James Ransome
5) My teacher
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
A student wonders why her teacher has chosen to teach in her school for so long, and highlights all the special things her teacher does for her class.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
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Description
"The award winners behind Before She Was Harriet explore the story of the saxophone, from its beginnings in 1840s Belgium all the way to New Orleans, where an instrument in a pawn shop caught the eye of musician Sidney Bechet and became the iconic symbolit is today"-- Provided by publisher.
16) Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: taking the stage as the first black and white jazz band in history
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Celebrates the 1936 debut of the Benny Goodman quartet with Teddy Wilson in Chicago, considered to be the first widely seen integrated jazz performance.
17) Broken city
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Description
Seven years after being forced to resign as a New York City police officer, private detective Billy Taggart takes on his toughest case yet: when he's hired to follow the mayor's wife. By the time the mayor reveals his true intentions, Taggart's already in too deep, with his freedom and possibly his life, on the line. Taggart will risk it all in a desperate bid to expose the truth and seek redemption...
19) Satchel Paige
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series.
20) The wagon
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
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Description
A young boy is sustained by his family as he endures the difficulties of being a slave, but when he finally gains his freedom, his joy is tempered by the death of President Lincoln.