Solo Girl

Although she is good at math, Cass wishes that she could jump rope as well as the group she watches in her new neighborhood.

Children's Books

Pinkney, Andrea

Literature & Fiction

Bt Bound

Each of us has a silent thunder” a quiet desire that rumbles from deep-down. For eleven-year-old Summer and her older brother Rosco, their secret dreams seem far out of reach. Both are slaves on a Virginia plantation in the year 1862. More than anything, Summer wants to learn to read and write. Rosco is eager to join the Union Army so that he can fight for the cause that would allow all people to be free. Told in alternating voices, this is a work of historical fiction by bestselling and award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney.

Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story

Teen & Young Adult

Historical Fiction

West 26th Street Press

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra (Great Black Performers, 2)

A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category

Biographies

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa (Great Black Performers, 3)

Ella Fitzgerald began her life as a singer on the stage of the Apollo Theater when she was just seventeen years old. Her rich voice and vocal innovations brought her fame and a remarkable career than spanned half a century and won her generations of fans around the world. Acclaimed author Andrea Davis Pinkney has told Ella's inspiring story in the voice of Scat Cat Monroe, a feline fan whose imagined narrative sings with the infectious rhythms of scat. Two-time Caldecott Honor winner Brian Pinkney's dramatic perspectives and fantastical images offer a jazzy improvisation all their own.

Reenie and her mama love to go fishing down by the river. But the peace of their idyllic fishing spot is often marred by the appearance of Peter Troop and his daddy. Peter is up-jumpy and loud, scaring the fish away. And the Troops harbor some resentment toward them, too. Peter and his daddy are fishing for food; Reenie and Mama fish for fun. The Troops are white; Reenie and Mama are black. And in the Jim Crow South, it is this last difference that is most significant. One day, when the Troops' fishing reel breaks, Reenie overcomes their mutual fear and mistrust to help Peter-an act that holds the promise of friendship and understanding. This is a moving story about two children crossing boundaries of race, class, and gender, and about small acts that make a big difference.

Fishing Day

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Born into slavery, Belle had to endure the cruelty of several masters before she escaped to freedom. But she knew she wouldn't really be free unless she was helping to end injustice. That's when she changed her name to Sojourner and began traveling across the country, demanding equal rights for black people and for women. Many people weren't ready for her message, but Sojourner was brave, and her truth was powerful. And slowly, but surely as Sojourner's step-stomp stride, America began to change.

Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride

A young reader's portrait of dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey considers what the young Alvin might have thought and said and interposes facts about his life and dance theater. Reprint.

Alvin Ailey

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa

Another stunning picture book biography of a prominent twentieth-century African-American in the arts, from the creative team behind Alvin Ailey.

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra (Caldecott Honor Book) (Great Black Performers, 2)

Silent Thunder

In 1862 eleven-year-old Summer and her thirteen-year-old brother Rosco take turns describing how life on the quiet Virginia plantation where they are slaves is affected by the Civil War.

Jump At The Sun

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Books by Pinkney, Andrea

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Solo Girl

Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra (Great Black Performers, 2)

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa (Great Black Performers, 3)

Fishing Day

Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride

Alvin Ailey

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa (Great Black Performers, 3)

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra (Caldecott Honor Book) (Great Black Performers, 2)

Silent Thunder