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Introducing the one and only Cicely Tyson

Watson, Renée, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

791.43028 WAT

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SD_ILS:787645

Wat takes his shot : the life & legacy of basketball hero Wataru Misaka

Kim, Cheryl, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

796.323 KIM

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SD_ILS:797845

Coretta : the autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

323 KIN

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SD_ILS:798066

Gold rush : the untold story of the First Nations woman who started the Klondike gold rush

Delargy, Flora, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

971.9101 DEL

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SD_ILS:795216

Bird girl : Gene Stratton-Porter shares her love of nature with the world

Esbaum, Jill, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

813.52 ESB

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SD_ILS:799619

Just Jerry : how drawing shaped my life : a memoir

Pinkney, Jerry, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

741.642 PIN

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SD_ILS:670146

Shining a light : celebrating 40 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who changed the world

Bybee, Veeda, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.895073 BYB

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SD_ILS:670176

Project 562 : changing the way we see Native America

Wilbur, Matika, author, photographer.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

970.00497 WIL

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SD_ILS:672908

Tsimshian eagle : a culture bearer's journey

Boxley, David A., 1952- author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.8974128 BOX

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SD_ILS:692307

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Little Black lives matter

Dill, Khodi, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

323 DIL

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SD_ILS:660964

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Yes we will : Asian Americans who shaped this country

Yang, Kelly, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.0495 YAN

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SD_ILS:676656

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I begin with spring : the life and seasons of Henry David Thoreau

Dunlap, Julie, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

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Call Number

818.309 DUN

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SD_ILS:645626

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African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American ballerinas -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American illustrators -- Biography.

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African American soldiers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American women singers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

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African Americans -- History -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.

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Alaska -- Biography.

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Argentina -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.

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Black, Martha Louise, 1866-1957 -- Juvenile literature.

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Boxley, David A., 1952-

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Bryan, Ashley -- Juvenile literature.

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Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Themes, motives.

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Carmack, Kate, approximately 1862-1920 -- Juvenile literature.

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Carving (Decorative arts) -- Biography.

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Cashman, Nellie, 1844-1925 -- Juvenile literature.

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Children's stories -- Authorship.

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Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Copeland, Misty -- Juvenile literature.

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Cuba -- History -- 1959-1990 -- Juvenile literature.

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Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Juvenile literature.

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Culture.

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DePaola, Tomie, 1934-2020.

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Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Frontier and pioneer life -- Yukon -- Juvenile literature.

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Gold mines and mining -- Yukon -- Juvenile literature.

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Guerrillas -- Latin America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Guevara, Che, 1928-1967 -- Juvenile literature.

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Heroes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Hispanic Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Illustration of books -- United States -- 20th century.

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Illustrators -- Biography.

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Illustrators -- Juvenile literature.

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Indiana -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Indigenous arts -- Alaska.

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Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Indigenous peoples -- North America -- History -- Biography.

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Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.

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Indigenous peoples in popular culture.

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Indigenous women -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Irish Americans -- Biography.

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Japanese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Jeffers, Oliver -- Biography.

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Jeffers, Oliver -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

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King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 -- Juvenile literature.

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King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Family -- Juvenile literature.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Family.

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Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.

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Latin America -- History -- 1948-1980 -- Juvenile literature.

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Metlakatla (Alaska) -- Biography.

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Middle schools -- Juvenile literature.

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Misaka, Wat -- Juvenile literature.

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Mulrooney, Belinda, 1872-1967 -- Juvenile literature.

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Natural history -- Juvenile literature.

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Naturalists -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

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Nature -- Juvenile literature.

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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Pacific Islanders -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Pinkney, Jerry -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.

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Pinkney, Jerry -- Juvenile literature.

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Poetry.

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Revolutionaries -- Latin America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Seasons -- Juvenile literature.

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Seattle (Wash.) -- Biography.

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Silva, Jesselyn -- Juvenile literature.

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Soldiers -- Juvenile literature.

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Soldiers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.

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Soldiers -- United States -- Portraits.

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Spring -- Juvenile literature.

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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Friends and associates -- Juvenile literature.

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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Juvenile literature.

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Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924 -- Juvenile literature.

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Success -- Juvenile literature.

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Tagish -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Television actors and actresses -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Juvenile literature.

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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Quotations -- Juvenile literature.

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Tlingit women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Toklas, Alice B -- Juvenile literature.

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Totem poles -- Alaska.

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Tsimshian -- Biography.

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Tsimshian -- Social life and customs.

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Tsimshian art -- Pictorial works.

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Tsimshian art.

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Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913 -- Juvenile literature.

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Tyson, Cicely -- Juvenile literature.

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Underground Railroad -- Juvenile literature.

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Veterans -- United States -- Biography.

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Veterans -- United States -- Portraits.

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Women boxers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Bono, 1960- author.

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Moss, Caroline, 1987- author.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)

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