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Author | : Angela Johnson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2007-01-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 141692728X |
The story goes... Grandmama could hit the ball a mile, catch anything that was thrown, and do everything else -- just like Josh Gibson. But unfortunately, no matter how well a girl growing up in the 1940s played the game of baseball, she would have faced tremendous challenges. These challenges are not unlike those met by the legendary Josh Gibson, arguably the best Negro-League player to never make it into the majors. In a poignant tribute to anyone who's had a dream deferred, two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson and celebrated artist Beth Peck offer up this reminder -- that the small steps made by each of us inspire us all.
Author | : William Brashler |
Publisher | : Ivan R. Dee Publisher |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781566632959 |
This illuminating biography introduces an authentic American sports hero and recaptures the mood and style.
Author | : Angela Johnson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2010-05-11 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1439106584 |
Bobby's a classic urban teenager. He's restless. He's impulsive. But the thing that makes him different is this: He's going to be a father. His girlfriend, Nia, is pregnant, and their lives are about to change forever. Instead of spending time with friends, they'll be spending time with doctors, and next, diapers. They have options: keeping the baby, adoption. They want to do the right thing. If only it was clear what the right thing was.
Author | : Angela Johnson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2012-08-28 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1442417269 |
From three-time Coretta Scott King Award–winner Angela Johnson, a wrenching, honest book about surviving the unimaginable and finding a way to go on. Scotty compares herself to tofu: no flavor unless you add something. And it’s true that Scotty’s friends, Misha and Falcone, and her brother, Keone, make life delicious. But when a terrible accident occurs, Scotty feels responsible for the loss of someone she hardly knew, and the world goes wrong. She cannot tell what is a dream and what is real. Her friends are having a hard time getting through to her and her family is preoccupied with their own trauma. But the prospect of a boy, a dance, and the possibility that everything can fall back into place soon helps Scotty realize that she is capable of adding her own flavor to life. With artfully spare prose, acclaimed and award-winning author Angela Johnson explores the ramifications of unexpected death in this compelling coming-of-age story. An ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick.
Author | : Yuyi Morales |
Publisher | : Holiday House |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2018-09-04 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0823441253 |
We are resilience. We are hope. We are dreamers. Yuyi Morales brought her hopes, her passion, her strength, and her stories with her, when she came to the United States in 1994 with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed. From the author-illustrator of Bright Star, Dreamers is a celebration of making your home with the things you always carry: your resilience, your dreams, your hopes and history. It's the story of finding your way in a new place, of navigating an unfamiliar world and finding the best parts of it. In dark times, it's a promise that you can make better tomorrows. This lovingly-illustrated picture book memoir looks at the myriad gifts migrantes bring with them when they leave their homes. It's a story about family. And it's a story to remind us that we are all dreamers, bringing our own strengths wherever we roam. Beautiful and powerful at any time but given particular urgency as the status of our own Dreamers becomes uncertain, this is a story that is both topical and timeless. The lyrical text is complemented by sumptuously detailed illustrations, rich in symbolism. Also included are a brief autobiographical essay about Yuyi's own experience, a list of books that inspired her (and still do), and a description of the beautiful images, textures, and mementos she used to create this book. A parallel Spanish-language edition, Soñadores, is also available. Winner of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award! A New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book A New York Times Bestseller Recipient of the Flora Stieglitz Strauss Award A 2019 Boston Globe - Horn Book Honor Recipient An Anna Dewdney Read Together Honor Book Named a Best Book of 2018 by Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Shelf Awareness, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, Salon.com-- and many more! A Junior Library Guild selection A Eureka! Nonfiction Honoree A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon title A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year A CLA Notable Children's Book in Language Arts Selected for the CBC Champions of Change Showcase
Author | : Nanette Mellage |
Publisher | : Troll Communications |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780816770090 |
The baseball feats of Josh Gibson remain largely unknown because he played at a time when baseball was segregated by race.
Author | : Angela Johnson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2008-09-08 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1439136793 |
Twelve-year-old Mike -- short for Michaela -- loves the ocean. The sights, sounds, and smells of her coastal home are embedded in her very soul. But Michaela loves her brother, Red, even more. Then one day Red disappears. One minute he's there, the next...gone. No warning. No time to prepare. And Mike must come to terms with that loss or risk never finding comfort in what remains of the life she and her brother once shared.
Author | : Angela Johnson |
Publisher | : Orchard Books (NY) |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780531058527 |
A little girl imitates her big sister Kyla all day, until in the evening Kyla imitates her.
Author | : Angela Johnson |
Publisher | : Orchard Books (NY) |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : 9780531086643 |
A child spends the day with the lively new babysitter, Miss Alice.
Author | : Angela Johnson |
Publisher | : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : |
The annual summer visit to the country home of the Old Ones, the uncles and aunts who raised Daddy, brings joy and good times.