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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty percent of the city flooded, in some places under twenty feet of water. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Briefly introduces the origins, history, actions, and impact of the Ku Klux Klan, a hate group that targets a wide range of ethnic, religious, and cultural groups in the United States.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man voice that lets him say what he wants, when he wants-especially to his crush Millie Takazawa, and Gary Ratliff, who constantly puts him down. But the thought of starting high school is only making his stutter worse. And Melvin's growing awareness that racism is everywhere-not just in the South where a boy his age has been brutally killed by two white men, but also in his own hometown of Spokane-is making...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
164 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Kids will discover where racist ideas came from, identify how they impact America today, and meet those who have fought racism with antiracism. Along the way, they'll learn how to identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their own lives.
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