By Doreen Rappaport
This picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Brings his
life and the profound nature of his message to young children through
his own words. Martin Luther King, Jr., Was one of the most influential
and gifted speakers of all time. Doreen Rappaport uses quotes from some
of his most beloved speeches to tell the story of his life and his work
in a simple, direct way. Bryan Collier's stunning collage art combines
remarkable watercolor paintings with vibrant patterns and textures. A
timeline and a list of additional books and web sites help make this a
standout biography of Dr. King.
One Crazy Summer
By Rita Williams-Garcia
By Rita Williams-Garcia
In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland,
California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know,
eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold
welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and
printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to
attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
By Mildred D. Taylor
By Mildred D. Taylor
A
black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s
is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not
understand.
Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children, and Don't You Grow Weary
By Elizabeth Partridge
By Elizabeth Partridge
Partridge
exlores the events of March 7, 1965, known as Bloody Sunday, in Selma,
Alabama, drawing on the vivid recollections of children who marched for
the right to vote for black Americans.
By Nancy I. Sanders
Frederick
Douglass for Kids follows the footsteps of a true hero, one of the
leading African Americans of his day. And to better appreciate Douglass
and his times, readers will: form a
debating club; create a sailor's
tarpaulin hat and cravat that Douglass wore during his escape; make a Civil War haversack ; participate in a microlending
program and more.
By Christopher Paul Curtis
The ordinary
interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American
family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go
to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
By Carole Boston Weatherford
Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God
guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the
brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen
subsequent trips back South, never being caught, but none as profound as
this first one.
By Deborah Hopkinson
As a seamstress in the Big House,
Clara is luckier than the slaves who work the fields. Still, she dreams
of a reunion with her Momma, who lives on another plantation-and even
of running away to freedom. Then she hears two slaves talking about how
they could find the Underground Railroad if only they had a map. In a
flash of inspiration, Clara sees how she can use the cloth in her scrap
bag to make a map of the land-a freedom quilt-that no master will ever
suspect. Drawn from true incidents in African-American history, this is a
compelling and emotionally charged picture book.
By Laurie Halse Anderson
When
her former owner breaks his promise to set her free and ends up sending
her to live with a cruel loyalist family at the start of the
Revolutionary War, Isabel is heartbroken and so becomes determined to do
whatever is necessary to win her freedom, including spying on her
family to help the rebels win the war.
By Jen Cullerton Johnson
A
biography of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist
Wangari Maathai, a female scientist who made a stand in the face of
opposition to women's rights and her own Greenbelt Movement, an effort
to restore Kenya's ecosystem by planting millions of trees.
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
By Tanya Lee Stone
By Tanya Lee Stone
Examines
the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of
the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought
against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during
World War II.
Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story
By Ruby Bridges
By Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges tells the story of how she helped end racial segregation in
the New Orleans public school system when she was in the first grade.
By Kathleen Olmstead
After traveling for weeks with Robert E. Peary and his team in frigid
conditions, he became the first man to reach the North Pole. However, it
took decades for the African-American explorer to be recognized for his
extraordinary achievements. Here is the story of Henson’s dramatic,
groundbreaking life.
By Kadir Nelson
Using an "Everyman"
player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League
baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after
Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from
oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
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