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Education Featured Topic

Diversity Series: Celebrating Black History!

Winter 2002

Bibliography of Selected Materials from Western Libraries Children's Collection


CONTENTS

Education Featured Topic Display
Reference Sources, Research Guides & Web Resources
Specific Topics & Genres:

Education Featured Topic Display

Diversity Series: Celebrating Black History!
Wilson 4 East Education Display

The display included books from Wilson Library Children's Collection. It highlighted books about prominent African Americans such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and Charlie Parker. It featured books about the struggles and victories of African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. We also showcased books written and illustrated by talented African American children's and young adult literature authors and illustrators who have won the Coretta Scott King Award. The materials which were on display are listed below under Specific Topics & Genres.

The display was created by Cecilia Poon, Librarian for Woodring College of Education, and Martha Mautino, Reference Specialist.

Reference Sources, Research Guides & Web Resources

Aardema,Verna.
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/aardema.htm

The Africana Collection within the George A. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida in Gainesville presents a biographical sketch of the American children's author Verna Aardema (1911- ), who specializes in the adaptation of traditional African folktales. Aardema's published stories include "The Viganee and the Tree Toad: A Liberian Tale" (1983), "Oh, Kojo How Could You? An Ashanti Tale" (1984), and "Anansi Finds a Fool" (1992).
African-American folktales for young readers : including favorite stories from African and African-American storytellers. Eds. Richard Alan Young and Judy Dockrey Young. 1st ed. Little Rock, AR: August House, 1993.

Ref. GR111 .A47 A24 1993

A collection of folktales from the African American oral tradition presented as they have been told by professional Black storytellers from Rhode Island to Oklahoma.

African American story books and activities for all children. Patricia Buerke Moll. 1st ed. Tampa, FL: Hampton Mae Institute, 1991.
Ref. PN1009. A1 M65 1991

Provides an annotated bibliography together with suggested teaching activities on both fiction and non-fiction books in which African Americans are central figures. The books are arranged in general categories such as: Beginner Books, Folklore and Music, Family, Stories and Poetry, Black History, Friends, and African Folktales and Customs. A resource bibliography and subject and title indexes are included.

Against borders: promoting books for a multicultural world. Hazel Rochman. Chicago : American Library Association, 1993.
Ref. PN1009 .A1 R63 1993

This work is divided into two parts. Part One is comprised of essays that discuss themes that cross cultures and includes chapters on The Perilous Journey, The Hero and the Monster, Outsiders, Friends and Enemies, Lovers and Strangers, Family Matters, and Finding a Way Home. Part Two is comprised of an annotated bibliography that is divided into such topics as Racial Oppression, The Holocaust, Apartheid, African Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. There is a Theme Index to Part One and an author/title index.

The Black American in books for children : readings in racism. Eds. Donnarae MacCann and Gloria Woodard. 2nd ed. Metuchen, NJ : Scarecrow, 1985.
Ref. PS173 .N4 B57 1985

Essays by specialists in children's literature, sociology, education, and history focus on topics relating to the presentation of the black experience in literature for children. Especially pertinent are the articles on intellectual freedom. Several award-winning books are analyzed in terms of their perspective on the black experience. The influence of book illustrations is also discussed.

Black authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults : a biographical dictionary. Barbara Thrash Murphy. 3rd ed. New York : Garland, 1999.
Ref. PN1009 .A1 M87 1999

Biographical sketches of black authors and illustrators from the United States, Africa, Canada, and Great Britain whose works have been published in the United States. The collection includes authors and illustrators who were published as early as the 1930's, although most are from the 1970's and 1980's. Each profile includes a biographical sketch plus a bibliography of the subject's work, and range in length from 30 to 350 words. "Bibliographical Sources and References" lists sources for more information.

Black books galore! : guide to great African American children's books. Donna Rand, Toni Trent Parker, Sheila Foster. New York : Wiley, 1998.
Ref. E185 .R36 1998

Begins with a user's guide, and includes sections on books for babies and preschoolers, early readers, middle readers, and young adults. The appendices include books for parents and families, and book awards. Provides indexes of titles, authors, illustrators, and topics.

The Black experience in children's books. Selected by Barbara Rollock. New York : New York Public Library, 1974.
Ref. E185 .R75 1974

Originally published in 1957-1963 as "Books about Negro Life for Children".

The Black experience in children's books, 1999. Selected by the New York Public Library, Black Experience in Children's Books Committee. New York, NY : The Library, 1999.
Ref. E185 .B568 1999

Includes index. Updates the 1974 edition.

Books by African-American authors and illustrators for children and young adults. Helen E. Williams. Chicago : American Library Association, 1991.
Ref. PN1009 .A1 W519 1991

Annotates over 1,200 titles of books for very young children, intermediate readers, and young adults published between 1900 and 1989. The first three chapters cover writings of African Americans, arranged alphabetically by author and categorized by scholastic levels. The fourth chapter is an alphabetical list of African American illustrators and their works, and provides information on artistic styles, medium of expression, main colors used in works, and style of composition used in illustrations.

The Cambridge guide to children's books in English. Ed. Victor Watson. Cambridge : Cambridge U P, 2001.
Ref. PR990 .C36 2001

Offers encyclopedic entries of authors, writing for children, and originally published in the English language. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Celebrate a People!
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/2/97.02.08.x.html

"Celebrate a People!" is a language arts and social studies unit created by Waltrina Kirkland-Mullins for use with grades K-2 that focuses on African-American children's literature. Kirkland-Mullins highlights the unit objectives, provides the procedures for suggested lessons and activities, and includes a list of recommended readings and resources. The Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute in New Haven, Connecticut, provides the unit online.

Coretta Scott King Awards
http://www.library.wwu.edu/ref/subjguides/ed/cskaward.html

Western Libraries booklist. Details all the titles, from 1922 to the present, which have won author and illustrator awards. Provides links to the Western Libraries Online Catalog records for each book in the Children's Collection. Also includes a link to the Coretta Scott King Award website.

The Coretta Scott King awards book, 1970-1999. Ed. Henrietta M. Smith. Chicago : American Library Association, 1999.
Ref. Z1037 .A2 C67 1999

Includes sections on the History of the Coretta Scott King book awards, Supporting Statements, Selective Biographies, and information about Contributors. Details the author, illustrator, and new talent awards, and offers Profiles, or Conversations, with author award winner Walter Dean Myers and illustrator award winner Jerry Pinkney.

Hearing all the voices : multicultural books for adolescents. Mary Ann Darby and Miki Pryne. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow, 2002.
Ref. Z1037 .A1 D18 2002

Resource guide offering an annotated bibliography of multicultural books for grades six through nine, and information about using multicultural literature in the classroom. Includes appendixes covering "Sample Literary Circles", "Books to Use Across the Curriculum and in Other reading Groups", "Story Collections", "Good Read-Aloud Books", and "Science Fiction and Fantasy", and author and culture indexes.

Kaleidoscope : a multicultural booklist for grades K-8. Eds. Rudine Sims Bishop and the Multicultural Booklist Committee of the National Council of Teachers of English. Urbana, IL : National Council of Teachers of English, 1994.
Ref. Z1361 .E4 K34 1994

Part of the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Bibliography Series, this book includes sections on juvenile literature about the primary minority groups in the United States: African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. Organizes books by topic and genre. Includes list of award winning books and indices for Author, Illustrator, Subject and Title.

Kaleidoscope : a multicultural booklist for grades K-8 : covering books published from 1993-95. Eds. Rosalinda B. Barrera, Verlinda D. Thompson, and Mark Dressman, and the Committee to Revise the Multicultural Booklist of the National Council of Teachers of English. 2nd ed. Urbana, IL : National Council of Teachers of English, 1997.
Ref. Z1361 .E4 K34 1997

Revision and update of the 1994 edition.

Making Multicultural Connections Through Trade Books.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MBD/Books_Begin.html

The Program of Assessment, Diagnosis and Instruction (PADI) developed Making Multicultural Connections Through Trade Books, a database featuring multicultural trade books for elementary students. The database information can be accessed by title, author, illustrator, cultural group, and grade level/subject. Under "Cultural Group - African American" are lesson plans for 22 titles, including several award winners. The lesson plans present aspects of the African American culture. PADI is a program of the Department of Academic Programs, Division of Enriched and Innovative Instruction within the Montgomery County Public Schools in Rockville, Maryland.

Many faces, many voices : multicultural literary experiences for youth : the Virginia Hamilton Conference. Eds. Anthony L. Manna and Carolyn S. Brodie. Fort Atkinson, WI : Highsmith, 1992.
Ref. PS490 .M36 1992

A collection of outstanding presentations from the 1992 and prior Virginia Hamilton Conferences on Multicultural Literature that include original articles by and about leading multicultural children's authors and artists, as well as resource materials on the subject. Includes an appendix of a selected list of multicultural trade books for children and young adults, and an author/subject index.

Many peoples, one land : a guide to new multicultural literature for children and young adults. Alethea K. Helbig and Agnes Regan Perkins. Westport, CT : Greenwood, 2001.
Ref. PS173 .E8 H45 2001

"Successor to 'This Land is Our Land' (1994)", by the same author. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Multicultural picture books: art for understanding others. Sylvia & Kenneth Marantz. Worthington, OH : Linworth, 1994.
Ref PR990 .M37 1994

Part of the Professional Growth Series for librarians and teachers. Includes bibliographical references and index.

The New Press guide to multicultural resources for young readers. Ed. Daphne Muse. New York : New Press, 1997.
Ref Z1037 .N57 1997.

Contains reviews of 1000+ multicultural books for young readers (K-8). Provides 250-500 word synopsis, assessment criteria, discusses overall ethnicity or distinguishing feature. Offers an extensive number of articles of literary criticism on comprehensive aspects of diversity issues in children's literature. Contains extensive appendix covering children's book awards, resources, special library collections, and notable bookstores, as well as classic documents.

Our family, our friends, our world : an annotated guide to significant multicultural books for children and teenagers. Lyn Miller-Lachmann. New Providence, NJ : R.R. Bowker, 1992.
Ref. PN1009 .A1 M55 1992

This book contains some 1,000 full paragraph annotations of fiction and non-fiction books published between 1970 and 1990. The book has an international and multicultural focus, but also highlights the four primary minority groups in the United States: African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native-Americans. An introduction delineates the publishing of multicultural books since the 1960's, and provides detailed reasons for the criteria used in the evaluations. Each chapter contains a preliminary essay that sets the stage for the entries to follow. The appendix contains extensive lists of professional sources, series titles, and publishers. There is an inclusive author/title/series/subject index.

Radical change: books for youth in a digital age Eliza T. Dresang.  New York : H.W. Wilson, 1999.
Ref  PN1009.5 .T43 .D74 1999

Suggested titles are included in text of book. Appendices include recommended books for youth; ideas about childhood, literary links, a selective overview of the middle ages-1990s (Western Europe and the United States), and books for youth reflecting characteristics identified by radical change.

Selected Resources for Multicultural Education
http://www.library.wwu.edu/lmt/page.phtml?page_id=59

Western Libraries research guide. A bibliography of multicultural materials found in the Western Libraries. Provides bibliographies of multicultural literature, guides for classroom use, resources for multicultural activities, and web links to other resources.

Selecting/Evaluating Multicultural Literature
http://www.library.wwu.edu/lmt/page.phtml?page_id=444

Western Libraries research guide. Offers criteria for today's classroom and library. Includes children's book awards and selected articles, books and websites.

Spirited minds : African American books for our sons and our brothers. Ed. Archie Givens. New York : W.W. Norton, 1997.
Children's Ref. CHIL 016.81 S759 1997

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Strong souls singing : African American books for our daughters and our sisters. Ed. Archie Givens. New York : W.W. Norton, 1998.
Children's Ref. CHIL 016.97 S924 1998

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Using multiethnic literature in the K-8 classroom. Ed. Violet J. Harris. Norwood, MA : Christopher-Gordon, 1997.
Ref. LC1099 .U75 1997

Offers chapters on selecting multicultural literature for the classroom, expanding perceptions about who Americans are, and developing a multicultural perspective. Focuses on a variety of ethnic groups. includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Venture into cultures : a resource book of multicultural materials and programs. Ed. Carla D. Hayden. Chicago : American Library Association, 1992.
Ref. PN1009 .A1 V46 1992

In seven chapters, each authored by differernt librarians, educators, or members of the American Library Association, this books offers resources that cover African-American, Arab-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, Jewish-American, Native-American, and Persian-American cultures. Following an introduction, each section includes a bibliography of recommended titles, some programming ideas, and a list of resources for adults. The bibliographies for each chapter include sections for fiction, nonfiction, picture books, and folklore. A selected bibliography of materials for adults is appended, and an index to the volume is subdivided by culture.

Young adult fiction by African American writers, 1968-1993 : a critical and annotated guide. Deborah Kutenplon and Ellen Olmstead. New York : Garland, 1996.
Ref. PS153 .N5 K88 1996

Part of the Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Specific Topics & Genres

The following books were featured in the Winter 2002 Education Featured Topic Display in Western Libraries. They have been reshelved in their regular locations in the Children's Collection on Wilson 4 East. The books are available to check-out for use outside the library. Consult the Western Libraries Online Catalog for location and availability.

History & Civil Rights | Famous African Americans | Coretta Scott King Awards
Picture Books, Poetry & Folktales | Fiction - Historical & Contemporary

History & Civil Rights

Addy's craft book : a look at crafts from the past with projects you can make today. Ed. Jodi Evert.
CHIL 745.5 A227 1994.

The African-American struggle for legal equality in American history. Carole Boston Weatherford.
CHIL 973.04 W3627af 2000.

Barefoot : escape on the Underground Railroad. Pamela Duncan Edwards.
CHIL E E266ba 1997

The Black Americans : a history in their own words, 1619-1983. Ed. Milton Meltzer.
CHIL 973 .B627

Black Indians : a hidden heritage. William Loren Katz.
CHIL 970.004 .K19b 1986

Black pilgrimage. Tom Feelings.
CHIL 759.13 F295f

The Black presence in the era of the American Revolution, 1770-1800. Lisa W. Strick. National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution).
CHIL 973.3 S664b

Black pride; a people's struggle. Janet Harris and Julius W. Hobson.
CHIL 301.45 H314b

Black struggle; a history of the Negro in America. Bryan Fulks.
CHIL 973.09 .F964b 1970

Childtimes : a three-generation memoir. Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little.
CHIL 920 .G812c

Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters. Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack.
CHIL 975.03 M158ch 1994

Dry victories. June Jordan.
CHIL 323.4 J82d

Ecidujerp, prejudice; either way it doesn't make sense. Irene Fandel Gersten and Betsy Bliss.
CHIL 301.45 G383e

The first book of Negroes. Langston Hughes.
CHIL 301.45 H893f

Forever free, the story of the Emancipation Proclamation. Dorothy Sterling.
CHIL 973.71 S383f

Freedom; reproductions of 26 significant documents, from the Declaration of Independence through the United Nations Charter, with a brief historical background of each. Wilma Pitchford Hays.
CHIL 973 H425f

From slave ship to freedom road. Julius Lester.
CHIL 759.13 B8795L 1998

The great migration : an American story. Jacob Lawrence.
CHIL E L4215gr 1993

Many thousand gone : African Americans from slavery to freedom. Virginia Hamilton.
CHIL 973.71 .H221ma 1993

Marching toward freedom; the Negro in the Civil War, 1861-1865. James M. McPherson.
CHIL 973.71 M172m

The Montgomery bus boycott, December, 1955; American Blacks demand an end to segregation. Janet Stevenson.
CHIL 323.4 S847m

North star to freedom : the story of the Underground Railroad. Gena K. Gorrell.
CHIL 973.7 G673no 1997

Selma, Lord, Selma : girlhood memories of the civil-rights days. Sheyann Webb and Rachel West Nelson, as told to Frank Sikora.
CHIL 323.11 W368s

Slavery time when I was chillun. Ed. Belinda Hurmence.
CHIL 975 S631 1997

Story of the Negro. Arna Bontemps.
CHIL 301.45 B722s

Tear down the walls! A history of the American civil rights movement. Dorothy Sterling.
CHIL 323.4 S383t

Till victory is won : black soldiers in the Civil War. Zak Mettger.
CHIL 973.7 M595ti 1994

Time of trial, time of hope; the Negro in America, 1919-1941. Milton Meltzer and August Meier.
CHIL 301.45 M528t

The Trouble they seen : Black people tell the story of Reconstruction. Ed. Dorothy Sterling.
CHIL 973.71 .T859

The unfinished march; the Negro in the United States, Reconstruction to World War I. Carol F. Drisko and Edgar A. Toppin.
CHIL 301.45 D781u

Worth fighting for; a history of the Negro in the United States during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Agnes McCarthy and Lawrence Reddick.
CHIL 301.45 M123w

Young and Black in America. Rae Alexander-Minter.
CHIL 301.45 A377y

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Famous African Americans

A. Philip Randolph : integration in the workplace. Sarah E. Wright.
CHIL 323.4 .R192w 1990

African-American scientists. Patricia and Fredrick McKissack.
CHIL 509.2 M158af 1994

Alvin Ailey. Andrea Davis Pinkney.
CHIL 792.8 A293p 1993

Amos Fortune, free man. Elizabeth Yates.
CHIL 326 F745y

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the sky. Faith Ringgold.
CHIL E R5799au 1992

Bayard Rustin : behind the scenes of the civil rights movement. James Haskins.
CHIL 323.4 R971h 1997.

Big star fallin' mama; five women in Black music. Hettie Jones.
CHIL 784 J77b

Bill Cosby, making America laugh and learn. Harold and Geraldine Woods.
CHIL 792.7 .C834w

Black cop. Ina R. Friedman.
CHIL 363.2 O13f

Booker T. Washington, ambitious boy. Augusta Stevenson.
CHIL 378 W317s

Booker T. Washington, educator of hand, head, and heart. Shirley Graham.
CHIL 378 W317g

Breakthrough to the big league; the story of Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett.
CHIL 796.3 R781r

Carvers' George, a biography of George Washington Carver. Florence C. Means.
CHIL 630 C331m

Cezanne Pinto : a memoir. Mary Stolz.
CHIL F S876ce 1994

Charlie Parker played be bop. Chris Raschka.
CHIL E R223ch 1992

Colin Powell. Warren Brown.
CHIL 355 P882br 1992

Count Basie. Bud Kliment.
CHIL 781.65 B322kl 1992

Dear Benjamin Banneker.Andrea Davis Pinkney.
CHIL E P654de 1994

Don't explain : a song of Billie Holiday. Alexis De Veaux.
CHIL 784.53 H732d

Dr. George Washington Carver, scientist. Shirley Graham and George D. Lipscomb.
CHIL 630 C331g

Ella Baker : a leader behind the scenes. Shyrlee Dallard.
CHIL 323.4 .B167d 1990

Famous American Negroes. Langston Hughes.
CHIL 301.45 H893fa

Famous Negro athletes. Arna Bontemps.
CHIL 796 B722f

Famous Negro heroes of America. Langston Hughes.
CHIL 301.45 H893fah

Fannie Lou Hamer : from sharecropping to politics. David Rubel.
CHIL 323.4 .H214r 1990

Fly high! : the story of Bessie Coleman. Louise Borden and Mary Kay Kroeger.
CHIL 629.13 C692bo 2001

The forgotten heroes : the story of the Buffalo Soldiers. Clinton Cox.
CHIL 978 C877fo 1993

Four took freedom; the lives of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Robert Smalls, and Blanche K. Bruce. Philip Sterling and Rayford Logan.
CHIL 973 S838f

Free to dream : the making of a poet : Langston Hughes. Audrey Osofsky.
CHIL 818 H893os 1996

Freedom river. Doreen Rappaport.
CHIL 973.7 P235r 2000

From slave to abolitionist : the life of William Wells Brown. Lucille Schulberg Warner.
CHIL 301.44 .B881w

Great American Negroes. Ben Richardson.
CHIL 301.45 R521g

Ida B. Wells : mother of the civil rights movement Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin.
CHIL 323.11 W4544f 2000

Jesse Jackson : a biography. Patricia C. McKissack.
CHIL 973.927 .J13m 1989

Jesse Jackson : still fighting for the dream. Brenda Wilkinson.
CHIL 323.4 .J13w 1990

Let it shine : stories of Black women freedom fighters. Andrea Davis Pinkney.
CHIL 323.11 P655Le 2000

The life of Malcolm X. Richard Curtis.
CHIL 301.45 L778c

Louis Armstrong : an American success story. James Lincoln Collier.
CHIL 785.42 .A736c 1985

Martin Luther King, Jr. Doris and Harold Faber.
CHIL 323.4 .K53f 1986

Martin Luther King, Jr. : the dream of peaceful revolution. Della Rowland.
CHIL 323.4 .K53r 1990

Maya Angelou: journey of the heart. Jayne Pettit.
CHIL 818.54 A584p 1996

Minty : a story of young Harriet Tubman. Alan Schroeder.
CHIL 305.567 T885sc 1996

Negroes who helped build America. Madeline Robinson Stratton.
CHIL 301.45 S911n

Rosa Parks : the movement organizes. Kai Friese.
CHIL 323.4 .P252f 1990

Sojourner Truth, a self-made woman. Victoria Ortiz.
CHIL 301.44 .T874o

Stokely Carmichael : the story of Black power. Jacqueline Johnson.
CHIL 323.4 .C287j 1990

The story of Muhammad Ali, heavyweight champion of the world. Barry Denenberg.
CHIL 796.83 .A398d 1990

They showed the way; forty American Negro leaders. Charlemae Hill Rollins.
CHIL 301.45 R754t

Three who dared. Tom Cohen.
CHIL 323.4 C678t

Two tickets to freedom; the true story of Ellen and William Craft, fugitive slaves. Florence B. Freedman.
CHIL 301.44 F853t

Up with hope : a biography of Jesse Jackson. Dorothy Chaplik.
CHIL 323.4 .J13c 1986

W. E. B. Du Bois; a biography. Virginia Hamilton.
CHIL 323.4 D816h

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Coretta Scott King Awards

Aida. Leontyne Price. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
CHIL 782.1 V484ap 1990

Beat the story-drum, pum-pum. Retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan.
CHIL 398.2 .B369.

Carver: a life in poems. Marilyn Nelson.
CHIL 811.5 C331ne 2001

Cornrows. Camille Yarbrough. Illustrated by Carole Byard.
CHIL F Y26co 1991

The Creation. James Weldon Johnson. Illustrated by James Ransome.
CHIL 811.5 C912 1994

The dark-thirty : Southern tales of the supernatural. Patricia C. McKissack.
CHIL F M1596da 1992

Fallen angels. Walter Dean Myers.
CHIL F M996fa 1988

Forged by fire. Sharon M. Draper.
CHIL F D7665fo 1997

Goin' someplace special. Patricia McKissack. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
CHIL F M1596go 2001

Half a moon and one whole star. Crescent Dragonwagon. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
CHIL E D759ha 1990

In the time of the drums. Kim L. Siegelson. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
CHIL F S571in 1999

Heaven. Angela Johnson.
CHIL F J663he 1998

Her stories : African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales. Virginia Hamilton.
CHIL 398.2 H221he 1995

I never had it made. Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett.
CHIL GV865 .R6 A29 1972

In daddy's arms I am tall : African Americans celebrating fathers. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe.
CHIL 811.008 I35 1997

The Land. Mildred D. Taylor.
CHIL F T245La 2001

Let the circle be unbroken. Mildred D. Taylor.
CHIL F T245L

Maman-Caiman = Mother Crocodile. [English]. Birago Diop. Trans. Rosa Guy. Illustrated by John Steptoe.
CHIL E D593m

The middle passage : white ships/black cargo. Tom Feelings.
CHIL 759.13 F295mi 1995

Miracle's boys. Jacqueline Woodson.
CHIL F W898mi 2000

Mirandy and Brother Wind. Patricia C. McKissack. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
CHIL E M1588mi 1988

Motown and Didi. Walter Dean Myers.
CHIL F M996mo 1987

Now is your time! : the African-American struggle for freedom. Walter Dean Myers.
CHIL 973.O9 M996no 1991

The patchwork quilt. Valerie Flournoy. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
CHIL F F643pa 1985

The road to Memphis. Mildred D. Taylor.
CHIL F T245ro 1990

Seventeen black artists. Elton C. Fax.
CHIL N6538 .N5 F3

Slam! Walter Dean Myers.
CHIL F M996sL 1996

The story of Stevie Wonder. James Haskins.
CHIL 784.5 .W872h 1979

Sweet whispers, Brother Rush. Virginia Hamilton.
CHIL F H221s

Toning the sweep. Angela Johnson.
CHIL F J663to 1993

The young landlords. Walter Dean Myers.
CHIL F M996y

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Picture Books, Poetry & Folktales

Ashley Bryan's ABC of African-American poetry. Ashley Bryan.
CHIL 811.5 A826 1997.

Back home. Gloria Jean Pinkney.
CHIL E P6498ba 1992.

Black out loud; an anthology of modern poems by Black Americans. Arnold Adoff.
CHIL 811.5 A239b

The black snowman. Phil Mendez.
CHIL E M538bL 1989

The block : poems. Langston Hughes.
CHIL 811.5 H893bL 1995

Bo Rabbit smart for true : folktales from the Gullah. Priscilla Jaquith.
CHIL E J36b

Bye, Mis' Lela. Dorothy Carter.
CHIL E C3234by 1998

Callie Ann and Mistah Bear. Robert D. San Souci.
CHIL 398.2 S229ca 2000

Chicken Sunday. Patricia Polacco.
CHIL E P762ch 1992

Children of long ago : poems. Lessie Jones Little.
CHIL 811.5 .L778ch 1988

Children of promise : African-American literature and art for young people. Ed. Charles Sullivan.
CHIL 700 C536 1991

Christmas gif' : an anthology of Christmas poems, songs, and stories, written by and about African-Americans. Comp. by Charlemae Hill Rollins.
CHIL 810.8 C555 1993

Dancing with the Indians. Angela Shelf Medearis.
CHIL E M488da 1991

Dear Willie Rudd. Libba Moore Gray.
CHIL E G7793de 1993

A drawing in the sand : a story of African American art. Jerry Butler.
CHIL 704.03 B985dr 1998

An enchanted hair tale. Alexis De Veaux.
CHIL E D489en 1987

The genie in the jar. Nikki Giovanni.
CHIL E G512ge 1996

Gingerbread days. Joyce Carol Thomas.
CHIL 811 T458gi 1995

Goggles. Ezra Jack Keats.
CHIL E K25g

Happy Christmas, Gemma. Sarah Hayes.
CHIL E H418ha 1986

Harlem : a poem. Walter Dean Myers.
CHIL 811.5 M996ha 1997

Harriet and the Promised Land. Jacob Lawrence.
CHIL 811.5 L421h

Hi, cat!  Ezra Jack Keats.
CHIL E K25h

The hired hand : an African-American folktale. Robert D. San Souci.
CHIL 398.21 S229hi 1997

The hunterman and the crocodile : a West African folktale. Baba Wague Diakite.
CHIL 398.2 D536hu 1997

I greet the dawn : poems. Paul Laurence Dunbar.
CHIL 811.4 .D899i

I see the rhythm. Toyomi Igus. Paintings by Michele Wood.
CHIL 780.89 I24i 1998

I, too, sing America : three centuries of African American poetry. Ed. Catherine Clinton.
CHIL 811.008 I11 1998

Knoxville, Tennessee. Nikki Giovanni.
CHIL E G512kn 1994

Little brown baby: poems for young people. Paul Laurence Dunbar.
CHIL 811.4 D899L

Meet Danitra Brown. Nikki Grimes.
CHIL 811.5 G862me 1994

Night on Neighborhood Street. Eloise Greenfield.
CHIL 811.5 .G812ni 1991

North star shining, a pictorial history of the American Negro. Hildegarde Hoyt Swift.
CHIL 811.5 S977n

One-hundred-and-one African-American read-aloud stories. Ed. Susan Kantor.
CHIL 398.2 O58 1998

The origin of life on earth : an African creation myth. David A. Anderson/Sankofa.
CHIL 398.21 A546or 1991

Sam, the minuteman. Nathaniel Benchley.
CHIL E B457sa

The sweet and sour animal book. Langston Hughes. Illustrations by students of the Harlem School of the Arts.
CHIL 811.5 H893sw 1994

Tar Beach. Faith Ringgold.
CHIL E R5799ta 1991

Who look at me. June Jordan.
CHIL 811.5 J82w

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Fiction - Historical & Contemporary

145th Street : short stories. Walter Dean Myers.
CHIL F M996on 2000

The bells of Christmas. Virginia Hamilton.
CHIL F H221be 1989

Between Madison & Palmetto. Jacqueline Woodson.
CHIL F W898be 1993

A blessing in disguise. Eleanora E. Tate.
CHIL F T215bL 1995

Breadsticks and blessing places. Candy Dawson Boyd.
CHIL F B788br 1985

Bright April. Marguerite de Angeli.
CHIL F D284br

The captive. Joyce Hansen.
CHIL F H2485ca 1994

Carolina shout! Alan Schroeder.
CHIL F S381ca 1995

Come a stranger. Cynthia Voigt.
CHIL F V891co 1986

The Crazy Horse Electric game. Chris Crutcher.
CHIL F C957cr 1987

Danger zone. David Klass.
CHIL F K628da 1996

Darnell Rock reporting. Walter Dean Myers.
CHIL F M996da 1994

Drew and the homeboy question. Robb Armstrong.
CHIL F A7375dh 1997

Drylongso. Virginia Hamilton.
CHIL F H221dr 1992

Efan the great. Roni Schotter.
CHIL F S375ef 1986

Egg-drop blues. Jacqueline Turner Banks.
CHIL F B2184eg 1995

From the notebooks of Melanin Sun. Jacqueline Woodson.
CHIL F W898fr 1995

A girl called Bob & a horse called Yoki. Barbara Campbell.
CHIL F C187gi 1982

The Glory Field. Walter Dean Myers.
CHIL F M996gL 1994

The gold Cadillac. Mildred D. Taylor.
CHIL F T2443go 1987

Guests in the promised land; stories. Kristin Hunter.
CHIL F h945g

Harriet Tubman, conductor on the Underground Railroad. Ann L. Petry.
CHIL F P498h

A hero ain't nothin' but a sandwich. Alice Childress.
CHIL F C536h

The house of Dies Drear. Virginia Hamilton.
CHIL F H221h

Jump ship to freedom. James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier.
CHIL F C698ju 1987

Marchers for the dream. Natalie Savage Carlson.
CHIL F C284m

Monster. Walter Dean Myers.
CHIL F M996mon 1999

The piano man. Debbi Chocolate. Illustrated by Eric Velasquez.
CHIL F C5452pi 1998

The taken girl. Elizabeth Gray Vining.
CHIL F V785t


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