This document provides summaries for 20 children's books that feature African American folktales, history, and culture. The books cover a range of topics including ancient African empires, African American versions of fairy tales, the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Underground Railroad. Many of the books highlight the strengths and experiences of African American women and celebrate African American identity and community.
This document provides summaries for 20 children's books that feature African American folktales, history, and culture. The books cover a range of topics including ancient African empires, African American versions of fairy tales, the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Underground Railroad. Many of the books highlight the strengths and experiences of African American women and celebrate African American identity and community.
This document provides summaries for 20 children's books that feature African American folktales, history, and culture. The books cover a range of topics including ancient African empires, African American versions of fairy tales, the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Underground Railroad. Many of the books highlight the strengths and experiences of African American women and celebrate African American identity and community.
This document provides summaries for 20 children's books that feature African American folktales, history, and culture. The books cover a range of topics including ancient African empires, African American versions of fairy tales, the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Underground Railroad. Many of the books highlight the strengths and experiences of African American women and celebrate African American identity and community.
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Hamilton, V. (1995). Her stories: African-American folktales, fairy tales & true tales.
New York: The Blue Sky Press. In the tradition of Hamilton's The People Could Fly and In the
Beginning, a dramatic new collection of 25 compelling tales from the female African American storytelling tradition. Each story focuses on the role of women--both real and fantastic--and their particular strengths, joys and sorrows.
Haskins, J. & Benson, K. (1998). African beginnings. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. This is a well-researched introduction to ancient African empires. Hoffman, M., & Binch, C. (1991). Amazing Grace. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers. Enjoy a powerful story of a talented African-American child whose mother and grandmother bolster her self-esteem and independence.
Hru, D. (1993). Joshuas Masai mask. New York: Lee and Low Books, Inc. Joshua learns a lesson about the value of his own identity.
Kurtz, J. (Illustrator). (2004). Goldilocks and the three bears. New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children. Dive into this AfricanAmerican version of a favorite childrens story to learn about hard work, sharing and good manners.
Lee, S., & Lee, T.L. (2002). Please, baby, please. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Director and producer Spike Lee, with his wife Tonya
Lewis Lee, team up with award-winning artist Kadir Nelson in this playful glimpse at one day in the life of a rambunctious toddler.
Lester, J. (1996). Sam and the tigers. New York: Dial
Young Readers. This book is a retelling of a controversial
Books for story from
the past, Little Black Sambo (1899).
Musgrove, M. (1992). Ashanti to Zulu:
African traditions. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers. Artists Leo and Diane Dillon won their second
consecutive Caldecott Medal for this stunning ABC of
African culture. It features twenty-six indigenous African tribes and provides information about some of the traditions and customs of each tribe.
Perkins, Charles (1993). Swinging on a rainbow. Trenton: Africa World Press, Inc. A little girl imagines swinging on a rainbow and dares her friends to imagine the same.
Pinkney, S.L. (2000). Shades of black: A celebration of
our children. New York: Scholastic Inc. Using simple
language and beautiful photographs, this book emphasizes
that just because individuals all have the same racial label does not mean they are the same; rather, every person is unique. Price, L. (1990). Aida. New York: Harcourt Brace. What a fortuitous moment it was when Leontyne Price, the opera star, and Leo and Diane Dillon, artists, combined their superb talents to produce the lush Aida, one of Verdi's most exotic but tragic operas. The paintings are stylized but powerful in keeping with the Egyptian setting and the love and death theme.
Rapppaport, D. (2001). Martins big words: The life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Hyperion Books for Children. This picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brings his life and the profound nature of his message to young children through his own words.
Schroeder, A. (1996). Minty: A story of young Harriet Tubman. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers. This is a part-fiction, part-fact journey into Harriet Tubmans childhood.
Shange, N. (1983). Ellington was not a street. New York: Simon & Shuster Books for Young Readers. In a reflective tribute to the African-American
community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there. Illustrations by Kadir Nelson are absolutely stunning.
Steptoe, J. (1987). Mufaros beautiful daughters: An African
tale. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. Enjoy a new context for Cinderella.
Stroud, B. (2005). The patchwork path: A quilt map to freedom. Cambridge,
MA: Candelwick Press. The affecting story of Hannah, a slave on a Georgia plantation, is inspired by the actual use of quilts as a means of communication on the Underground Railroad.
Woodson, J. (2001). The other side. New York: G.P. Putnams Sons.
This moving narrative is told in the voice of a child confused about the fence someone else has built in her yard and the racial tension that divides her world.
Wyeth, S.D. (1998). Something beautiful. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell
Publishing Group, Inc. After discovering several disheartening images, a little girl seeks to find something beautiful in her neighborhood.
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