A grandfather vividly describes to his grandson a typical day from his youth, when he worked as a peddler selling fresh fruits and vegetables from a horse-drawn wagon throughout the city.

Granddaddy's Street Songs

Children's Books

De Gross, Monalisa

Arts, Music & Photography

Jump At The Sun

Sweet, Sweet Memory

Sarah and her grandmother feel sad when Grandpa dies, but as time passes, funny memories of him make them laugh and feel better, in a moving picture book which balances sadness and mourning with the comforting notion of the continuity of all life.

Woodson, Jacqueline

Literature & Fiction

On his way to join the army, the big strong man of the village, who is scared of nothing, spends the night in a spooky house where a series of ever-larger cats ask him the same unusual question.

The Big Spooky House: Picture Book

Washington, Donna

A sharecropper's daughter describes her childhood in Texas

Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper's Daughter

Govenar, Alan

Biographies

A star of Touched By an Angel weaves a warmhearted story about Kenisha, a feisty little girl who--with the help of her Dolly Dear--discovers God within herself and others.

God Inside of Me

Reese, Della

An eleven-year-old slave, Summer, and her older brother each have their own "silent thunder" that rumbles deep within, but they are forced to make wrenching decisions about their destiny in a book about the triumph of the human spirit in the most inhumane circumstances.

SILENT THUNDER A Civil War Story

Pinkney, Andrea Davis

It is the last day of the harvest, and everyone at Appling Farm is preparing for the ring shout-a celebration filled with dance, song, and praise shouted out to God for the year's blessings. Everyone in Toby's family will play an instrument that speaks from their hearts directly to God's ears. Toby is finally old enough to join them in the event, but what will he bring? Sticks? A cowbell? Horse brushes? It's hard to decide, for it must feel right. And Toby's got to hurry-the ring shout starts tonight! Dancing the Ring Shout! is the first picture book honoring the longstanding ring shout tradition from west Africa and the American South. Heartfelt and beautifully told in a rainbow of colors that swirl like magic, this story is one to cherish all the year round.

Dancing the Ring Shout!

Siegelson, Kim L.

Cohen, Lisa

JATS

A Newbery Honor author tells about the blues while profiling ten of the most celebrated blues singers of last century, including Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, and James Brown, in a boldly illustrated picture book. 15,000 first printing.

The Blues Singers: Ten Who Rocked the World

LESTER, Julius

When Willie Thomas uses twenty dollars of her cookie money, she must join forces with her sister to devise a plan to replace the money before she has to turn it in to her scout leader, but their clever plan backfires and Willie must tell the truth.

Willimena and the Cookie Money

Wesley, Valerie Wilson

Growing Up & Facts of Life

It's time to say good night The moon is on the rise And seven angels fly down With starlight in their eyes. And so begins this warm and lyrical bedtime lullaby. When the full moon smiles through a little girl's bedroom window, it's time to cuddle up with Mom, Dad, and a bedtime story before falling asleep in the wings of heavenly guardian angels.

The Angels' Lullaby

Thomas, Joyce Carol

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

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