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Publishers Weekly In his first outing as author as well as illustrator, Nelson (Ellington Was Not a Street) ...More

Publishers Weekly Bryan (Beautiful Blackbird) again proves himself a maestro with scissors (depicted on the e...More

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Book list Gr. 9-12. Best known for her contemporary African American characters, Draper's latest novel i...More

Book list Weatherford's handsome picture book about Harriet Tubman focuses mostly on Tubman's religio...More

Book list Gr. 6-9. From his first book, To Be a Slave (1968), Lester has told the history of slavery through...More

Book list Gr. 3-5. Far from the cliche of Rosa Parks as the tired little seamstress, this beautiful picture-b...More

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Publishers Weekly At once personal and universal, Shange's poem, "Mood Indigo" (published in h...More

School Library Journal Gr 8 Up-In this lyrical novel, 16-year-old Bobby narrates his journey into teenage fat...More

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School Library Journal Gr 7-10-In this prequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Dial, 1976), readers meet th...More

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Publishers Weekly Once again, Woodson (If You Come Softly; From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun) reveals a keen ...More

Publishers Weekly "Collier's watercolor and collage artwork effectively blends a boy's idealis...More

Publishers Weekly As in his Newbery Honor-winning debut, The Watsons Go to BirminghamÄ1963, Curtis draws on a...More

School Library Journal Gr 2-5-A Gullah story brought into beautiful focus by Pinkney's trademark scratchb...More

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Book list Gr. 7^-10. Gerald Nickelby, a minor character in Tears of a Tiger (1994), emerges full-fledged and ...More

School Library Journal Gr 3 Up?This innovative, stunningly illustrated picture book celebrates the role of fa...More

Book list Gr. 8^-12. On the basketball court, 17-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris is in control. His dis...More

Book list Ages 5^-9. Set on the Maryland plantation where Harriet Tubman ("Minty" ) was raised a sl...More

Publishers Weekly Hamilton fans who have wondered what happened to Cammy Coleman after the death of her cousi...More

Book list In his introduction, Feelings, known best for his children's book celebrating African creativit...More

Book list Gr. 4-6, with interest for older readers. This unusual book shows life on a Virginia plantation in ...More

Book list Ages 5-9. Illustrating Johnson's poem "The Creation," written in 1919, is not as easy...More