Pat McKissack
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Clotee, a twelve-year-old slave on a Virginia plantation in 1859, teaches herself to read and write while fanning the master's son during his daily lessons, and determines to use her secret knowledge to help herself and her friends reach freedom.
8) Bugs!
Author
Series
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Simple text and illustrations of a variety of insects introduce the numbers one through five.
10) Run away home
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Not Supplied
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
In 1886 in Alabama, an eleven-year-old African American girl and her family befriend and give refuge to a runaway Apache boy.
15) Who is coming?
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
A little African monkey runs away from all the dangerous animals except one.
18) Messy Bessey
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Not Supplied
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Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Bessey finally cleans up her messy room.
20) Ma Dear's aprons
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Not Supplied
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Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Young David Earl always knows what day of the week it is, because his mother, Ma Dear, has a different apron for every day except Sunday.