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10 best books like White Water (Michael S. Bandy): One Tiny Turtle, These Hands, Going West, Uncle Jed's Barbershop, Fiona's Lace, Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy, Roots and Blues: A Celebration, The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom, Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box, Belle, The Last Mule at Gee's Bend: A Civil Rights Story

One Tiny Turtle
AuthorNicola Davies
ISBN0763623113
"Simple, lyrical words and bright, acrylic doublepage pictures convey the astonishing facts about the loggerhead sea turtle. . . . A powerful nature story for a young audience." —BOOKLIST

Far, far out at sea lives one of the world's most mysterious creatures, the loggerhead turtle. For...
These Hands
AuthorMargaret H. Mason
ISBN0547215665
Joseph’s grandpa could do almost anything with his hands. He could play the piano, throw a curveball, and tie a triple bowline knot in three seconds flat. But in the 1950s and 60s, he could not bake bread at the Wonder Bread factory. Factory bosses said white people would not want to eat bread touched...
Going West
AuthorLaura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN0064406938
The Little House books tell the story of a little pioneer girl and her family as they travled by covered wagon across the Midwest. Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic books, illustrated with Garth Williams' timeless artwork, have been cherished by millions of readers ever since they were first published...
Uncle Jed's Barbershop
AuthorMargaree King Mitchell
ISBN0689819137
Summary/A Thoughtful Review:
In the last line of Margaree King Mitchell’s text she writes: “He taught me to dream, too.” These few words summarize the story Mitchell has written that tells of the love and determination of one man, Jedediah Johnson. Told though the eyes of Sarah Jean, his...
Fiona's Lace
AuthorPatricia Polacco
ISBN1442487240
An Irish family stays together with the help of Fiona’s talent for making one-of-a-kind lace in this heartwarming immigration story from the New York Times bestselling creator of The Keeping Quilt.

Many years ago, times were hard in all of Ireland, so when passage to America becomes available,...
Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy
AuthorKate Waters
ISBN0613012658
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Roots and Blues: A Celebration
AuthorArnold Adoff
ISBN0547235542
Through poems and poetic prose pieces, acclaimed children's author Arnold Adoff celebrates that uniquely American form of music called the blues. In his signature “shaped speech” style, he creates a narrative of moments and joyous music, from the drums of the ancestors, the red dirt of the plantations,...
The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom
AuthorBettye Stroud
ISBN0763635197
"An exciting story about a girl and her father who escape slavery. . . . Works well as a story and also as a lesson in African-American history." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

Now that Hannah’s papa has decided to make the run for freedom, her patchwork quilt is not just a precious memento of Mama...
Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
AuthorMichael S. Bandy
ISBN0763665932
Based on the true story of one family’s struggle for voting rights in the Civil Rights–era South, this moving tale shines an emotional spotlight on a dark facet of U.S. history.

Life on the farm with Granddaddy is full of hard work, but despite all the chores, Granddaddy always makes time...
Belle, The Last Mule at Gee's Bend: A Civil Rights Story
AuthorCalvin Alexander Ramsey
ISBN0763640581
A true story inspires the moving tale of a mule that played a key role in the civil rights movement-- and a young boy who sees history anew.

Sitting on a bench waiting for his mother, Alex spies a mule chomping on greens in someone's garden, and he can't help but ask about it.""Ol Belle?" says Miz...
Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration
AuthorShelley Tougas
ISBN0756545129
Nine African American students made history when they defied a governor and integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957. It was the photo of one of the nine trying to enter the school a young girl being taunted, harassed and threatened by an angry mob that grabbed the worlds attention and kept its disapproving...
Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama
AuthorHester Bass
ISBN0763669199
Explore a little-known story of the Civil Rights movement, in which black and white citizens in one Alabama city worked together nonviolently to end segregation.

Mention the Civil Rights era in Alabama, and most people recall images of terrible violence. But something different was happening...
The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights
AuthorCarole Boston Weatherford
ISBN0802853528
Since the earliest days of slavery, African Americans have called on their religious faith in the struggle against oppression. 

In this book the Beatitudes -- from Jesus' famous Sermon on the Mount -- form the backdrop for Carole Boston Weatherford's powerful free-verse poem that traces...
A Sweet Smell of Roses
AuthorAngela Johnson
ISBN0689832524
There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice.
Inspired by the countless young people who took a stand against the forces of injustice, two Coretta Scott...
The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree
AuthorGail Gibbons
ISBN0152712453
This book about nature and the changing seasons focuses on a young boy and a very special apple tree. In Gail Gibbons’s bright illustrations, Arnold collects apple blossoms in spring, builds a tree house in summer, makes apple pie and cider in the fall, and hangs strings of popcorn and berries for the...
Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr.
AuthorJean Marzollo
ISBN0439782244
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This book is a beautifully-rendered study of Martin Luther King Jr.'s...
Desmond and the Very Mean Word
AuthorDesmond Tutu
ISBN0763652296
Based on a true story from Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s childhood in South Africa, Desmond and the Very Mean Word reveals the power of words and the secret of forgiveness.

When Desmond takes his new bicycle out for a ride through his neighborhood, his pride and joy turn to hurt and anger when a...
Brick by Brick
AuthorCharles R. Smith Jr.
ISBN0061920827
The president of a new country
needs a new home,
so many hands work
together as one.

Black hands,
white hands,
free hands,
slave hands.

In this powerful story of the building of the White House, Coretta Scott King Award winners Charles R. Smith Jr. and Floyd...
Red Kite, Blue Kite
AuthorJi-li Jiang
ISBN1423127536

When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, fly kites from their roof and look down at the crowded city streets below, they feel free, like the kites. Baba loves telling Tai Shan stories while the kites--one red, and one blue--rise, dip, and soar together. Then, a bad time comes. People wearing red armbands...
A Storm Called Katrina
AuthorMyron Uhlberg
ISBN1561455911

How do we explain Hurricane Katrina to a child? The fear, tension, ugliness, and mistakes made in those days and weeks after Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans in 2005 is a hard lesson to teach and show young readers. Mother Nature’s power and fury is hard enough to understand and accept....
Freedom Summer
AuthorDeborah Wiles
John Henry swims better than anyone I know.
He crawls like a catfish,
blows bubbles like a swamp monster,
but he doesn't swim in the town pool with me.
He's not allowed.
Joe and John Henry are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, they both want to be firemen, and they both love...
Light in the Darkness: A Story about How Slaves Learned in Secret
AuthorLesa Cline-Ransome
ISBN1423134958
Rosa and her mama go to school together—in the dark of night, silently, afraid that any noise they hear is a patroller on the lookout for escaped slaves. Their school is literally a hole in the ground, where they and other slaves of all ages gather to form letters out of sticks, scratch letters in the dirt,...
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
AuthorDavid A. Adler
ISBN0823407705
The biography of Martin Luther King, Jr is one of the stories that people need to read and know at least once in their life. He is a great civil rights activist, and the reason I want my students read this book and the similar story which is about Rosa Parks is because the two people are related during the era...
All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel
AuthorDan Yaccarino
ISBN0375966420
“This immigration story is universal.” —School Library Journal, Starred
 
Dan Yaccarino’s great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small shovel and his parents’ good advice: “Work hard, but remember to enjoy life, and never forget your family.” With simple text...
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