<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Strickland, Shadra,]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Strickland, Shadra,]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/delawarelibrary/rss/search?query=Strickland%2C%20Shadra%2C&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:55:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Jump In!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's a sunny spring day, and the tic tac tic tac sound of jump ropes hitting the ground floats through the wind. "Jump in!" Everyone lines up for a turn. The Delancy twins, double dutch divas. Leroy Jones with the hip-hop tricks. Even Ms. Mabel, showing the youngstas how it's done. And after a day of fun, when the street lights start to flicker, it's time to . . . jump out! --Amazon.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3744674</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3744674</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Strickland, Shadra]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3744674105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781619635807/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1335540272</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Toni Morrison Treasury]]></title><description><![CDATA[A collection of eight children's books by Toni Morrison, which includes retellings of some of Aesop's fables as well as stories of friendship and imagination.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3852287</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3852287</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Morrison, Toni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3852287105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781665915540/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1369678162</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please, Louise]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a gray, rainy day, everything seems particularly frightening and bad to Louise until she enters a library and finds books that help her to know and imagine the beauty and wonder that have been there all along.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C1913089</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C1913089</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Morrison, Toni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1913089105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781416983385/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=805892287</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[White Water]]></title><description><![CDATA[After tasting the warm, rusty water from the fountain designated for African Americans, a young boy questions why he cannot drink the cool, refreshing water from the "Whites Only" fountain. Based on a true experience co-author Michael S. Bandy had as a boy.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C782729</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C782729</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bandy, Michael S.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/782729105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Inspired by A True Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780763636784/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=0691200540</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunday Shopping]]></title><description><![CDATA["Every Sunday night a young girl and her grandmother go on an imaginary shopping trip using play money and the advertisements in the newspaper as a guide for their 'purchases.'"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2025661</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2025661</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derby, Sally]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2025661105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781600604386/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=865297712</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bird]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bird, an artistic young African American boy, expresses himself through drawing as he struggles to understand his older brother's drug addiction and death, while a family friend, Uncle Son, provides guidance and understanding.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C967006</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C967006</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elliott, Zetta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/967006105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781600602412/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=0191023770</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Child's Book of Prayers and Blessings]]></title><description><![CDATA["From cultures and countries near and far, this collection of more than twenty poems and prayers selected especially to share with children affirms the wonder and beauty of all things great and small in our world. Whether it be the flowers in spring, the wind and the rain, the wide sunset sky or friends and family who we hold dear, there are many reasons to give thanks for the world we live in"--Simon and Schuster Publisher.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2473500</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2473500</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan, Deloris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2473500105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>From Faiths and Cultures Around the World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781416995500/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1005485117</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loving Vs. Virginia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written in blank verse, the story of Mildred Loving, an African American girl, and Richard Loving, a Caucasian boy, who challenge the Viriginia law forbidding interracial marriages in the 1950s.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2221831</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2221831</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Powell, Patricia Hruby]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2221831105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781452125909/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=914256675</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art of the Picture Book]]></title><description><![CDATA[Strong visual stories start with foundational techniques! Join illustrator Shadra Strickland as you dive into picture-book structures, use simple shapes for complex characters, and create a storyboard for a finished book that will delight children and publishers everywhere.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3698556</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3698556</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3698556105</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1322491875&amp;upc=661558051809</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loving Vs. 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Michael drinks the brackish water and imagines how good the ₁White₂ water must taste. Thus begins a journey of self-discovery that is based on a childhood experience of co-author Michael Bandy. When the boy finally discovers that the "white water" comes from the same rusty, gritty pipe as the "colored water", he confronts some of his assumptions and self-doubts.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C1865759</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C1865759</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1865759105</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle>Inspired by A True Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781933938882/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=0795593787&amp;upc=9781933938882</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Place Where Hurricanes Happen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Told in alternating voices, four friends from the same New Orleans neighborhood describe what happens to them and their community when they are separated, then reunited, as a result of Hurricane Katrina.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3206874</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3206874</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Watson, Renée]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3206874105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780375856099/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=367408157</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Children Can Soar]]></title><description><![CDATA[A poem of African American history enhanced by illustrations.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2180900</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2180900</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cook, Michelle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2180900105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781599904184/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=298781314</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Talk]]></title><description><![CDATA["Thirty diverse and award-winning authors and illustrators capture frank discussions about racism, identity, and self-esteem"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3355597</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3355597</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://delawarelibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3355597105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Conversations About Race, Love &amp; Truth</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593121610/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1140723959</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shaking Things up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduces fourteen revolutionary young women--each paired with a noteworthy female artist--in a poetic and visual celebration of persistent women throughout history. In this book, you will find Mary Anning, who was just thirteen when she unearthed a prehistoric fossil. You'll meet Ruby Bridges, the brave six-year-old who helped end segregation in the South. And Maya Lin, who at twenty-one won a competition to create a war memorial, and then had to appear before Congress to defend her right to create. 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