African-American Bibliography
Books for Children

See also:
Coretta Scott King Award
Children's Book Awards & Best Books Lists
African-American Children's Books
African-American Images: Part One: A-L
African-American Images: Part Two: M-Z

[Folktales] [Biography] [General Non-Fiction] [Poetry] [Stories in Verse] [Fiction - Social Conscience] [Fiction - Culturally Conscious] [Fiction - Melting Pot] [Drama]

Folktales for Children

Chesnutt, Charles. Conjure Tales. Retold by Ray Anthony. New York: Dutton, 1973

Hamilton, Virginia. The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales. 1st ed. Knopf; distributed by Random House, c1985.

Hamilton, Virginia. Her Stories; African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales Illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Blue Sky. [All ages]

Hamilton, Virginia. A Ring of Tricksters; Animal Tales from America, the West Indies and Africa Illustrated by Barry Moser. New York: Blue Sky Press, 1997.

Hamilton, Virginia. When Birds Could Talk & Bats Could Sing; The Adventure of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and Their Friends Illustrated by Barry Moser. New York: Blue Sky, 1996. [63p]

Lester, Julius. Black Folktales Illustrated by Tom Feelings. 1st Evergreen ed. New York: Grove Press, 1992. [110p]

Lester, Julius. Further Tales of Uncle Remus; The Misadventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, the Doodang and Other Creatures. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books, c1990. [148p]

Lester, Julius. John Henry Pictures by Jerry Pinkney. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books, c1994. [unp]

Lester, Julius. The Knee-High Man, and Other Tales New York: Dial, 1972.

Lester, Julius. The Last Tales of Uncle Remus 1st ed. New York: Dial, 1994. [156p]

Lester, Julius. More Tales of Uncle Remus; Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit, His Friends, Enemies and Others 1st ed. New York: Dial Books, 1988. [143p]

Lester, Julius. Sam and the Tigers Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996. [40p]

Lester, Julius. The Tales of Uncle Remus; The Adventures of Brer Rabbit 1st ed. Dial Books, 1987. [157p]

McKissack, Patricia. Mirandy and Brother Wind, New York: Knopf, 1988. [Ages 8-11]

McKissack, Patricia. The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural New York: Knopf, 1992.

San Souci, Robert D. The Hired Hand; An African-American Folktale Pictures by Jerry Pinkney. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997. [unp]

Stevens, Janet. Tops & Bottoms. Harcourt Brace, 1995. Ages 4-8

[Back to Top]

Biography

McKissack, Patricia. African-American Inventors Millbrook Pr., 1994.

McKissack, Patricia. African-American Scientists Millbrook, 1994. See Proud Heritage Series

McKissack, Pat and McKissack, Frederick. Red-Tail Angels; The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. New York: Walker & Co., 1995.

Reef, Catherine. Black Fighting Men; A Proud History 21st Century Books, 1994. See African-American Soldiers Series. [Grades 5 up]

Armstrong, Louis

McKissack, Patricia and McKissack, Fredrick. Louis Armstrong Ill. by Ned O. Hillside, NJ: Enslow Publishers, c1991. [32p] See Great African Americans Series.

Baker, Josephine

Schroeder, Alan. Ragtime Tumpie. Paintings by Bernie Fuchs. 1st ed. Boston: Joy Street Books, c1983. [32p]

Bethune, Mary McLeod

Greenfield, Eloise. Mary McLeod Bethune. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Crowell, 1977. [32p]

McKissack, Patricia. Mary McLeod Bethune Chicago: Children's Press, c1992, [30p] See Cornerstones of Freedom Series.

Bridges, Ruby

Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes. Edited by Margo Lundell. Scholastic Trade, 1999. Ages 8-12.

Carver, George Washington

McKissack, Patricia and McKissack, Fredrick. George Washington Carver; The Peanut Scientist. Ill. by Ned O. Hillside, NJ: Enslow Publishers, c1991. [32p] See Great African Americans Series

Douglass, Frederick

Adler, David. A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass New York: Holiday House, 1993.

Meltzer, Milton. Frederick Douglass: In His Own Words Harcourt Brace, 1995.

Ellington, Duke

Pinkney, Andrea. Duke Ellington. Ill. by Brian Pinkney. Hyperion, 1998.

Hughes, Langston

Meltzer, Milton. Langston Hughes. NY: Crowell, 1968

Walker, Alice. Langston Hughes, American Poet. Illustrated by Catherine Deeter. New York: HarperCollins, 1998.

Hurston, Zora Neale

McKissack, Patricia. Zora Neale Hurston, Writer and Storyteller. Ill. by Michael Bryant. Hillside, NJ: Enslow Publishers, c1992. [32p] See Great African Americans Series.

McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick. Langston Hughes; Great American Poet. Hillside, NJ: Enslow, 1992.

Jackson, Jesse

Otfinoski, Steven. Jesse Jackson lst ed. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1990. [Middle school]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Adler, David. A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Holiday House, 1989.

Bray, Rosemary L. Martin Luther King Greenwillow, 1995.

Myers, Walter Dean. Young Martin's Promise Illustrated by Barbara Higgins; Alex Haley, general editor. Austin, TX: Raintree-Steck-Vaughn, c1993. [32p]

Marshall, Thurgood

Adler, David. A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall 1st ed. New York:Holiday House, 1997.

Krug, Elisabeth. Thurgood Marshall lst ed. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993. [Middle school]

Owens, Jesse

Adler, David. A Picture Book of Jesse Owens New York: Holiday House, 1992.

Paige, Satchel

McKissack, Patricia. Satchel Paige; The Best Arm in Baseball. Ill. by Michael David Biegel. Hillside, NJ: Enslow Publishers, c1992. [32p] See Great African Americans Series.

Parks, Rosa

Adler, David. A Picture Book of Rosa Parks New York: Holiday House, 1993.

Celsi, Teresa. Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, c1991. [28p]

Pickett, Bill

Pinkney, Andrea. Bill Pickett; Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy Illus. by Brian Pinkney. Gulliver, 1996. ]32p]

Robeson, Paul

McKissack, Patricia. Paul Robeson; a Voice to Remember. Ill. by Michael David Biegel. Hillside, NJ: Enslow Publishers, c1992. [32p] See Great African Americans Series

Robinson, Jackie

Adler, David. A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson New York: Holiday House, 1994.

Smalls, Robert

Meriwether, Louise. The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1971. [32p]

Truth, Sojourner

Adler, David. A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth New York: Holiday House, 1994. Grades 1-3 (10)

Tubman, Harriet
McKissack, Patricia. Sojourner Truth; Ain't I a Woman? Scholastic, c1992. [186p]

Adler, David. A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman New York: Holiday House, 1992.

Schroeder, Alan. Minty; A Story of Young Harriet Tubman Pictures by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, c1996. [unp]

Walker, Madam C. J.

McKissack, Patricia. Madam C. J. Walker; Self-made Millionaire. Ill. by Michael Bryant. Hillside, NY: Enslow Publishers, c1992. [32p] See Great African Americans Series.

Washington, Booker T.

McKissack, Patricia. Booker T. Washington; Leader and Educator Ill. by Michael Bryant. Hillside, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1992. [32p] See Great African Americans Series.

McKissack, Patricia and McKissack, Fredrick. Story of Booker T. Washington Childrens Press, c1991. See Cornerstones of Freedom Series

Schroeder, Alan. Booker T. Washington New York: Chelsea House, c1992. [143p] [Juvenile title]

Schroeder, Alan. Booker T. Washington New York: Chelsea House, c1992. [143p] [Juvenile title]

X, Malcolm

Adoff, Arnold. Malcolm X. Illustrated by Rudy Guiterrez. New illus. ed. Harpercollins Juvenile, 2000. Grades 1-4.

Brown, Kevin. Malcolm X: His Life and Legacy. Millbrook Press, 1995. Young Adult

Grimes, Nikki. Malcolm X; A Force for Change lst ed. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1992.

Myers, Walter Dean. Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary; A Biography Scholastic, c1993. [210p]

General Nonfiction for Children

Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousand Gone; African Americans from Slavery to Freedom Illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Random, 1992.

Hart, Ayanna. Africans in America Minneapolis: Lerner Pub., c1995.

Haskins, Jim. The Harlem Renaissance Illustrated with photos and prints. Millbrook, 1996. [192p]

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Celebrating Kwanzaa. Illustrated by Lawrence Migdale. Holiday House, 1993. Ages 9-12

Kids Explore America's African-American Heritage. John Muir Pub., 1993. Ages 9-12

Lester, Julius. To Be a Slave. Illustrated by Tom Feelings. London: Longman Young, 1970. [160p]

Myers, Walter Dean. Now Is Your Time!; The African-American Struggle for Freedom. Harpercollins Juvenile, 1992. Young adult.

Myers, Walter Dean. One More River to Cross; An African American Photograph Album. Reprint ed. Browndeer Press, 1999. Ages 9-12.

Payton, Shelia. African Americans New York: Marshall Cavendish, c1995.

Silverman, Jerry. Just Listen to This Song I'm Singing; African-American History through Song Illus. with photos and prints. Millbrook, 1996.

Stein, RC. Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1986. [Ages 5-6]

Smead, Howard. The Afro-Americans New York: Chelsea House, c1989

[Back to Top]

Poetry

Adoff, Arnold. Big Sister Tells Me That I'm Black Illustrated by Lorenzo Lynch. New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1976.

Adoff, Arnold. In for the Winter; Out for Spring Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1991.

Adoff, Arnold. Ma nd a la Pictures by Emily McCully. New York: Harper and Row, 1971.
Uses sounds like MA [mother], DA [father] in the celebration of an African American family's cultivation and harvesting of a corn crop.

Clifton, Lucille. Some of the Days of Everett Anderson New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, c1970. 32p. Illustrated by Evangeline Ness. Nine poems about a boy who likes to play in the rain, is not afraid of the dark, and sometimes feels lonely.

Giovanni, Nikki. Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People Illustrated by George Ford; foreward by Virginia Hamilton. 2nd ed. Chicago: L. Hill Books, 1993. 52p. 32 poems which reflect the Afro-American Experience. Rec. ages 12 and up.

Giovanni, Nikki. Genie in the Jar Illustrated by Chris Raschka. 1st ed. New York: H. Holt, 1996. unpaged. An abstract, lyrical hymn to the power of art and love. Younger children may enjoy discussing some of the themes raised. Rec. SLJ.

Giovanni, Nikki. Grandmothers; Poems, Reminisences, and Short Stories about Keepers of Our Traditions Holt, 1994. Grades 7 and up. Writings about grandmothers. Rec. BCCB.

Giovanni, Nikki. Spin a Soft Black Song; Poems for Children Illustrated by George Martins. Rev. Ed. New York: Hill and Wang, 1985. 57p. Recounts feelings of Black children about their neighborhoods, American society and themselves. (5)

Greenfield, Eloise. Night on Neighborhood Street, Pictures by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991. Collection of poems exploring the sounds, sights and emotions enlivening a black neighborhood. Annotation from LC.

Johnson, James Weldon. The Creation Illus. by James E. Ransome.
Holiday House. Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award.

Miller, E. Ethelbert. In Search of Color Everywhere; A Collection of African-American Poetry Illus. by Terrance Cummings. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1994. A Best Book For YAs.

Myers, Walter Dean. Harlem; A Poem. Illustrat4ed by Christopher Myers. Scholastic, 1997. [32p][Ages 4-8]
.

Thomas, Joyce Carol. Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea; Poems. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Harpercollins Juvenile Books, 1993. Ages 4-8

[Back to Top]

Stories in Verse

Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Christmas Coming Illustrated by Spivey Gilchrist. 1991 [c1971], 28p. Relates in verse the excitement and joy of a young boy anticipating as well as celebrating Christmas in the city.

Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Friend; Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. New York: H. Holt, 1992. unpaged. Having anticipated new neighbors, a boy is disappointed to get a whole family of girls.

Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Goodbye; Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983. unpaged. Coretta Scott King Award. Everett Anderson has a difficult time coming to terms with his grief after his father dies.

Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Nine Months Long. Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1978. unpaged. A small boy and his family anticipate the birth of their newest member. (grades P-2).

Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's 1-2-3 Illustrate by Ann Grifalconi. New York: H. Holt, 1992. unpaged. As a small boy's mother considers remarriage, he considers the numbers one, two, three--sometimes they're lonely, sometimes crowded, sometimes just right. Easy reader.

Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Year; Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. New York: H. Holt, 1992. unpaged. Chronicles in verse the month to month activities of seven-year-old Everett Anderson throughout the seasons of the year.

Clifton, Lucille. Some of the days of Everett Anderson;

Lindbergh, Reeve. Nobody Owns the Sky; The Story of "Brave Bessie" Coleman. Illus. by Pamela Paparone. Candlewick, 1996. 28p. National Council for the Social Studies Notable Children's Trade Books in the Social Studies. A rhymed retelling of the life of the first African American aviator.

[Back to Top]

Fiction - Social Conscience Books

Berry, James. Ajeemah and His Son. HarperCollins, 1992. Young Adult. Ages 12+. Boston Globe Horn Book Award; ALA Notable Children's Books; ALA Best Books for Young Adults. A father and his son are affected differently by their experiences as slaves in Jamaica in the early nineteenth century.

Bunting, Eve. Smoky Night. Illustrated by David Diaz. Harcourt Brace, 1994. Ages 4-8

Charbonneau, Eileen. Honor to the Hills Tor, 1996. 92p. National Council for the Social Studies Notable Children's Trade Books in the Social Studies. Advanced. In the 1850's citizens in the New York Catskills are divided over the Underground Railroad.

Collier, James & Collier, Christopher. Jump Ship to Freedom. New York: Delacorte, 1981. 198p. In 1787, a 14-year-old slave escapes from his dishonest master and tries to buy his freedom by cashing in his patriot father's war notes. (grades 7 up)

Collier, James & Collier, Christopher. War Comes to Willy Freeman, New York: Delacorte, 1983. 178p. A free thirteen-year-old, girl is in danger of being returned to slavery when her father is killed fighting the British and her mother disappears.

Collier, James & Collier, Christopher. Who is Carrie? New York: Delacorte, c1984. 155p.

Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy. Delacorte, 1999. Ages 9-12

Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963. Bantam Books, 1997. Ages 9-12.

Fox, Paula. The Slave Dancer. Large print ed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1988, c1973. 211p. Newbery Award Book. Story centered on the slave trade.

Johnston, Tony. The Wagon Ill. by James Ransome. Tambourine, 1996. unpaged. Primary & intermediate levels. National Council for the Social Studies Notable Children's Trade Books in the Social Studies. A young boy is sustained by his family as he endures the difficulties of being a slave but when he finally gains his freedom, his joy is tempered by the death of President Lincoln.

Lasky, Kathryn. True North; A Novel of the Underground Railroad Blue Sky, 1996. 290p. Intermediate and advanced. National Council for the Social Studies Notable Trade Books in the Social Studies. Fourteen-year-old Lucy becomes involved in the Underground Railroad and saves a fugitive slave girl.

Lyons, Mary E. Letters from a Slave Girl; The Story of Harriet Jacobs. Aladdin, 1996. Ages 9-12.

Petry, Ann. Tituba of Salem Village, 1964. (grades 5-6) (1, 4) Fictional work about the Salem witchcraft trials.

Taylor, Mildred. The Well; David's Story 1st ed. New York: Dial. 92p. In Mississippi in the early 1900s ten-year-old David Logan's family generously shares their well water with both white and black neighbors in a atmosphere of racial violence.

Taylor, Mildred. The Road to Memphis New York: Puffin Books, 1992. In 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.

Taylor, Mildred. Mississippi Bridge Pictures by Max Ginsburg. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, c1990. 62p. During a heavy rainstorm in 1930's rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River.

Taylor, Mildred. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Frontispiece by Jerry Pinkney. Santa Barbara, CA: Cornerstone Books, 1989, c1976.Newbery Award Winner. 284p. A black family living in the South during the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.

Taylor, Mildred. The Friendship Pictures by Max Ginsburg. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, c1987. 53p. Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930's.

Taylor, Mildred. The Gold Cadillac Pictures by Michael Hays. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, c1987. 43p. Two black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time.

Taylor, Mildred. Let the Circle Be Unbroken New York, Dial Press, 1981. Sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need to survive.

Williams, Sherley. Working Cotton. Illustrated by Carole Byard. Harcourt Brace, 1992. Ages 4-8

Yates, Elizabeth. Amos Fortune, Free Man. Illustrated by Nora Unwin. New York: Puffin, 1989, c1950. Newbery Award Book.(1) Life of an 18th century African prince after his is captured by slave traders.

[Back to Top]

Fiction - Melting Pot

Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight. Tupelo Books, 1998. Baby-Preschool board book.

Cameron, Ann. The Stories Julian Tells. Ill. by Ann Strugnell. New York: Pantehon, 1981. 71p. Seven-year-old Julian gets into trouble with his younger brother, plants a garden. 1981. (Beg. reader; grades 3-4)

Cosby, Bill. Shipwreck Saturday. Illustrated by Varnette P. Honeywood. Cartwheel Books, 1998. Ages 4-8.

Flournoy, Valerie. The Patchwork Quilt, Pictures by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1985. 32p. Using scrap's from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her mother and grandmother make a patchwork quilt. (story book; grades K-3)

Flournoy, Valerie. The Best Time of Day Ill. by George Ford. New york: Random House, 1978. As William goes through his busy day, he decides what time of day he likes best.(4, 5, 6)

Freeman, Don. Corduroy, A Pocket for Corduroy. (picture book) (5, 6)

Hamilton, Virginia. M. C. Higgins the Great. 1st Aladdin Books ed. New York: Aladdin Books, 1993. 278p. As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M. C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home he loves. (Newbery Award Book; middle school up-)

Hamilton, Virginia. The House of Dies Drear. Ill. by Eros Keith. Large print ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Cornerstone Books, 1991, c1968. A black family moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place on the Underground Railroad. A myster. Young Adult.

Hamilton, Virginia. The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl. New York: Harper Row, 1983. 311p. Pretty Pearl, a spirited young African god child eager to show off her powers, travels to the New World where disguised as a human, she lives among a band of free blacks.

Hamilton, Virginia. The Planet of Junior Brown. New York: Aladdin Books, 1993. Newbery Honor Book.c1971.

Hamilton, Virginia. Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed. New York: Aladdin, 1989, c1983. 208p.

Hamilton, Virginia. Zeely. Ill. by Simeon Shimin. New York: Aladdin, 1993. 122p.

Hamilton, Virginia. Arilla Sun Down. New York: Greenwillow, 1976. 248p.

Hamilton, Virginia.Justice and Her Brothers 1st ed. HBJ/Odyssey ed. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1989, c1978.

Hayes, Sarah. Eat Up, Gemma. Illus. by Jan Ormerod. 1st ed. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1988. 28p.

Hayes, Sarah. Happy Christmas, Gemma Ill. by Jan Ormerod. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1986.

Hoffman, Mary. Amazing Grace. Illus. by Caroline Binch. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991. unp.

Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day. New York: Puffin, 1978, c1962. 32p

Keats, Ezra Jack. Whistle for Willie. New York: Puffin, 1977 c1964. 32 p.

Keats, Ezra Jack. Peter's Chair. 1967)

Konigsburg, E.L. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, & Me, Elizabeth. Santa Barbara: Cornerstone, 1989. 130 [Large print ed]

Ringgold, F. Tar Beach. Crown, 1991. Ages 4-8

Rascha, Chris. Yo! Yes?. Orchard Books, 1993. Ages 4-8

Udry, Janice. Mary Jo's Grandmother Illus. by Eleanor Mill. Chicago: A. Whitman, 1970. 32p.

Williams, Vera B. 'More More More'Said the Baby. Greenwillow, 1990. 32p.

[Back to Top]

Fiction - Culturally Conscious

Gray, Libba Moore. Little Lil' and the Swing-Singing Sax New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996. 32p.

Hopkinson, Deborah. A Band of Angels; A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers. Illustrations by Raul Colon; Atheneum, 1999. Ages 4-9.

Kroll, Virginia L. Faraway Drums. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Little Brown, 1998. Ages 4-8

McKissack, Patricia. Flossie and the Fox 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1986. A little girl outsmarts a wily fox by demanding proof he is a fox before she will be afraid of him.

McKissack, Pat. Mirandy and Brother Wind. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Random Library, 1988. Ages 4-8

Myers, Walter Dean. Somewhere in the Darkness. Apple, 1997. Young Adult.

Pinckney, Brian. The Adventures of Sparrow Boy. Simon & Schuster, 1997.

Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee. New York: HarperCollins, 1992. c1990.

Steptoe, J. Baby Says, 1988. (P-K)

Steptoe, John. My Special Best Words. New York: Viking, 1974. [Ps-2]

Steptoe, John. Stevie, New York: Harper & Row, 1969. [K-3].

Walk Together Children: Black American Spirituals. Selected and illus. by Ashley Bryan. New York: Atheneum, 1974. (story book)

[Back to Top]

Drama

* Davis, Ossie. Escape to freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass, 1976.

* Turner, G. T. Take a Walk in Their Shoes, 1989. (grades 5-6)

[Back to Top]

Bibliography developed by Wendy Lanehart & Inez Ramsey. LSEM 511 Resources for Children. James Madison University.

Return to Multicultural Literature