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Please, Baby, Please
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Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

ISBN: 0689832338
Format: Hardcover, 32pp
Pub. Date: October 2002
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Edition Description: 1ST
Age Range: For infants or children in preschool.

Elizabeth's Song
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by Michael Wenberg
Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright

ISBN: 1582700699
Format: Hardcover, 32pp
Pub. Date: December 2002
Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing
Age Range: 9 to 12

Guide to Great African American Children's Books about Boys
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Format: Paperback, 210pp.
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons
Pub. Date: December 2000

Guide to Great African American Children's Books about Girls
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Format: Paperback, 212pp.
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons
Pub. Date: December 2000

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