Carole Boston Weatherford Website:www.cbweatherford.com Birthplace: Baltimore, MD Most recent address:High Point, NC Author Biography Carole Boston Weatherford was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She composed her first poem in the first grade. She earned her B.A. in Promotion: Persuasive Communication in Marketing from American University in 1977. She has an M.A. in Publication Design from the University of Baltimore and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Weatherford received a 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Honor for "Becoming Billie Holiday." In addition to writing, Carole is a Professor at Fayetteville State University. She enjoys traveling, museums, parks, cycling, swimming, sewing, jazz and gourmet food. She lives in High Point, North Carolina with her husband and children. Updating Results ... 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As times change, Dr. King's example remains, encouraging a new generation of children to take charge and change the world ... to be a King. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Box : Henry Brown mails himself to freedom by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)Publication Date: 04/14/2020 BTSB #: 924773 Available Dewey: 973/BAges: 7-9 AR: 5.3 MG F&P: Y Genres: Subjects: Brown, Henry Box,|d1815 or 1816- Slavery Underground railroad Fugitive slaves Shipment of goods - Fiction Summary: The life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Bros by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2024)Publication Date: 03/12/2024 BTSB #: 924754 Available Dewey: EAges: 4-8 Genres: Humorous Fiction Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Play - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Summary: From sunrise to sunset, a group of young Black boys joyously spend the day together as they live their best lives freely in their community. With confidence and a touch of swag, these friends do everything with one another: build a time machine, tend to the community garden, roleplay in the park, read, take a group selfie, and play basketball. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Call me Miss Hamilton : one woman's case for equality and respect by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2022)Publication Date: 02/01/2022 BTSB #: 924761 Available Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 7-9 AR: 4.8 LG Lexile: 1040 Genres: Subjects: Hamilton, Mary Lucille,|d1935-2002 - Trials, litigation, etc African American women civil rights workers - Alabama - Biography Civil rights workers - Alabama - Biography African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama Contempt of court - Alabama Race discrimination - Law and legislation - Alabama Race discrimination - Law and legislation - United States Equality - United States Alabama - Race relations Summary: This picture book biography in verse tells the story of Mary Hamilton, an African American woman and Civil Rights activist, who was found to be in contempt of court when she would not respond to questions from an Alabama judge who used only her first name, while calling white people "Mr.," "Mrs.," or "Miss." The NAACP took her case, which appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where they ruled in Mary Hamilton's favor. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 21.51 * 0.00 +- Crown of stories : the life and language of beloved writer Toni Morrison by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree, 2024)Publication Date: 04/02/2024 BTSB #: 924755 Available Dewey: 813/BAges: 4-8 Genres: Subjects: Morrison, Toni African American authors - Biography Women authors - Biography Summary: The inspiring true story of Toni Morrison, an African American woman who came from humble roots in Lorain, Ohio, and rose to become one of the greatest writers in modern history. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Crowning glory : a celebration of black hair by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2024)Publication Date: 09/03/2024 BTSB #: 924753 Available Dewey: 391.5/NAges: 5-8 Genres: Subjects: African Americans Hair - Care and hygiene Hairdressing Summary: Celebrate the beauty of Black hair creations through rhyming text and vibrant collage art. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Dreams for a daughter by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)Publication Date: 03/09/2021 BTSB #: 924767 Available Dewey: EAges: 4-8 AR: 3.4 LG Lexile: 730 AD Genres: Multicultural Family Life Subjects: Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Hope - Fiction Summary: A black mother describes her dreams for her newborn daughter, and her hopes for a future in which her little one will grow to cross borders and bridge boundaries, be her best self, and find love. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Faith of Elijah Cummings : the north star of equal justice by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Random House Studio, 2021)Publication Date: 01/11/2022 BTSB #: 924763 Available Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 6-8 Lexile: 850 F&P: S Genres: Subjects: Cummings, Elijah United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African American legislators - Maryland - Biography African American civil rights workers - Biography Summary: A picture book biography of Elijah Cummings, outlining major events in his childhood, career and fight for justice. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Hair like Obama's, hands like Lebron's by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Abrams Appleseed, 2024)Publication Date: 10/01/2024 BTSB #: 924815 Available Dewey: EAges: 3-6 Genres: Humorous Fiction Multicultural Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Summary: Young readers will learn about many inspiring figures in Black history up to the present day, gaining confidence in their abilities and their cultural legacy as they learn. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- How do you spell unfair? : MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2023)Publication Date: 04/11/2023 BTSB #: 924812 Available Dewey: 400/BAges: 7-10 AR: 5.1 MG Lexile: 840 F&P: U Genres: Subjects: Cox, MacNolia National Spelling Bee African American women - Biography Race discrimination Summary: In 1936, eighth grader MacNolia Cox became the first African American to win the Akron, Ohio, spelling bee. And with that win, she was asked to compete at the National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC, where she and a girl from New Jersey were the first African Americans invited since its founding. But celebration turned to chill when the train crossed the state line into Maryland, where segregation was the law of the land. Prejudice and discrimination ruled--sadly, at the spelling bee itself. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Kin : rooted in hope by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023)Publication Date: 09/19/2023 BTSB #: 924813 Available Dewey: FAges: 10-14 AR: 7 MG F&P: Z Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Subjects: Novels in verse African Americans - Fiction Family life - Fiction Slavery - fiction Maryland - History - Fiction Summary: A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Madam Speaker : Nancy Pelosi calls the house to order by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Little Bee Books, 2021)Publication Date: 09/07/2021 BTSB #: 924804 Available Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-8 Lexile: 1000 AD Genres: Subjects: Pelosi, Nancy,|d1940- United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Speakers - Biography Democratic Party (Calif.) Legislators - United States - Biography Women legislators - United States - Biography Summary: This picture book chronicles the life of one of the United States's most influential women who rose from the California Democratic Party Chair to House Minority Leader to become the first woman Speaker of the House. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Outspoken : Paul Robeson, ahead of his time : a one-man show by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2024)Publication Date: 04/16/2024 BTSB #: 924814 Available Dewey: 782/BAges: 9-12 Genres: Subjects: Robeson, Paul,|d1898-1976 Entertainers - Biography African Americans - Biography Civil rights workers - Biography Summary: Paul Robeson rose to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance, known for his extraordinary vocal, dramatic, and oratory skills. But he was a true Renaissance man: an accomplished athlete, a bright intellect, and a passionate supporter for humanitarian causes. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- R-E-S-P-E-C-T : Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020)Publication Date: 08/25/2020 BTSB #: 924803 Available Dewey: 782.4216/BAges: 4-8 AR: 4 MG Lexile: 830 AD Genres: Subjects: Franklin, Aretha Soul musicians - United States - Biography African American singers - Biography Singers - United States - Biography Summary: Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father's Detroit church. Aretha sang with a soaring voice that spanned more than three octaves. Her incredible talent and string of hit songs earned her the title "the Queen of Soul." This Queen was a multi-Grammy winner and the first female inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This portrait pays her the R-E-S-P-E-C-T this Queen of Soul deserves. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Roots of rap : 16 bars on the 4 pillars of hip-hop by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Little Bee, 2019)Publication Date: 01/15/2019 BTSB #: 924801 Available Dewey: 782.4216/NAges: 4-8 RC: 4.7 K-2 Lexile: 880 AD Genres: Subjects: Rap (Music) - History and criticism Summary: Explore the roots of rap and the history of hip-hop music. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Schomburg : el hombre que creo una biblioteca by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Candlewick Press, 2019)Publication Date: 09/03/2019 BTSB #: 924806 Available Dewey: 25.8/BAges: 8-12 Genres: Spanish Language Subjects: Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso,|d1874-1938 Libraries Black people - History Spanish language - Reading materials Summary: An Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg's passion to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora became a famous library. His collection, known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has become a beacon to scholars all over the world. In Spanish. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 17.29 * 0.00 +- Song for the unsung : Bayard Rustin, the man behind the 1963 March on Washington by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2022)Publication Date: 11/08/2022 BTSB #: 924816 Available Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 6-9 AR: 4.8 LG Lexile: 790 Genres: Subjects: Rustin, Bayard,|d1912-1987 Civil rights workers - United States African American civil rights workers African Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century Civil rights movements - United States - Songs Civil rights movements - United States - History|y20th century United States - Race relations - History|y20th century Summary: A picture book biography of Bayard Rustin, the gay Black man behind the March on Washington of 1963. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Standing in the need of prayer : a modern retelling of the classic spiritual by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2022)Publication Date: 09/20/2022 BTSB #: 924818 Available Dewey: 782.253/EAges: 6-9 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: African Americans - Songs Spirituals (Songs) Prayer Summary: A picture book based on the popular spiritual with the classic lyrics reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American history. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Carolrhoda, 2021)Publication Date: 02/02/2021 BTSB #: 924822 Available Dewey: 976.6/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.8 MG Lexile: 1100 Genres: Subjects: Tulsa (Okla.), Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 African Americans - Violence against - Oklahoma - Tulsa - History|y20th century Race relations Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) - Race relations - History|y20th century Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) - History|y20th century Tulsa (Okla.) - Race relations - History|y20th century Summary: Provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Whirligigs : the wondrous windmills of Vollis Simpson's imagination by Weatherford, Carole Boston BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2024)Publication Date: 11/12/2024 BTSB #: 924827 Available Dewey: 700/BAges: 6-9 F&P: R Genres: Subjects: Simpson, Vollis,|d1919-2013. - Sculptor Folk art Sculptors Lucama, N.C Summary: Take a journey through the creative process that led folk artist Vollis Simpson to create his wonderful and whimsical wind-powered whirligigs and more. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- * Your Discounted Price You can't see me! I am INVISIBLE! 20 total titles found Page 1 of 1 View page of 1 1 1 each from this page1 each from all results You are viewing: Author - Carole Boston WeatherfordSort By Age Sort By Author Sort By Availability Sort By Dewey Sort By Media, Author, Title Sort By Price Sort By Pub. 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