African Americans in Children’s Books - Nonfiction
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Note: All books are located in the Children's nonfiction section.
Folktales
A collection of tales featuring women, with notes on the origins and meanings of the stories. Also, THE PEOPLE COULD FLY: THE BOOK OF BLACK FOLKTALES.
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
A collection of African American ghost stories designed to be told during the half hour before sunset when ghosts seem all too believable.
A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale. Also, THE TALKING EGGS (X398.273 S). Poetry
In a series of poems, Zuri Jackson faces her fears about starting a new school year with the help of her free-spirited friend, Danitra. Also, MEET DANITRA BROWN.
A collection of poems, selected by the author for young readers, which explores the black experience.
A collection of poems celebrating African American fathers by Angela Johnson, Carol Boston Weatherford, and others.
A poem celebrating the people, sights and sounds of Harlem.
An illustrated collection of poetry by such African American poets as Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Eloise Greenfield and Lucille Clifton.
A collection of powerful poems tells the story of 13-year-old C.J.’s struggle to accept a father who has walked out on his family. Biography
Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a 6-year-old, in the integration of her new school in New Orleans in 1960.
A biography of a runaway slave who became an abolitionist and an advisor to Abraham Lincoln.
A well-written, beautifully-illustrated story of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat, an action which sparked the Civil Rights Movement.
Follows the dangerous and difficult journey to the North Pole by Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson, the son of sharecroppers.
A biography of the African American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
Describes the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker in the fields of science and architecture.
Tells the stories of ten African American women freedom fighters, including Mary McLeod Bethune, Sojourner Truth and Biddy Mason.
A biography of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the major leagues, as told by his daughter.
A biography of the Canadian-born African American who patented over 50 inventions despite the obstacles he faced because of his race.
Follows Harriet Tubman’s spiritual journey as she escaped from slavery and helped others to freedom via the Underground Railroad. History
A witness of the black experience in miniature, from the first recorded birth of a black child in Jamestown up to our own time.
Follows the arduous escape of two slaves who journeyed 5000 miles across the ocean to England, where they settled peacefully.
Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott which led to the end of segregation on buses.
Archival photographs paired with fictional text depicts the thoughts and emotions of students who lived through school desegregation.
A young girl’s parents take her and her brother on a summer trip to visit the sites of African American history.
Provides hands-on activities, songs and games that help bring to life the people and experiences that shaped African American history.
Recounts the history of African-Americans in California during the Gold Rush while focusing on the life and work of Mifflin Gibbs. January 2007 (smj) |
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= Caldecott Honor Book
= Newbery Honor Book 
Hamilton, Virginia. HER STORIES: AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKTALES, FAIRY TALES, AND TRUE TALES (X398.273 Hamilton)
