Showing 1–7 of 7 titles

• Genre: Biography
• Genre: Fiction
• List: Notable Children's Books

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  Becoming Muhammad Ali

  By James Patterson (Author), Kwame Alexander (Author), Dawud Anyabwile (Illustrator)

  In alternating verse and prose narratives, Cassius Clay and his friend Lucky create a portrait of the confident child determined to become a boxing champion during the Jim Crow era. 

  • Fiction, Biography, Historical Fiction
  • Notable Children's Books 2021
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780316498166
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  The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore

  By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

  Lewis Michaux Jr.takes readers through the National Memorial African Bookstore in Harlem. This one-of-a-kind store offered a place for African Americans to read, learn, and debate ideas for over 40 years.

  • Fiction, Biography, Historical Fiction, African American
  • Notable Children's Books 2016
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780761339434
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  The Cat Man of Aleppo

  By Irene Latham (Author), Karim Shamsi-Basha (Author), Yuko Shimizu (Illustrator)

  War-torn Aleppo is given hope from Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel’s humanitarian efforts to care for the deserted cats in the city. 

  • Fiction, History, Biography
  • Notable Children's Books 2021, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2021 (Honor Title)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781984813787
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  Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built

  By Angela Burke Kunkel (Author), Paola Escobar (Illustrator)

  José Alberto Gutiérrez, a garbageman in Bogotá, Colombia, collects books along his route and creates a library for children to read and borrow in his neighborhood on Saturdays.

  • Fiction, Biography, General Fiction
  • Notable Children's Books 2021
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781984892638
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  Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos

  By Monica Brown, John Parra (Illustrator)

  A fictional account of the life of young artist Frida Kahlo that celebrates her connection to the animals she loved and painted.

  • Fiction, Arts, Visual Arts, Biography
  • Notable Children's Books 2018, Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award 2018 (Honor Title)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780735842694
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  Letters from Cuba

  By Ruth Behar

  In a series of letters, young Jewish refugee Esther describes life in 1930s Cuba as she helps her father earn money by sewing dresses so their family can join them and escape persecution in Poland.

  • Fiction, Biography, Historical Fiction
  • Notable Children's Books 2021
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780525516477
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  Silent Days, Silent Dreams

  By Allen Say

  The fictionalized biography of self-taught artist James Castle, who grew up deaf, mute, and autistic, and used art to express himself, is as beautiful as it is affecting.

  • Fiction, Arts, Visual Arts, Biography
  • Notable Children's Books 2018
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780545927611