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Black History Month Reading Challenge
Black History Month Reading Challenge
January 20-February 28, 2025
One Dozen Who Care, Inc in collaboration with Nantahala Regional Library is hosting their 5th annual reading challenge for children in kindergarten through 12th grade from January 20th until February 28th. 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 Friday, February 28th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
J B JORDAN | Michael Jordan | Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel) | A | Honor Books |
J B PRINCE | Prince | Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel) | A | Honor Books |
ER LYO | Ty's Travels: Camp-Out | Lyons, Kelly Starling | A | Honor Books |
E DIP | Oona and the Shark | DiPucchio, Kelly | A | Honor Books |
E DIP | Oona in the Arctic | DiPucchio, Kelly | A | Honor Books |
J GRAPHIC CRA | School trip | Craft, Jerry | A | Honor Books |
J GRAPHIC CRA | New Kid | Craft, Jerry | A | Honor Books |
YA F BRY | Reggie and Delilah's year of falling | Bryant, Elise | M | Honor Books |
YA F BRY | One true loves | Bryant, Elise | M | Honor Books |
YA F BUF | Good as gold | Buford, Candace | MH | Honor Books |
E CHA | All because you matter | Charles, Tami | MH | Honor Books |
YA F DEO | Bloodmarked | Deonn, Tracy | M | Honor Books |
YA F JAC | The weight of blood | Jackson, Tiffany D. | M | Honor Books |
YA F MCK | A crown so cursed | McKinney, L. L. | MH | Honor Books |
YA F MCK | A dream so dark | McKinney, L. L. | MH | Honor Books |
YA F MCK | A blade so black | McKinney, L. L. | MH | Honor Books |
YA F CLA | The beauty trials | Clayton, Dhonielle | A | Honor Books |
YA F CLA | The everlasting rose | Clayton, Dhonielle | A | Honor Books |
YA F CLA | The Belles | Clayton, Dhonielle | A | Honor Books |
YA F BAR | Kingdom of souls | Barron, Rena | MH | Honor Books |
J F BAR | Maya and the Lord of Shadows | Barron, Rena | A | Honor Books |
J B MBA | Jax Freeman and the phantom shriek | Mbalia, Kwame | M | Honor Books |
J F DAV | Figure it out, Henri Weldon | Davis, Tanita S. | MH | Honor Books |
J F DAV | Partly cloudy | Davis, Tanita S. | GR | Honor Books |
YA F STO | Chaos theory | Stone, Nic | GR | Honor Books |
J F WOO | Remember us | Woodson, Jacqueline | MH | Honor Books |
E WOO | The world belonged to us | Woodson, Jacqueline | A | Honor Books |
E WIL | Homegrown | Wiley, DeAnn | GR | Honor Books |
J B BALDWIN | Jimmy's rhythm & blues : the extraordinary life of James Baldwin | Meadows, Michelle | M | Honor Books |
E KEL | Do you know them? | Keller, Shana | A | Honor Books |
E OSO | My hair is a book | Oso, Maisha | A | Honor Books |
J B HAMILTON | Extraordinary magic : the storytelling life of Virginia Hamilton | Crews, Nina | A | Honor Books |
J 709.2396 JAC | Black artists shaping the world : 14 stories of creativity | Jackson, Sharna | A | Honor Books |
J F RIC | Bird nerd | Richter, Jennifer | A | Honor Books |
ER LYO | Ty's Travels: Showtime! | Lyons, Kelly Starling | A | Honor Books |
J B MORRISON | A crown of stories : the life and language of Beloved writer Toni Morrison | Weatherford, Carole Boston | M | Honor Books |
J B RUDOLPH | Go, Wilma, go! : Wilma Rudolph, from athlete to activist | Davis, Amira Rose | MH | Honor Books |
J B KING | Coretta : the autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King | King, Coretta Scott | A | Honor Books |
YA F BEN | Blood justice | Benton-Walker, Terry J. | M | Honor Books |
J B BAKER | Go forth and tell : the life of Augusta Baker, librarian and master storyteller | McDaniel, Breanna J. | A, M | Honor Books |
J F HUD | The reckoning | Hudson, Wade | A | Honor Books |
J 379.263 BRI | Dear Ruby, hear our hearts | Bridges, Ruby | M | Honor Books |
YA F MAR | More than this | Marquis, Krystal | M | Honor Books |
YA F HOL | Not about a boy | Hollis, Myah | GR | Honor Books |
YA 920 STE | American wings : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky | Smith, Sherri L. and Wein, Elizabeth | MH | Honor Books |
YA F ELH | Bright red fruit | Elhillo, Safia | MH | Honor Books |
J B PARKER | Rooting for plants : the unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black botanist and collector | Harrington, Janice N. | A | Honor Books |
J F SAN | Keynan Masters and the peerless magic crew | Sanders, DaVaun | M | Honor Books |
J F DUN | Susie King Taylor : nurse, teacher & freedom fighter | Dunbar, Erica Armstrong and Buford, Candace | A | Honor Books |
J F CLA | The memory thieves | Clayton, Dhonielle | MH | Honor Books |
J F CLA | The Marvellers | Clayton, Dhonielle | MH | Honor Books |
J B PINKNEY | Just Jerry : how drawing shaped my life : a memoir | Pinkney, Jerry | MH | Honor Books |
YA F MCB | We are all so good at smiling | McBride, Amber | MH | Honor Books |
E DAI | Okra stew : a Gullah Geechee family celebration | Daise, Natalie | M | Honor Books |
J F RHO | Treasure Island : runaway gold | Rhodes, Jewell Parker | A | Honor Books |
E TAY | A flag for Juneteenth | Taylor, Kim | GR | Honor Books |
J F THO | The Manifestor prophecy | Thomas, Angie | A | Honor Books |
YA F COL | The Blackwoods | Colbert, Brandy | M | Honor Books |
YA F MAR | The Davenports | Marquis, Krystal | M | Honor Books |
J F BAP | Eb & Flow | Baptist, Kelly J. | MH | Honor Books |
YA F JON | Nigeria Jones | Zoboi, Ibi Aanu | M | Honor Books |
J B NICHOLS | To boldly go : how Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek helped advance civil rights | Dalton, Angela | M | Honor Books |
J B MORRISON | On her wings : the story of Toni Morrison | Nolen, Jerdine | A | Honor Books |
J B THOMAS | Ablaze with color : a story of painter Alma Thomas | Harvey, Jeanne Walker | MH | Honor Books |
ER CUR | Parker grows a garden | Curry, Parker and Parker, Jessica | A | Honor Books |
J F RHU | Operation sisterhood | Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola | A | Honor Books |
J B GORMAN | Amanda Gorman | Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel) | A | Honor Books |
ER CUR | Parker dresses up | Curry, Parker and Parker, Jessica | A | Honor Books |
ER CUR | Your friend, Parker | Curry, Parker and Parker, Jessica | A | Honor Books |
ODWC J 811.6 ROL | Free at last : a Juneteenth poem | Rolle, Sojourner Kincaid | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J B CURRY | Stephen Curry | Wetzel, Dan | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 305.8 HIG | Not my idea : a book about whiteness | Higginbotham, Anastasia | A | PMC Collection |
ODWC J 323.092 DUN | Opal Lee and what it means to be free : the true story of the grandmother of Juneteenth | Duncan, Alice Faye | A | PMC Collection |
ER BUT | King & Kayla and the case of the lost library book | Butler, Dori Hillestad | A | Honor Books |
ER BUT | King & Kayla and the case of the cat hunt | Butler, Dori Hillestad | A | Honor Books |
ER BUT | King & Kayla and the case of the secret code | Butler, Dori Hillestad | A | Honor Books |
ER BUT | King & Kayla and the case of the downstairs ghost | Butler, Dori Hillestad | A | Honor Books |
ER BUT | King & Kayla and the case of the missing dog treats | Butler, Dori Hillestad | A | Honor Books |
J B HEIGHT | Dorothy Height | Lyons, Kelly Starling | A, GR, MH, M | Honor Books |
J B COX | How do you spell unfair? : MacNolia Cox and the national spelling bee | Weatherford, Carole Boston | M | Honor Books |
J B HAMER | Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement | Weatherford, Carole Boston | A | Honor Books |
ER DER | Libby loves science : states of matter | Derting, Kimberly | A | Honor Books |
ER DER | Vivi loves science. Wind and water | Derting, Kimberly | A | Honor Books |
J B FITZGERALD | Ella Fitzgerald | Pinkney, Andrea Davis | A, GR, MH, M | Honor Books |
J B OWENS | I am Jesse Owens | Meltzer, Brad | A, GR, MH, M | Honor Books |
J B LEWIS | I am John Lewis | Meltzer, Brad | A, GR, MH, M | Honor Books |
J GRAPHIC REY | Stuntboy, in-between time | Reynolds, Jason | M | Honor Books |
J GRAPHIC REY | Stuntboy, in the meantime | Reynolds, Jason | M | Honor Books |
E REY | There was a party for Langston | Reynolds, Jason | M | Honor Books |
J B LISTON | Little Melba and her big trombone | Russell-Brown, Katheryn | A | Honor Books |
J F MAG | The secret library | Magoon, Kekla | MH | Honor Books |
J F MAG | Chester Keene cracks the code | Magoon, Kekla | A | Honor Books |
J B OSAKA | Naomi Osaka | Magoon, Kekla | A, GR, MH, M | Honor Books |
J B JACKSON | Ketanji : Justice Jackson's journey to the U.S. Supreme Court | Magoon, Kekla | A | Honor Books |
J B BILES | Simone Biles | Magoon, Kekla | A, GR, MH, M | Honor Books |
J F CLI | One big open sky | Cline-Ransome, Lesa | MH | Honor Books |
J B DOUGLASS | Words set me free : the story of young Frederick Douglass | Cline-Ransome, Lesa | M | Honor Books |
J B CHISHOLM | Loud and proud : the life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm | Cline-Ransome, Lesa | MH | Honor Books |
J B CHISHOLM | Not done yet : Shirley Chisholm's fight for change | Brown, Tameka Fryer | A | Honor Books |
J B FLACK | The green piano : how little me found music | Flack, Roberta | MH | Honor Books |
J B GREEN | Going places : Victor Hugo Green and his glorious book | Bolden, Tonya | A | Honor Books |
J B THARPE | Rock, Rosetta, rock! Roll, Rosetta, roll!: presenting sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll | Bolden, Tonya | A | Honor Books |
J B THARPE | Little Rosetta and the talking guitar : the musical story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the woman who invented rock and roll | Barlow, Charnelle Pinkney | M | Honor Books |
J F WIL | P.S. Be eleven | Williams-Garcia, Rita | M | Honor Books |
J F WIL | Gone crazy in Alabama | Williams-Garcia, Rita | GR, M (2) | Honor Books |
J F WIL | Clayton Byrd goes underground | Williams-Garcia, Rita | A | Honor Books |
J F PAU | The legend of Bass Reeves : being the true and fictional account of the most valiant marshal in the West | Paulsen, Gary | A | Honor Books |
J B LEE | Opal Lee | Moses, Shelia P. | A, GR, MH, M | Honor Books |
J F WAT | Ways to build dreams | Watson, Renée | A | Honor Books |
J F WAT | Ways to share joy | Watson, Renée | A | Honor Books |
J B ANGELOU | Maya's song | Watson, Renée | MH | Honor Books |
J B TYSON | Cicely Tyson | Watson, Renée | MH | Honor Books |
YA 811.6 WAT | Black girl you are Atlas | Watson, Renée | M | Honor Books |
YA 808.81 POE | Poemhood, our black revival : history, folklore & the Black experience: a young adult poetry anthology | McBride, Amber , ed. | M | Honor Books |
J 306.362 ALE | An American story | Alexander, Kwame | A, M | Honor Books |
J F ALS | Amari and the despicable wonders | Alston, B. B. | A | Honor Books |
J F ALS | Amari and the great game | Alston, B. B. | A | Honor Books |
YA F BAR | Master of souls | Barron, Rena | MH | Honor Books |
YA F BAR | Reaper of souls | Barron, Rena | MH | Honor Books |
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 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 |
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