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  • Picking Peas for a Penny

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Hardcover (State House Pr, March 1, 1990)
    A black girl describes the hard work and the rewards involved in growing up on a farm during the Depression of the 1930s.
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  • Seven Days Of Kwanzaa

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, Oct. 1, 1994)
    Introduces the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa, and provides information on holiday parties, recipes for African-inspired dishes, instructions for holiday craft projects, and brief biographies of individuals whose lives represent each of the seven pri
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  • Just For You!: Lights Out

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    language (Scholastic Teaching Resources, April 1, 2004)
    Bedtime? Lights out? When city lights begin to glow, I put on a puppet show. Reading Level I (grades K-1). Includes tips for reading with a parent, plus after-reading activities!
  • Ghost Of Sifty, Sifty Sam

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Paperback (Scholastic Inc., Jan. 1, 1948)
    To win a $5000 reward, a chef named Dan agrees to stay in a haunted house overnight and when he meets a very hungry ghost, he gets more than he had expected
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  • The singing man: Adapted from a West African folktale

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Ginn, Aug. 16, 1996)
    Book by Medearis, Angela Shelf
  • The Princess of the Press: The Story of Ida B. Wells-Barnett

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Hardcover (Dutton Books for Young Readers, Oct. 1, 1997)
    A biography of the journalist, newspaper owner, and suffragette who campaigned for civil rights and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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  • Skin Deep and Other Teenage Reflections

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Paperback (Wings Press, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Offering a powerful-but-playful portrait of urban teens-especially teens of color-this collection of poetry is at once rife with contemporary issues as well as the timeless challenges of high school. Whether focusing on topics such as troubled families, racism in the streets, and depression or boy-girl obsession, the joys of graduation, sports triumphs, and personal achievement, Angela Shelf Medearis writes with wry humor and a direct honesty with which young readers will immediately identify. This is an excellent resource to engage adolescent readers and writers in a discussion of issues they will recognize from their own lives.
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  • Skin Deep and Other Teenage Reflections

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    eBook (Wings Press, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Offering a powerful-but-playful portrait of urban teens—especially teens of color—this collection of poetry is at once rife with contemporary issues as well as the timeless challenges of high school. Whether focusing on topics such as troubled families, racism in the streets, and depression or boy-girl obsession, the joys of graduation, sports triumphs, and personal achievement, Angela Shelf Medearis writes with wry humor and a direct honesty with which young readers will immediately identify. This is an excellent resource to engage adolescent readers and writers in a discussion of issues they will recognize from their own lives.
  • Little Louis and the Jazz Band: The Story of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Hardcover (Dutton Books for Young Readers, Aug. 1, 1994)
    Tells how the young Louis Armstrong developed his musical talent as an inmate in an orphanage, and describes his subsequent career as a leading jazz musician
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  • The Biggest Snowball Fight

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Paperback (Scholastic Trade (2003-11-01), March 15, 1656)
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  • The treasure hunt

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Unknown Binding (Scholastic, March 15, 1996)
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  • The Treasure Hunt, SCHOLASTIC AUDIO CASSETTE

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Audio Cassette (Scholastic, March 15, 1995)
    1995 SCHOLASTIC AUDIO CASSETTE