African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History
Tracey Baptiste
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"In African Icons, Baptiste engages in the hard work of unveiling the myths about the African continent to young readers . . . This is a great beginner's guide to pre-colonial Africa." --Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist Meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world. Black history began long ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on a journey across Africa to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built a continent and shaped the world. Illustrator Hillary D. Wilson's brilliant portraits accompany each profile, along with vivid, information-filled landscapes, maps, and graphics for readers to pore over and return to again and again.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Tracey BaptistePublisher: Algonquin Young ReadersPublished: 10/19/2021ISBN: 9781616209001Pages: 176Weight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70dReview Citations: Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 66Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2021Publishers Weekly 09/20/2021School Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 106Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 513863 / African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped HistoryReading Level: 8.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5
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Book Title
African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History
ISBN
9781616209001
"In African Icons, Baptiste engages in the hard work of unveiling the myths about the African continent to young readers . . . This is a great beginner's guide to pre-colonial Africa."
--Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist Meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world. Black history began long ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on a journey across Africa to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built a continent and shaped the world. Illustrator Hillary D. Wilson's brilliant portraits accompany each profile, along with vivid, information-filled landscapes, maps, and graphics for readers to pore over and return to again and again.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Tracey Baptiste
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Published: 10/19/2021
ISBN: 9781616209001
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d
Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 09/20/2021
School Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 106
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 513863 / African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History
Reading Level: 8.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5
--Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist Meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world. Black history began long ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on a journey across Africa to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built a continent and shaped the world. Illustrator Hillary D. Wilson's brilliant portraits accompany each profile, along with vivid, information-filled landscapes, maps, and graphics for readers to pore over and return to again and again.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Tracey Baptiste
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Published: 10/19/2021
ISBN: 9781616209001
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d
Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 09/20/2021
School Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 106
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 513863 / African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History
Reading Level: 8.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5
"In African Icons, Baptiste engages in the hard work of unveiling the myths about the African continent to young readers . . . This is a great beginner's guide to pre-colonial Africa."
--Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist Meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world. Black history began long ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on a journey across Africa to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built a continent and shaped the world. Illustrator Hillary D. Wilson's brilliant portraits accompany each profile, along with vivid, information-filled landscapes, maps, and graphics for readers to pore over and return to again and again.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Tracey Baptiste
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Published: 10/19/2021
ISBN: 9781616209001
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d
Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 09/20/2021
School Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 106
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 513863 / African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History
Reading Level: 8.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5
--Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist Meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world. Black history began long ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on a journey across Africa to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built a continent and shaped the world. Illustrator Hillary D. Wilson's brilliant portraits accompany each profile, along with vivid, information-filled landscapes, maps, and graphics for readers to pore over and return to again and again.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Tracey Baptiste
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Published: 10/19/2021
ISBN: 9781616209001
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d
Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 09/20/2021
School Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 106
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 513863 / African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History
Reading Level: 8.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5
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