimed author Ann Turner and award-winning illustrator James Ransome. An iconic figure of the abolitionist and women's rights movements, Sojourner Truth famously spoke out for equal rights roughly one hundred years before the civil rights movement. My Name Is Truth includes a detailed historical note,...
10) Freedom's school
Author
Publisher
Disney-Jump at the Sun Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Hungry for learning, Lizzie and her brother Paul attend a new school built for freed slaves.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"In a beautiful prose telling, the story of a groundbreaking civil rights leader, John Lewis. John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama to join the fight for civil rights. He was only a teenager. He soon became a leader of a moment that changed a nation. Walking at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Lewis was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights. Today and always his work and legacy will live on"--
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Publisher
Holiday House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Louis Armstrong has been called the most important improviser in the history of jazz. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was poor in nearly everything else, it was rich in superb music. Young Louis took it all in, especially the cornet blowing of Joe "King" Oliver. But after a run in with the police, 11-year-old Louis was sent away to the Colored Waif s Home for Boys where he became a disciplined musician in the school s revered marching band....
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Publisher
Holiday House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The award winners behind Before She Was Harriet explore the story of the saxophone, from its beginnings in 1840s Belgium all the way to New Orleans, where an instrument in a pawn shop caught the eye of musician Sidney Bechet and became the iconic symbol it is today"--
16) Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: taking the stage as the first black-and- white jazz band in history
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the first widely seen integrated jazz performance: the debut of the Benny Goodman quartet with Teddy Wilson in 1936 Chicago.