James Ransome
Website:www.jamesransome.com
 
Birthplace: Rich Square, NC     USA
 
Most recent address:Rhinebeck, NY     USA
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739504
Bell rang by Ransome, James 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019)


Publication Date: 01/15/2019

BTSB #: 739504 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 1.8 LG RC: 2.2 K-2 Lexile: 360

Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Slavery - Fiction Fugitive slaves - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Family life - Fiction


Summary: A slave family is distressed when they discover their son Ben has run away.


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Fighting with love : the legacy of John Lewis by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2024)


Publication Date: 01/09/2024

BTSB #: 222858 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-8   
F&P: Q

Subjects: Lewis, John,|d1940-2020 African American civil rights workers - Biography Civil rights workers - United States - Biography African Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century United States - Race relations


Summary: The story of a groundbreaking civil rights leader, John Lewis. John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama to join the fight for civil rights. He was only a teenager. He soon became a leader of a moment that changed a nation. Walking at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Lewis was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights.


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Freedom bird by Nolen, Jerdine 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020)


Publication Date: 01/14/2020

BTSB #: 678702 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-9   
AR: 4.4 LG Lexile: 780

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Fugitive slaves - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Freedom - Fiction African Americans - Fiction


Summary: In the antebellum South, two siblings shelter a large, mysterious, wounded bird and eventually follow it west toward freedom.


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Game changers : the story of Venus and Serena Williams by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018)


Publication Date: 07/10/2018

BTSB #: 222877 Available

Dewey: 796.342/CAges: 5-9   
AR: 6 LG RC: 9.2 3-5 Lexile: 1030 F&P: P

Subjects: Williams, Venus,|d1980- Williams, Serena,|d1981- African American women tennis players - Biography Tennis players Sisters


Summary: The inspiring story of sisters, champion athletes, and tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams.


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Gridiron : stories from 100 years of the National Football League by Bowen, Fred 

BTSB Prebound(Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020)


Publication Date: 08/18/2020

BTSB #: 139305 Available

Dewey: 796.332/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6 MG Lexile: 940

Subjects: National Football League - History Football - United States - History Football - Miscellanea Team sports


Summary: Stories from 100 years of the NFL, from its scrappy beginnings to its greatest players, coaches, and games.


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Hardcourt : stories from 75 years of the National Basketball Association by Bowen, Fred 

BTSB Prebound(Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2022)


Publication Date: 01/18/2022

BTSB #: 139304 Available

Dewey: 796.323/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.3 MG Lexile: 1000 NC F&P: U

Subjects: National Basketball Association Basketball - United States - History Basketball players - United States


Summary: The story of the National Basketball Association from its origins through the major events and players who made basketball what it is today.


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On her wings : the story of Toni Morrison by Nolen, Jerdine 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022)


Publication Date: 09/27/2022

BTSB #: 679470 Available

Dewey: 813/BAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 790 AD

Subjects: Morrison, Toni American novelists|y20th century - Biography African American novelists - Biography


Summary: Discover the early life and legacy of groundbreaking American writer Toni Morrison.


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Overground railroad by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2020)


Publication Date: 01/07/2020

BTSB #: 222907 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.2 LG Lexile: 1000 AD

Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction


Subjects: African Americans - Migrations - Fiction African Americans - History - Fiction Railroad travel - Fiction


Summary: A girl named Ruth Anne tells the story of her family's train journey from North Carolina to New York City as part of the Great Migration.


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Sonny Rollins plays the bridge by Golio, Gary 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2021)


Publication Date: 10/05/2021

BTSB #: 384832 Available

Dewey: 788.7/NAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.3 LG Lexile: NP

Subjects: Rollins, Sonny Jazz musicians - United States Saxophonists - United States African American musicians - Anecdotes


Summary: Jazz icon Sonny Rollins found an inspired spot to practice his saxophone when his neighbors complained.


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The story of the saxophone by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2023)


Publication Date: 02/28/2023

BTSB #: 222915 Available

Dewey: 788.7/BAges: 6-9   


Subjects: Sax, Adolphe,|d1814-1894 Saxophone - History Musicians - Biography


Summary: Explore the story of the saxophone, from its beginnings in 1840s Belgium all the way to New Orleans, where an instrument in a pawn shop caught the eye of musician Sidney Bechet and became the iconic symbol it is today.


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They call me Teach : lessons in freedom by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2024)


Publication Date: 09/24/2024

BTSB #: 222919 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   


Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: Books and reading - Fiction Education - Fiction Literacy - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Writing - Fiction


Summary: An enslaved young man uses his ability to read and write to educate others in the pursuit of freedom.


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