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From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln's grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War.

In the three decades before the Civil War, some ten million foreign-born people settled in the United States, forever altering the nation's demographics, culture, and--perhaps most significantly--voting patterns. America's newest residents fueled the national economy, but they also wrought enormous changes in the political landscape and exposed an ugly, at times violent, vein of nativist bigotry.

Abraham Lincoln's rise ran parallel to this turmoil; even Lincoln himself did not always rise above it. Tensions over immigration would split and ultimately destroy Lincoln's Whig Party years before the Civil War. Yet the war made clear just how important immigrants were, and how interwoven they had become in American society.

Harold Holzer, winner of the Lincoln Prize, charts Lincoln's political career through the lens of immigration, from his role as a member of an increasingly nativist political party to his evolution into an immigration champion, a progression that would come at the same time as he refined his views on abolition and Black citizenship. As Holzer writes, "The Civil War could not have been won without Lincoln's leadership; but it could not have been fought without the immigrant soldiers who served and, by the tens of thousands, died that the 'nation might live.'" An utterly captivating and illuminating work, Brought Forth on This Continent assesses Lincoln's life and legacy in a wholly original way, unveiling remarkable similarities between the nineteenth century and the twenty-first.

At once cinematic yet intimate, Broughtupsy is an enthralling debut novel about a young Jamaican woman grappling with grief as she discovers her family, her home, is always just out of reach

Tired of not having a place to land, twenty-year-old Akúa flies from Canada to her native Jamaica to reconnect with her estranged sister Tamika. Their younger brother Bryson has recently passed from sickle cell anemia--the same disease that took their mother ten years prior--and Akúa carries his remains in a small wooden box with the hope of reassembling her family.

Over the span of two fateful weeks, Akúa and Tamika visit significant places from their childhood, but time spent with her sister only clarifies how different they are, and how years of living abroad have distanced Akúa from her home culture. "Am I Jamaican?" she asks herself again and again. Beneath these haunting doubts lie anger and resentment at being abandoned by her own blood. "Why didn't you stay with me?" she wants to ask Tamika.

Wandering through Kingston with her brother's ashes in tow, Akúa meets Jayda, a brash stripper who shows her a different side of the city. As the two grow closer, Akúa confronts the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family, and what being a gay woman in Jamaica actually means.

By turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, Broughtupsy is a profoundly moving debut novel that asks: what do we truly owe our family, and what are we willing to do to savor the feeling of home?

At once cinematic yet intimate, Broughtupsy is an enthralling debut novel about a young Jamaican woman grappling with grief as she discovers her family, her home, is always just out of reach

Told through an intimate and atmospheric first-person account, Broughtupsy is a queer diasporic chronicle of twenty-year-old Akúa's return to her native Kingston, Jamaica, after living in the U.S. then Canada in the decade following her mother's death.

The reason for Akúa's return is a woeful one: her younger brother Bryson has just passed from sickle cell anemia, the same sickness that took their mother. Unmoored and in mourning, Akúa returns to Kingston to hopefully reconnect with her estranged older sister Tamika, her last living sibling, and to bring her brother home. As the two sisters visit significant places from their childhood, Akúa is confronted with the difficult realities of being gay in a deeply religious family, of feeling separate from her home culture after years of living abroad, and of battling the grief of losing her mother then brother at pivotal moments in her young life. Along the way, she meets Jayda, a bashful queer woman who shows her a different side of Kingston and gives her a glimmer of hope of how to be at peace with her sister and herself.

At its core, Broughtupsy asks us: what are we willing to do for family? What are we willing to do to savor the feeling of home?

This book offers a sweeping history of Mexican American interactions with law enforcement and the criminal justice system in the US Southwest. Looking primarily at Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, Brown and Blue tells a complex story: Violent, often racist acts committed by police against Mexican American people sparked protests demanding reform, and criminal justice authorities sometimes responded positively to these protests with measures such as recruiting Mexican Americans into local police forces and altering training procedures at police academies.

Brian D. Behnken demonstrates the central role that the struggle for police reform played in the twentieth-century Chicano movement, and the ways its relevance continues to the present. By linking social activism and law enforcement, Behnken illuminates how the policing issues of today developed and what reform remains to be done.

This lyrical bedtime board book is a must-have for every brown baby's bookshelf.

Come, my sweet brown baby...

From sunset to bedtime, two parents lovingly care for their beautiful baby: first, they play outside, then it is time for dinner and a bath, and finally a warm snuggle before bed. Precious and heartfelt, this story is a true celebration of the love shared between parent and child -- and the actions that say "I love you."

With beautiful text by Tameka Fryer Brown and featuring warm art by New York Times-bestselling and NAACP-Award-winning illustrator AG Ford, Brown Baby Lullaby is the perfect new baby or baby shower gift.

What is that flying in the night sky? Is it a bird? No! It's a brown bat! In this title, stunning photographs and leveled text introduce readers to the body parts, diets, and behaviors of brown bats. The book is packed with special features such as a range map, an identification chart, a food web, and more! This title is sure to be a hit with young chiropterologists everywhere!

From Eric Carle's Brown Bear and Friends comes an exciting new novelty crinkle board book original exploring the perennial favorite: counting and numbers!

Brown Bear delights in each number from 1 to 10 in this charming counting book. With rhythmic, rhyming, read-aloud text, and an oh-so-touchable crinkle novelty cover, it's perfect for the youngest of readers. Featuring Eric Carle's bright, distinctive artwork, each number introduces a group of foods, animals, sounds, and so much more. It's an exploration of numbers and counting that will engage all of the senses!

With a crinkle cover you'll want to touch and explore again and again! From Eric Carle's Brown Bear and Friends comes an exciting new novelty crinkle board book exploring the perennial favorite--the alphabet!

In the forest, looking for a treat! What will Brown Bear find to eat? Apple, Berries, Cherries, Deee-licious!

Exploring everything there is to see, taste, and discover in the forest, Brown Bear delights in each letter from A to Z in this charming alphabet book. With rhythmic, rhyming, read-aloud text, and an oh-so-touchable novelty cover, it's perfect for the youngest of readers. Featuring Eric Carle's bright, distinctive artwork, each letter introduces foods, animals, sounds, and so much more. It's an exploration of the alphabet that will engage all of the senses!

From Eric Carle's Brown Bear and Friends comes an exciting new novelty crinkle board book original exploring the perennial favorite: colors!

In Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, the original Brown Bear explored colors, encountering a green frog, a blue horse, and other iconic representations of color. In this new board book original, Brown Bear delights in colors with a fresh take!

Warm reds and oranges and yellows, cool blues and greens and purples--and everything in between--brings the rainbow onto the page.

With rhythmic, rhyming, read-aloud text, and an oh-so-touchable crinkle novelty cover, it's perfect for the youngest of readers. Featuring Eric Carle's bright, distinctive artwork, it's an exploration of color begging to be read again and again!

Brown Bear delights in finding triangles, squares, semicircles, and more in this charming shapes book. With rhythmic, rhyming, read-aloud text, and an oh-so-touchable crinkle novelty cover, it's perfect for the youngest of readers. Featuring Eric Carle's bright, distinctive artwork, each shape is introduced in Brown Bear's natural world. It's an exploration of shapes that will engage all of the senses and delight every child!

Search for objects and color in pages with Bear and his friends from If You Go Down to the Woods Today and Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball . . . there's always something fun to do in Brown Bear Wood!

Join the fun in poet Rachel Piercey and artist Freya Hartas's enchanting Brown Bear Wood: A Search-and-Find Coloring Book. Each double-page spread includes a list of more than 100 things to find. After finding all the objects, color in the scene to bring the woodland world to life. Each sheet is perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display and features a coloring and seek-and-find activity on the front and a beautiful acorn-inspired pattern on the back.
With 19 pull-out coloring sheets featuring all the beloved characters from Brown Bear Wood, this activity book makes a great gift for any child--and is ideal for rainy days and holidays.

Brown Bear Wood series
If You Go Down to the Woods Today
Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball
The Great Easter Egg Hunt

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? beginning readers:

These beloved children's stories are now available in beginning reader format.
With the important pre-reading concepts of rhyme, rhythm, and repetition, these picture books have long been used as beginning readers. Now, with a 6" x 9" trim and a classic beginning reader layout, children will have a more "grown up" version to read by themselves.
Complete with an introduction by master educator Laura Robb, and with fun reading activities added, these new versions of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? are certain to appeal to a new age group and find an even wider audience.

A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome blue horse, and a soft yellow duck-- all parade across the pages of this delightful bilingual edition of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? (Oso pardo, oso parado, que ves qué ves ahí?).

Children will immediately respond to Eric Carle's flat, boldly colored collages. Combined with Bill Martin Jr.'s singsong text, they create unforgettable images of these endearing animals.

Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the ever-popular Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? with the complete unabridged text and art, available for the first time in padded board book.

With a soft, touchable cover, this edition is perfect for the youngest of readers! Little hands will love holding this padded board book edition of the classic Brown Bear. Readers will discover the classic rhythmic text featuring colorful animals, brought to life in Eric Carle's powerful collage art.

This title has Common Core connections.

Eric Carle's familiar illustrations of brown bear, red bird, yellow duck and the other endearing animals from his classic creation parade across the pages of this great Slide and Find interactive board book.

As each page is turned, a new animal and its color are introduced, accompanied by Bill Martin Jr.'s singsong, rhyming question-and-response text to read aloud or listen to. There are sliding doors throughout the book, which children will just love to open, so they can discover what the next animal in this engaging story will be.

With more than two million copies sold, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? has opened up a world of learning to a generation of children. For this edition, created for the twenty-fifth anniversay in 1992, Bill Martin, Jr., restored his text to its original wording. And Eric Carle created all new pictures--based on the originals, but clearer, brighter, and truer to the colors they represent.

Bill Martin has been devoted to writing children's books for more than thirty years. He has a Ph.D. in early childhood education and he has long been a proponent of using rhyme and rhythm to teach young children how to read.

Eric Carle, illustrator of many beloved children's books, was born in the United States, but spent his early years in Stuttgart, Germany, where he studied art and design at the Academy of Applied Art. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was the first book he illustrated.

This title has Common Core connections.