Christopher Myers

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1) Wings

Author

Pub. Date

2002,c2000

Description

Ikarus Jackson, the new boy in school, is outcast because he has wings, but his resilient spirit inspires one girl to speak up for him in this story about celebrating individuality.

2) My pen

Author

Myers, Christopher

Pub. Date

2015.

Edition

First edition.

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An artist celebrates the many things he can do with a simple pen, and encourages the reader to do the same.

3) Monster

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

4) Firebird: ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird

Author

Copeland, Misty

Pub. Date

2014

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American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.

5) Jazz

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

Pub. Date

c2006

Edition

1st ed.

Description

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Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the roots of jazz music.

6) Harlem: a poem

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

Pub. Date

c1997

Description

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A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem. This book is an impressionistic appreciation of Harlem & its culture as seen through the eyes of author Walter Dean Myers & his artist son, Christopher.

7) Pet

Author

Emezi, Akwaeke

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster. There are no monsters anymore. In the city of Lucille, Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. Then Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother's...

8) One last word: wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

Author

Grimes, Nikki

Pub. Date

2017.

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"In this collection of poetry, Nikki Grimes looks afresh at the poets of the Harlem Renaissance -- including voices like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and many more writers of importance and resonance from this era -- by combining their work with her own original poetry. Using 'The Golden Shovel' poetic method, Grimes has written a collection of poetry that is as gorgeous as it is thought-provoking. This special book also includes original...