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Black History Month Reading Challenge

One Dozen Who Care, Inc., in collaboration with Nantahala Regional Library is hosting an intergenerational reading challenge for children in kindergarten through 12th grade during the month of February. This event promotes picture books, biographies, novels, and history books in the Purel Miller African American Book Collection. Named for a beloved former Andrews’s 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-4 th) should read their books with or to an adult older than
eighteen. Older children (5th -12th) 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.

Reviews must be submitted no later than Tuesday, February 28 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, Janell at

305-467-3478, or visit https://www.nrlibrary.org/pmc.

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Children's Titles in the Purel Miller Collection

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Title	Author	Call Number
Tristan Strong Destroys the World	Mbalia, Kwame	J F MBA
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching	Mbalia, Kwame	J F MBA
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky	Mbalia, Kwame	J F MBA
Ty's travels : all aboard!	Lyons, Kelly Starling	ER LYO
Up in the Air: The Story of Bessie Coleman	Hart, Philip S.	ODWC J B COLEMAN
War girls	Onyebuchi, Tochi	YA F ONY
Ways to Grow Love	Watson, Renée	J F WAT
Ways to Make Sunshine	Watson, Renée	J F WAT
We are not yet equal : understanding our racial divide	Anderson, Carol	YA 323.1196 AND
We are the ship : the story of Negro league baseball	Nelson, Kadir	ODWC J 796.3576 NEL
We rise, we resist, we raise our voice	none	J 303.3 WE
We've got a job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March	Levinson, Cynthia	ODWC J 323.1196 LEV
What do you do with a voice like that?	Barton, Chris	J 328.7309 BAR
What is given from the heart	McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017	ODWC E MCK
When stars are scattered	Jamieson, Victoria	ODWC J B MOHAMED
White Lilacs	Meyer, Carolyn	ODWC J MEY
Whoopi Goldberg: Entertainer	Blue, Rose and Corinne J. Naden	ODWC J B GOLDBERG
William Still and his freedom stories : the father of the Underground Railroad	Tate, Don	J B STILL
Woke : a young poet's call to justice	Browne, Mahogany L.	J 811.608 BRO
You matter	Robinson, Christian	ODWC E ROB
Young, gifted and black	Wilson, Jamia	J 920 WIL
Your name is a song	Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah	ODWC E THO
Zeely.	Hamilton, Virginia	ODWC J HAM
Zora & me : the cursed ground	Simon, T. R.	J F SIM
Sprouting wings : the flying hobos : the true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States	Jaggar, Louisa	J B BANNING
Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you	Kendi, Ibram X.	ODWC YA 305.8009 KEN
Stamped (for kids) : racism, antiracism, and you	Cherry-Paul, Sonja	J 305.8009 CHE
Stars and sparks on stage	Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)	ODWC J DRA
Starstruck : the cosmic journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson	Krull, Kathleen	J B TYSON
Stone mirrors : the sculpture and silence of Edmonia Lewis	Atkins, Jeannine	YA F ATK
Sunny	Reynolds, Jason	J F REY
Swing	Alexander, Kwame	YA F ALE
Swish! : the slam-dunking, alley-ooping, high-flying Harlem Globetrotters	Slade, Suzanne	ODWC J 796.3236 SLA
Take a walk in their shoes	Turner, Glennette Tilley	ODWC J 920 TUR
Take back the block	Giles, Chrystal D	J F GIL
Thank you, Omu!	Mora, Oge	ODWC E MOR
The ABCs of Black history	Cortez, Rio	J 973.0496 COR
The amazing age of John Roy Lynch	Barton, Chris	J B LYNCH
The awakening of Malcolm X	Shabazz, Ilyasah	YA F SHA
The Backyard Animal Show	Draper, Sharon M	ODWC J DRA
The Buried Bones Mystery	Draper, Sharon M	ODWC J DRA
The cost of knowing	Morris, Brittney	YA F MOR
The crossover	Alexander, Kwame	ODWC J F ALE
The friends.	Guy, Rosa	ODWC YA GUY
The hate u give	Thomas, Angie	ODWC YA THO
The highest tribute : Thurgood Marshall's life, leadership, and legacy	Magoon, Kekla	J B MARSHALL
The journey of little Charlie	Curtis, Christopher Paul	J CUR
The leaving morning	Johnson, Angela, 1961-	ODWC E JOH
The legendary Miss Lena Horne	Weatherford, Carole Boston	J B HORNE
The meet-cute project	Richardson, Rhiannon	YA F RIC
The old truck	Pumphrey, Jarrett	ODWC E PUM
The Parker inheritance	Johnson, Varian	J F JOH
The power of her pen : the story of groundbreaking journalist Ethel L. Payne	Cline-Ransome, Lesa	J B PAYNE
The roots of rap : 16 bars on the 4 pillars of hip-hop	Weatherford, Carole Boston	J 782.4216 WEA
The snowy day.	Keats, Ezra Jack	ODWC E KEA
The space mission adventure	Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)	ODWC J DRA
The undefeated	Alexander, Kwame	ODWC J 811.6 ALE
The vast wonder of the world : the life of scientist Ernest Everett Just	Mangal, Mélina	J B JUST
The wall of fame game	Allen, Crystal	ODWC J ALL
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 : a novel	Curtis, Christopher Paul	ODWC J CUR
The youngest marcher : the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a young civil rights activist	Levinson, Cynthia	ODWC J B HENDRICKS
This promise of change : one girl's story in the fight for school equality	Boyce, Jo Ann Allen	J B BOYCE
Three Cheers for Keisha	Reed, Teresa	ODWC J REE
Tina Turner	Hasday, Judy L.	ODWC J B TURNER
Tiny stitches : the life of medical pioneer Vivien Thomas	Hooks, Gwendolyn	ODWC J B THOMAS
Toni Morrison: Author	Century, Douglas	ODWC J B MORRISON
Nat Turner: Slave Revolt Leader	Bisson, Terry	ODWC J B TURNER
Never caught : the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave Ona Judge	Dunbar, Erica Armstrong	J B JUDGE
Nina : a story of Nina Simone	Todd, Traci N.	J B SIMONE
No small potatoes : Junius G. Groves and his kingdom in Kansas	Bolden, Tonya	J B GROVES
Not my idea : a book about whiteness	Higginbotham, Anastasia	ODWC J 305.8 HIG
Off to see the sea	Grimes, Nikki	E GRI
On the come up	Thomas, Angie	YA F THO
One crazy summer	Williams-Garcia, Rita	J F WIL
One last word : wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance	Grimes, Nikki	J 811.54 GRI
One plastic bag : Isatou Ceesay and the recycling women of the Gambia	Paul, Miranda	ODWC J 363.728 PAU
One step further : my story of math, the moon, and a life-long mission	Johnson, Katherine G.	J B JOHNSON
Oona	DiPucchio, Kelly	E DIP
Opening the road : Victor Hugo Green and his Green Book	Dawson, Keila V.	J 305.896 DAW
Opposite of always	Reynolds, Justin A.	YA F REY
Oprah Winfrey: Entertainer	Nicholson, Lois P.	ODWC J B WINFREY
Out of darkness	Pérez, Ashley Hope	YA F PER
Pathfinders : the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls	Bolden, Tonya	J 920 BOL
Patina	Reynolds, Jason	J F REY
Piecing me together	Watson, Renée	YA F WAT
Pies from nowhere : how Georgia Gilmore sustained the Montgomery bus boycott	Romito, Dee	J B GILMORE
Ralph Ellison: Author	Bishop, Jack	ODWC J B ELLISON
Rebel sisters	Onyebuchi, Tochi	YA F ONY
Rebound	Alexander, Kwame	J F ALE
Resist : 35 profiles of ordinary people who rose up against tyranny and injustice	Chambers, Veronica	ODWC YA 303.48 CHA
Respect : Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul	Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-	ODWC J B FRANKLIN
Rhythm Ride : A Road Trip Through The Motown Sound	Pinkney, Andrea Davis	J 781.644 PIN
Richard Wright: Author	Urban, Joan	ODWC J B WRIGHT
Ruby Bridges	Magoon, Kekla	J B BRIDGES
Runaway : the daring escape of Oney Judge	Shepard, Ray Anthony	J B JUDGE
Saturday	Mora, Oge	ODWC E MOR
Schomburg : the man who built a library	Weatherford, Carole Boston	J B SCHOMBURG
Serena says	Davis, Tanita S.	J F DAV
Shadows of Caesar's Creek	Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)	ODWC J DRA
She was the first! : the trailblazing life of Shirley Chisholm	Russell-Brown, Katheryn	J B CHISHOLM
Slay	Morris, Brittney	ODWC YA MOR
So many beginnings : a Little Women remix	Morrow, Bethany C.	YA F MOR
So tall within : Sojourner Truth's long walk toward freedom	Schmidt, Gary D.	J B TRUTH
Sojourner Truth : ain't I a woman?	McKissack, Pat, 1944-	ODWC J B TRUTH MCK
Solo	Alexander, Kwame	YA F ALE
Song in a Rainstorm: The Story of Musical Prodigy Thomas "blind Tom" Wiggins	Armand, Glenda	ODWC J B WIGGINS
Soul looks back in wonder		ODWC J 811.58 FEE
Sports hero: Kareem Abdul Jabbar; the story of Lew Alcindor,	Burchard, Marshall.	ODWC J B ABDUL-JABBAR
Leon's story	Tillage, Leon, 1936-	ODWC J 975.655 TIL
Let 'er buck! : George Fletcher, the people's champion	Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux	J B FLETCHER
Let it shine : stories of Black women freedom fighters	Pinkney, Andrea Davis	ODWC J 920 PIN
Let the circle be unbroken	Taylor, Mildred D.	ODWC YA TAY
Let's clap, jump, sing & shout; dance, spin & turn it out! : games, songs & stories from an African American childhood	McKissack, Patricia	J 305.896 MCK
Lewis Latimer: Scientist	Norman, Winifred Latimer and Lily Patterson	ODWC J B LATIMER
Libba : the magnificent musical life of Elizabeth Cotton	Veirs, Laura	J B COTTON
Libby loves science : mix and measure	Derting, Kimberly	ER DER
Lift as you climb : the story of Ella Baker	Powell, Patricia Hruby	J B BAKER
Lifting as we climb : black women's battle for the ballot box	Dionne, Evette	YA 323.34 DIO
Lily Brown's paintings	Johnson, Angela, 1961-	ODWC E JOH
Little leaders : bold women in black history	Harrison, Vashti	J 920 HAR
Long journey home : stories from Black history	Lester, Julius	ODWC YA LES
Long way down	Reynolds, Jason	YA F REY
Long way down : the graphic novel	Reynolds, Jason	YA GRAPHIC REY
Look Both Ways: a tale told in ten blocks	Reynolds, Jason	J F REY
Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices go tell it! : a monologue novel	Pinkney, Andrea Davis	J F PIN
Lost in the Tunnel of Time	Draper, Sharon M	ODWC J DRA
Louis Armstrong: Musician	Tanenhaus, Sam	ODWC J B ARMSTRONG
Love is a revolution	Watson, Renée	YA F WAT
Loving vs. Virginia : a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case	Powell, Patricia Hruby	YA F POW
Lu	Reynolds, Jason	J F REY
M.C. Higgins, the great	Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002	ODWC J HAM
Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneur	Bundles, A'Lelia Perry	ODWC J B WALKER
Magnificent Homespun Brown : A Celebration	Doyon, Samara Cole	ODWC E DOY
Marley Dias gets it done : and so can you!	Dias, Marley	J 305.2308 DIA
Martin Luther King Jr. : great lives in graphics	none	J B KING
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Leader	Jakoubek, Robert	ODWC J B KING
Martin rising : requiem for a King	Pinkney, Andrea Davis	J 811.6 PIN
Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator	Halasa, Malu	ODWC J B BETHUNE
Matthew Henson: Explorer	Gilman, Michael	ODWC J B HENSON
Maya and the return of the godlings	Barron, Rena	J F BAR
Maya and the rising dark	Barron, Rena	J F BAR
Maya Angelou: Author	Shapiro, Miles	ODWC J B ANGELOU
Me (Moth)	McBride, Amber	YA F MCB
Miami Jackson gets it straight	McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017	ODWC J MCK
Michael Jordan: Basketball Great	Dolan, Sean	ODWC J B JORDAN
Muhammad Ali: Heavyweight Champion	Rummel, Jack.	ODWC J B ALI
Muted	Charles, Tami	YA F CHA
My brother Charlie	Peete, Holly Robinson, 1964-	ODWC E PEE
My pen	Myers, Christopher	ODWC E MYE
Mya in the middle	Allen, Crystal	ODWC J ALL
Gone Crazy in Alabama	Williams-Garcia, Rita	J F WIL
Gordon Parks : how the photographer captured black and white America	Weatherford, Carole Boston	J B PARKS
Hair love	Cherry, Matthew A.	ODWC E CHE
Hammering for freedom : the William Lewis story	Hubbard, Rita L.	J B LEWIS
Handimals : animals in art and nature	Daniele, Guido, 1950-	ODWC J 704.9 DAN
Happily ever afters	Bryant, Elise	YA F BRY
Harbor me	Woodson, Jacqueline	J F WOO
Harriet Tubman	Pinkney, Andrea Davis	J B TUBMAN
Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter	King, Shani Mahir	J 323.1196 KIN
He's got the whole world in his hands	Nelson, Kadir	ODWC E NEL
Henry Aaron: Baseball Great	Rennert, Richard Scott	ODWC J B AARON
Hey black child	Perkins, Useni Eugene	J 811.54 PER
Hidden Figures: the true story of four black women and the space race	Shetterly, Margot Lee	J 920 SHE
I Am Every Good Thing	Barnes, Derrick	E BAR
I am Harriet Tubman	Meltzer, Brad	J B TUBMAN
I am Jackie Robinson	Meltzer, Brad	J B ROBINSON
I am Martin Luther King, Jr.	Meltzer, Brad	J B KING
I am Oprah Winfrey	Meltzer, Brad	J B WINFREY
I am Rosa Parks	Meltzer, Brad	J B PARKS
I heard God talking to me : William Edmondson and his stone carvings	Spires, Elizabeth.	ODWC J 811.54 SPI
I promise	James, LeBron	ODWC E JAM
I see the rhythm	Igus, Toyomi	ODWC J 780.89 IGU
Infinite hope : a Black artist's journey from World War II to peace	Bryan, Ashley	ODWC J B BRYAN
Instructions for dancing	Yoon, Nicola	YA F YOO
Inventing Victoria	Bolden, Tonya	YA F BOL
Ira's Shakespeare dream	Armand, Glenda	ODWC J 792.02 ARM
Jabari Tries	Cornwall, Gaia	ODWC E COR
Jackie Robinson: Baseball Great	Scott, Richard	ODWC J B ROBINSON
James Baldwin: Author	Rosset, Lisa	ODWC J B BALDWIN
Jesse Jackson: A Biography	McKissack, Patricia C.	ODWC J B JACKSON
Jesse Owens: Champion Athlete	Gentry, Tony.	ODWC J B OWENS
Joe Louis: Heavyweight Champion	Jakoubek, Robert	ODWC J B LOUIS
Josephine Baker: Entertainer	Schroeder, Alan.	ODWC J B BAKER
Jump at the sun	Williams, Alicia	J B HURSTON
Just like Martin	Davis, Ossie	ODWC J DAV
Kamala and Maya's big idea	Harris, Meena	ODWC E HAR
Kenya's song	Trice, Linda	ODWC E TRI
King & Kayla and the case of found Fred	Butler, Dori Hillestad	ER BUT
King & Kayla and the case of the lost tooth	Butler, Dori Hillestad	ER BUT
King & Kayla and the case of the unhappy neighbor	Butler, Dori Hillestad	ER BUT
King and Kayla and the case of the mysterious mouse	Butler, Dori Hillestad	ER BUT
Kneel	Buford, Candace	YA F BUF
Langston Hughes: Poet	Rummel, Jack.	ODWC J B HUGHES
Legacy : women poets of the Harlem Renaissance	Grimes, Nikki	J 811.54 GRI
Legendborn	Deonn, Tracy	YA F DEO
Claudette Colvin	Cline-Ransome, Lesa	J B COLVIN
Clean getaway	Stone, Nic	J F STO
Colin Powell: Military Leader	Brown, Warren	ODWC J B POWELL
Concrete rose	Thomas, Angie	YA F THO
Cornrows	Yarbrough, Camille	ODWC E YAR