Eloise Greenfield
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The Women Who Caught the Babies highlights important aspects of the training and work of African American midwives and the ways in which they have helped, and continue to help, so many families by "catching" their babies at birth. The blend of Eloise Greenfield's poetry and Daniel Minter's art evokes heartfelt appreciation of the abilities of African American midwifes over the course of time. The poem, "Africa to America," begins the poetic journey....
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With the guileless wonder and innocence of a little girl, Alaina is profoundly changed by the performance. As she falls in love with the art of live theater, her enthusiasm lands her center stage. "But when I opened my mouth, the right words didn't come out. I was too excited to say that little speech. It wasn't good enough for that great play, so…"
8) Rosa Parks
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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A biography of a woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil rights movement.
12) Grandpa's face
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Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Seeing her beloved grandfather making a mean face while he rehearses for one of his plays, Tamika becomes afraid that someday she will lose his love and he will make a mean face at her.
13) Honey, I love
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Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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A young girl expresses what she loves about life.
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Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Poems by Nathaniel, a spirited nine-year-old poet who raps and rhymes about what it's like to be nine, his education, and his family life. Includes instructions for children on how to create a twelve-bar blues poem.
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[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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The words can come from a memory, or a dream, or something I see or hear or wonder about or imagine. Maybe there's a place where words live, where our minds and hearts can go and find them when we want to write or read. I like to imagine that there is such a place. I call it "The Land of Words." In this collection of twenty-one poems, National Council of Teachers of English Excellence in Poetry for Children Award winner Eloise Greenfield journeys...
18) First pink light
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Pub. Date
c1991
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A little Black boy determines to stay up all night so he can welcome his father home in the morning.
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2009.
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Brothers and sisters. Full, half, step, old and young, close in age and far apart. The bond between all siblings is powerful and special. Celebrate the love of brothers and sisters everywhere with award-winning author Eloise Greenfield in this poignant collection of poems for and about families.
20) On my horse
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Pub. Date
c1995
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A boy riding slowly on a horse, sitting behind the horse's owner, imagines that he is riding swiftly by himself.