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Louisville Juvenile Biographies
J BIO TWENTY
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Juvenile Biographies | J BIO TWENTY |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction | J 973.0496073 Smit BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Special Collections | J 920 Smith COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Children's Nonfiction Area | 973.0496 Smi |
| 1 of 1 | Loveland Children's Nonfiction | 973.04 Smith, C. |
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| ©2015 | First edition | Roaring Brook Press | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm | On Shelf Louisville Juvenile Biographies J BIO TWENTY
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"A picture book look at many of the men and women who revolutionized life for African Americans throughout history"--Provided by publisher.
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Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books
E NEL
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books | E NEL |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Children Picture Book | J P Nels |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Picture Books | JP Nelson |
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| [2003] | Carolrhoda Books | [32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | On Shelf Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books E NEL
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Tells the story of a young girl's dramatic escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, from the perspective of her beloved rag doll.
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| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Children Picture Book | J P Reyn |
| 1 of 1 | Loveland Children's Picture Book | JP Rey |
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| 2009 | Philomel Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm. | Available from another library
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From the back of the bus, an African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.
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Seeds of America trilogy volume 1.
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Louisville Children's J Fiction
J AND v. 1
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Children's J Fiction | J AND v. 1 |
| 0 of 1 | Louisville Teen Fiction | TEEN ANDERSON v. 1 |
| 0 of 1 | Boulder Reynolds Childrens Fiction | J F Ande |
| 0 of 1 | Broomfield Children's J Fiction | J Ander |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Teen Fiction | And |
| 0 of 1 | Longmont Teen Fiction | TEEN FICTION ANDERSON, L.H. |
| 0 of 1 | Loveland Teen Fiction | Anderson, L. |
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| [2008] | First edition | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 316 pages ; 22 cm. | On Shelf Louisville Children's J Fiction J AND v. 1
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Books on Tape | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection |
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After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
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Louisville Juvenile Biographies
J BIO KING
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Juvenile Biographies | J BIO KING |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Meadows Childrens Nonfiction | J 323.092 King, C. |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Biographies | JB King |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Picture Books | Sha |
| 1 of 1 | Longmont Children's Nonfiction | J 323 King, C. SHA |
| 1 of 1 | Loveland Children's Biography | JB King, C. |
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| [2009] | 1st ed | Katherine Tegen Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm. | On Shelf Louisville Juvenile Biographies J BIO KING
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| 2013 | OverDrive | Weston Woods | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection |
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Celebrated poet and playwright Ntozake Shange captures the spirit of Civil Rights pioneer Coretta Scott King in this picture book biography gorgeously illustrated by Caldecott Medal artist Kadir Nelson. Walking many miles to school in the dusty road, young Coretta Scott knew the unfairness of life in the segregated south. A yearning for equality began to grow. Together with Martin Luther King, Jr., she helped lead change through nonviolent protest....
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Louisville Children's NonFiction
J 940.54 STO
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Children's NonFiction | J 940.54 STO |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction | J 940.54 Ston |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction | J 940.54 Ston BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Children's Nonfiction Area | 940.5412 Sto |
| 1 of 1 | Longmont Teen Nonfiction | TEEN 940.12 STO |
| 1 of 1 | Loveland Teen Nonfiction | 940.5403 Stone, T. |
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| 2013 | 1st ed | Candlewick Press | 147 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. | On Shelf Louisville Children's NonFiction J 940.54 STO
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| 2013 | OverDrive | Candlewick Press | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection |
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Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.
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| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction | J 305.896073 Washington |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Biographies | JB Washington |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Children's Biography Area | 370.92 Was |
| 0 of 1 | Loveland Children's Biography | JB Washington, B. |
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| 2012 | Little, Brown and Co | 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 28 cm. | Available from another library
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Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books
E COP
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books | E COP |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Picture Books | Cop |
| 1 of 1 | Longmont Picture Books | [E] COP |
| 1 of 1 | Loveland Children's Picture Book | JP Cop |
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| [2014] | G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm | On Shelf Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books E COP
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| 0 of 1 | Loveland Children's Picture Book - New | JP Cop |
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| [2023] | [Library Ideas, LLC] | 1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 22 cm + 1 Vox audio reader attached | Currently Unavailable
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American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.
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Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books
E MCK
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books | E MCK |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Children Picture Book | J P McKi |
| 1 of 1 | Loveland Children's Picture Book | JP McK |
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| [2001] | 1st ed | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm. | On Shelf Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books E MCK
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In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.
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Louisville Children's NonFiction
J 973.0496073 PIN
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Children's NonFiction | J 973.0496073 PIN |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction | J 973.0496073 Pink BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Special Collections | J 920 Pinkn COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Children's Nonfiction Area | 973.0496 Pin |
| 1 of 1 | Longmont Children's Nonfiction | J 973.04 PIN |
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| [2012] | 1st ed | Disney/Jump at the Sun | 243 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. | On Shelf Louisville Children's NonFiction J 973.0496073 PIN
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| 0 of 1 | Louisville Children's J Fiction | J LEV |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Picture Books | JP Levine |
| 2 of 2 | Lafayette Picture Books | Lev |
| 0 of 1 | Longmont Picture Books | [E] LEV |
| 0 of 1 | Loveland Children's Picture Book | JP Lev |
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| 2007 | 1st ed | Scholastic Press | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | Checked Out/Available Elsewhere
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A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
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| 0 of 1 | Louisville Juvenile Biographies | J BIO HIDDEN |
| 0 of 1 | Boulder Main Child NF Staff Picks | J 510.9252097 Shet BIOGRAPHY STAFF PICKS |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction | J 510.9252097 Shet BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Reynolds Childrens Non-Fiction | J 510.9252097 Shet BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Special Collections | J 920 Shett COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Children's Nonfiction Area | 510.9252 She |
| 0 of 1 | Longmont Children's Nonfiction | J 510.92 SHE |
| 0 of 1 | Loveland Children's Nonfiction | 510.9252 Shetterly, M. |
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| [2018] | First edition | Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm | Checked Out/Available Elsewhere
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| 2018 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes.
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Louisville Juvenile Biographies
J BIO PARKS
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Juvenile Biographies | J BIO PARKS |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction | J 323.092 Parks BIOGRAPHY |
| 0 of 1 | Boulder NoBo Childrens Nonfiction (Not Holdable) | J 323.092 Parks BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Biographies | JB Parks READING RAINBOW |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Children's Biography Area | 323 Par |
| 1 of 1 | Loveland Children's Nonfiction | 323.092 Ringgold, F. |
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| 1999 | 1st ed | Simon & Schuster Books for Young People | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm. | On Shelf Louisville Juvenile Biographies J BIO PARKS
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A biography of the African American woman and civil rights worker whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a boycott which lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Louisville Juvenile Biographies
J BIO TRAYLOR
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Juvenile Biographies | J BIO TRAYLOR |
| 1 of 1 | Longmont Children's Nonfiction | J 759.13 Traylor TAT |
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| [2012] | First edition | Lee & Low Books | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm | On Shelf Louisville Juvenile Biographies J BIO TRAYLOR
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"A biography of twentieth-century African American folk artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama. Includes an afterword, author's note, and sources"--Provided by publisher.
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Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books
E CLA
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books | E CLA |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Children Picture Book | J P Clar |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Picture Books | JP Clark-Robinson |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Picture Books | Cla |
| 1 of 1 | Longmont Picture Books | [E] CLA |
| 1 of 1 | Loveland Children's Picture Book | JP Cla |
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| 2018 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 1 volume (unpaged): color illustrations ; 29 cm | On Shelf Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books E CLA
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| 2018 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection |
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Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, children and teenagers march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
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Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books
E CLI
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| 1 of 1 | Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books | E CLI |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Picture Books | JP Cline-Ransome |
| 1 of 1 | Longmont Picture Books | [E] CLI |
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| [2013] | 1st ed | Disney/Jump at the Sun Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | On Shelf Louisville Children's Easy Picture Books E CLI
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Risking a whipping if they are discovered, Rosa and her mama sneak away from their slave quarters during the night to a hidden location in a field where they learn to read and write in a pit school.
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J BIO LITTLE
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| 2 of 2 | Louisville Juvenile Biographies | J BIO LITTLE |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Reynolds Childrens Non-Fiction | J 920.72089 Harr BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Special Collections | J 920 Harri COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Children's Biography Area | 920.7208 Har |
| 0 of 1 | Longmont Children's Nonfiction | J 920.7208 HAR |
| 1 of 1 | Loveland Children's Nonfiction | 920.7208 Harrison, V. |
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| 2017 | First edition | Little, Brown and Company | 87 pages: color illustrations ; 23 cm. | On Shelf Louisville Juvenile Biographies has 2 J BIO LITTLE
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| 2017 | OverDrive | Hachette Audio | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection has 3
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| 2017 | OverDrive | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection |
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| 1 of 1 | Longmont Children's Playaway | J PLAYAWAY 920.7208 HAR |
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| [2018] | Unabridged | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio media player (1.5 hrs.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. + 1 AAA battery. | Available from another library
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Based on her popular Instagram posts, debut author/illustrator Vashti Harrison shares the stories of 40 bold African American women who shaped history.
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| [2003] | The Millbrook Press | 48 p.: ill. cm. | On Shelf Louisville Juvenile Biographies J BIO JEMISON |
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Chronicles the life of Mae Jemison, an astronaut who became the first African American woman in space.
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| 2018 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection |
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"Beals' recollection of white oppression and her rise above it will haunt readers. A must-read for teens." —School Library Journal
From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy-selling Warriors Don't Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow South.
Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo
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J BIO KING
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| 2 of 2 | Louisville Juvenile Biographies | J BIO KING |
| 1 of 1 | Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction | J 323.092 King BIOGRAPHY |
| 0 of 1 | Boulder NoBo Childrens Nonfiction (Not Holdable) | J 323.092 King BIOGRAPHY |
| 1 of 1 | Broomfield Children's Biographies | JB King |
| 1 of 1 | Lafayette Picture Books | Rap |
| 1 of 1 | Longmont Children's Nonfiction | J 323.4 King RAP |
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| [2001] | 1st ed | Hyperion Books for Children | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | On Shelf Louisville Juvenile Biographies has 2 J BIO KING
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