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“colin bootman”

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  • Alaina and the Great Play

    by Eloise Greenfield, Colin Bootman ...
    A little girl discovers the magic of theater!With the guileless wonder and innocence of a little girl, Alaina is profoundly changed by the performance of a school play. As she falls in love with the art of live theater, her enthusiasm lands her center stage.Alaina recounts, "But when I opened my mouth, the right words didn't come out. I was too excited to say that little speech. It wasn't good ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Golden Voice of Africa

    The Biography of Malian Singer and Activist Salif Keïta

    by Karen Ehrhardt ...
    Illustrated by Colin Bootman ...
    The extraordinary biography of Salif Keïta, a Malian singer born with albinism, who overcame all odds to become a musical and social justice icon reminding all who hear his voice, they can accomplish anything.Salif Keïta was born in the Malian village Djoliba in West Africa. While his parents were as dark as the night sky, Salif was born with skin as white as lamb’s wool. Some of his family's ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Tiny Stitches

    The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas

    by Gwendolyn Hooks ...
    Illustrated by Colin Bootman ...
    NAACP Image Awards Winner - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)The life story of Vivien Thomas, an African American surgical technician who developed the first procedure used to perform open-heart surgery on children.Vivien Thomas's greatest dream was to attend college to study medicine. But after the stock market crashed in 1929, Vivien lost all his savings. Then he ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

  • Almost to Freedom

    by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ...
    Illustrated by Colin Bootman ...
    Lindy and her doll Sally are best friends - wherever Lindy goes, Sally stays right by her side. They eat together, sleep together, and even pick cotton together. So, on the night Lindy and her mama run away in search of freedom, Sally goes too. This young girl's rag doll vividly narrates her enslaved family's courageous escape through the Underground Railroad. At once heart-wrenching and uplifting ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dad, Jackie, and Me

    by Myron Uhlberg ...
    Illustrated by Colin Bootman ...
    Winner of the Schneider Family Book AwardA young boy and his deaf father bond over baseball as they root for Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers to win the pennant.It was Opening Day, 1947. And every kid in Brooklyn knew this was our year. The Dodgers were going to go all the way!In the summer of 1947, a highly charged baseball season is underway. The new first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Hey, Charleston!

    The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band

    by Anne Rockwell ...
    Illustrated by Colin Bootman ...
    What happened when a former enslaved man took beat-up old instruments and gave them to a bunch of orphans? Thousands of futures got a little brighter and a great American art form was born.In 1891, Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins opened his orphanage in Charleston, South Carolina. He soon had hundreds of children and needed a way to support them. Jenkins asked townspeople to donate old band ... Read more

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  • Horse Diaries #3: Koda

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    For anyone who has ever dreamed of hearing a horse’s story . . .Independence, Missouri, 1846Koda is a bay quarter horse with a white blaze. He loves to explore the countryside and run free with his human friend Jasmine nearby. But after Koda sets out with Jasmine’s family on a long and dusty wagon train journey on the Oregon Trail, he finds out what is truly important to him. Here is Koda’s story ... Read more

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  • Civil War on Sunday

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  • Cesar Chavez

    A Hero for Everyone

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  • Sing Down the Moon

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