James E. Ransome

• Mar-1991
• / General Fiction
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• Oct-2007
• / General Fiction
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HOW DID A POOR BOY named Edson -- who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags -- go on to become Pelé, the greatest soccer player of all time? While other kids memorized letters, Edson memorized the scores of soccer matches. And...

• Aug-2010
• / General Fiction
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So what if Gunner is rounder than most football players? He throws a stellar pass! When he becomes third-string quarterback on his Pee Wee Football team, he fears he won't ever get to take the field. But in the championship game his team's luck runs ...

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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This deceptively simple-seeming picture book offers a clever take on sharing. Up and down! Round and round! Tom is having a blast zooming all over the neighborhood on his new red bike. But when Tom stops by Sam's house to show off his wheels, he's...

• Jan-2019
• / Historical
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A young slave girl witnesses the heartbreak and hopefulness of her family and their plantation community when her brother escapes for freedom in this brilliantly conceived picture book by Coretta Scott King Award winner James E. Ransome. Every sin...