68 Books in this collection

African American English Collection Grades 3-6

This collection includes African and African American-themed books for on-grade level readers. These are sure to engage with a range of high-interest topics and complexity to meet all students' needs, including both fiction and nonfiction. With these books, students can explore both African American history and contemporary stories.

Collection of 68 books: $975.60

DeShawn Days

Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

In the Time of the Drums

Bird

Tan to Tamarind

Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

Step Right Up

Poems in the Attic

The Secret to Freedom

Midnight Teacher

Chess Rumble

Rent Party Jazz

Love Twelve Miles Long

Sweet Potato Pie

Night Golf

Love to Langston

I See the Rhythm

Dream Builder

Stacey Abrams

Calling the Water Drum

She Was the First!

I Remember

Bottle Tops

Catching the Moon

The Electric Slide and Kai

Baby Flo

Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree

The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan

Rise!

It Jes' Happened

As Fast As Words Could Fly

Hammering for Freedom

Etched in Clay

The Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall

Going Back Home

A House by the River

Ira's Shakespeare Dream

Tiny Stitches

John Lewis in the Lead

Keepers

Juneteenth Jamboree

Joshua's Masai Mask

In Her Hands

I and I Bob Marley

Howard Thurman's Great Hope

How We Are Smart

Gettin' Through Thursday

George Crum and the Saratoga Chip

Frederick Douglass

Destiny's Gift

Saturday At the New You

When the Horses Ride By

The Legend of Freedom Hill

The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby

Sweet Music in Harlem

Steel Drumming at the Apollo

Seven Miles to Freedom

Seeds of Change

Seaside Dream

Dear Mrs. Parks

Richard Wright and the Library Card

Ray Charles

Paul Robeson

Only the Mountains Do Not Move

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

Joe Louis, My Champion

Janna and the Kings

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  • A House by the River
    By William Miller, Ying-Hwa Hu, Cornelius Van Wright
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    A House by the River

    A House by the River

    By William Miller, Ying-Hwa Hu, Cornelius Van Wright
    A young girl learns her rickety, old house by the river is stronger than the fiercest storm because it is fortified by love and family.

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  • As Fast As Words Could Fly
    By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
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    As Fast As Words Could Fly

    By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
    The story of Mason Steele, an African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, who relies on his inner strength and his typing skills to break racial barriers after he begins attending a "whites-only" high school.

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  • Baby Flo
    Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage
    By Alan Schroeder, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
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    Baby Flo

    Baby Flo

    Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage
    By Alan Schroeder, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
    This spirited biography introduces young readers to the early life of Florence "Baby Flo" Mills, an internationally renowned entertainer of the Harlem Renaissance era who began her career as a child.

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  • Bird
    By Zetta Elliott, Shadra Strickland
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    Bird

    Bird

    By Zetta Elliott, Shadra Strickland
    In this gentle, award-winning picture book, an African American boy nicknamed Bird uses drawing as a creative outlet as he struggles to make sense of his grandfather's death and his brother's drug addiction.

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  • Bottle Tops
    The Art of El Anatsui
    By Alison Goldberg, Elizabeth Zunon
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    Bottle Tops

    The Art of El Anatsui
    By Alison Goldberg, Elizabeth Zunon
    The inspiring biography of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui whose handmade sculptures, created from discarded bottle tops, have received international acclaim and been showcased around the world.

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  • Calling the Water Drum
    By LaTisha Redding, Aaron Boyd
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    Calling the Water Drum

    Calling the Water Drum

    By LaTisha Redding, Aaron Boyd
    A moving story about a family's attempt to flee Haiti in a boat, and a young boy who bravely learns to navigate a new world through playing his drum.

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  • Catching the Moon
    The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream
    By Crystal Hubbard, Randy Duburke
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    Catching the Moon

    Catching the Moon

    The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream
    By Crystal Hubbard, Randy Duburke
    The spirited story of Marcenia Lyle, the African American girl who grew up to become "Toni Stone," the first woman to play for an all-male professional baseball team.

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  • Chess Rumble
    By G. Neri, Jesse Joshua Watson
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    Chess Rumble

    Chess Rumble

    By G. Neri, Jesse Joshua Watson
    A story in free verse about a troubled boy who learns to use his mind instead of his fists through the guidance of an unconventional mentor and the game of chess.

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  • Dear Mrs. Parks
    A Dialogue with Today's Youth
    By Rosa Parks
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    Dear Mrs. Parks

    Dear Mrs. Parks

    A Dialogue with Today's Youth
    By Rosa Parks
    On a December day in 1955, Rosa Parks changed the course of history when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

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  • DeShawn Days
    By Tony Medina, R. Gregory Christie
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    DeShawn Days

    By Tony Medina, R. Gregory Christie
    In this uplifting story told in verse, a young boy living in the inner city projects tells about his hopes, fears, and dreams.

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  • Destiny's Gift
    By Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, Adjoa J. Burrowes