As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for "Life Every Voice," which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. However, during the early 1900s he was part of one of the most popular and successful songwriting teams in America. Johnson,...

If ancestry contributes to the character of a man, one can well understand the charisma, the fortitude, and the adventurous spirit of President Theodore Roosevelt. Built upon five American generations of his maternal Scots bloodline--the Bullochs of...

Jamarcus is a preschooler, who loves learning and playing with friends at school. Jamarcus has a very difficult time separating from his mother during school drop off. Mrs. Johnson, his teacher, reassures him that when mommy leaves, she comes back at the...

Jamaica doesn't want a younger child to play with her, until she remembers how she felt when her older brother excluded her from his games.

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the third book in this laugh-out-loud series about a class clown faking his way through middle school from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and...

In Jailbreak Out of History, revolutionary Amazon theorist Butch Lee shows how the anticolonial struggles of New Afrikan/Black women were central to the unfolding of 19th century amerika, both during and "after" slavery.The book's title essay, "The...

Jade Taylor is a classy, conservative, single mother with two children, trying to make it in the big world of New York City. For conservative Jade, it's the hardest thing in the world to do. Keeping her principles intact is one thing but constantly...

Education propelled her to success.But old wounds run deep...Ever since she was a child, Jada White was told that education is the key to success. To freedom. To happiness. So, she found purpose and a life direction at college, studying the very subject...

Jada Sly, a hilarious and spunky artist and spy, explores New York City on a mission to find her mom in this fast paced, fun illustrated novel from an acclaimed author (School Library Connection).Ten-year-old Jada Sly is an artist and a spy-in-training...

Jada Sly, a hilarious and spunky artist and spy, is on a mission to find her mom in this illustrated novel from acclaimed author Sherri Winston.Ten-year-old Jada Sly is an artist and a spy-in-training. When she isn't studying the art from her idols like...

Jacob--star of one of the most banned books of the decade according to the American Library Association--is back in his third book and ready to put on a school play! While learning their lines and making their costumes, Jacob's class finds itself...

Check out the new companion book, Jacob's School Play Starring He, She, and They. 2020 ALA Rainbow Book List Selection 2020 NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Selection A great companion read to The World Needs Who You Were...