I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery

5 best books like I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery (Cynthia Grady): The Truths We Hold: An American Journey, An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up from My American Dream, Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece, Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat, Plants Can't Sit Still

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

Author

Kamala Harris

From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country.

Senator Kamala Harris's commitment to speaking truth is informed...

An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up from My American Dream

Author	Julian Castro
ISBN	0316252166

The keynote speaker at the 2012 DNC, former San Antonio mayor and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, tells his remarkable and inspiring life story.

In the spirit of a young Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father, comes a candid and compelling memoir about race and poverty...

Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece

Author	Marc Harshman
ISBN	1596437189

In the wooded heart of Pennsylvania, a house perches atop a waterfall. The water's tune echoes through its sunlit-dappled rooms, and the façade blends effortlessly into the rock and forest behind it. This is Fallingwater, an architectural masterpiece born from the marriage of meticulous research...

Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat

Author	Nikki Giovanni
ISBN	1402210485

Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry with a beat. Poetry can have both a rhyme and a rhythm. Sometimes it is obvious; sometimes it is hidden. But either way, make no mistake, poetry is as vibrant and exciting as it gets. And when you find yourself clapping your hands or tapping your feet,...

Plants Can't Sit Still

Author	Rebecca E. Hirsch
ISBN	1467780316

Plants Can’t Sit Still is a children's non fiction picturebook written by Rebecca E. Hirsch and illustrated by Mia Posada. Have you ever seen a plant move on its own? Plants might not walk, but they definitely don't sit still! Discover the many ways plants (and their seeds) move in this fascinating...