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  • Juneteenth for Mazie

    by Floyd Cooper ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history. The day her ancestors were no longer slaves. Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph, as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth. ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Coming Home

    by Floyd Cooper ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Young Langston Hughes was a dreamer. He dreamed about heroes like Booker T. Washington, who was black just like him. When he heard the clackety-clack of train wheels, he dreamed about the places it had been. But most of all, he dreamed about having a happy home. And so, one day, he began turning those dreams into beautiful prose. As he did, he discovered where his home really was—in the words and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Ring Bearer

    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    by Floyd Cooper ...
    Mama’s getting married, and Jackson has an important job to do! A story about love, weddings, and the special joy that is a blended family.Jackson’s mama is getting married, and he gets to be the ring bearer. But Jackson is worried . . . What if he trips? Or walks too slowly? Or drops the rings? And what about his new stepsister, Sophie? She’s supposed to be the flower girl, but Jackson’s not sure ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Jump!

    From the Life of Michael Jordan

    by Floyd Cooper ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    What was Michael Jordan like as a boy? You might be surprised that the greatest professional basketball player ever wasn't even the best player in his own family!Michael Jordan was once just an ordinary little boy growing up in a North Carolina suburb, trying to keep up with his older brother Larry. Michael was always good at sports, but it seemed like Larry was always going to be bigger, quicker, ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Max and the Tag-Along Moon

    by Floyd Cooper ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Experience the wonder of the moon following you home with a Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator! Great for Father’s Day and Grandparent’s Day!Max loves his grandpa. When they must say good-bye after a visit, Grandpa promises Max that the moon at Grandpa’s house is the same moon that will follow him all the way home. On that swervy-curvy car ride back to his house, Max watches as the moon ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Willie and the All-Stars

    by Floyd Cooper ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Willie, an African-American boy growing up in Chicago, dreams of playing baseball in the Major Leagues, like his idols. But it?s 1942, and Jackie Robinson is years away from breaking the color barrier. One day Willie sits with the old men in the neighborhood as they spin tall baseball tales. Willie knows the game like the back of his hand, but he?s never heard of Josh Gibson or Cool Papa Bell. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Unspeakable

    The Tulsa Race Massacre

    by Carole Boston Weatherford ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards for Author and IllustratorA Caldecott Honor BookA Sibert Honor BookLonglisted for the National Book AwardA Kirkus Prize FinalistA Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book"A must-have"—Booklist (starred review)In the early 1900s, Tulsa, Oklahoma, was home to a thriving Afr... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Juneteenth for Mazie

    by Floyd Cooper ...
    Narrated by Rhett Samuel Price, Tyla Collier ...

    Unabridged

    7 min

    Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history: the day her ancestors were no longer slaves. Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • A Dance Like Starlight

    One Ballerina's Dream

    by Kristy Dempsey ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    A story of little ballerinas with big dreams.Little ballerinas have big dreams. Dreams of pirouettes and grande jetes, dreams of attending the best ballet schools and of dancing starring roles on stage. But in Harlem in the 1950s, dreams don’t always come true—they take a lot of work and a lot of hope. And sometimes hope is hard to come by.But the first African-American prima ballerina, Janet ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Tasha's Voice

    by Carmen Bogan ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper, Daria Peoples ...
    “A lovely book celebrating nature and Black voices enjoying nature.” —BookRiot, "Riot Recommendations"Tasha is a girl who has trouble using her voice to speak in school or to even make a friend. Then her class visits a park, the best park ever. With the help of an encouraging park ranger, an understanding teacher, two new companions, and a tiny turtle, Tasha finds connection with others and her ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Ira's Shakespeare Dream

    by Glenda Armand ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    The inspiring biography of Ira Aldridge, a Black actor who overcame racism to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century.Ira Aldridge dreamed of being on stage one day and performing the great works of William Shakespeare. He spent every chance he had at the local theaters, memorizing each actor's lines. He knew he could be a great Shakespearean actor if only given ... Read more

    $27.42 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Ruth and the Green Book

    by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Gwen Strauss ...
    Illustrated by Floyd Cooper ...
    The picture book inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film The Green BookRuth was so excited to take a trip in her family's new car! In the early 1950s, few African Americans could afford to buy cars, so this would be an adventure. But she soon found out that Black travelers weren't treated very well in some towns. Many hotels and gas stations refused service to Black people. Daddy was upset ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus