Melrose Cooper

• Oct-2007
• / General Fiction
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Celebrate the culture, heritage, family, and tradition of Kwanzaa through this beautiful variation of a popular holiday song.

On the fifth day of Kwanzaa, my people gave to me
Five festive friends!
Four spending dollars,
Red, green, a...

• Oct-1998
• / General Fiction
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Young Andre, raised with his older siblings by a single mother, has made the honor roll and has been promised a party to celebrate, but he worries how his financially struggling mother can afford to keep that promise....

• Mar-1998
• / General Fiction
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One little boy has the opportunity to get a pet and thinks about all the different types there are, such as the porcupine, the lizard, and the kissing fish, but when decision time arrives, his choice is clear and he spots the perfect pet for him....

• Oct-1996
• / General Fiction
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Crystal's older sister, Janelle, just won second place in a writing contest, and her younger sister, Roxann, was picked to sing a solo in the school play. It's difficult to be in the middle of two gifted sisters -- especially when Crystal thinks she ...

• Nov-1995
• / General Fiction
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At twelve, Janelle wants nothing more than to be a writer. "Write what you know," advises her aunt Barbara. That seems like a riddle to Janelle: all she knows is her mama and her two little sisters, playing Pioneers when the electricity gets cut of...

• Mar-1995
• / General Fiction
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• Apr-1993
• / General Fiction
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All the ways you can love your family--and your family can love you--are celebrated in this happy book--to be shared with brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles, grandpas and great-grans, kittens . . . and any other member of the family. Full-color illu...