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  • Juneteenth for Mazie

    by Floyd Cooper ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history. The day her ancestors were no longer slaves. Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph, as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth. ... Read more

    $19.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation

    by Pat Sherman ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Series series Incredible Lives for Young Readers (ILYR)
    Ben, a young slave, uses every chance he gets to teach himself to read, practicing with the words he sees on street signs and in shop windows and even in cast-off newspapers he finds in the gutter.But after the Civil War breaks out, his master leaves town and Ben finds himself in a slave prison. One night, the prisoners bribe a guard to get their hands on a newspaper, and to the applause of his ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Day for Rememberin'

    Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day

    by Leah Henderson ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Leah Henderson’s picture book A Day for Rememberin’ is a moving tribute to the little-known history behind the first Memorial Day, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award winner Floyd Cooper.Today is a special day. Eli knows it’s important if he’s allowed to miss one second of school, his “hard-earned right.”Inspired by true events and told through the eyes of a young boy, this is the deeply ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ruth and the Green Book

    by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Gwen Strauss ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    The picture book inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film The Green BookRuth was so excited to take a trip in her family's new car! In the early 1950s, few African Americans could afford to buy cars, so this would be an adventure. But she soon found out that Black travelers weren't treated very well in some towns. Many hotels and gas stations refused service to Black people. Daddy was upset ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Ride to Remember

    A Civil Rights Story

    by Sharon Langley, Amy Nathan ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    The true story of how a 1963 ride on a carousel in Maryland made a powerful Civil Rights statement.A Ride to Remember tells how a community came together—both black and white—to make a change. When Sharon Langley was born in the early 1960s, many amusement parks were segregated, and African-American families were not allowed entry. This book reveals how in the summer of 1963, due to demonstrations ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Spy Called James

    The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent

    by Anne Rockwell ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Told for the first time in picture book form is the true story of James Lafayette—an enslaved person who spied for George Washington's army during the American Revolution.After his resounding defeat at the battle of Yorktown, British general Charles Cornwallis made a point of touring the American camp, looking for the reason behind his loss. What he didn't expect to see was James, an escaped ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Back of the Bus

    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    by Aaron Reynolds ...
    It seems like any other winter day in Montgomery, Alabama. Mama and child are riding where they're supposed to--way in the back of the bus. The boy passes the time by watching his marble roll up and down the aisle with the motion of the bus, until from way up front a big commotion breaks out. He can't see what's going on, but he can see the policeman arrive outside and he can see Mama's chin grow ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Tasha's Voice

    by Carmen Bogan ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper, Daria Peoples ...
    “A lovely book celebrating nature and Black voices enjoying nature.” —BookRiot, "Riot Recommendations"Tasha is a girl who has trouble using her voice to speak in school or to even make a friend. Then her class visits a park, the best park ever. With the help of an encouraging park ranger, an understanding teacher, two new companions, and a tiny turtle, Tasha finds connection with others and her ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Ira's Shakespeare Dream

    by Glenda Armand ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    The inspiring biography of Ira Aldridge, a Black actor who overcame racism to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century.Ira Aldridge dreamed of being on stage one day and performing the great works of William Shakespeare. He spent every chance he had at the local theaters, memorizing each actor's lines. He knew he could be a great Shakespearean actor if only given ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Max and the Tag-Along Moon

    by Floyd Cooper ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Experience the wonder of the moon following you home with a Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator! Great for Father’s Day and Grandparent’s Day!Max loves his grandpa. When they must say good-bye after a visit, Grandpa promises Max that the moon at Grandpa’s house is the same moon that will follow him all the way home. On that swervy-curvy car ride back to his house, Max watches as the moon ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Unspeakable

    The Tulsa Race Massacre

    by Carole Boston Weatherford ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards for Author and IllustratorA Caldecott Honor BookA Sibert Honor BookLonglisted for the National Book AwardA Kirkus Prize FinalistA Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book"A must-have"—Booklist (starred review)In the early 1900s, Tulsa, Oklahoma, was home to a thriving Afr... ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Ma Dear's Aprons

    with audio recording

    by Patricia C. McKissack ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack and Coretta Scott King Award–winning illustrator Floyd Cooper lovingly recreate a slice of turn-of-the-century Southern life for a single black mother and her son in this sweet picture book.Little David Earl always knows what day of the week it is. He can tell by the clean, snappy-fresh apron Ma Dear is wearing, a different color for every day.Monday means ... Read more

    $8.99 USD