Two Fat Cats & Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month, we are pleased to partner with Two Fat Cats Bakery to bring you three author-inspired cookies that celebrate Black authors Maya Angelou, Zora Neale Hurston, and Alice Walker. We hope the artistry of the bakers at Two Fat Cats prompts you to read and celebrate Black stories and their critical voice in the American literary canon. Below you will find a list of authors highlighted by Two Fat Cats along with other titles the Print staff recommends. 

You can purchase cookies and books in person at either Two Fat Cats locations, and you know we'll have the books at Print as well! We will also be highlighting Black authors and Black historical figures throughout the month during our ACLU storytimes and in-store displays for kids and adults.

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More about Two Fat Cats Bakery: 

Two Fat Cats is located on Lancaster St in Portland's Bayside and on Broadway in South Portland. It is also the founding organization behind the charitable giving program, Baking That Matters. With a donation for every mixed berry pie sold, Baking That Matters gives a quarterly gift to four local organizations that give voice to groups that are often underrepresented and underappreciated in the mainstream. For more information on the organizations Baking That Matters supports, visit their program websites: The Telling Room, Make Shift Coffee House, Immigrant Welcome Center, and Maine Inside Out 

 

The Color Purple: A Novel By Alice Walker Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143135692
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Penguin Books - December 10th, 2019

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings By Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812980028
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - April 21st, 2009

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance By Zora Neale Hurston Cover Image
$25.99
ISBN: 9780062915795
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Amistad - January 14th, 2020

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country By Amanda Gorman, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Amanda Gorman, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)
$15.99
ISBN: 9780593465271
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Viking Books - March 30th, 2021

28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World By Charles R. Smith, Jr., Shane W. Evans (Illustrator) Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781596438200
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Roaring Brook Press - January 13th, 2015

The ABCs of Black History By Rio Cortez, Lauren Semmer (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Rio Cortez, Lauren Semmer (Illustrator)
$14.95
ISBN: 9781523507498
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Workman Publishing Company - December 8th, 2020

All Because You Matter (An All Because You Matter Book) By Tami Charles, Bryan Collier (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Tami Charles, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338574852
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Orchard Books - October 6th, 2020

The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy By Kekla Magoon, Laura Freeman (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kekla Magoon, Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062912510
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Quill Tree Books - January 5th, 2021

Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge's First Day of School By Irene Cohen-Janca Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781568463414
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Creative Editions - January 8th, 2019

The Undefeated By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328780966
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Versify - April 2nd, 2019

The Women Who Caught The Babies: A Story of African American Midwives By Eloise Greenfield, Daniel Minter (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Eloise Greenfield, Daniel Minter (Illustrator)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780997772074
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Alazar Press - September 1st, 2019

The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World By The Staff of The Undefeated, Robert Ball (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328940629
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Clarion Books - December 24th, 2019

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance By Nikki Grimes Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781681199443
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - January 5th, 2021

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race By Margot Lee Shetterly, Laura Freeman (Illustrator) Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062742469
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: HarperCollins - January 16th, 2018

This Is Your Time By Ruby Bridges Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780593378526
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Delacorte Press - November 10th, 2020

Madam C. J. Walker Builds a Business (Rebel Girls Chapter Books) By Rebel Girls, Denene Millner Cover Image
$12.99
Currently Unavailable.
ISBN: 9781733176194
Published: Rebel Girls - November 12th, 2019

March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine By Melba Pattillo Beals, Frank Morrison (Illustrator) Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9781328603920
Availability: Backordered and/or In Reprint - May Not Be Available for Some Time
Published: Clarion Books - December 24th, 2019

A Few Red Drops By Claire Hartfield Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780544785137
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Clarion Books - January 2nd, 2018

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316453691
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020

We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide By Carol Anderson, Tonya Bolden Cover Image
$10.99
ISBN: 9781547602520
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - October 29th, 2019

The Fire Next Time (Vintage International) By James Baldwin Cover Image
$14.00
ISBN: 9780679744726
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Vintage - December 1st, 1992

Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781400033416
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Vintage - June 8th, 2004

Invisible Man (Vintage International) By Ralph Ellison Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780679732761
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Vintage - March 14th, 1995

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy By Ta-Nehisi Coates Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780399590573
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: One World - October 30th, 2018

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race By Margot Lee Shetterly Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062363602
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - December 6th, 2016

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks By Rebecca Skloot Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781400052189
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Crown - March 8th, 2011

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey By Kamala Harris Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525560739
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Penguin Books - August 4th, 2020

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781568585987
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Bold Type Books - August 15th, 2017

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration By Isabel Wilkerson Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780679763888
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Vintage - October 4th, 2011

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Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots By Morgan Jerkins Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062873040
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Harper - August 4th, 2020

The Autobiography of Malcolm X By MALCOLM X Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9780345350688
Availability: At Our Partner Warehouse - Arrives in 2 to 5 Days
Published: Ballantine Books - October 12th, 1987