A
The
Fortune-Tellers
by Lloyd Alexander, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (October 1997)
Puffin; ISBN: 0140562338
Kofi
and His Magic
by Maya Angelou, Margaret Courtney-Clarke (Photographer), marga Courtney-Clarke,
Margaret
Courtney-Clark (Photographer)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 44 pages (November 1996)
Clarkson Potter; ISBN: 0517704536
Life
Doesn't Frighten Me
by Maya Angelou, Jean Michel Basquiat (Illustrator), Sara Jane Boyers (Editor),
Jean Michael
Basquiat (Photographer)
Reading level: All Ages
Hardcover (September 1998)
Stewart Tabori & Chang; ISBN: 1556702884
My
Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me
by Maya Angelou, Margaret Courtney-Clarke (Photographer), marga Courtney-Clarke
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 1 pages 1 Ed edition (November 1994)
Crown Pub; ISBN: 0517596679
B
Samuel's
Choice
by Richard J. Berleth, James Watling (Illustrator), Judith Mathews (Editor)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
School & Library Binding - 40 pages (June 1990)
Albert Whitman & Co; ISBN: 0807572187
More
Than Anything Else
by Marie Bradby, Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Library Binding (September 1995)
Orchard Books; ISBN: 0531087646
Smoky
Night
by Eve Bunting, David Diaz (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 36 pages Reprint edition (April 1999)
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152018840
Black
Stars in Orbit : Nasa's African American Astronauts
by Khephra Burns, William Miles
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 72 pages 1 Ed edition (January 1995)
Gulliver Books; ISBN: 0152002766
C
Masai
and I
by Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator), Virginia L. Kroll
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 32 pages (September 1992)
Simon & Schuster (Juv); ISBN: 0027511650
Mandela
: From the Life of the South African Statesman
by Floyd Cooper
Reading level: Ages 9-12
School & Library Binding - 34 pages (September 1996)
Philomel Books; ISBN: 0399229426
F
The
Patchwork Quilt
by Valerie Flournoy, Jerry Pinkey (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 32 pages (April 1985)
E P Dutton; ISBN: 0803700970
G
Teammates
by Peter Golenbock, Paul Bacon (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (March 1990)
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152006036
Amazing
Grace : The Story of the Hymn
by Linda Granfield, Janet Wilson (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (March 1997)
Tundra Books; ISBN: 0887763898
For
the Love of the Game : Michael Jordan and Me
by Eloise Greenfield, Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Library Binding - 32 pages (January 1997)
HarperCollins Children's Books; ISBN: 0060272996
Grandpa's
Face
by Eloise Greenfield, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 30 pages (November 1988)
Philomel Books; ISBN: 0399215255
Honey,
I Love (Let's Read Aloud)
by Eloise Greenfield, Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Hardcover (January 1995)
Harperfestival; ISBN: 0694005797
Meet
Danitra Brown
by Nikki Grimes, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 1 pages (April 1994)
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books; ISBN: 0688120733
H
Her
Stories : African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales
by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
School & Library Binding - 112 pages (October 1995)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590473700
Many
Thousand Gone : African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback (December 1995)
Knopf; ISBN: 0679879366
The
People Could Fly : American Black Folktales
by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback Reprint edition (January 1993)
Knopf; ISBN: 0679843361
Amazing
Grace
by Mary Hoffman, Caroline Binch (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 1 pages (September 1991)
Dial Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 0803710402
Boundless
Grace : Sequel to Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman, Caroline Binch (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 1 pages (May 1995)
Dial Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 0803717156
Grandpa,
Is Everything Black Bad?
by Sandy Lynne Holman, Lela Kometiani (Illustrator), Sandy Holman Lynne
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Library Binding (June 1998)
Culture Co Op; ISBN: 0964465507
Sweet
Clara and the Freedom Quilt
by Deborah Hopkinson, James Ransome (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback 1 edition (August 1995)
Random House (Merchandising); ISBN: 0679874720
J
The
Leaving Morning (Orchard Paperbacks)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback 1 edition (March 1996)
Orchard Books; ISBN: 0531070727
When
I Am Old With You
by Angela Johnson, David Soman (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (March 1993)
Orchard Books; ISBN: 0531070352
Lift
Ev'Ry Voice and Sing
by James Weldon Johnson, Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)
Reading level: All Ages
School & Library Binding (January 1995)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590469827
K
Goggles
by Ezra Jack Keats
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 40 pages Reprint edition
(November 1998)
Viking Childrens Books; ISBN: 0670880620
Peter's
Chair
by Ezra Jack Keats
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 40 pages Reprint edition
(August 1998)
Viking Childrens Books; ISBN: 0670880647
Wilma
Unlimited : How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
by Kathleen Krull, David Diaz (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover - 40 pages (May 1996)
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152012672
L
Black
Cowboy, Wild Horses : A True Story
by Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 40 pages 1 Ed edition (May 1998)
Dial Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 0803717873
John
Henry (Caldecott Honor Book)
by Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 1 pages Caldec hon edition (October 1994)
Dial Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 0803716060
Sam
and the Tigers : A New Telling of Little Black Sambo
by Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator), Helen Story of littl Bannerman
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 1 pages (September 1996)
Dial Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 0803720289
M
Happy
Birthday, Martin Luther King
by Jean Marzollo, J. Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 1 pages (January 1993)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590440659
Christmas
in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
by Pat McKissack, John Thompson, Patricia McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack
(Contributor),
Frederick L. McKissack
Reading level: Ages 9-12
School & Library Binding - 68 pages (October 1994)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590430270
Ma
Dear's Aprons
by Pat McKissack, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator), Patricia McKissack
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding (April 1997)
Atheneum; ISBN: 0689810512
A
House by the River
by William Miller, Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator), Ying-Hwa Hu (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (April 1997)
Lee & Low Books; ISBN: 1880000482
Zora
Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree (Reading Rainbow Book)
by William Miller, Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator), Ying-Hwa Hu (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback 1 edition (April 1996)
Lee & Low Books; ISBN: 1880000334
The
Black Snowman
by Phil Mendez, Carole Byard (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback Reprint edition (October 1991)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590448730
I
Want to Be (Picture Puffins)
by Thylias Moss, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (February 1998)
Puffin; ISBN: 0140562869
Harlem
: A Poem (Caldecott Honor Book)
by Walter Dean Myers, Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 32 pages (March 1997)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590543407
P
Chicken
Sunday
by Patricia Polacco, Edward Miller (Illustrator), Stuart J. Murphy
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (January 1998)
Paper Star; ISBN: 0698116151
R
Secret
Signs : Along the Underground Railroad
by Anita Riggio (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 32 pages (January 1997)
Boyds Mills Pr; ISBN: 1563975556
Aunt
Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
by Faith Ringgold, J. Davis (Editor)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback 1 edition (December 1995)
Crown Pub; ISBN: 0517885433
Dinner
at Aunt Connie's House
by Faith Ringgold (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback 1 edition (September 1996)
Hyperion Press; ISBN: 0786811501
Tar
Beach
by Faith Ringgold
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (January 1991)
Crown Pub; ISBN: 0517580306
S
The
Faithful Friend (Caldecott Honor Book, Y1996, No 3)
by Robert D. San Souci, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator), J. Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding (March 1995)
Simon & Schuster (Juv); ISBN: 0027861317
A
Place Called Freedom
by Scott Russell Sanders, Thomas B. Allen (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding (June 1997)
Atheneum; ISBN: 0689804709
Sam
(Paperstar)
by Ann Herbert Scott, Symeon Shimin (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback Reprint edition (June 1996)
Paper Star; ISBN: 069811387X
The
Day Gogo Went to Vote : South Africa, 1994
by Elinor Batezat Sisulu, Sharon R. Wilson (Illustrator),
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (April 1996)
Little Brown & Co (Juv Trd); ISBN: 0316702676
In
Daddy's Arms I Am Tall : African Americans Celebrating Fathers
by Javaka Steptoe (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover - 32 pages 1 Ed edition (November 1997)
Lee & Low Books; ISBN: 1880000318
Mufaro's
Beautiful Daughters : An African Tale
by John Steptoe, Clarita Kohen (Translator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (May 1987)
Lothrop Lee & Shepard; ISBN: 0688040454
Y
Cornrows
by Camille Yarbrough, Carole Byard (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 48 pages (February 1997)
Paper Star; ISBN: 0698114361
Little
Tree Growin' in the Shade
by Camille Yarbrough, Camille Yarbough, Tyrone Geter (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover (January 1996)
Putnam Publishing Group; ISBN: 0399212043
Miz
Berlin Walks
by Jane Yolen, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 32 pages (September 1997)
Philomel Books; ISBN: 0399229388
Related Readings:
Rosa
Lee : A Mother and Her Family in Urban America
by Leon Dash
Paperback - 288 pages (September 1997)
Plume; ISBN: 0452278961
There
Are No Children Here : The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
by Alex Kotlowitz
Paperback - 323 pages Reissue edition (February 1992)
Anchor; ISBN: 0385265565
The
Ditchdigger's Daughters : A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story
by Yvonne S. Thornton, Jo Coudert
Paperback (May 1996)
Plume; ISBN: 0452276195
When
We Were Colored
by Clifton L. Taulbert
Paperback - 153 pages Reprint edition (May 1995)
Penguin USA (Paper); ISBN: 0140244778
Internet Sites relating to African American cultures:
A LINK TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN
CULTURE (7-12)
The Afro-American Almanac: "The Afro-American Almanac is an on-line presentation of the African in America. A historical
perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution." You'll find games, folktales, trivia,
biographies, books, links and more.
http://www.toptags.com/aama/
No
attempt has been made to evaluate the literary quality of each work nor its
appropriateness in terms of cultural content. It is left to teachers to
determine each book's appropriateness/relevance to his/her children and
curriculum.
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