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2) Big Tune
Author
Language
English
Description
An exuberant picture book written by Alliah L. Agostini and illustrated by Shamar Knight-Justice is about a Black boy with big dancing dreams who learns the meaning of courage and community.
It's the weekend, first in June; speaker's blasting out big tune!
Cousins, aunties, uncles, friends pack the house, and fun begins.
Shane is shy but loves to dance―and all year long, he's picked up cans
to earn some money toward his goal: high-tops with a...
Author
Language
English
Description
Reading this collection of stories from Indianapolis urban youth will take you from a chair in a beauty shop to a beach in Mexico to King's Island. You'll plunge downward in a rollercoaster, paddle a canoe up a creek, and join in a Juneteenth barbeque. You will hear stories of Black boy joy and Black girl magic. Above all, you'll hear these students' voices-glorious young voices, full of hope for the future.
On our webpage, www.buildingarainbow.org...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place that reeks of death and hopelessness, where a lonely vampire is stalking the towns most unsavory inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom...blood red. The first Iranian Vampire Western, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut feature A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night basks in the sheer pleasure...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
HOW THEY GOT OVER celebrates the spirit of gospel performers and how they helped usher in a musical revolution that changed the world forever. Beginning in the 1920s, Black singers across the country took to the highways as the new technology of radio and records made it possible to reach a wider audience. Intense competition brought new ways to entertain, first with guitars, later with full bands, then with a performance style that would inspire...
7) Matchmaker
Author
Publisher
Silver Sprocket
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The complete collection of cartoonist Cam Marshall's joyful queer slice-of-life webcomic! Best friends Mason and Kimmy live through their early twenties in the early '20s, navigating a global pandemic and terrifying job market alongside making friends, dating, and playing way too many video games. But when shy and nervous Mason can't find a boyfriend, it's up to Kimmy to play matchmaker! Who will it be? The cute boy down the hall with the Sailor Moon...
Author
Publisher
Beltz & Gelberg
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Almuth will später einmal zur Feuerwehr und "Retterin" werden. Jetzt muss sie erstmal das Huhn Ingeborg vor dem Hahn retten. Bald hat sie auch die freche Joy und Said, den Jungen vom Feuerwehrteich, in ihr Herz geschlossen, mit denen sie durch die Gegend tigert. Als sie mit ihnen unter Himbeersträuchern und Hagebutten auf der Lauer liegt, um den Marder zu überführen, hofft sie, dass alles gut geht. Sie ahnt noch nicht, dass in diesem Sommer noch...
Author
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Regardless of his own sexual orientation, L. Frank Baum's fictions revel in queer, trans, and other transgressive themes. Baum's life in the late 1800s and early 1900s coincided with the rise of sexology in the Western world, as a cascade of studies heightened awareness of the complexity of human sexuality. His years of productivity also coincided with the rise of children's literature as a unique field of artistic creation. Best known for his Oz...
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