A pair of mandarin ducks, separated by a cruel lord who wishes to possess the drake for his colorful beauty, reward a compassionate couple who risk their lives to reunite the ducks.

3) Rap a tap tap: here's Bojangles, think of that!

Author

Dillon, Leo

Publisher

Blue Sky Press

Pub. Date

c2002

Language

English

Description

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In illustrations and rhyme describes the dancing of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.

4) Love and the rocking chair

Author

Dillon, Leo

Publisher

The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Online Content

Description

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Before the baby arrives a couple orders a rocking chair, and as the family grows and changes, the rocking chair is always there, a center of love and continuity.

5) Where have you been?

Author

Brown, Margaret Wise

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

Description

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In rhyming verse, various animals tell where they have been.

6) One winter's night

Author

Herman, John

Publisher

Philomel Books

Pub. Date

c2003

Language

English

Description

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A lonely cow about to give birth on a cold winter's night finds shelter in a deserted shed with a man and a woman who are also having a baby.

7) Ashanti to Zulu: African traditions

Author

Musgrove, Margaret

Publisher

Dial Press

Pub. Date

c1976

Language

English

Description

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Explains some traditions and customs of twenty-six African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z.

8) Enchantress from the stars

Author

Engdahl, Sylvia Louise

Series

Elana

Publisher

Walker & Co

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

Description

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When young Elana unexpectedly joins the team leaving the spaceship to study the planet Andrecia, she becomes an integral part of an adventure involving three very different civilizations, each one centered on the third planet from the star in its own solar system.

9) Mother Goose numbers on the loose

Author

Dillon, Leo

Publisher

Harcourt

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

Description

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Presents an illustrated collection of twenty-four counting rhymes, from "Baa, baa black sheep" to "Wash the dishes, wipe the dishes."

10) Her stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales

Author

Hamilton, Virginia

Publisher

Blue Sky Press

Pub. Date

c1995

Language

English

11) The people could fly: American Black folktales

Author

Hamilton, Virginia

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

c1985

Language

English

Description

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Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children's literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children's book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. In her prize-winning anthology of American Black folktales, The People Could Fly, Hamilton has gathered and retold a collection of stories that teach us much, move us deeply, and make us laugh out loud.

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12) Two little trains

Author

Brown, Margaret Wise

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book with Audio

Description

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The classic picture book from Margaret Wise Brown about two trains and their cross-country journey from east to west, with a bold new look from Geisel Award-winning artist Greg Pizzoli.

13) Who's in Rabbit's house?: a Masai tale

Author

ardema, Verna

Publisher

Dial Press

Pub. Date

c1977

Language

English

14) To every thing there is a season: verses from Ecclesiastes

Publisher

The Blue Sky Press

Pub. Date

c1998

Language

English

Description

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Presents that selection from Ecclesiastes which relates that everything in life has its own time and season.

15) Many thousand gone: African Americans from slavery to freedom

Author

Hamilton, Virginia

Publisher

Distributed by Random House

Pub. Date

c1993

Language

English

Description

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Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways.

16) Blast off

Author

Cain, Linda C

Series

New York Review children's collection

Publisher

New York Review Children's Collection

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

Description

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When her friends tease her for dreaming of being an astronaut, a young African American girl uses discarded items to make a spaceship for her interstellar journey.