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|  | | ABC On The Street Of New Orleans
span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share with the children a taste of New Orleans. This book of ABC’s was compiled to honor the diverse origin and history of the street names of New Orleans. From its French and Native American beginnings, to its political and social composition, the reader will learn some history and view some of the unique signage viewable only in New Orleans./span> | |  | | Girls Day Out: The Adventure
Girl's day out: The Adventure is about three best friends, who are also cousins. Because of their hard work in school, they win the most outstanding fourth grader award. Every summer they spent their vacation with their grandmothers in three different parts of the city. This summer, as a reward for their hard work, the aunties plan a special day for them. The real surprise comes at the end if their adventure.
span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> Three girls, class mates, best friends, “A” students and cousins, are ready for summer to begin. It had been a long, hard school year but still th | | | | Her First Sleepover
It's Makiyah's first time hosting the sleepover and her and the girl's wonders what pleasant surprise awaits them.
span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Her First Sleepover is about a group of girls who host sleepovers once a month. This month it is Makiyah’s turn. She is excited and can’t wait for her guest to arrive. The sleepovers started out as a group of girls sleeping at each other’s home. The parents noticed that when the girls get together they started learning from one another. The children who could read taught the ones who couldn’t. The parents take advantage of the girls teaching and create events that are fun while learning new things./span> | |  | | HerStory:Revelations
The story takes place in and around the city of New Orleans. It has a heartbreaking beginning; a young child is snatched away from her family and given to a teenage boy as a gift. She lives under slave like conditions. When she becomes a teenager she is brutally beaten then forced out into a world she has no concept of. She finds a secluded little house in the woods, where she gives birth to her daughter, Lillian, when the baby starts talking; she names her mother, Mema. After living there for over four years, Mema becomes fearful that someone would steal her baby and use her, as a gift, so she moves to the city of New Orleans. Mema’s earlier suffering brought about many types of mental issues, and unfortunately her daughter had to endure her mother’s erratic behavior. Because of her appearance Lillian had issues of her own. Lillian makes it through puberty and meets the man of her dreams. She finds herself showing some of Mema’s mental behavior toward the people she loves. With the help of time, and an old friend, she finally faces her demons, forcing the mental anguish out of her family’s future, giving them the opportunity to do great things.
| | | | Katrina: One set of footprints
A story about survival, mentally and physically.
span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Katrina: One Set of Footprints is a story that needed to be told. For years Paulette has placed this experience to the back of her mind only thinking about it every now and again. The more she listens to others’ stories the more she realizes that her story is different. As she sits in her home watching the water rise she asks herself the question over and over, why did she stay? In trying to find the answer it dawns on her that she was not supposed to move to New Orleans until 2006. She examines how she ends up in New Orleans dur |
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