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Skin Deep and Other Teenage Reflections presents a powerful-but-playful portrait of urban teens, especially teens of color, that is at once rife with ...
When the children's librarian gives Lucy a book that helps her quiet her noisy brothers, Lucy learns the power of a story. Includes activities and tip...
Poems
An insightful collection of easy-to-read poems about the problems and frustrations of being a teenager....
Parent and child discuss their African-American heritage and the contributions made to civilization by their people....
A springtime outing leads to trouble when Tess Tiger gets lost in the woods!...
Cooking from Our Heritage
A collection of recipes from the diverse traditions of African-American culture offers more than two hundred fifty dishes, including cuisine from Afri...
Adapted from a West African Folktale
A couple's youngest son is forced to leave his West African village because he chooses music over the more practical occupations of his brothers, but ...
Dare to Dream
From her childhood encounters with discrimination to her activism as an adult, Coretta Scott King dreamed of finding a place where people were treated...
Traditional and Modern Recipes from Africa, America, and the Caribbean
Ranging from Moroccan Zucchini Pancakes to Congo Moambe, a taste-tempting array of recipes for meatless dishes is based on African, Afro-Caribbean, Na...
INQUIZITIVE SCIENCE EARLY LEVEL: SOUNDS ALL AROUND - A series of information books that integrate literacy and science. INQUIZITIVE with a focus upon ...
This year Sharie's mother wants their family to celebrate Kwanzaa. And she has to work on a project with Caitlin, who insists on studying her family's...
A West African tale where one of the yams a farmer is gathering starts to talk to him....
Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement: Coretta Scott King and the Civil Ri
First published: [New York]: Lodestar Books, 1994....
150 Healthy, Delicious Recipes for Diabetics and Those Who Dine with Them
The Kitchen Diva's Diabetic Cookbook is an inspirational collection of more than 150 simple, flavorful, budget-friendly recipes that address the dieta...
The Story of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
A biography of the legendary trumpeter, singer, and bandleader....
The Story of Ida B. Wells-Barnett
A biography of the journalist, newspaper owner, and suffragette who campaigned for civil rights and founded the National Association for the Advanceme...
When someone begins painting graffiti on walls throughout the town, Cameron Thompson, a detective's son, teams up with his best friend, Tarann, to fig...
Every year, for seven days beginning December 26th, African- Americans celebrate their heritage during the Kwanzaa holiday. In this book, you will fin...
An African Folk Tale
A retelling of a traditional West African tale about a king who refuses to believe that yams, fish, and cloth can talk until his throne agrees with hi...
Seven Spools of Thread/Africa
Fiction: Using the Nguzo Saba, or "seven principles" of Kwanzaa, the author has created an unforgettable story that shows how family members can pull ...
A story of students' visit to an art museum....
Friends enjoy playing in the snow--slipping and sliding, making snowmen and snow angels, building a fort, and more. Includes related activities....
Annie loves music and wants to learn to play an instrument, but learns that her talents are in drawing and writing....
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The cat pulls the monkey's tail. Why would the cat do such a thing? This is a story of how the monkey tries to get his tail back....
Children pout when the rain begins, but, soon, properly dressed, they enjoy playing outdoors in the rain....
The science fair trophy is missing and Cameron and his friends only have until Friday to find it....
A History of African Americans
Traces the history and accomplishments of African Americans as explorers, inventors, writers, soldiers, artists, scientists, and more, from the days o...
In simple rhymes, describes how seeds turn into sunflowers....
The hilarious and charmingly illustrated story of Harris and his family, who eat dinner in the bathtub, park the car in the kitchen, and bathe in the ...
A Folk Song From the Old West
When a bespectacled stranger shows up at the Z-Bar Ranch asking to borrow a horse, the cowboys think they'll have some fun. They offer him the Zebra D...
Ransome's paintings are glorious in this celebration of the market in the French Quarter of New Orleans at the turn of the century, and Medearis' poet...
Inspired by her older sister, who is writing about a treasure hunt, Marcy finds buried treasure in her back yard....
When Samuel plants a garden, what he thinks is a tough weed, turns out to be a potato plant....
Provides recipes and suggestions for celebrations for African-American holidays and special occasions throughout the year....
George is unhappy to receive a homemade muffler and itchy long underwear for Christmas, but they come in handy when he has an accident while ice skati...
Two boys share Danny's Dad....
Read about a girl who helped change America by singing and marching for civil rights with Dr. Martin Luther King. Includes colorful illustrations, not...