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Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson 0000000108766551 “Only when lions have historians will hunters cease being heroes.” —African Proverb Carter G. Woodson, the son of former slaves, became a renowned scholar, earning a...
The Woodson Series
The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The Woodson Series is a joint publishing project of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and Black Cla...
The Negro Wage Earner
The Negro Wage Earner Lorenzo J. Greene and Carter G. Woodson 9781434472458 Nonfiction Wildside Press Wildside Press
Carter G. Woodson’s Appeal
Carter G. Woodson’s Appeal Carter G. Woodson 9780976811190 Nonfiction ASAALH ASAALH In 1921, a dozen years before he wrote his provocative classic, The Mis-Education of the Negro, Carter G. Woodson ...
Black Classic Press
Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The Majority Press The Woodson Series The Woodson Series is a joint publishing project of the Association for the Study of African American...
Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson 0000000083968439 Jacqueline Woodson, born in 1963, is a renowned author who has received multiple awards, including the National Book Award. She writes primarily for young adults a...
J.L. Woodson
J.L. Woodson NONE J.L. Woodson is an award-winning author and graphic designer from Chicago. He started his literary career at 16 and later shifted to graphic design, creating book covers and marketi...
Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson Kam Williams Interview THE GLOBAL AFRICAN COMMUNITY HISTORY NOTES: DR. CARTER GODWIN WOODSON AND THE OBSERVANCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY BY RUNOKO RASHIDI DEDICATED TO DR. JACOB HU...
The Mis-Education of the Negro
The Mis-Education of the Negro Carter G. Woodson 9781574781267 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African Ameri...
African Heroes and Heroines
African Heroes and Heroines Carter G. Woodson 9781574781281 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American...
The Day You Begin
The Day You Begin Neoma Nwasike Book Review Have you ever felt like an outsider, or like you just did not belong? In this big world, with so many different faces, it can sometimes feel overwhelming a...
Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching
Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching Jarvis R. Givens 9780674983687 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press A fresh portrayal of one of the architect...
African Background Outlined
African Background Outlined Carter G. Woodson 9781574781328 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American...
Education of the Negro Prior to 1861
Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 Carter G. Woodson 9781574781342 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African...
History of the Negro Church
History of the Negro Church Carter G. Woodson 9781574781304 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Black Classic Press, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American...
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson 9780399252518 Poetry Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House “Ms. Woodson writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people, offering a poe...
After Tupac and D Foster
After Tupac and D Foster Jacqueline Woodson 9780142413999 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House A Newbery Honor BookJacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Lite...
Naleighna Kai, Renee Bernard, J.L. Woodson, Joyce A Brown, D. J. McLaurin, Candy Jackson, Janice Pernell, Valarie Prince, Martha Kennerson, Susan D. Peters, Tanishia Pearson-Jones, and L. A. Lewis
Naleighna Kai, Renee Bernard, J.L. Woodson, Joyce A Brown, D. J. McLaurin, Candy Jackson, Janice Pernell, Valarie Prince, Martha Kennerson, Susan D. Peters, Tanishia Pearson-Jones, and L. A. Lewis MUL...
Carter Reads the Newspaper
Carter Reads the Newspaper Deborah Hopkinson 9781561459346 Nonfiction Peachtree Publishers Peachtree Publishers Essential Black History Reading The first-ever picture book biography of Carter G. Wo...
The Day You Begin
The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 9780399246531 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s LiteratureA #1 NEW YORK T...
Behind You
Behind You Jacqueline Woodson 9780142415542 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House A moving story of love and loss from National Book Award winner , Jacqueline Woodson. Great for fans of Angie Thom...
Feathers
Feathers Jacqueline Woodson 9780399239892 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’ss Literature...
The Things I Could Tell You!
The Things I Could Tell You! J.L. Woodson 9780970269966 Nonfiction Macro Publishing Group Macro Publishing Group The Things I Could Tell You! by J. L. Woodson, is the story of Cameron Spears, a Chicag...
J.L. Woodson and Naleighna Kai
J.L. Woodson and Naleighna Kai MULTIPLE J.L. Woodson and Naleighna Kai
Lorenzo J. Greene and Carter G. Woodson
Lorenzo J. Greene and Carter G. Woodson MULTIPLE Lorenzo J. Greene and Carter G. Woodson
The Year We Learned to Fly
The Year We Learned to Fly Jacqueline Woodson 9780399545535 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New Y...
Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson 9780525535270 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House Publishers Weekly selected Red at the Bone as one of the Top 10 Literary Fiction titles for the fall of 20...
If You Come Softly: Twentieth Anniversary Edition
If You Come Softly: Twentieth Anniversary Edition Jacqueline Woodson 9780525515487 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate...
Pecan Pie Baby
Pecan Pie Baby Jacqueline Woodson 9780147511287 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House A sweet addition to the family is coming! Written by National Book Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. Il...
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration Jacqueline Woodson 9780399239861 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House The story of one family’s journey north during the Great Migration ...
Beneath a Meth Moon
Beneath a Meth Moon Jacqueline Woodson 9780399252501 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s LiteratureLaurel Daneau...
Peace, Locomotion
Peace, Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson 9780142415122 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House The stunning companion to the National Book Award finalist—from a three-time Newbery Honor winning authorJa...
Show Way
Show Way Jacqueline Woodson 9780399237492 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature ...
A Century of Negro Migration
A Century of Negro Migration Carter G. Woodson 9781574781663 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Woodson’s A Century of Negro Migration documents the movement of blacks living...
Carry the Quiet
Carry the Quiet Jacqueline Woodson 9780593696224 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House A child finds a way to access inner peace—when the world around her feels anything but peaceful—in thi...
Sweet, Sweet Memory
Sweet, Sweet Memory Jacqueline Woodson 9780593530849 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Jacqueline Woodson’s evocative story about the power of sharing memories, with glorious illustr...
Our Gracie Aunt
Our Gracie Aunt Jacqueline Woodson 9780593530870 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Jacqueline Woodson gives us a tender and moving story about two siblings who don’t know what to expect...
Remember Us
Remember Us Jacqueline Woodson 9780399545467 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply into life...
Wisdom: Blessings from Imperfections
Wisdom: Blessings from Imperfections J.L. Woodson and Naleighna Kai 9781952871443 Nonfiction Macro Publishing Group Macro Publishing Group Two Men. Two Callings. One Purpose. Build me an ark ...
Before the Ever After
Before the Ever After Jacqueline Woodson 9780399545436 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson’s stirring novel explores how a family moves forwa...
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson 9780525580454 Nonfiction Random House Children’s Books and Just Us Books Penguin Random House and Just Us Books Fifty of th...
General Harriet Tubman
General Harriet Tubman Earl Conrad 9781574781687 Nonfiction The Woodson Series Black Classic Press Written by Earl Conrad and originally published by Carter G. Woodson and the The Associated Publisher...
The Dream of America
The Dream of America Jacqueline Woodson 9780399252525 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Jacqueline Woodson’s first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreamin...
Another Brooklyn: A Novel
Another Brooklyn: A Novel Jacqueline Woodson 9780062359988 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins The acclaimed New York Times bestselling and National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming delivers...
The Dear One
The Dear One Jacqueline Woodson 9780142417058 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House An intriguing look at teen pregnancy from a three-time Newbery Honor winning authorJacqueline Woodson is the 201...
Lena
Lena Jacqueline Woodson 9780142417331 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House A compelling story of survival from a three-time Newbery Honor winning authorJacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 Nationa...
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun Jacqueline Woodson 9780142416419 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Three-time Newbery Honor author Jacqualine Woodson explores race and sexuality through the ...
If You Come Softly
If You Come Softly Jacqueline Woodson 9780142415221 Fiction Speak Penguin Random House A heartbreaking contemporary romance from a three-time Newbery Honor winning authorJeremiah feels good inside his...
Locomotion
Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson 9780142415528 Nonfiction Speak Penguin Random House Finalist for the National Book AwardWhen Lonnie was seven years old, his parents died in a fire. Now he’s eleven, and ...
We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past
We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past Jacqueline Woodson 9781423106814 Fiction Jump At The Sun Jump At The Sun Teeka’s family had a picnic this Sunday past. Everyone was there, from mean old cousin Terran...
Visiting Day
Visiting Day Jacqueline Woodson 9780590400053 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson has written a poignant picture book about a little gir...
Between Madison and Palmetto
Between Madison and Palmetto Jacqueline Woodson 9780399237577 Fiction Putnam Juvenile Penguin Random House Maizon and Margaret are both living on Madison Street again, but somehow everything seems dif...
The Other Side
The Other Side Jacqueline Woodson 9780399231162 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Clover’s mom says it isn’t safe to cross the fence that segregates their African...
Coleman Hill (hardcover): A Biomythography
Coleman Hill (hardcover): A Biomythography Kim Coleman Foote 9781638931140 Fiction SJP Lit Zando Meet Kim Coleman Foote on Tour “Once in a while, a writer comes along with a brilliance that stops t...
The World Belonged To Us
The World Belonged To Us Jacqueline Woodson 9780399545498 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House “The World Belonged To Us is a celebration of playing – the collaborative, imaginative, joyfu...
Moonwalking
Moonwalking Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann 9780374314378 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers For fans of Jason Reynolds and Jacqueline Woodson, this...
Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History
Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History Schele Williams 9781419748752 Nonfiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams “A lovingly written, beautifully illustrated and stunningly timely...
The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women
The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women Catherine E. McKinley 9781620403532 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Publishing This book focuses on promoting health eq...
Knight of Irondale
Knight of Irondale J.L. Woodson 9781952871122 Fiction Macro Publishing Group Macro Publishing Group Neesha Carpenter is on the run from a stalker ex-boyfriend, so why are the police hot on her trail?N...
Harbor Me
Harbor Me Jacqueline Woodson 9780525515142 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House
The Negro in Our History
The Negro in Our History Carter G. Woodson 9780266906544 Nonfiction Forgotten Books Forgotten Books Excerpt from The Negro in Our History In this condensed form certain situations and questions could ...
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson 9780147515827 Nonfiction Penguin Young Readers Group Penguin Random House
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to AALBC.com’s eNewsletter Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books The National Council for the Social...
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor 9781101993880 Fiction Dial Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A stunning repackage of Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning masterpiece wit...
Baring It All: The Ins And Outs Of Publishing
Baring It All: The Ins And Outs Of Publishing Naleighna Kai, Renee Bernard, J.L. Woodson, Joyce A Brown, D. J. McLaurin, Candy Jackson, Janice Pernell, Valarie Prince, Martha Kennerson, Susan D. Peter...
Each Kindness
Each Kindness Jacqueline Woodson 9780399246524 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Each kindness makes the world a little better This unforgettable book is written and illustrated by t...
I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This
I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This Jacqueline Woodson 9780142417041 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Twelve-year-old Marie is a leader among the popular black girls in Chauncey, Ohio, a prospero...
Miracle’s Boys
Miracle’s Boys Jacqueline Woodson 9780142415535 Fiction Penguin Young Readers Group Penguin Random House From a three-time Newbery Honor author, a novel that was awarded the 2001 Coretta Scott King aw...
Sweet, Sweet Memory (2007)
Sweet, Sweet Memory (2007) Jacqueline Woodson 9781423106807 Fiction Jump At The Sun Jump At The Sun A newer version is available. Now that Grandpa’s gone, Sarah tries to remember what he used to say a...
Our Gracie Aunt (2007)
Our Gracie Aunt (2007) Jacqueline Woodson 9781417791217 Fiction Turtleback Turtleback FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When a brother and sister are taken to stay with their aunt because their m...
Superwoman’s Child: Son of a Single Mother
Superwoman’s Child: Son of a Single Mother J.L. Woodson 9781593090593 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. From a young author who has lived through what he writes about, Superwoman’s Child is...
Coming on Home Soon
Coming on Home Soon Jacqueline Woodson 9780399237485 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Ada Ruth’s mama must go away to Chicago to work, leaving Ada Ruth and Grandma behind. It’s war tim...
The Dear One
The Dear One Jacqueline Woodson 9780399239687 Fiction Putnam Juvenile Penguin Random House Having had her mother all to herself for most of her life, Feni’s perfect world is disrupted when Rebecca, th...
The House You Pass On The Way
The House You Pass On The Way Jacqueline Woodson 9780399239694 Fiction Putnam Juvenile Penguin Random House When her aunt’s adopted daughter Tyler comes to stay with them for the summer, Staggerlee, a...
Hush
Hush Jacqueline Woodson 9780142500491 Fiction Speak Penguin Random House Toswiah Green’s life ended the moment her policeman father decided to testify against a fellow officer. The Greens have had to ...
Maizon at Blue Hill
Maizon at Blue Hill Jacqueline Woodson 9780698119574 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Maizon takes the biggest step in her life when she accepts a scholarship to boarding school and says good...
Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put “Black” in American History
Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put “Black” in American History James Haskins 9780761312642 Nonfiction Millbrook Press Lerner Publishing Group A biography of the son of former slaves who received a Ph....
Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History (Great African Americans Series)
Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History (Great African Americans Series) Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack 9780894903090 Nonfiction Enslow Publishing Enslow Publishing LLC Simple tex...
Martin Luther King, Jr., and His Birthday
Martin Luther King, Jr., and His Birthday Jacqueline Woodson 9780671691066 Nonfiction Silver Press Silver Press Describes the life of the civil rights worker who is honored on Martin Luther King Day.
Tracy Sherrod
Tracy Sherrod NONE Tracy Sherrod, editorial director of HarperCollins' Amistad, has worked with award-winning authors and published numerous bestsellers. She has held editorial positions at Simon and...
Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd 0000000028238169 Jonathan Todd, co-founder of Boston Kids Comics Fest and former teacher, is a distinguished comics author and illustrator. A Jacqueline Woodson Fellow, he studied writi...
Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone Brenda M. Greene Book Review Jacqueline Woodson is the best-selling author of more than two dozen award-winning books, including the 2016 New Times best-selling National Book Award fi...
IN STATES TO THE SOUTHWEST
IN STATES TO THE SOUTHWEST Carter G. Woodson Excerpt CHAPTER VI IN STATES TO THE SOUTHWEST Elsewhere the natives on or near the West Coast had not developed such political organizations as those wh...
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival Woodson African American Museum of Florida St. Petersburg Florida The St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival is dedicated to entertaining, engaging, and educating children...
Everything’s Not Lost
Everything’s Not Lost Frederick Joseph 9798217040599 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A heart-wrenching yet vividly hopeful novel about a Black girl’s struggle to find the q...
Black Boys, I See You
Black Boys, I See You Wade Hudson 9798217002160 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House “What a beautiful gift of a narrative this is. So much love on every page. A fabulous celebration of th...
I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month
I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month Jarvis R. Givens 9780063478824 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins On its one-hundredth anniversary, a powerful and essential meditation o...
With Faith in God and Heart and Mind: A History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
With Faith in God and Heart and Mind: A History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper II, and Derrick P. Alridge 9781469673196 Nonfiction University of North Caro...
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet Tony Keith Jr. 9780063296008 Nonfiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Odyssey Award for Audiobook Excellence Winner Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr...
Redwood Court
Redwood Court DéLana R. A. Dameron 9780593447024 Fiction Dial Penguin Random House A breathtaking debut about one unforgettable Southern Black family, seen through the eyes of its youngest daughter as...
Forever and Always
Forever and Always Brittany J. Thurman 9780063140783 Fiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins “This is a picture book that gives oxygen to all the unstated fears, perhaps burning them off. This book of...
A Place of Our Own
A Place of Our Own Joshunda Sanders 9781644420232 Fiction Six Foot Press Six Foot Press “I’m so glad Joshunda is telling our stories.” —Jacqueline Woodson In summertime, intrepid eight-year-old jou...
Women of the Post
Women of the Post Joshunda Sanders 9780778334071 Fiction Park Row Books Harlequin Enterprises Limited "What a beautifully imagined and important narrative. Sanders’ clear-eyed and powerful writing mad...
How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill
How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill Jericho Brown 9780063278189 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins More than 30 acclaimed writers—including diverse voices such as Nikki Giovanni, D...
We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power
We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power Caleb Gayle 9780593329603 Nonfiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House "An important part of American history told wi...
Nigeria Jones
Nigeria Jones Ibi Zoboi 9780062888846 Fiction Balzer & Bray/Harperteen HarperCollins From Ibi Zoboi, bestselling, award-winning author of American Street and co-author of Punching the Air, comes a bol...
We Are a Haunting
We Are a Haunting Tyriek White 9781662601712 Fiction Astra House Astra Publishing House “An absolute triumph.” —Michael Schaub, NPR “Astonishing.” —Kiese Laymon, MacArthur Fellow and author of ...
Jackal
Jackal Erin E. Adams 9780593499306 Fiction Bantam Penguin Random House It’s watching. Liz Rocher is coming home … reluctantly. As a Black woman, Liz doesn’t exactly have fond memories of Johnstown, P...
No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter Devin Allen 9780306925900 Nonfiction Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group Award-winning photographer Devin Allen has devoted the la...