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Lexile measure
AD 580L
Language
English
Description
A simple way to get acquainted with Kwanzaa. "Hooray! Hooray! It's time to get ready for Kwanzaa." During the seven days of Kwanzaa, we celebrate the importance of family, friends, and community. This warm and lively introduction to a very special holiday will help even the youngest children join in!
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Language
English
Formats
Description
"A Flag for Juneteenth depicts a close-knit community of enslaved African Americans on a plantation in Texas, the day before the announcement is to be made that all enslaved people are free. Young Huldah, who is preparing to celebrate her tenth birthday, can't possibly anticipate how much her life will change that Juneteenth morning. The story follows Huldah and her community as they process the news of their freedom and celebrate together by creating...
Author
Series
Amazing Grace (Picture books) volume 4
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her grandmother takes in a stranded family at Christmas, Grace is reluctant to share her favorite holiday with strangers, even though the visiting family includes a "real live ballerina."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Jayylen's grandfather, Paw Paw Jimmy, begins preparing for a big Juneteenth celebration, Jayylen has a lot of questions. Most importantly, what is Juneteenth? His mother and Paw Paw Jimmy explain that the holiday marks the anniversary of when enslaved African Americans found out that they were free. Paw Paw Jimmy plays some zydeco for him, which is the type of music they will dance to at the celebration. Jayylen practices every day so that he...
8) Kwanzaa
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
310L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"How do we get ready for Kwanzaa? What will this special time bring? Stories? Candles? Love for family? Let's find out!"--
12) Juneteenth
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
An African American family attends a modern-day Juneteenth parade in Galveston, Texas (the birthplace of the holiday). Text includes lines from "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
NC 1090L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With colorful illustrations and a timeline, this introductory history of Juneteenth for kids details the evolution of the holiday commemorating the date the enslaved people of Texas first learned of their freedom. On June 19, 1865--more than two years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation--the enslaved people of Texas first learned of their freedom. That day became a day of remembrance and celebration that changed and grew from year...
15) Kwanzaa
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Simple text and color photographs introduce readers to the traditions of Kwanzaa.
16) Kwanzaa
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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. Readers will discover how a shared holiday can have multiple traditions and be celebrated in all sorts of ways."--
17) The real Santa
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
AD 570L
Language
English
Description
An African American boy and his family are getting ready for Christmas on Christmas Eve. He wonders what Santa really looks like, and finds out that he looks just like him.
18) Kwanzaa
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief introduction to the celebration of Kwanzaa.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Journey Jangle, a young inventor, has always loved hearing about her grandfather, the famous inventor Jeronicus Jangle, whom she had never met, but when she goes to see him, she discovers he is an unhappy man who runs a pawnshop, and it is up to her to find a way for him to recover his spirits and his love for invention.
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