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  • The Polar Bear and the Ballerina

    by Eric Velasquez ...
    Illustrated by Eric Velasquez ...
    How does a bear go to the ballet? A polar bear escapes into New York City in this heartfelt picture book from award-winning Afro-Latino artist Eric Velasquez.A wordless story of unlikely friendship that celebrates art and its ability to connect us. However, this picture book also opens a conversation about alienation and empathy. Who is kept out of the theater? How can we welcome them in? A deeply ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Buscando a Bongo

    by Eric Velasquez ...
    Illustrated by Eric Velasquez ...
    Where could Bongo be? Help a young boy find his beloved toy—and figure out how it got lost to begin with.Eric Velasquez's cozy and playful story is now available in Spanish.The boy knows Bongo was right there with him this morning. But now, Bongo is missing. He asks his whole family if they've seen the stuffed toy. "Yo no sé," says his abuela. "I don't know."Mamá and papá haven't seen him either. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Grandma's Records

    by Eric Velasquez ...
    Illustrated by Eric Velasquez ...
    Coretta Scott King and John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Eric Velasquez shines in the perfect picture book to read with grandparents.Every summer, Eric goes to live with his grandmother in El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) while his parents work. Through the long hot days, Grandma fills her apartment with the blaring horns and conga drums of Bomba y Plena, salsa, and merengue-the music she grew up ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Real Lucky Charm

    by Charisse Richardson ...
    Illustrated by Eric Velasquez ...
    Luck has to come from inside yourself.Mia Robinson has always cheered for her twin brother, Marcus, at his rec center basketball games. But this year Mia is getting the chance to have Marcus cheer for her. Marcus's team, the Titans, has just become coed! Mia is thrilled to be playing on the team and wearing a team uniform, and she's even more excited when her dad gives her a basketball charm for ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Journey to Jo'burg

    A South African Story

    by Beverley Naidoo ...
    Illustrated by Eric Velasquez ...
    “Has no equal. Evocative and haunting.” (School Library Journal starred review)The bestselling classic set in South Africa during the apartheid era, in which two siblings must face the dangers of their divided country.Mma lives and works in Johannesburg, far from the village thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother, Tiro, call home. When their baby sister suddenly becomes very sick, Naledi ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • David Gets His Drum

    by Bob Reiser, Eric Velasquez, David Francis ...
    A wise man named Brulla Roberts once said. "Drummer man's magic doesn't come from the drum. The magic comes from the drummer man. "Undoubtedly true, but, as six-year-old David knows only too well, without that drum there is no drummer man! Ever since he can remember. David's "felt the itch in his fingers and the rhythm in his wrists." He's tried keeping time with anything and everything , ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Pecosita's Freckly Freckle Face

    by Aliya King Neil, Shane Paul Neil ...
    Illustrated by Eric Velasquez ...
    A little girl loves the gorgeous freckles that adorn her face and make her special. no matter what anyone else says, in this fresh, lively picture book perfect for fans of I Am Enough and Skin Like Mine.Pecosita has the most magnificent face full of freckles. Her abuela says they make her shine as bright as the estrellas in the sky! Sometimes, kids make fun and say Pecosita’s face looks like it’s ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

    by Carole Boston Weatherford ...
    Illustrated by Eric Velasquez ...
    “A must-read for a deeper understanding of a well-connected genius who enriched the cultural road map for African Americans and books about them.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro–Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk’s passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • My Friend Maya Loves to Dance

    by Cheryl Willis Hudson ...
    Illustrated by Eric Velasquez ...
    A young narrator tells readers about her friend Maya, who absolutely loves to dance. In this rhyming picture book, Maya attends a lively dance class. She can’t get enough of dance: the costumes, the grand entrances, the pirouettes, the music, the final bow, and the magic of recitals. She even loves the hard work of practice. But why doesn’t her friend dance, too?The pages themselves seem to dance, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strong Voices

    Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing

    by Tonya Bolden, Cokie Roberts ...
    Illustrated by Eric Velasquez ...
    Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowingis a collection of significant speeches, made both by those who held the reins of power and those who didn’t, at significant times in American history. Read the original words—sometimes abridged and sometimes in their entirety—that have shaped our cultural fabric. A Chicago Public Library Best Book!"A wide-ranging collection of speeches and a ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Our Children Can Soar

    A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change

    by Michelle Cook ...
    Illustrated by Leo Dillon, Ms. Diane Dillon, Eric Velasquez, Mr. R. Gregory Christie, James E. Ransome, Mr. Bryan Collier, Shadra Strickland, Frank Morrison, Pat Cummings, Cozbi Cabrera, Ms. Charlotte Riley-Webb, AG Ford, E. B. Lewis ...
    Rosa sat soMartin could march.Martin marched soBarack could run.Barack ran soOur children can soar.This is the seed of a unique and inspirational picture book text, that is part historical, part poetry, and entirely inspirational. It symbolically takes the reader through the cumulative story of the US Civil Rights Movement, showing how select pioneers' achievements led up to this landmark moment, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • A Thirst for Home

    A Story of Water across the World

    by Christine Ieronimo ...
    Illustrated by Eric Velasquez ...
    Perfect for common core, this story based on the true events of a young girl's transition from the poverty of Ethiopia to life in America will be an inspiration for young readersAlemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia, where she must walk miles for water and hunger roars in her belly. Even though life is difficult, she dreams of someday knowing more about the world. When her ... Read more

    $11.99 USD