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Papa's Mark
Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
Hardcover - $29.95
After his son helps him learn to write his name, Samuel T. Blow goes to the courthouse in his Southern town to cast his ballot on the first election day ever on which African Americans are allowed to vote. Illustrations.
Momma, Where Are You from
Marie Bradby
Hardcover - $29.95
"Momma, where are you from?" a little girl asks. Her mother's reply is filled with rich details as she recounts memories from her childhood. She recalls the cries of the ragman looking to buy worn-out clothes, the tunes of Ellington and Basie, and of ...
Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum
Ashley Bryan
Paperback - $15.95
Here are five Nigerian folktales, retold in language as rhythmic as the beat of the story-drum, and illustrated with vibrant, evocative woodcuts.
The Freedom of Jenny
Julie Burtinshaw
Paperback - $15.95
Jenny Estes shares her father's dream of freedom. But for Jenny -- born into slavery in Missouri in the 1840s -- freedom seems an impossible dream. She toils alongside her mother in the steaming kitchen of the Leopold plantation, trying her best to b ...
I Need a Lunch Box
Jeannette Caines
Paperback - $12.95
A little boy can't wait to get his first lunch box. 'He imagines what he could keep in a lunch box and even dreams a splendidly illustrated dream in which he has a different colored and shaped box for each day of the week. A straightforward story abo ...
Colors Around Me
Vivian Church
Paperback - $14.95
Children are taught to appreciate the various shades of color among African Americans as their colors are compared to the foods they enjoy.