Poet : the remarkable story of George Moses Horton by Tate, Don 

Paperback(Peachtree, 2018)

BTSB #: 872710 Available

Dewey: 811/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.5 LG RC: 4.5 3-5 Lexile: 730 F&P: S

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Subjects: Horton, George Moses,|d1798?-approximately 1880 American poets African American poets Slaves Freedmen

Summary: North Carolina slave George Moses Horton taught himself to read and became the first African American to be published in the South, protesting slavery in the form of verse.

Song for Gwendolyn Brooks [People Who Shaped Our World]by Duncan, Alice Faye 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 295184 Available

Dewey: 811/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 3.6 LG Lexile: 660

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Subjects: Brooks, Gwendolyn,|d1917-2000 African American poets

Summary: Through her own beautiful poetry, tells the story of Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize.