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Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson
Brown Girl Dreaming Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780698195707

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Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Pdf

A New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Red at the Bone, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson’s eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become. A National Book Award Winner A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Award Winner Praise for Jacqueline Woodson: Ms. Woodson writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people, offering a poetic, eloquent narrative that is not simply a story . . . but a mature exploration of grown-up issues and self-discovery.”—The New York Times Book Review

How I Discovered Poetry

Marilyn Nelson
How I Discovered Poetry Book PDF

Author : Marilyn Nelson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781101635391

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How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson Pdf

A powerful and thought-provoking Civil Rights era memoir from one of America’s most celebrated poets. Looking back on her childhood in the 1950s, Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Marilyn Nelson tells the story of her development as an artist and young woman through fifty eye-opening poems. Readers are given an intimate portrait of her growing self-awareness and artistic inspiration along with a larger view of the world around her: racial tensions, the Cold War era, and the first stirrings of the feminist movement. A first-person account of African-American history, this is a book to study, discuss, and treasure.

Faithful and Virtuous Night

Louise Glück
Faithful and Virtuous Night Book PDF

Author : Louise Glück
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781466875463

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Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Glück Pdf

Winner of the 2014 National Book Award for Poetry A luminous, seductive new collection from the "fearless" (The New York Times) Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Louise Glück is one of the finest American poets at work today. Her Poems 1962–2012 was hailed as "a major event in this country's literature" in the pages of The New York Times. Every new collection is at once a deepening and a revelation. Faithful and Virtuous Night is no exception. You enter the world of this spellbinding book through one of its many dreamlike portals, and each time you enter it's the same place but it has been arranged differently. You were a woman. You were a man. This is a story of adventure, an encounter with the unknown, a knight's undaunted journey into the kingdom of death; this is a story of the world you've always known, that first primer where "on page three a dog appeared, on page five a ball" and every familiar facet has been made to shimmer like the contours of a dream, "the dog float[ing] into the sky to join the ball." Faithful and Virtuous Night tells a single story but the parts are mutable, the great sweep of its narrative mysterious and fateful, heartbreaking and charged with wonder.

Locomotion

Jacqueline Woodson
Locomotion Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-12-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781440695889

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Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson Pdf

Finalist for the National Book Award When Lonnie was seven years old, his parents died in a fire. Now he's eleven, and he still misses them terribly. And he misses his little sister, Lili, who was put into a different foster home because "not a lot of people want boys-not foster boys that ain't babies." But Lonnie hasn't given up. His foster mother, Miss Edna, is growing on him. She's already raised two sons and she seems to know what makes them tick. And his teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper. Told entirely through Lonnie's poetry, we see his heartbreak over his lost family, his thoughtful perspective on the world around him, and most of all his love for Lili and his determination to one day put at least half of their family back together. Jacqueline Woodson's poignant story of love, loss, and hope is lyrically written and enormously accessible.

Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!

Marley Dias
Marley Dias Gets It Done And So Can You Book PDF

Author : Marley Dias
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781338136906

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Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You! by Marley Dias Pdf

Marley Dias, the powerhouse girl-wonder who started the #1000blackgirlbooks campaign, speaks to kids about her passion for making our world a better place, and how to make their dreams come true! Marley Dias, the powerhouse girl-wonder who started the #1000blackgirlbooks campaign, speaks to kids about her passion for making our world a better place, and how to make their dreams come true!In this accessible guide with an introduction by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Marley Dias explores activism, social justice, volunteerism, equity and inclusion, and using social media for good. Drawing from her experience, Marley shows kids how they can galvanize their strengths to make positive changes in their communities, while getting support from parents, teachers, and friends to turn dreams into reality. Focusing on the importance of literacy and diversity, Marley offers suggestions on book selection, and delivers hands-on strategies for becoming a lifelong reader.

This Is the Rope

Jacqueline Woodson
This Is the Rope Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781984812179

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This Is the Rope by Jacqueline Woodson Pdf

The story of one family’s journey north during the Great Migration starts with a little girl in South Carolina who finds a rope under a tree one summer. She has no idea the rope will become part of her family’s history. But for three generations, that rope is passed down, used for everything from jump rope games to tying suitcases onto a car for the big move north to New York City, and even for a family reunion where that first little girl is now a grandmother. Newbery Honor–winning author Jacqueline Woodson and Coretta Scott King Award–winning illustrator James Ransome use the rope to frame a thoughtful and moving story as readers follow the little girl’s journey. During the time of the Great Migration, millions of African American families relocated from the South, seeking better opportunities. With grace and poignancy, Woodson’s lilting storytelling and Ransome’s masterful oil paintings of country and city life tell a rich story of a family adapting to change as they hold on to the past and embrace the future.

Harbor Me

Jacqueline Woodson
Harbor Me Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780525515135

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Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson Pdf

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories. It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for the rest of their lives.

Feathers

Jacqueline Woodson
Feathers Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0142411981

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Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson Pdf

When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.

Miracle's Boys

Jacqueline Woodson
Miracle s Boys Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101077061

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Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson Pdf

From a three-time Newbery Honor author, a novel that was awarded the 2001 Coretta Scott King award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize For Lafayette and his brothers, the challenges of growing up in New York City are compounded by the facts that they've lost their parents and it's up to eldest brother Ty'ree to support the boys, and middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a correctional facility. Lafayette loves his brothers and would do anything if they could face the world as a team. But even though Ty'ree cares, he's just so busy with work and responsibility. And Charlie's changed so much that his former affection for his little brother has turned to open hostility. Now, as Lafayette approaches 13, he needs the guidance and answers only his brothers can give him. The events of one dramatic weekend force the boys to make the choice to be there for each other--to really see each other--or to give in to the pain and problems of every day.

Parent Like It Matters

Janice Johnson Dias, PhD
Parent Like It Matters Book PDF

Author : Janice Johnson Dias, PhD
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781984819642

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Parent Like It Matters by Janice Johnson Dias, PhD Pdf

An accessible blueprint to embolden our daughters to be critical thinkers, fearless doers, and joyful change agents for our future—from the proud mother of teen activist Marley Dias, founder of 1000BLACKGIRLBOOKS. “A powerful resource for caregivers trying to raise courageous girls . . . It’s my go-to and my how-to.”—Kwame Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of Light for the World to See Renowned sociologist Dr. Janice Johnson Dias has devoted her life to nurturing and training girls to become change-makers—whether through her investment in her daughter Marley’s humanitarian projects or through her work with the GrassROOTS Community Foundation’s “SuperCamp.” In these unprecedented times, her work has never been more urgent, as parents find themselves asking: How do we teach our children to change the world? Dr. Johnson Dias knows that self-realized girls are created through intentional parenting. And so she asks parents to make deliberate choices—from babyhood through adolescence—that will give their girls the resources and foundation to take hold of their own futures and to create sustainable social change. Unlike other parenting experts, Dr. Johnson Dias doesn’t urge parents to focus solely on their children. Instead, she tasks them with a personal challenge: to find their own joy. Just as Dr. Johnson Dias brings her own jubilant passion to parenting, mentoring, and teaching, she inspires caregivers to do the same. Using cutting-edge research and Dr. Johnson Dias’s own experiences, Parent Like It Matters offers information and strategies for making discussions of racism and sexism a daily practice, identifying heroes and mentors, educating yourselves together, and uncovering your girl’s passions and what issues drive her the most. Parenting is enormous work; it can be as overwhelming as it is fulfilling. Within the pages of Parent Like It Matters, parents will find the invaluable tools they need to raise resilient, optimistic girls who determine for themselves what their world will look like.

Show Way

Jacqueline Woodson
Show Way Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780525517467

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Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson Pdf

Winner of a Newbery Honor! Soonie's great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She pieced together bright patches with names like North Star and Crossroads, patches with secret meanings made into quilts called Show Ways -- maps for slaves to follow to freedom. When she grew up and had a little girl, she passed on this knowledge. And generations later, Soonie -- who was born free -- taught her own daughter how to sew beautiful quilts to be sold at market and how to read. From slavery to freedom, through segregation, freedom marches and the fight for literacy, the tradition they called Show Way has been passed down by the women in Jacqueline Woodson's family as a way to remember the past and celebrate the possibilities of the future. Beautifully rendered in Hudson Talbott's luminous art, this moving, lyrical account pays tribute to women whose strength and knowledge illuminate their daughters' lives.

After Tupac & D Foster

Jacqueline Woodson
After Tupac D Foster Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101176542

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After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson Pdf

A Newbery Honor Book The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend’s lives, the world opens up for them. Suddenly they’re keenly aware of things beyond their block in Queens, things that are happening in the world—like the shooting of Tupac Shakur—and in search of their Big Purpose in life. When—all too soon—D’s mom swoops in to reclaim her, and Tupac dies, they are left with a sense of how quickly things can change and how even all-too-brief connections can touch deeply. Includes a Discussion Guide by Jacqueline Woodson "A slender, note-perfect novel."—The Washington Post "The subtlety and depth with which the author conveys the girls' relationships lend this novel exceptional vividness and staying power."—Publishers Weekly "Jacqueline Woodson has written another absorbing story that all readers—especially those who have felt the loss of a friendship—will identify with."—Children's Literature "Woodson creates a thought-provoking story about the importance of acceptance and connections in life."—VOYA

Watch Over Me

Mila Gray
Watch Over Me Book PDF

Author : Mila Gray
Publisher : Simon Pulse
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781534442818

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Watch Over Me by Mila Gray Pdf

“Steamy…Doesn’t let up.” —Booklist “Intense…Unflinching.” —Kirkus Reviews From the author of Come Back to Me comes a striking novel about a young woman—desperately trying to protect her family from their violent father—who finds safety, and a passionate romance, with an ex-Marine. Ever since Zoey was a kid she’s been caring for her mom and her little sister, defending them from her violent father. She’s been the strong one, the responsible one as she sacrificed her wants and dreams to keep her family together. Now the life they’ve built for themselves in California is about to be upended. Her father, just released from prison, has discovered where they’re hiding and has come looking for them. Enter Tristan. A former Marine and now member of the Coast Guard, Tristian promises his best friend, and Zoey’s Marine brother, that he will take care of Zoey and her family. Protect them, watch over them, and be the rock they need in their lives. And as Tristan starts to help Zoey deal with the emotional fallout of her childhood, their relationship turns from protector and protected to something more. The two grow closer as a romance blooms into a heart-pounding and powerful relationship that Zoey hopes will be strong enough to fight off the damage her father has done to her and her family. But not everyone can be kept safe forever, and when Zoey’s father does show up, a confrontation ensues that will change Zoey’s world forever.

Stevie

John Steptoe,Garrett Christopher
Stevie Book PDF

Author : John Steptoe,Garrett Christopher
Publisher : Learning Links
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1993-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0767522346

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Stevie by John Steptoe,Garrett Christopher Pdf

Novel-Ties study guides contain reproducible pages in a chapter by chapter format to accompany a work of literature of the same title.

If You Come Softly

Jacqueline Woodson
If You Come Softly Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101076972

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If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson Pdf

A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children’s Literature Jacqueline Woodson--now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and including a new preface by the author Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock, and after that they know they fit together--even though she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. Jacqueline Woodson's work has been called “moving and resonant” (Wall Street Journal) and “gorgeous” (Vanity Fair). If You Come Softly is a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering "why" and "if only . . ."