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Books with author Angela Shelf Medearis

  • Dare to Dream: Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement

    Angela Shelf Medearis, Anna Rich

    Paperback (Puffin Books, Jan. 1, 1999)
    "A concise, engaging biography for young readers... A fine addition to easy-reading biography collections."—Booklist"A readable account of the life of Coretta Scott King... this biography shows her to be a courageous woman who can stand on her own merit, and not just as the wife of one of the world's most well-known men."—School Library JournalFrom her childhood encounters with discrimination to her activism as an adult, Coretta Scott King dreamed of finding a place where people were treated equally. This compelling biography tells how she joined her husband, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. to lead protest marches and stand up to prejudice and violence.
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  • Snug in Mama's Arms

    Angela Shelf Medearis, John Sandford

    Hardcover (Brighter Child, March 15, 2004)
    This gentle bedtime story celebrates the comforting reassurance young children feel when snuggled in their mothers’ arms. The soothing text and gentle illustrations offer a heartwarming tribute to the universal importance of a mother’s loving embrace as she lulls her little one to sleep.
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  • Skin Deep: And Other Teenage Reflections

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Paperback (Wings Press, Nov. 1, 2005)
    This collection of poems is aimed at contemporary adolescent life.
  • Dare to Dream: Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    School & Library Binding (San Val, Dec. 1, 1998)
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  • The 100th Day Of School

    Angela Shelf Medearis, Joan Holub

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Jan. 1, 1996)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The children learn 100 spelling words, plant 100 seeds, bake 100 cookies, and ""do everything the 100 way"" to celebrate this special day.
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  • Seven Spools of Thread

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Paperback (Scholastic Inc., Jan. 1, 2005)
    In an African village live seven brothers who make life miserable with their constant fighting. When their father dies, he leaves an unusual will: by sundown, the brothers must make gold out of seven spools of thread or they will be turned out as beggars.
  • The Freedom Riddle: 9

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Oct. 1, 1995)
    On one Christmas day, a resourceful young slave named Jim strikes a deal with his master--if Jim can invent a riddle that Master Brown cannot solve, then Master Brown will give Jim his freedom.
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  • Singing for Dr. King

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Library Binding (Fitzgerald Books, Jan. 1, 2007)
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  • Jamboree Storytime Level B: The Cat and the Monkey's Tail Big Book

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Paperback (Heinemann, )
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  • Picking Peas for a Penny

    Angela Shelf Medearis, Charles Shaw

    Paperback (Scholastic, April 1, 1993)
    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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  • On the Way to the Pond

    Angela Shelf Medearis

    Library Binding (Fitzgerald Books, Jan. 1, 2007)
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  • We Eat Dinner in the Bathtub

    Angela Shelf Medearis, Jacqueline Rogers

    Library Binding (Fitzgerald Books, Jan. 1, 2007)
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