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Title: We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song Author: Debbie Levy Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Publisher: Disney – Jump At The Sun (December 17, 2013) ISBN: 978-1423119548 Audience: Ages 6-8, Grades 1-3 Summary: This is the story of a song, but not just any song. It

Name of Book:  Sloppy Joe Author:  Dave Keane Illustrator:  Denise Brunkus Publisher:  Harper Collins 2009 ISBN:  978-0-06-171021-6 Audience:  Ages 4 – 8 Summary:  Sloppy Joe is about a young boy whose habit of being “sloppy” causes him to be ostracized by others, even his

Name of Book: Come to the Great World:  Poems from Around the Globe Author: Wendy Cooling Illustrator: Sheila Moxley Publisher: Holiday House ISBN: 0823418227 Audience: Ages 4-9 Summary: A collection of thirty-one poems that were written by poets from around the world.  The

Name of Book: Goin’ Someplace Special Author: Patricia C. McKissack Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney Publisher: Antheneum Books ISBN: 0689818858 Audience: Ages: 6 – 12 Summary: Patricia C. McKissack recounts her own story of growing up in racially segregated Nashville, Tennessee during

Name of Book:  Amazing Grace Author:  Mary Hoffman Illustrator:  Caroline Binch Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Audience:  Ages 4-8 Summary:  Grace has a vibrant creative imagination and she likes to enter into her story world and pretend to be the main character of the

Name of Book: Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote Author: Tanya Lee Stone Illustrator: Rebecca Gibbon Publisher: Henry Holt and Company Audience: Ages 4 – 10 Summary: This is the remarkable story of a remarkable woman, Elizabeth Cady

Name of Book: Don’t Laugh at Me Author: Steve Seskin & Allen Shamblin Illustrator: Glin Dibley Publisher: Tricycle Press Audience: All ages Summary: Don’t Laugh at Me is the poignant tale of children and adults who wear braces, are chosen last for teams, beg on street corners

Name of Book: Henry’s Freedom Box Author: Ellen Levine Illustrator: Kadir Nelson Publisher: Scholastic Press Audience: 3 – 99 Summary: Henry’s Freedom Box is the poignant, harrowing and true story of Henry Brown, an African American slave, who in the mid-nineteenth century

Name of Book: Jubilee Author: Ellen Yeomans Illustrator: Tim Ladwig Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Audience: Can be used with all ages Summary: Jubilee paints a beautiful picture, through words and illustrations, of what Heaven will be like, but also speaks to the

Name of Book: Whoever You Are Author: Mem Fox Illustrator: Leslie Staub Publisher: Voyager Books, Harcourt Publisher’s Intended Audience: Ages 3 – 7 Summary: Whoever You Are is the powerful, and yet simply told tale of our common humanity—“Whoever you are; wherever