PICTURE BOOKS
♦ Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
$ Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
'While working for plantation owners, Peg Leg Joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper). A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the song's directions.'
♦ $ Jump on Over! Joel Chandler Harris, ill. by Barry Moser
Illustrated Brer Rabbit stories with modernized language.
♦ $ Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder
♦ $ Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
Based on a true event, a young slave girl uses a quilt to map out an escape path for others to follow.
$ The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit told by David Borgenicht Ill. by Don Daily
$ Unspoken by Henry Cole
'A young girl's courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story' of the Underground Railroad.
♦ $ The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The very first 'full-color picture book to feature a small black hero'. The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.
$ Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
'While working for plantation owners, Peg Leg Joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper). A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the song's directions.'
♦ $ Jump on Over! Joel Chandler Harris, ill. by Barry Moser
Illustrated Brer Rabbit stories with modernized language.
♦ $ Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder
♦ $ Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
Based on a true event, a young slave girl uses a quilt to map out an escape path for others to follow.
$ The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit told by David Borgenicht Ill. by Don Daily
$ Unspoken by Henry Cole
'A young girl's courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story' of the Underground Railroad.
♦ $ The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The very first 'full-color picture book to feature a small black hero'. The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.
BEGINNING READERS
$ Dream March: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Vaunda Nelson
Step Into Reading, Step 3
♦ $ Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman by Monica Kulling
Step Into Reading, Step 4
$ Sojourner Truth, Path to Glory by Peter Merchant
Ready to Read
Step Into Reading, Step 3
♦ $ Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman by Monica Kulling
Step Into Reading, Step 4
$ Sojourner Truth, Path to Glory by Peter Merchant
Ready to Read
IMAGINATIVE
BH 2-87 The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings
BH 3-116 Lil Hannibal
BH 3-123 A Story About Little Rabbits
BH 4-130 How Brer Rabbit Met Brer Tar-Baby
BH 3-116 Lil Hannibal
BH 3-123 A Story About Little Rabbits
BH 4-130 How Brer Rabbit Met Brer Tar-Baby
CULTURAL
BH 12-188 The Negro Speaks of Rivers (poem)
FICTION
JC 5-278 Bright April by Marguerite de Angeli
April Bright is a Brownie Scout. Her skin is the color of coffee with good cream in it. "Why must we be different?" April asks her mother. "I don't feel different."
April Bright is a Brownie Scout. Her skin is the color of coffee with good cream in it. "Why must we be different?" April asks her mother. "I don't feel different."
♦ $ Bright April by Marguerite de Angeli
De Angeli's charming story of a young black child growing up the Germantown (where De Angeli grew-up) section of Philadelphia, her Brownie Troop, friendships, and lessons of life.
♦ $ Ladycake Farm by Mabel Leigh Hunt
Good and Beautiful Book. "Little Joe’s family has been saving money for a long time, and they are finally able to follow their dream of buying a 40-acre farm. As the only African American family in the rural town in the mid 1900s, they face challenges, but they face them with a kindness and optimism that changes the hearts of those around them."
♦ $ Thee, Hannah by Marguerite de Angeli
Nine-year-old Hannah, a Quaker living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War, longs to have some fashionable dresses like other girls but comes to appreciate her heritage and its plain dressing when her family saves the life of a runaway slave.
De Angeli's charming story of a young black child growing up the Germantown (where De Angeli grew-up) section of Philadelphia, her Brownie Troop, friendships, and lessons of life.
♦ $ Ladycake Farm by Mabel Leigh Hunt
Good and Beautiful Book. "Little Joe’s family has been saving money for a long time, and they are finally able to follow their dream of buying a 40-acre farm. As the only African American family in the rural town in the mid 1900s, they face challenges, but they face them with a kindness and optimism that changes the hearts of those around them."
♦ $ Thee, Hannah by Marguerite de Angeli
Nine-year-old Hannah, a Quaker living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War, longs to have some fashionable dresses like other girls but comes to appreciate her heritage and its plain dressing when her family saves the life of a runaway slave.
HISTORICAL
FC AS8 Lincoln / Slavery
♦ Harriet Tubman: Flame of Freedom by Frances T. Humphreville
Piper Books Series
♦ Many Thousand Gone by Virginia Hamilton
An introduction to slavery aimed at the youngest students.
♦ The Story of African-Americans in the Thirteen Colonies by Deborah Kent
Cornerstones of Freedom
♦ The Story of the Assassination of Martin Luther King by R. Conrad Stein
Cornerstones of Freedom
♦ The Story of the Underground Railroad by R. Conrad Stein
Cornerstones of Freedom
Piper Books Series
♦ Many Thousand Gone by Virginia Hamilton
An introduction to slavery aimed at the youngest students.
♦ The Story of African-Americans in the Thirteen Colonies by Deborah Kent
Cornerstones of Freedom
♦ The Story of the Assassination of Martin Luther King by R. Conrad Stein
Cornerstones of Freedom
♦ The Story of the Underground Railroad by R. Conrad Stein
Cornerstones of Freedom
BIOGRAPHIES
FC S11-134 The Uplift of a Slave Boy's Ideal (Frederick Douglass)
FC S11-138 The Boy Who Wanted to Learn (Booker T. Washington)
FC G1-1 Frederick Douglass
FC G1-59 The Boy and the Bayonet
FC G1-73 Booker T. Washington
FC G1-125 Benjamin Banneker
FC S11-138 The Boy Who Wanted to Learn (Booker T. Washington)
FC G1-1 Frederick Douglass
FC G1-59 The Boy and the Bayonet
FC G1-73 Booker T. Washington
FC G1-125 Benjamin Banneker
BH 6-108 Jasper the Drummin' Boy
BH 12-79 The Loneliest Battler: Jackie Robinson
BH 12-104 The Man Who Made Adolf Hitler Run: Jesse Owen
BH 12-138 Way Down South in Dixie: Joel Chandler Harris
BH 12-154 Pioneer in Surgery: Daniel Hale Williams
BH 12-198 Learning to Be Free: Frederick Douglass
BH 12-79 The Loneliest Battler: Jackie Robinson
BH 12-104 The Man Who Made Adolf Hitler Run: Jesse Owen
BH 12-138 Way Down South in Dixie: Joel Chandler Harris
BH 12-154 Pioneer in Surgery: Daniel Hale Williams
BH 12-198 Learning to Be Free: Frederick Douglass
JC 8-72 Greek and a Toothbrush: Mary Bethune
JC 8-231 The Boy With the Horn: Louis Armstrong
JC 8-231 The Boy With the Horn: Louis Armstrong
♦ Benjamin Banneker, Genius of Early America by Lillie Patterson
♦ Benjamin Banneker, Astronomer and Scientist by Margaret Goff Clark
Garrard Americans All Series
♦ $ Booker T. Washington, Leader of His People by Lillie Patterson
Garrard A Discovery Biography
♦ $ Frederick Douglass Fights for Freedom by Margaret Davidson
Read the true story of a man whose life and work inspired Martin Luther King.
♦ $ Harriet Beecher Stowe: Connecticut Girl by Mabel Widdemer
Childhood of Famous Americans Series
♦ $ I Have a Dream by Margaret Davidson
The story of Martin Luther King.
♦ Jim Beckwourth, Black Trapper and Indian Chief by Wyatt Blassingame
A Discovery Book
♦ Mary McLeod Bethune, Teacher With a Dream by LaVere Anderson
A Discovery Book
♦ $ Sure Hands, Strong Heart by Lillie Patterson
The Story of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams.
♦ The Story of George Washington Carver by Arna Wendell Bontemps
A Signature Biography
♦ The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Maureen Ash
Cornerstones of Freedom Series
♥ The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Ruth MacArthur
Famous Americans for Young Readers Series
♦ The Story of Stephen Foster by Esther Douty
A Signature Biography
♥ The Upward Path by Myron Pritchard
A reader for young African-American children 'to feel a deeper pride in his own race and to be inspired by the character and accomplishments of worthwhile members of their race.'
♥ Unsung Heroes by Elizabeth Haynes
Stories of victories in spite of harshness and struggles of lesser-known African-Americans--written to 'my little friends'.
♦ $ Wanted Dead or Alive: The True Story of Harriet Tubman by Ann McGovern
Very good story for elementary aged children of the slave who risked her life over and over to bring hundreds of other slaves to freedom.
► Weiss, Jim Treasury of Wisdom--Satchel Paige
♦ Benjamin Banneker, Astronomer and Scientist by Margaret Goff Clark
Garrard Americans All Series
♦ $ Booker T. Washington, Leader of His People by Lillie Patterson
Garrard A Discovery Biography
♦ $ Frederick Douglass Fights for Freedom by Margaret Davidson
Read the true story of a man whose life and work inspired Martin Luther King.
♦ $ Harriet Beecher Stowe: Connecticut Girl by Mabel Widdemer
Childhood of Famous Americans Series
♦ $ I Have a Dream by Margaret Davidson
The story of Martin Luther King.
♦ Jim Beckwourth, Black Trapper and Indian Chief by Wyatt Blassingame
A Discovery Book
♦ Mary McLeod Bethune, Teacher With a Dream by LaVere Anderson
A Discovery Book
♦ $ Sure Hands, Strong Heart by Lillie Patterson
The Story of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams.
♦ The Story of George Washington Carver by Arna Wendell Bontemps
A Signature Biography
♦ The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Maureen Ash
Cornerstones of Freedom Series
♥ The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Ruth MacArthur
Famous Americans for Young Readers Series
♦ The Story of Stephen Foster by Esther Douty
A Signature Biography
♥ The Upward Path by Myron Pritchard
A reader for young African-American children 'to feel a deeper pride in his own race and to be inspired by the character and accomplishments of worthwhile members of their race.'
♥ Unsung Heroes by Elizabeth Haynes
Stories of victories in spite of harshness and struggles of lesser-known African-Americans--written to 'my little friends'.
♦ $ Wanted Dead or Alive: The True Story of Harriet Tubman by Ann McGovern
Very good story for elementary aged children of the slave who risked her life over and over to bring hundreds of other slaves to freedom.
► Weiss, Jim Treasury of Wisdom--Satchel Paige