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Black History Month Reading Challenge
One Dozen Who Care, Inc., in collaboration with Nantahala Regional Library is hosting their 4th annual reading challenge for children in kindergarten through 12th grade from January 15th until February 29th. This event promotes picture books, biographies, novels, and history books in the Purel Miller African American Book Collection. Named for a beloved former Andrews resident, the Collection encourages greater cultural understanding and is currently housed at Andrews Public Library.
Children are asked to read and review age-appropriate books in the Miller Collection. Younger children (K-4th grade) should read their books with or to an adult older than eighteen. Older children (5th-12th grades) should discuss what they’re reading with an adult. For each review, the children will receive $5 with a maximum of $20 awarded per child. Book lists and review forms can be found on the library’s website here: https://www.nrlibrary.org/pmc.
Reviews must be submitted no later than Thursday, February 29th to the following email address: pmcreadingchallenge@gmail.com. Incentives will be awarded in March. For more information about
the reading challenge, contact Bridget at 828-837-2025 or Janell at 305-467-3478.
Children's Titles in the Purel Miller Collection
Scroll through the titles in the table below:
Locations: A (Andrews), B (Bookmobile), GR (Graham), M(Murphy), MH(Moss Hayesville)
Call Number | Title | Author | Location | Collection Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ODWC YA 303.48 CHA | Resist : 35 profiles of ordinary people who rose up against tyranny and injustice | Chambers, Veronica | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA 305.8009 KEN | Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you | Kendi, Ibram X. | A, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA 305.8009 SHE | A long time coming : a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama | Shepard, Ray Anthony | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA 811 GOR | The hill we climb : an inaugural poem for the country | Gorman, Amanda | A (2), M | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA AND | Chains | Anderson, Laurie Halse | A, B, MH, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA AND | Forge | Anderson, Laurie Halse | A, B | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA GUY | Edith Jackson | Guy, Rosa | A (2) | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA GUY | The friends. | Guy, Rosa | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA LES | Long journey home : stories from Black history | Lester, Julius | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA MOR | Slay | Morris, Brittney | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA TAY | Let the circle be unbroken | Taylor, Mildred D. | A, MH | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA THO | The hate u give | Thomas, Angie | A (2), GR | PMC Collection |
ODWC YA WAT | Love is a revolution | Watson, Renee | A, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B JORDAN | Michael Jordan: Basketball Great | Dolan, Sean | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B KING | A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr. | Adler, David A. | A, MH | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B KING | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Leader | Jakoubek, Robert | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B LATIMER | Lewis Latimer: Scientist | Norman, Winifred Latimer and Lily Patterson | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B LOUIS | Joe Louis: Heavyweight Champion | Jakoubek, Robert | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B MAHOMES | Patrick Mahomes | Wetzel, Dan | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B MARSHALL | Thurgood Marshall: Supreme Court Justice | Aldred, Lisa | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B MCNAIR | Ronald McNair: Astronaut | Naden, Corinne | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B MOHAMED | When stars are scattered | Jamieson, Victoria | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B MORRISON | Toni Morrison: Author | Century, Douglas | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B OWENS | Jesse Owens: Champion Athlete | Gentry, Tony. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B POWELL | Colin Powell: Military Leader | Brown, Warren | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B ROBINSON | Jackie Robinson: Baseball Great | Scott, Richard | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B THOMAS | Tiny stitches : the life of medical pioneer Vivien Thomas | Hooks, Gwendolyn | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B TRUTH | Sojourner Truth: Antislavery Activist | Krass, Peter. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B TRUTH MCK | Sojourner Truth : ain't I a woman? | McKissack, Pat, 1944- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B TUBMAN | Harriet Tubman: Antislavery Activist | Taylor, M.W. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B TURNER | Nat Turner: Slave Revolt Leader | Bisson, Terry | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B TURNER | Tina Turner | Hasday, Judy L. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B WALKER | Alice Walker: Author | Gentry, Tony. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B WALKER | Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneur | Bundles, A'Lelia Perry | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B WASHINGTON | Booker T. Washington: Educator and Racial Spokesman | Schroeder, Alan. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B WIGGINS | Song in a Rainstorm: The Story of Musical Prodigy Thomas "blind Tom" Wiggins | Armand, Glenda | A (2) | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B WILLIAMS | Serena Williams | Wetzel, Dan | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B WINFREY | Oprah Winfrey: Entertainer | Nicholson, Lois P. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B WOODSON | Brown Girl Dreaming | Woodson, Jacqueline | A, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B WOODSON | Carter reads the newspaper | Hopkinson, Deborah | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B WRIGHT | Richard Wright: Author | Urban, Joan | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J BOY | Circle of Gold | Boyd, Candy Dawson. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J CUR | Bud, not Buddy | Curtis, Christopher Paul | A (2), B, GR, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC J CUR | The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 : a novel | Curtis, Christopher Paul | A (2), MH, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC J DAV | Just like Martin | Davis, Ossie | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J DRA | Lost in the Tunnel of Time | Draper, Sharon M | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J DRA | Shadows of Caesar's Creek | Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills) | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J DRA | Stars and sparks on stage | Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills) | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J DRA | The Backyard Animal Show | Draper, Sharon M | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J DRA | The Buried Bones Mystery | Draper, Sharon M | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J DRA | The space mission adventure | Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills) | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J F ALE | The crossover | Alexander, Kwame | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J F DRA | Stella by starlight | Draper, Sharon M. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J FOG | Crossing Jordan | Fogelin, Adrian | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J HAM | M.C. Higgins, the great | Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002 | A, MH (2), M | PMC Collection |
ODWC J HAM | Zeely. | Hamilton, Virginia | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J LUQ | Freewater | Luqman-Dawson, Amina | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J MCK | Miami Jackson gets it straight | McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017 | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J MEY | White Lilacs | Meyer, Carolyn | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J MOO | Holler of the fireflies | Moore, David Barclay | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J NAY | Send No Blessings | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J REE | Three Cheers for Keisha | Reed, Teresa | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J REY | All American boys | Reynolds, Jason | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 792.02 ARM | Ira's Shakespeare dream | Armand, Glenda | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 796.3236 SLA | Swish! : the slam-dunking, alley-ooping, high-flying Harlem Globetrotters | Slade, Suzanne | A (2), B | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 796.3576 NEL | We are the ship : the story of Negro league baseball | Nelson, Kadir | A, GR, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 811.54 ASH | Ashley Bryan's ABC of African-American poetry. | A | PMC Collection | |
ODWC J 811.54 JOH | A girl like me | Johnson, Angela, 1961- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 811.54 SPI | I heard God talking to me : William Edmondson and his stone carvings | Spires, Elizabeth. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 811.58 FEE | Soul looks back in wonder | A | PMC Collection | |
ODWC J 811.6 ALE | The undefeated | Alexander, Kwame | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 812 DAV | Escape to freedom : a play about young Frederick Douglass | Davis, Ossie | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 920 PIN | Let it shine : stories of Black women freedom fighters | Pinkney, Andrea Davis | A (2), MH | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 920 TUR | Take a walk in their shoes | Turner, Glennette Tilley | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 920.72089 HUD | Brave, black, first : 50+ African American women who changed the world | Hudson, Cheryl Willis | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 973.049 HAN | Born on the water | Hannah-Jones, Nikole | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 974.0049 WAL | A is for Affrilachia | Walker, Frank X. 1961- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 975.655 TIL | Leon's story | Tillage, Leon, 1936- | A, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 976.6 WEA | Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre | Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J ALL | Mya in the middle | Allen, Crystal | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J ALL | The wall of fame game | Allen, Crystal | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B AARON | Henry Aaron: Baseball Great | Rennert, Richard Scott | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B ABDUL-JABBAR | Sports hero: Kareem Abdul Jabbar; the story of Lew Alcindor, | Burchard, Marshall. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B ALI | Muhammad Ali: Heavyweight Champion | Rummel, Jack. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B ANGELOU | Maya Angelou: Author | Shapiro, Miles | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B ARMSTRONG | Louis Armstrong: Musician | Tanenhaus, Sam | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B ASHE | Arthur Ashe: Tennis Great | Weissberg, Ted | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B BAKER | Josephine Baker: Entertainer | Schroeder, Alan. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B BALDWIN | James Baldwin: Author | Rosset, Lisa | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B BANNEKER | Benjamin Banneker: Scientist and Mathematician | Conley, Kevin | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B BETHUNE | Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator | Halasa, Malu | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B Biles | Simone Biles | Wetzel, Dan | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B BILES | The story of Simone Biles : a biography book for new readers | Burk, Rachelle | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B BRIDGES | The story of Ruby Bridges : a biography book for new readers | Norwood, Arlisha | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B BRYAN | Infinite hope : a Black artist's journey from World War II to peace | Bryan, Ashley | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B CARVER | George Washington Carver: Botanist | Adair, Gene | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B COLEMAN | Up in the Air: The Story of Bessie Coleman | Hart, Philip S. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B COSBY | Bill Cosby: Entertainer | Herbert, Solomon J. and George H. Hill | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B DOUGLASS | Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist Editor | Russell, Sharman Apt | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B DREW | Charles Drew: Physician | Mahone-Lonesome, Robyn | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B Ellington | Duke Ellington: Band leader and Composer | Frankl, Ron | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B ELLISON | Ralph Ellison: Author | Bishop, Jack | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B FITZGERALD | Ella Fitzgerald: Singer | Kliment, Bud. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B FRANKLIN | Respect : Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul | Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B GILLESPIE | Dizzy Gillespie: Musician | Gentry, Tony. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B GOLDBERG | Whoopi Goldberg: Entertainer | Blue, Rose and Corinne J. Naden | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B HALEY | Alex Haley: Author | Shirley, David | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B HENDRICKS | The youngest marcher : the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a young civil rights activist | Levinson, Cynthia | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B HENSON | Matthew Henson: Explorer | Gilman, Michael | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B HUGHES | Langston Hughes: Poet | Rummel, Jack. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B JACKSON | Jesse Jackson: A Biography | McKissack, Patricia C. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B JAMES | LeBron James | Wetzel, Dan | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B JOHNSON | A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon | Slade, Suzanne | A, GR | PMC Collection |
ODWC E ASI | Whose toes are those? | Asim, Jabari | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E BIN | The walk | Bingham, Winsome | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E CHA | We are here | Charles, Tami | A (2) | PMC Collection |
ODWC E CHE | Hair love | Cherry, Matthew A. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E COL | White Socks Only | Coleman, Evelyn | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E COO | Full, full, full of love | Cooke, Trish | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E COR | Jabari Tries | Cornwall, Gaia | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E COS | Friends of a feather : one of life's little fables | Cosby, Bill, 1937- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E DEL | Last stop on Market Street | de la Peña, Matt | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E DOY | Magnificent Homespun Brown : A Celebration | Doyon, Samara Cole | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E GOR | Algo, algún día | Gorman, Amanda 1998- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E GOR | Something, someday | Gorman, Amanda 1998- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E HAR | Kamala and Maya's big idea | Harris, Meena | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E HEN | A day for rememberin' : the first Memorial Day | Henderson, Leah | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E JAM | I promise | James, LeBron | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E JOH | Lily Brown's paintings | Johnson, Angela, 1961- | A, B, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC E JOH | The leaving morning | Johnson, Angela, 1961- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E KEA | The snowy day. | Keats, Ezra Jack | A, B (2), GR, MH, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC E MCK | What is given from the heart | McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017 | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E MOR | Saturday | Mora, Oge | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E MOR | Thank you, Omu! | Mora, Oge | A (2), B | PMC Collection |
ODWC E MYE | My pen | Myers, Christopher | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E NEL | He's got the whole world in his hands | Nelson, Kadir | A (2), B (2) | PMC Collection |
ODWC E PEE | My brother Charlie | Peete, Holly Robinson, 1964- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E PIN | Duke Ellington : the piano prince and his orchestra | Pinkney, Andrea Davis | A, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC E POS | Doc is the best medicine! | Posner-Sanchez, Andrea | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E PUM | The old truck | Pumphrey, Jarrett | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E ROB | You matter | Robinson, Christian | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E THO | Your name is a song | Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E TRI | Kenya's song | Trice, Linda | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E WAL | Dream street | Walker, Tricia Elam | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E WAT | Liberty's civil rights road trip | Waters, Michael W. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E WIL | Enid and the Great Idea | Williams, Cynthia G. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E WIL | Enid and the Homecoming | Williams, Cynthia G. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC E WOO | Each kindness | Woodson, Jacqueline | A, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC E YAR | Cornrows | Yarbrough, Camille | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 305.8 HIG | Not my idea : a book about whiteness | Higginbotham, Anastasia | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 305.896 HAR | A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riots of 1919 | Hartfield, Claire | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 323.092 RAP | Martin's Big Words | Rappaport, Doreen. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 323.092 RUS | Justice rising : 12 amazing Black women in the Civil Rights Movement | Russell-Brown, Katheryn 1961- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 323.1196 LEV | We've got a job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March | Levinson, Cynthia | A, M | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 338.109 PAU | I am farmer : growing an environmental movement in Cameroon | Paul, Baptiste | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 363.728 PAU | One plastic bag : Isatou Ceesay and the recycling women of the Gambia | Paul, Miranda | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 398.2 AAR | Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale | Aardema, Verna | A, GR, MH | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 398.2 FAU | Brer Tiger and the big wind | Faulkner, William J. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 398.2 FAU | The days when the animals talked : Black American folktales and how they came to be | Faulkner, William J. | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 639.2 MCK | Black hands, white sails : the story of African-American whalers | McKissack, Pat | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 704.9 DAN | Handimals : animals in art and nature | Daniele, Guido, 1950- | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 780.89 IGU | I see the rhythm | Igus, Toyomi | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 782.4216 HER | God bless the child | Herzog, Arthur, Jr. | A | PMC Collection |
YA F THO | On the come up | Thomas, Angie | GR, M | Honor Books |
YA F THO | Concrete rose | Thomas, Angie | M | Honor Books |
YA F WAT | Piecing me together | Watson, Renée | A | Honor Books |
YA F WIL | A sitting in St. James | Williams-Garcia, Rita | A | Honor Books |
YA F YOO | Instructions for dancing | Yoon, Nicola | A | Honor Books |
YA GRAPHIC REY | Long way down : the graphic novel | Reynolds, Jason | MH | Honor Books |
J F SHA | Betty before X | Shabazz, Ilyasah | A | Honor Books |
J F SIM | Zora & me : the cursed ground | Simon, T. R. | A | Honor Books |
J F STO | Clean getaway | Stone, Nic | A | Honor Books |
J F WAT | Ways to Grow Love | Watson, Renée | A | Honor Books |
J F WAT | Ways to Make Sunshine | Watson, Renée | A | Honor Books |
J F WIL | Genesis begins again | Williams, Alicia | A | Honor Books |
J F WIL | One crazy summer | Williams-Garcia, Rita | MH, M | Honor Books |
J F WOO | Before the Ever After | Woodson, Jacqueline | A | Honor Books |
J F WOO | Harbor me | Woodson, Jacqueline | GR | Honor Books |
J GRAPHIC CRA | Class act | Craft, Jerry | A | Honor Books |
J GRAPHIC JOH | Twins | Johnson, Varian | A | Honor Books |
YA 323.1196 AND | We are not yet equal : understanding our racial divide | Anderson, Carol | M | Honor Books |
YA 323.1196 MAR | And we rise : the Civil Rights Movement in poems | Martin, Erica | M | Honor Books |
YA 323.34 DIO | Lifting as we climb : black women's battle for the ballot box | Dionne, Evette | M | Honor Books |
YA 811.54 NEL | Augusta Savage : the shape of a sculptor's life | Nelson, Marilyn | MH | Honor Books |
YA 811.6 ACE | Inheritance : a visual poem | Acevedo, Elizabeth | MH | Honor Books |
YA 811.6 REY | Ain't burned all the bright | Reynolds, Jason | M | Honor Books |
YA F ADE | Children of blood and bone | Adeyemi, Tomi | A, M | Honor Books |
YA F ADE | Children of virtue and vengeance | Adeyemi, Tomi | A, M | Honor Books |
YA F ALE | Swing | Alexander, Kwame | A, GR | Honor Books |
YA F ALE | Solo | Alexander, Kwame | A, GR | Honor Books |
YA F ALE | The door of no return | Alexander, Kwame | A, MH | Honor Books |
YA F AND | Ashes | Anderson, Laurie Halse | A | Honor Books |
YA F ARN | I rise | Arnold, Marie | M | Honor Books |
YA F ATK | Stone mirrors : the sculpture and silence of Edmonia Lewis | Atkins, Jeannine | A | Honor Books |
YA F BOL | Inventing Victoria | Bolden, Tonya | MH | Honor Books |
YA F BRO | The chosen one : a first-generation Ivy League odyssey | Brown, Echo | M | Honor Books |
YA F BRY | Happily ever afters | Bryant, Elise | M | Honor Books |
YA F BUF | Kneel | Buford, Candace | MH | Honor Books |
YA F CHA | Muted | Charles, Tami | M | Honor Books |
YA F COR | Daughters of jubilation | Corthron, Kara Lee | M | Honor Books |
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