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Call Number          Author                  Title

 

E                           Adoff                    Black is Brown is Tan (2002)

E                           Albert                    Where Does the Trail Lead? (1991)

E                           Bang                     Ten, Nine, Eight (1983)

E                           Barrett                   Sing to the Stars (1994)

E                           Bradby                  More Than Anything Else (1995)

E                           Buckley                 Grandfather and I (1994)

E                           Buckley                 Grandmother and I (1994)

E                           Bunting                 Flower Garden (1994)

E                           Clifton                   Everett Anderson's Goodbye (1983)

E                           Coleman                To Be A Drum (1998)

E                           Crews                   Bigmama's (1991)

E                           Collier                   Uptown (2000)

E                           Davol                    Black, White, Just Right (1993)

E                           Dragonwagon        Home Place (1990)

E                           Edwards                Barefoot: Escape on the Underground

                                                               Railroad  (1997)

E                           Greenfield             Grandpa's Face (1988)

E                           Greenfield             William and the Good Old Days (1993)

E                           Grifalconi              Tiny’s Hat (inspired by the life of Billy

                                                               Holiday) (1999)

E                           Guthrie                  Rose for Abby (Homeless) (1988)

E                           Harrington             Going North (2004)

E                           Havill                    Jamaica and Brianna (1993)

E                           Havill                    Jamaica Tag-Along (1989)

E                           Havill                    Jamaica’s Find (1996)

E                           Hill                        Evan's Corner (1991)

E                           Hoffman                Amazing Grace (1991)

E                           Hoffman                Boundless Grace (1995)

E                           Hopkinson            Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (1993)

E                           Hort                      How Many Stars in the Sky? (1991)

E                           Howard                 Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)

                                                               (1990)

Call Number          Author                  Title

 

E                           Isadora                  Ben's Trumpet (1991)

E                           Johnson, A            Do Like Kyla (1990)

E                           Johnson, A            One of Three (1991)

E                           Johnson, A            When I am Old with You (1993)

E                           Johnson, D            Papa's Stories (1994)

E                           Johnson, D            What Will Mommy Do When I'm at School?

                                                               (1990)

E                           Johnston               The Wagon (1996)

E                           Jones                    Matthew and Tilly (1991)

E                           Jordan                   Salt in His Shoes:  Michael Jordan in Pursuit

                                                               of a Dream (2000)

E                           Kroll                     Masai and I (1992)

E                           Lindbergh              Nobody Owns the Sky (Bessie Coleman)

                                                               (1996)

E                           McKissack            Goin’ Someplace Special (2001)

E                           McKissack            A Million Fish...More or Less (1991)

E                           McKissack            Mirandy and Brother Wind (1988)

E                           McKissack            Nettie Jo's Friends (1989)

E                           Medearis               Our People (1994)

E                           Miller                    The Bus Ride (1998)                         

E                           Mitchell                 Granddaddy’s Gift (1997)

E                           Mitchell                 Hue Boy (1993)

E                           Mitchell                 Uncle Jed's Barbershop (1993)

E                           Perdomo               Visiting Langston (2002)

E                           Pinkney                 Back Home (1992)

E                           Rappaport             Martin’s Big Words (2001)

E                           Raschka                Charlie Parker Played Be Bop (1992)

E                           Ringgold               Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the

                                                               Sky (1992)

E                           Ringgold               Dinner at Aunt Connie's House (1993)

E                           Ringgold               Tar Beach (1991)

E                           Rochelle                When Jo Louis Won the Title (1994)

E                           Smalls                   Dawn and the Round To-It (1994)

E                           Smalls                   Irene and the Big, Fine Nickel (1991)

E                           Steptoe                 Daddy is a Monster Sometimes (1980)

E                           Thomas                 I Have Heard of a Land (1989)

E                           Vaughan                The Secret to Freedom (2001)

E                           Weatherford          Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro

                                                               Sit-ins (2005)

E                           Williams                Working Cotton (1992)

E                           Wilson                  Jenny (1990)

E                           Winter                   Follow the Drinking Gourd (1988)

E                           Woodson              Coming On Home Soon (WWII) (2004)

E                           Yarbrough             Cornrows (1979)

 

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