Deborah Newton Chocolate, Author, Wade Hudson, Author, Debbi Chocolate, Author Just Us Books $5 (90p) ISBN 978-0-940975-42-2
NEATE is an acronym for Naimah, Elizabeth, Anthony, Tayesha and Eddie--African American friends who, in this first book of a series, campaign for the reelection of Naimah's mother to the city council. It's a bitter struggle between the respected...
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Deborah Newton Chocolate, Author, Debbi Chocolate, Author, Eric Velasquez, Illustrator Walker & Company $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8646-3
Chocolate (On the Day I Was Born) looked no further than her own backyard for this lively and affectionate tribute to her grandfather. Told from the girl's point of view and spanning three generations, the picture book reprises a versatile African...
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Deborah Newton Chocolate, Author, Debbi Chocolate, Author, John Ward, Illustrator Walker & Company $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8388-2
The traditional kente cloth of the Ashante people of Ghana stretches to become the stuff of story hour. The cloth's vivid tones (red, yellow, blue, black and gold) are explored for their symbolic values and matched with scenes from African and...
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