Most books noted herein are listed in Section 1: Picture Book Resources At Your Fingertips. Books unnoted in the Picture Book Resource are listed herein acompanied by a brief comment; they too are highly recommended for classroom use and school library inclusion.
Angelou, Maya.
Kofi and His Magic
. New York, Clarkson Potter, 1996.
Angelou, Maya.
My Friendly Chicken and Me, New York, Clarkson Potter, 1996.
Bradby, Mary. More Than Anything Else. New York, Orchard, 1995.
Burden-Patmon, Denise.
Imani's Gift at Kwanzaa
. New York, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1992.
Caines, Jeanette.
Just Us Women
. New York, Harbor, 1982.
Cameron, Ann.
The Stories Julian Tells
. New York, Bullseye Books/Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
Church, Vivian.
Colors Around Me
. Illinois, Afro-Am Publishing Company, 1971.
Clifton, Lucille.
Everett Anderson's Goodbye
. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1983.
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Three Penny Wishes
. New York, Doubleday, 1976.
Cooper, Floyd.
Coming Home
. New York, Philomel Books, 1994.
Dee, Ruby.
Two Ways To Count To Ten
. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1988.
Feelings, Muriel.
Moja Means One
. New York, Puffin Pied Piper, 1972.
Feelings, Tom.
The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo
. New York, Dial Books, 1995.
Franklin, Kristine L.
The Old, Old Man and the Very Little Boy
. New York, Antheneum, 1992.
Gray, Libba More.
Miss Tizzy
. New York, Simon and Shuster (Undated).
Greenfield, Eloise.
Grandpa's Face.
New York, Philomel Books, 1978.
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Honey, I Love
. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1972.
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I Can Do It By Myself
. New York, Thomas Y. Cromwell Company, 1978.
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Me and Neesie
. New York, Thomas Y. Cromwell Company, 1975.
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Nathaniel Talking
. New York, Black Butterfuly Children's Books, 1988.
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She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl
. New York, J. P. Lippincott, 1974.
Hamilton, Virginia.
Her Stories
. New York, The Blue Sky Press, 1995. (Ms. Hamilton does it again, this time presenting traditional Afro-centric folk tales with female characters as the focus.)
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When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing
. New York, Blue Sky Press, 1996. (Impressive folk tales with animals that bring each meaningful story to life.)
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Many Thousands Gone
. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
. New York, Alfred J. Knopf, 1985.
Hayes, Sarah.
Eat Up Gemma
. New York, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1988.
Hoffman, Mary.
Amazing Grace
. New York, Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991.
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Nancy No-Size
. New York, Oxford University Press, 1987.
Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald.
Chita's Christmas
. New York, Bradbury Press,
Hudson, Wade.
Black Heroes From A to Z
. New York, Scholastic, Inc., 1988.
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Jamal's Busy Day
. New York, Just Us Books, 1989.
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Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children
. New York, Scholastic, Inc., 1993.
Hughes, Langston.
Black Misery
. New York, Oxford University Press, 1954.
Johnson, Delores.
What Kind of Baby Sitter Is This
. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991.
Johnson, James Weldon.
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing
. New York, Scholastic, Inc., 1995.
Keats, Ezra Jack.
A Letter for Amy
. Harper Crest, 1968.
Kroll, Virginia.
Masai and I
. New York, Four Winds Press, 1992.
Lexau, Joan M.
Don't Be My Valentine
. New York, Harper Trophy, 1985.
Polacco, Patricia.
Chicken Sunday
. New York, Scholastic Inc., 1988.
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Pink and Say
. New York, Scholastic, Inc., 1996.
Porter, A. P.
Kwanzaa
. New York, Children's Press, 1991.
McGovern, Ann.
Black is Beautiful
. New York, Scholastic, Inc., 1974.
Mendez, Phil.
The Black Snow Man
. New York, Scholastic Books, 1989.
Myers, Walter Dean.
Brown Angels
. New York, Harper Collins, 1993
Newton-Chocolate, Deborah.
Kwanzaa
. New York, Children's Press, 1990.
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Talk, Talk: An Ashanti Legend
. New York, Troll Associates, 1993.
San Souci, Robert D.
The Hired Hand
. New York, Scholastic, Inc., 1997. (This book is based on an African-American folk tale told in the southern portion of the United States.)———.
Talking Eggs. New York, Scholastic, Inc., 1989.
Springstubb, Patricia. The Magic Guinea Pig. New York, Morrow Junior Books, 1982.
Steptoe, John.
Creativity
. New York, Clarion Books, 1997.
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Daddy Is A Monster Sometimes
. New York, Harper Trophy, 1980.
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
. New York, Scholastic Inc., 1987.
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Stevie
. New York, Harper & Row, 1969.
Thomas, Joyce Carol.
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea
. New York, Harper Collins, 1993.
Vigna, Judith.
Black Like Kyra, White Like Me
. Illinois, Albert Whitman and Company, 1992.
Winter, Jeanette.
Follow The Drinking Gourd
. New York, Alfred J. Knopf, 1988.
Woodson, Jacqueline.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Birthday
. New York, Silver Press, 1990.
Yarborough, Camile.
Corn Rows
. New York, Coward, 1979.
