African American Literature Book Club

Celebrating Our Literary Legacy Since 1998 — Black Literature is for Everyone

17 Books Published by Clarion Books an Imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Click for more detail about The Funniest Man in Baseball: The True Story of Max Patkin by Audrey Vernick
Click for more detail about The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton by Audrey Vernick
Click for more detail about First Grade Dropout by Audrey Vernick
First Grade Dropout
by Audrey Vernick
Click for more detail about Edgar’s Second Word by Audrey Vernick
Edgar’s Second Word
by Audrey Vernick
Click for more detail about Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team by Audrey Vernick
Click for more detail about The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine (Golden Kite Honors) by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin
Click for more detail about Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane’s Musical Journey by Gary Golio
Click for more detail about Jimi: Sounds Like A Rainbow: A Story Of The Young Jimi Hendrix by Gary Golio
Click for more detail about Pizza Party: The Carver Chronicles, Book Six by Karen English
Click for more detail about The New Kid: The Carver Chronicles, Book Five by Karen English
Click for more detail about It All Comes Down to This by Karen English
Click for more detail about Trouble Next Door: The Carver Chronicles, Book Four by Karen English
Click for more detail about Dog Days: The Carver Chronicles, Book One by Karen English
Click for more detail about Remembering Manzanar: Life in a Japanese Relocation Camp by Michael L. Cooper
Click for more detail about A Pocketful of Poems by Nikki Grimes
A Pocketful of Poems
by Nikki Grimes
Click for more detail about Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith
Hoodoo
by Ronald L. Smith
Click for more detail about The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman