Bestsellers
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- By: Mildred D. Taylor
- Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen, Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice....
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Chapter Breaks....Just thought I'd add these
- By Tami Fowler on 04-05-13
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Bud, Not Buddy
- By: Christopher Paul Curtis
- Narrated by: James Avery
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Hit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey to find his father....
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Great Family Audio
- By Dionne on 02-21-09
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Amari and the Night Brothers
- By: B. B. Alston
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good....
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Thank you!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-29-21
By: B. B. Alston
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You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!)
- A Lil TJ Book
- By: Taraji P. Henson, Paul Kellam - illustrator
- Narrated by: Taraji Henson
- Length: 14 mins
- Unabridged
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From award-winning actress and mental-health advocate Taraji P. Henson, You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!) shows kids the great things that can happen when we approach others and ourselves with empathy, patience, and love.
By: Taraji P. Henson, and others
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The Parker Inheritance (Scholastic Gold)
- By: Varian Johnson
- Narrated by: Cherise Boothe
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's waiting for Candice Miller. When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother....
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Great mystery and compelling story
- By Virginia G. Pratt on 07-24-18
By: Varian Johnson
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Misty of Chincoteague
- By: Marguerite Henry
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Nobody could capture the Phantom. She was the wildest mare on Assateague Island. They said she was like the wind, that the white "map" on her shoulders was her mark of freedom....
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Just a great little book
- By Richard on 08-04-12
By: Marguerite Henry
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- By: Mildred D. Taylor
- Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen, Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice....
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Chapter Breaks....Just thought I'd add these
- By Tami Fowler on 04-05-13
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Bud, Not Buddy
- By: Christopher Paul Curtis
- Narrated by: James Avery
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Hit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey to find his father....
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Great Family Audio
- By Dionne on 02-21-09
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Amari and the Night Brothers
- By: B. B. Alston
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good....
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Thank you!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-29-21
By: B. B. Alston
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You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!)
- A Lil TJ Book
- By: Taraji P. Henson, Paul Kellam - illustrator
- Narrated by: Taraji Henson
- Length: 14 mins
- Unabridged
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From award-winning actress and mental-health advocate Taraji P. Henson, You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!) shows kids the great things that can happen when we approach others and ourselves with empathy, patience, and love.
By: Taraji P. Henson, and others
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The Parker Inheritance (Scholastic Gold)
- By: Varian Johnson
- Narrated by: Cherise Boothe
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's waiting for Candice Miller. When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother....
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Great mystery and compelling story
- By Virginia G. Pratt on 07-24-18
By: Varian Johnson
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Misty of Chincoteague
- By: Marguerite Henry
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Nobody could capture the Phantom. She was the wildest mare on Assateague Island. They said she was like the wind, that the white "map" on her shoulders was her mark of freedom....
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Just a great little book
- By Richard on 08-04-12
By: Marguerite Henry
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Amari and the Despicable Wonders
- Supernatural Investigations, Book 3
- By: B. B. Alston
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Elaine Harlowe has manipulated her way into becoming prime minister, using her mind control ability to force the Bureau to take up her vicious grudge against magiciankind.
By: B. B. Alston
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
- Tristan Strong, Book 1
- By: Kwame Mbalia
- Narrated by: Amir Abdullah
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods....
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Enjoyed by all!
- By Kia B. on 12-04-20
By: Kwame Mbalia
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963
- By: Christopher Paul Curtis
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about an unforgettable family on a road-trip during one of the most important times in the civil rights movement....
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Funny and Poignant Look at Civil Rights Era
- By EmilyK on 08-26-14
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Brown Girl Dreaming
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s....
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Memoir of a childhood, in verse.
- By Adam Shields on 02-18-19
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Freewater
- By: Amina Luqman-Dawson
- Narrated by: Cary Hite, Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Under the cover of night, 12-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back....
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Powerful, Enlightening, and Empowering!
- By sabreen jai on 03-05-22
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The Secret Library
- By: Kekla Magoon
- Narrated by: Nekia Renee Martin
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a thrilling fantasy adventure about family secrets and finding the courage to plot your own life story....
By: Kekla Magoon
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Patina
- Track, Book 2
- By: Jason Reynolds
- Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team....
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Patina
- By Brenda K. Brown on 09-02-18
By: Jason Reynolds
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Amari and the Great Game
- Supernatural Investigations, Book 2
- By: B. B. Alston
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze....
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simply amazing!!!
- By Ghostraven333 on 09-01-22
By: B. B. Alston
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Just Like Me
- By: Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Narrated by: Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Length: 16 mins
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An ode to the girl with scrapes on her knees and flowers in her hair, and every girl in between, this exquisite treasury will appeal to fans of Dear Girl and I Am Enough and have kids listening through it to find a poem that's just for them....
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Just like me review
- By JaNita on 06-23-24
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Twins
- By: Varian Johnson
- Narrated by: Ahnya O'Riordan, Grace Capeless, Mashari Bain, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran....
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Love it
- By Momma Llama on 07-02-23
By: Varian Johnson
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Clean Getaway
- By: Nic Stone
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From number one New York Times best-selling author Nic Stone comes a middle-grade road-trip story through American race relations past and present, perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Jason Reynolds....
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Engaging book for students!
- By Katie Donivan on 12-04-20
By: Nic Stone
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Ghost Boys
- By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Narrated by: Miles Harvey
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed....
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Ghost Boys was AWESOME
- By Packbuck on 03-28-19
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The Skin I'm In
- By: Sharon G. Flake
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning author Sharon G. Flake crafts a remarkable story of one girl's struggle to accept herself....
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For the young Black women
- By Romee on 12-04-07
By: Sharon G. Flake
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space....
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Excellent for everyone to read
- By R. Robinson on 06-25-19
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Harbor Me
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: N'Jameh Camara, Jacqueline Woodson, Toshi Widoff-Woodson, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories....
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Woodson never disappoints.
- By Kindle Customer on 06-07-20
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Becoming Muhammad Ali
- By: James Patterson, Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
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Two heavy-hitters in children's literature deliver a critically acclaimed, bestselling biographical novel of cultural icon Muhammad Ali....
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Amazing
- By M. Greenberg on 09-27-21
By: James Patterson, and others
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Let the Circle Be Unbroken
- By: Mildred D. Taylor
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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It is a frightening and turbulent time for the Logan family. First, their friend T. J. must go on trial for murder - and confront an all-white jury....
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AWESOME
- By Steel Magnolia’s on 02-06-20
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Amos Fortune, Free Man
- By: Elizabeth Yates
- Narrated by: Roslyn Ruff
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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When Amos Fortune was only 15 years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction....
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i love this book
- By Mike L. on 11-08-18
By: Elizabeth Yates
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Change Sings
- A Children's Anthem
- By: Amanda Gorman
- Narrated by: Amanda Gorman
- Length: 3 mins
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In this stirring, much-anticipated audiobook by presidential inaugural poet and activist Amanda Gorman, anything is possible when our voices join together....
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beautifully written and narrated
- By Thomi-Michelle on 10-20-21
By: Amanda Gorman
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Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King
- By: Coretta Scott King, Ekua Holmes - illustrator
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Adapted from her adult memoir, this is the autobiography of Coretta Scott King–wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (the King Center), and twentieth-century American civil and human rights activist....
By: Coretta Scott King, and others
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Black Brother, Black Brother
- By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Narrated by: Barrie Buckner
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either....
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Excellent
- By Ryan LeBrun on 08-04-20
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The Princess and the Frog
- By: Irene Trimble, Disney Press
- Narrated by: Cherise Boothe
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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At first, beautiful, hardworking Tiana is not impressed when she meets spoiled Prince Naveen. But when the two of them are transformed into frogs, they quickly realize that they will have to learn to like each other, warts and all, if they hope to get out of the Louisiana bayou alive....
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Great Naration!
- By LATOYA on 03-21-24
By: Irene Trimble, and others
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The Gold Cadillac
- By: Mildred D. Taylor
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 31 mins
- Unabridged
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'Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac and excited that the family will be driving it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi....
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How is this part of the Logan Family Saga?
- By T. Baker on 01-01-20
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A Good Kind of Trouble
- By: Lisa Moore Ramée
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact.) But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed....
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Book belongs in every middle school library!
- By T. B. Brodie on 02-09-20
By: Lisa Moore Ramée
New releases
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Codi Can Code and You Can Too
- By: Gabrielle Stewart
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Imagine Designing and Building Your Own Video Games Codi loved playing video games but with three brothers and one television, she often just watched her brothers play for hours. Then one day, she had a brilliant idea: why not make my own video game? Follow Codi’s journey and see how she made her dream come true. Have fun as you learn the steps to achieving any goal: organize, research, and put a plan into action. And while you are at it, meet Codi’s heroes, some of the brilliant African-American women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and IT who have inspired her ...
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You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!)
- A Lil TJ Book
- By: Taraji P. Henson, Paul Kellam - illustrator
- Narrated by: Taraji Henson
- Length: 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Quirky, stylish and a bit off-the-cuff Lil TJ is ready for her first day of school. But when she gets there, TJ finds that everything she does is a little different than everyone else and she’s standing out in all the wrong ways. Once TJ’s classmate Beau notices, he relentlessly teases her. TJ is filled with anxiety and doubt until she recalls some important words of wisdom from her Grandma Patsy. When she looks inside to her own creativity and personality, she figures out how to help herself make new friends!—and helps someone else too!
By: Taraji P. Henson, and others
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Sindi
- A Zulu Cinderella
- By: Desaray Mnyandu, Thembani Mnyandu
- Narrated by: Palesa Amadi
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
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An endearing rendition of the classic Cinderella story, inspired by the Zulu culture! Life isn’t easy for sweet Sindi. In her father’s absence, she’s treated horribly by her cruel aunt and cousins. Although her troubles threaten to ruin her chance to go to the Zulu Reed Dance and to find true love, her grandmother’s wisdom, her own courage, and a touch of magic help Sindi discover that she can take charge of her own remarkable journey.
By: Desaray Mnyandu, and others
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A Man Called Horse
- John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad
- By: Glennette Tilley Turner
- Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A daring account of Black Seminole warrior, chief, and diplomat John Horse and the route he forged on the Underground Railroad to gain freedom for his people.
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Story for any age group
- By deb on 06-17-24
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My Daddy Is a Cowboy
- By: Stephanie Seales
- Narrated by: Stephanie Seales
- Length: 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In the early hours before dawn, a young girl and her father greet their horses and ride together through the waking city streets. As they trot along, Daddy tells cowboy stories filled with fun and community, friendship, discovery, and pride.
By: Stephanie Seales
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Lamar Jackson
- Superstar Quarterback (Sports Illustrated Kids Stars of Sports)
- By: Matt Chandler
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Quarterback Lamar Jackson became the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 2019. It was only his second year in the league. Listeners will learn how Jackson overcame a difficult childhood and went on to become one of the NFL’s rising stars and the youngest quarterback to ever start in a playoff game!
By: Matt Chandler
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Codi Can Code and You Can Too
- By: Gabrielle Stewart
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Imagine Designing and Building Your Own Video Games Codi loved playing video games but with three brothers and one television, she often just watched her brothers play for hours. Then one day, she had a brilliant idea: why not make my own video game? Follow Codi’s journey and see how she made her dream come true. Have fun as you learn the steps to achieving any goal: organize, research, and put a plan into action. And while you are at it, meet Codi’s heroes, some of the brilliant African-American women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and IT who have inspired her ...
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You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!)
- A Lil TJ Book
- By: Taraji P. Henson, Paul Kellam - illustrator
- Narrated by: Taraji Henson
- Length: 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Quirky, stylish and a bit off-the-cuff Lil TJ is ready for her first day of school. But when she gets there, TJ finds that everything she does is a little different than everyone else and she’s standing out in all the wrong ways. Once TJ’s classmate Beau notices, he relentlessly teases her. TJ is filled with anxiety and doubt until she recalls some important words of wisdom from her Grandma Patsy. When she looks inside to her own creativity and personality, she figures out how to help herself make new friends!—and helps someone else too!
By: Taraji P. Henson, and others
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Sindi
- A Zulu Cinderella
- By: Desaray Mnyandu, Thembani Mnyandu
- Narrated by: Palesa Amadi
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
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An endearing rendition of the classic Cinderella story, inspired by the Zulu culture! Life isn’t easy for sweet Sindi. In her father’s absence, she’s treated horribly by her cruel aunt and cousins. Although her troubles threaten to ruin her chance to go to the Zulu Reed Dance and to find true love, her grandmother’s wisdom, her own courage, and a touch of magic help Sindi discover that she can take charge of her own remarkable journey.
By: Desaray Mnyandu, and others
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A Man Called Horse
- John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad
- By: Glennette Tilley Turner
- Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A daring account of Black Seminole warrior, chief, and diplomat John Horse and the route he forged on the Underground Railroad to gain freedom for his people.
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Story for any age group
- By deb on 06-17-24
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My Daddy Is a Cowboy
- By: Stephanie Seales
- Narrated by: Stephanie Seales
- Length: 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In the early hours before dawn, a young girl and her father greet their horses and ride together through the waking city streets. As they trot along, Daddy tells cowboy stories filled with fun and community, friendship, discovery, and pride.
By: Stephanie Seales
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Lamar Jackson
- Superstar Quarterback (Sports Illustrated Kids Stars of Sports)
- By: Matt Chandler
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Quarterback Lamar Jackson became the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 2019. It was only his second year in the league. Listeners will learn how Jackson overcame a difficult childhood and went on to become one of the NFL’s rising stars and the youngest quarterback to ever start in a playoff game!
By: Matt Chandler
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Just Like Me Audio Collection
- Just Like Me; Grandma's Purse; Becoming Vanessa; Nesting Dolls; Shake It Off!
- By: Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Narrated by: Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Length: 38 mins
- Unabridged
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An ode to the girl with scrapes on her knees and flowers in her hair, and every girl in between, this exquisite treasury will appeal to fans of Dear Girl and I Am Enough and have kids poring over it to find a poem that's just for them.
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Rhyming and enthusiasm
- By dunnehu on 06-11-24
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Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex
- Tales from Cabin 23, Book 1
- By: Justina Ireland
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The last thing Tasha Washington wants is to move from her home in Savannah to a trailer park in Middle-of-Nowhere, Georgia. But when her mother dies and Tasha is taken in by her father—a man she’s never met, who abandoned her mom when Tasha was just a baby—she doesn’t have much of a choice. At least, she thinks, she won’t have to spend much time with him—something that becomes clear when he dumps Tasha with her grandmother and disappears to be with his new girlfriend.
By: Justina Ireland
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They Built Me for Freedom
- The Story of Juneteenth and Houston's Emancipation Park
- By: Tonya Duncan Ellis
- Narrated by: Aaron Goodson
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
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On June 19, 1865, the 250,000 enslaved people of Texas learned they were free, ending slavery in the United States. This day was soon to be memorialized with the dedication of a park in Houston. The park was called Emancipation Park, and the day it honored would come to be known as Juneteenth. In the voice and memory of the park itself—its fields and pools, its protests and cookouts, and, most of all, its people—the 150-year story of Emancipation Park is brought to life.
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Delightful and engaging
- By Rc on 06-03-24
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With Just One Wing
- By: Brenda Woods
- Narrated by: André Santana
- Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone expects Coop to be musical like his beloved parents, but he’s not. That’s one of the few things he finds awkward about being adopted—well, that and the fact that he sometimes wonders why his birth mother didn’t love him enough to keep him. This summer, he’s stuck at home with a broken arm after falling out of a tree trying to get a closer peek at a mockingbird nest. Later, when the eggs in the nest have hatched and the fledglings fly away, he and his friend Zandi notice that one of them stays behind. Taking a closer look, they realize the bird only has one wing.
By: Brenda Woods
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The Secret Library
- By: Kekla Magoon
- Narrated by: Nekia Renee Martin
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Since Grandpa died, Dally’s days are dull and restricted. She’s eleven and a half years old, and her exacting single mother is already preparing her to take over the family business. Starved for adventure and release, Dally rescues a mysterious envelope from her mother’s clutches, an envelope Grandpa had earmarked for her. The map she finds inside leads straight to an ancient vault, a library of secrets where each book is a portal to a precise moment in time. As Dally “checks out” adventure after adventure she begins to dive deep into her family’s hidden history.
By: Kekla Magoon
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Summer Is Here
- By: Renée Watson, Bea Jackson - illustrator
- Narrated by: Renée Watson
- Length: 9 mins
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Summer is finally here, and she's bringing the most perfect day! From sunup to sundown, there's so much to do on this lovely summer day. With summer comes fresh fruit, sweet and tangy, jump ropes for leaping and dancing, and friends at the pool swimming and floating. Summer brings family cookouts under shady trees, gardens overflowing, and the familiar song of the ice-cream truck.
By: Renée Watson, and others
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I'm Proud of You
- By: Craig Melvin
- Narrated by: Craig Melvin
- Length: 4 mins
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This heartfelt book from Today show co-anchor Craig Melvin is a tribute to fathers, sons, and the childhood milestones that inspire pride in every parent. Perfect for Father’s Day!
By: Craig Melvin
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Your House Is Not Just a House
- By: Idris Goodwin
- Narrated by: Idris Goodwin
- Length: 4 mins
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From breakbeat poet and playwright Idris Goodwin and celebrated artist Lorraine Nam comes a whimsical, irresistible rhyming read-aloud empowering kids to embrace their imagination. Perfect for fans of The Year We Learned to Fly and Boxitects.
By: Idris Goodwin
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Sister Friend
- By: Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Shahrzad Maydani - illustrator
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 8 mins
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Ameena feels invisible. It’s been that way since she started at her new school. But now there is another new girl in class. Ameena sees her brownness and her hijab, even though the other kids do not. Ameena wants to be her friend, but she can’t seem to find the right words or do the right things. Until one day, they find them together: “Assalamu Alaikum, Sister. Welcome.”
By: Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, and others
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The Big Protest
- By: Christine Platt, Alea Marley
- Narrated by: Christine Platt
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
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There’s breaking news on TV at Frankie’s house—a protest to demand justice! Frankie’s mama, a journalist, gets a call to cover the story, and Frankie wants to do her own reporting, too. But what is a protest, exactly, and why do people do it? Along with her news crew, including Farrah the doll, Dan the teddy bear, and Nina the cat, Frankie prepares a feature story by doing research and conducting interviews with Papa and big sister Raven.
By: Christine Platt, and others
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Kwanzaa
- Traditions & Celebrations
- By: Dr. Artika R. Tyner
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 8 mins
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Kwanzaa is about celebrating! It honors African American heritage. Some people mark the holiday by lighting the kinara. Families and friends gather to eat a big feast. Listeners will discover how a shared holiday can have multiple traditions and be celebrated in all sorts of ways.
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Dorothy Vaughan: NASA's Leading Human Computer
- Movers, Shakers, and History Makers
- By: Deirdre R. J. Head
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 23 mins
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In 1949, Dorothy Vaughan became the first African American woman to lead a team at NASA's Langley Research Center. Her work as a mathematician was an important part of helping the United States explore space. Learn more about Vaughan's life as a famous mathematician!