Nicole Tadgell
1) Lucky beans
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
During the Great Depression, Marshall, an African American boy, uses lessons learned in arithmetic class and guidance from his mother to figure out how many beans are in a jar in order to win her a new sewing machine in a contest.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Tiara's mother, a talented and popular hatmaker, closes her shop when a new store opens that sells cheaper hats, but Tiara finds a way to help restore Momma's dream. Includes author's note and introductions to famous black milliners." --
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of how plant scientist George Washington Carver came to an Alabama school and taught the children how to grow plants and reap the rewards of nature's bounty. Includes factual note about George Washington Carver.
4) Follow me down to Nicodemus town: based on the history of the African American pioneer settlement
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman and Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When Dede sees a notice offering land for black people in Kansas, her family decides to quit sharecropping and become homesteading pioneers." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Gordy and his family live in Detroit, Michigan, the heart of the United States automobile industry. Every night after coming home from work at one of the plants, Gordy's father teaches him how to box. Their hero is the famous American boxer Joe Louis, who grew up in Detroit. But the Great Depression has come down hard on the economy. Detroit's auto industry is affected and thousands of people lose their jobs, including Gordy's father. When his mother...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Booker T. Washington had an incredible passion for learning. Born a slave, he taught himself to read. When the Civil War ended, Booker finally fulfilled his dream of attending school. After graduation, he was invited to teach in Tuskegee, Alabama. Finding many eager students, but no school, Booker set out to build his own school--brick by brick"--
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"As they play, Mia and Tayja confirm that there's one thing they don't have to pretend: They know in their hearts that they're real sisters, even though others don't always recognize this since they're adopted and don't look alike. Safe in the knowledge that adoption has made them "forever family," the sisters end their make-believe journey with a joyful homecoming to a real home with their two moms."--Jacket flap.
11) Lights out!
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
At bedtime, a young girl enjoys looking out her window and then creates a puppet show with shadows on the wall.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This Step 4 leveled reader about Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Prize winning activist for racial equality in South Africa, is as spellbinding a biography as you can find. His journey from student to revolutionary to inmate to president of South Africa will inspire and engage kids of all ages."--Provided by publisher.
13) My cancer days
Author
Publisher
American Cancer Society
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A young girl uses color to express her full range of emotions as she undergoes cancer treatment." --
16) Astronaut Annie
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Annie has a career day at her school, each member of her family wonders if she will choose their career path--her grandfather the news photographer, her father the mountain climber or her mother the basketball player--until she reveals a dream that is all her own." --
17) We dream a world
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King delivers a stirring tribute to her grandparents that speaks to children everywhere about her hopes for a new future"--