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Illustrators: Bootman, Colin

Grandmama’s Pride

2016

by Becky Birtha and Colin Bootman

"Six-year-old Sarah Marie, her mother, and her little sister travel down south to visit Grandmama in the summer of 1956. Grandmama makes every effort to shield her granddaughters from the prejudice that still plagues her town. But as Sarah Marie learns to read, she notices Grandmama's town is filled with signs and rules that she's never understood before. As Sarah Marie tries to make sense of the world around her, she’s left wondering if life in the South will ever change." -- publisher

Beautiful Life Oppression & Resilience

Tiny stitches

2016

by Gwendolyn Hooks and Colin Bootman

"Biography of Vivien Thomas, an African-American surgical technician who pioneered the procedure used to treat babies with a heart defect known as 'blue baby syndrome.' Includes author's note and author's sources"--Provided by publisher

Biography Cross Group Oppression & Resilience

Hey, Charleston!

2013

by Anne F. Rockwell and Colin Bootman

"What happened when a former slave took beat-up old instruments and gave them to a bunch of orphans? Thousands of futures got a little brighter and a great American art form was born. In 1891, Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins opened his orphanage in Charleston, South Carolina. He soon had hundreds of children and needed a way to support them. Jenkins asked townspeople to donate old band instruments - some of which had last played in the hands of Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. He found teachers to show the kids how to play. Soon the orphanage had a band. And what a band it was. The Jenkins Orphanage Band caused a sensation on the streets of Charleston. People called the band's style of music "rag" - a rhythm inspired by the African-American people who lived on the South Carolina and Georgia coast. The children performed as far away as Paris and London, and they earned enough money to support the orphanage that still exists today. They also helped launch the music we now know as jazz. Hey, Charleston! is the story of the kind man who gave America "some rag" and so much more"--Jacket flap

Biography

A storm called Katrina

2012

by Myron. Uhlberg and Colin Bootman

When flood waters submerge their New Orleans neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a young cornet player and his parents evacuate their home and struggle to survive and stay together

Cross Group

Climbing Lincoln’s steps

2010

by Suzanne Slade and Colin Bootman

"Climbing Lincoln's Steps" describes important moments of African-American history occurring at the Lincoln Memorial, including Dr. Martin Luther King's famous speech and a visit from the first African-American president and his family

Informational Oppression & Resilience

Don’t say ain’t

2004

by Irene Smalls and Colin Bootman

"In 1957, a young girl is torn between life in the neighborhood she grew up in and fitting in at the school she now attends." -- Verso

Any Child

Almost to freedom

2003

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Colin Bootman

Tells the story of a young girl's dramatic escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, from the perspective of her beloved rag doll

Oppression & Resilience

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