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Carole Boston Weatherford

Born

February 13, 1956

Website

http://cbweatherford.com/

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Genre

Children's, Poetry, Young Adult

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Carole Boston Weatherford is a children's book author and poet who mines the past for family stories, traditions, and struggles. A number of CAROLE's books tell the stories of African-American historical figures such as Harriet Tubman, Jesse Owens, and Billie Holiday. Other books recount historical events such as the Greensboro Sit-ins and the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. CAROLE's books have received a wide variety of awards, including a Caldecott Honour for “Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People To Freedom”. ...more

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Average rating: 4.23 · 35,722 ratings · 7,163 reviews · 106 distinct works • Similar authors

	Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 6,005 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator) 4.49 avg rating — 4,235 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer by Carole Boston Weatherford, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 2,808 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom in Congo Square 4.27 avg rating — 2,825 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford, Eric Velásquez (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 1,441 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford, Frank Morrison (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 1,448 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jerome Lagarrigue (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 1,061 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford, Frank Morrison (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford, Frank Morrison (Illustrator) 4.46 avg rating — 930 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston Weatherford, Carole Boston Weatherford 4.15 avg rating — 949 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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