Freedom in Congo Square
10 best books like Freedom in Congo Square (Carole Boston Weatherford): Dreamers, Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, The Water Princess, Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan, Trombone Shorty, Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, Leave Me Alone!, Last Stop on Market Street, Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, A Poem for Peter
| Author | Yuyi Morales |
| ISBN | 0823440559 |
In 1994, Yuyi Morales left her home in Xalapa, Mexico and came to the US with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed.
She...
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
| Author | Laurie Ann Thompson |
Recommended Grade Levels: K-3
Themes: Perseverance, empowerment, disabilities
Summary:
This is a true story about a boy named Emmanuel, who was born in a small village in Ghana, West Africa. Emmanuel was born with one healthy leg and one leg that...
The Water Princess
| Author | Susan Verde |
| ISBN | 0399172580 |
With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might,...
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
| Author | Ashley Bryan |
| ISBN | 1481456903 |
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, Ashley Bryan offers a moving and powerful picture book that contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless...
Trombone Shorty
| Author | Troy Andrews |
| ISBN | 1419714651 |
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| Author | Susan Hood |
| ISBN | 1481430955 |
Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on...
| Author | Vera Brosgol |
| ISBN | 1626724415 |
One day, a grandmother shouts, "LEAVE ME ALONE!" and leaves her tiny home and her very big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting. Along the way,...
Last Stop on Market Street
| Author | Matt de la Pena |
| ISBN | 0399257748 |
A 2016 Caldecott Honor Book
A 2016 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2015
A Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of 2015
Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the...
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
| Author | Javaka Steptoe |
| ISBN | 0316213888 |
Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw...
| Author | Andrea Davis Pinkney |
| ISBN | 0425287688 |
The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats’s obvious talent, his...
| Author | Jason Chin |
| ISBN | 1596439505 |
Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within its walls...
| Author | Candace Fleming |
| ISBN | 1596435992 |
An injured whale's ring-shaped scars indicate an encounter with a giant squid....
A Different Pond
| Author | Bao Phi |
| ISBN | 1479597465 |
The story is mainly about Bao and his father's trip to the pond to fetch dinner. During the trip, Bao learns about why his mom and dad have to work so hard for a living as everything...
The Journey
| Author | Francesca Sanna |
| ISBN | 1909263990 |
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