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Eloise Greenfield
Eloise Greenfield 000000006319793X Eloise Greenfield, renowned for her rhythmic style, positively portrayed the black experience in her award-winning children's literature. With works like The Friend...
In The Land Of Words: New And Selected Poems
In The Land Of Words: New And Selected Poems Eloise Greenfield 9780060289935 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins This treasured poetry collection by Coretta Scott King Award-winning collaborators Eloise ...
The Great Migration: Journey To The North
The Great Migration: Journey To The North Eloise Greenfield 9780061259210 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins We were one family among the many thousands. Mama and Daddy leaving home, coming to the city, wi...
The Friendly Four
The Friendly Four Eloise Greenfield 9780060007591 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins THE FRIENDLY FOUR Celebrate summer with Coretta Scott King Award winners Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist! ...
Alaina and the Great Play
Alaina and the Great Play Eloise Greenfield 9781733686525 Fiction Alazar Press Royal Swan Enterprises With the guileless wonder and innocence of a little girl, Alaina is profoundly changed by the perf...
The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives
The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives Eloise Greenfield 9780997772074 Nonfiction Alazar Press Royal Swan Enterprises The Women Who Caught the Babies highlights importan...
Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me
Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me Eloise Greenfield 9781492677246 Fiction Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Sourcebooks A new collection of poetry for kids from Coretta Scott King Book Award winner Eloise Greenfiel...
For The Love Of The Game: Michael Jordan And Me (Trophy Picture Books)
For The Love Of The Game: Michael Jordan And Me (Trophy Picture Books) Eloise Greenfield 9780064435550 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins This inspiring poem encourages children to view life with the sa...
Under The Sunday Tree
Under The Sunday Tree Eloise Greenfield 9780064432573 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins ‘Too special for just once-a-week reading, Eloise Greenfield’s 20 exuberant poems are matched by the bright color...
The Friendly Four
The Friendly Four Eloise Greenfield 9780060007614 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Celebrate friendship with Coretta Scott King Award winners Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist!Drum is worried th...
Brothers & Sisters: Family Poems
Brothers & Sisters: Family Poems Eloise Greenfield 9780060562861 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Celebrate the love of brothers and sisters everywhere with award-winning author Eloise Greenfield in t...
Honey, I Love
Honey, I Love Eloise Greenfield 9780060091255 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins To one young narrator, it’s the simple things that mean the most, like sharing laughter with a friend, taking famil...
Par-Tay!: Dance of the Veggies (and Their Friends)
Par-Tay!: Dance of the Veggies (and Their Friends) Eloise Greenfield 9780997772029 Fiction Alazar Press Royal Swan Enterprises What happens when the family closes the front door and leaves the house f...
Honey, I Love
Honey, I Love Eloise Greenfield 9780060091231 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins To one young narrator, it’s the simple things that mean the most, like sharing laughter with a friend, taking family ride...
Brothers & Sisters: Family Poems
Brothers & Sisters: Family Poems Eloise Greenfield 9780060562847 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Brothers and sisters can be dear, can be company, can bring cheer, can start arguments, can make noise...
Big Friend, Little Friend
Big Friend, Little Friend Eloise Greenfield 9780863162046 Fiction Black Butterfly Childrens’ Books Writers and Readers Publishing Book by Greenfield, Eloise
Me & Neesie
Me & Neesie Eloise Greenfield 9780060007010 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Janell does everything with her best friend, Neesie, but Mama and Daddy can’t seem to understand that Neesie’s not made up. Sh...
Water, Water
Water, Water Eloise Greenfield 9780694012473 Fiction HarperFestival HarperCollins I see lakes,and ponds,and waterfalls, ohwater, water, water, everywhere I go.From splashing to sipping, award-winning ...
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little 9780064461344 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Three generations of African-American women remember their "childtimes" in t...
Daddy And I...
Daddy And I... Eloise Greenfield 9780863162060 Fiction Writers and Readers Publishing Writers & Readers Publishing Book by Greenfield, Eloise
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Daydreamers
Daydreamers Eloise Greenfield 9780803721371 Poetry Dial Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Poetry and portraits of young black children reveal all the beauty in children’s wishes, yearnings,...
Africa Dream
Africa Dream Eloise Greenfield 9780064432771 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins An African-American child dreams of long-ago Africa, where she sees animals, shops in a marketplace, reads strange words from...
William and the Good Old Days
William and the Good Old Days Eloise Greenfield 9780060210946 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins ‘Once again Greenfield displays commendable sensitivity in this story about an African-American boy wh...
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Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Jan Spivey Gilchrist 0000000067483263 Jan Spivey Gilchrist, a Ph.D. holder in English, has illustrated over 60 children's books since 1988, with numerous prestigious awards to her name. She's also an...
When The Horses Ride By: Children In The Times Of War
When The Horses Ride By: Children In The Times Of War Eloise Greenfield 9781600604546 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books Wars have occurred throughout history, in all parts of the world, and t...
She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl
She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl Eloise Greenfield 9780064432962 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins A young boy resolves his disappointment with his new baby sister by becoming an older brother. ...
Honey, I Love And Other Love Poems
Honey, I Love And Other Love Poems Eloise Greenfield 9780064430975 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins An ALA Notable Children’s Book, Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems includes sixteen poems that tell ...
Sister
Sister Eloise Greenfield 9780064401999 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins ‘Doretha is thirteen, black, and confused by her ambivalence about herself… . Leafing through her diary, Doretha remembers—and each...
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson Eloise Greenfield 9781600602627 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books An updated and redesigned edition of an award-winning* biography of Paul Robeson, who overcame racial discrimina...
Grandmama’s Joy
Grandmama’s Joy Eloise Greenfield 9780698117549 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House When Rhondy can’t seem to cheer Grandmama up with a song, a dance, or a gift from the backyard, she tries the ...
Kia Tanisha
Kia Tanisha Eloise Greenfield 9780694008476 Fiction Harpercollins Childrens Books HarperCollins Loving to run more than anything else, the exuberant Kia Tanisha is frustrated when she is always told t...
Grandpa’s Face
Grandpa’s Face Eloise Greenfield 9780698113817 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House This picture book tells the reassuring story of family love and the special bond between a grandparent and gran...
Night on Neighborhood Street (Picture Puffins)
Night on Neighborhood Street (Picture Puffins) Eloise Greenfield 9780140556834 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House A rich collection of original poems celebrates the sights, sounds, and emotion...
Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues
Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues Eloise Greenfield 9780590432993 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. Koya Delaney hides behind her smile and cannot express her feelings—until she is caught in ...
Mary McLeod Bethune (Crowell Biographies)
Mary McLeod Bethune (Crowell Biographies) Eloise Greenfield 9780064461689 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins "The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest."These are the word...
First Pink Light
First Pink Light Eloise Greenfield 9780863162121 Fiction Writers and Readers Cooperative Writers and Readers Cooperative Poignant text and sensitive illustrations celebrate the riches of family life a...
Nathaniel Talking
Nathaniel Talking Eloise Greenfield 9780863162015 Fiction Writers and Readers Publishing Writers & Readers Publishing Beautifully composed in a variety of styles—rap, blues, and free verse—these 18 po...
Mary McLeod Bethune (Crowell Biographies)
Mary McLeod Bethune (Crowell Biographies) Eloise Greenfield 9780690011296 Fiction Harper & Row HarperCollins Biography of Mary Jane McLeod Bethune who made numerous contributions to education for Afro...
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks Eloise Greenfield 9780064420259 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Moment of TruthWhen Rosa Parks was growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, she hated the unfair rules that black people had...
Bubbles
Bubbles Eloise Greenfield 9780877823018 Fiction Drum and Spear Press Drum and Spear Press
Make A Joyful Sound: Poems for Children by African-American Poets
Make A Joyful Sound: Poems for Children by African-American Poets Deborah Shink 9780590674324 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. “I’ve always recommended Make a Joyful Sound. This book brought end...
Walter Dean Myers: More Than an Outstanding Writer
Walter Dean Myers: More Than an Outstanding Writer Troy Johnson Article by Wade Hudson I was stunned when I heard that Walter Dean Myers had made his transition. During the 25 plus years that my w...
Color of Children’s Literature Conference
Color of Children’s Literature Conference New York New York Kweli’s Color of Children’s Literature Conference is the nation’s first and largest conference for BIPOC creators of chil...
Color Me Butterfly
Color Me Butterfly Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Domestic Abuse: A Generational Curse?This book spans a 60 year period in the lives of a family of strong African American women who survived domestic a...
Dummy
Dummy John Gibson 9780965858670 Fiction Greenfield Publishing Group Greenfield Publishing Group Read our Book club’s online chat with author John Gibson, September 1st 1999 What would you do if yo...
Amos Ferguson
Amos Ferguson 0000000078904406 Amos Ferguson, born in 1920, was a self-taught Bahamian artist best known for his vibrant Bible and Bahamian scenes. He started painting in his 40s, inspired by a nephe...
The Unexpected Diva
The Unexpected Diva Tiffany L. Warren 9780063322134 Fiction William Morrow & Company HarperCollins Before the Civil War, Black opera singer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield reigned supreme on Northern stag...
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books Troy Johnson Article We've Just Added an Additional Category to Our Popular Best Sellers List—Children’s Books! Over the years, there has always been a gre...
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House Bertelsmann 4 Color Books Ace Books Addison-Wesley Alfred A. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Anchor Anchor Books Anchor Press Anne Schwartz Books Avery Ballantine Bo...
Naomi V. Dunsen-White
Naomi V. Dunsen-White NONE Naomi V. Dunsen-White is a children’s book author and editor focused on promoting diversity and representation in children's literature. She utilizes her background as a fo...
Kinder Spirits: Children Helping Children in the Fight Against Hunger
Kinder Spirits: Children Helping Children in the Fight Against Hunger Vicki L. Hubbard 9780595135424 Nonfiction iUniverse Author Solutions Kinder Spirits is a childrens book catered for children of al...
December eNewsletter Great New Children's Books and More
December eNewsletter Great New Children's Books and More Troy Johnson Article Great Children’s Books Coming Soon I’m always on lookout terrific for children’s books, even before they are a...
The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law
The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law Jonathan Todres and Shani M. King 9780190097608 Nonfiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press Children’s rights law is a relatively young...
Pat Cummings
Pat Cummings 0000000067231736 Pat Cummings is an award-winning author and illustrator, known for creating over 30 children's books. She's worked on TV shows like Gullah Gullah Island and Cover to Cov...
378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events
378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events Troy Johnson Article Top 100+ Recommended Children’s Books Children book authors, industry professionals, and avid readers contributed their favorite chi...
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker 9780471375265 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley "Offers a wonderful overview of literature with b...
Wade Hudson
Wade Hudson 0000000067647969 Why I Publish Children’s Books Wade Hudson, born in 1946, is an author, journalist, and civil rights activist. Known for his children's books promoting positive Afri...
A Celebration of Literature and Response: Children, Books, and Teachers in K-8 Classrooms (2nd Edition)
A Celebration of Literature and Response: Children, Books, and Teachers in K-8 Classrooms (2nd Edition) Marjorie R. Hancock 9780131109025 Nonfiction Prentice Hall Press Prentice Hall Press Reinforced...
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Andrea Davis Pinkney 0000000083413599 Andrea Davis Pinkney is a bestselling author of children and young adult books, awarded multiple honors such as Coretta Scott King Awards and NAACP Image Award n...
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson MULTIPLE Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson, parents based in Northern NJ, founded Just Us Books in 1988 to address a lack of quality Black-interest children's ...
When Clowns Attack: A Survival Guide
When Clowns Attack: A Survival Guide Chuck Sambuchino 9781607747031 Fiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House "Now in a updated and expanded 28th edition, the Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Ma...
The Talented Ripkins by Ladee Hubbard
The Talented Ripkins by Ladee Hubbard Brenda M. Greene Book Review Drawing from W.E.B. DuBois’s concept of the Talented Tenth, Hubbard’s debut award-winning The Talented Ribkins follows t...
Conduit (Black Goat)
Conduit (Black Goat) Khadijah Queen 9781933354514 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books Khadijah Queen is a poet with stunning intellectual powers. It’s a worthwhile experience to spend such quality tim...
Developmental Psychology of the Black Child
Developmental Psychology of the Black Child Amos N. Wilson 9780686241836 Nonfiction Africana Research Publications Africana Research Publications Are Black and White Children the same? Are ...
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Simon & Schuster, Inc. KKR & Co. Inc. Aladdin Aladdin Paperbacks Atheneum Atheneum Books for Young Readers Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Atria / 37 Ink Atria / Black Privilege Publishing Atria / One S...
For Gaza’s Children: Progressive Black, Brown, and Jewish Writers and Poets Speak Out
For Gaza’s Children: Progressive Black, Brown, and Jewish Writers and Poets Speak Out Haki Madhubuti, Marc Lamont Hill, and Keith Gilyard 9780883784378 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press W...
Playing The Hand You’re Dealt
Playing The Hand You’re Dealt Trice Hickman 9780758269089 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. "I can’t wait to see what Trice Hickman does next!" —Mary Monroe "Trice Hickman is an amazing write...
Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.!
Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! Eleanora E. Tate 9780440414070 Nonfiction Yearling Penguin Random House Mary Eloise is disappointed that the part she gets in the school play is that of Black H...
Divine Days
Divine Days Leon Forrest 9780393312218 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A unanimous chorus of critical acclaim greeted this powerful novel last year―one of the most signi...
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden Troy Johnson Interview AALBC Founder Troy Johnson with Tonya Bolden at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Tonya Bolden has written numerous be...
The REEDUCATION of ARIA JACKSON
The REEDUCATION of ARIA JACKSON Angelia Vernon Menchan 9781508900207 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Aria Jackson left Greenfield in search of an MBA from Wharton and her dignity. She fel...
African American Musicians
African American Musicians Eleanora E. Tate 9780471253563 Fiction Wiley Wiley Meet the black musicians who created Americais greatest music—from the early years to modern times Marian Anderson Louis "...
Aleshea Harris
Aleshea Harris NONE Aleshea Harris, an award-winning playwright known for her epic western revenge play “Is God Is,” and her critically acclaimed work “What to Send Up When It Goes Down.” She's a rec...
March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More
March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More Troy Johnson Article Top 120 Children’s Books from the Past 50 Years Our list of the Top 120 Children’s Books published ove...
Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature
Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature Troy Johnson Article Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature by Wade Hudson This Diversity Books Pledge was developed after a...
Michelle Meadows
Michelle Meadows NONE Michelle Meadows is a celebrated children's author of 10 books, best known for her debut, 'The Way The Storm Stops'. Her heartwarming stories, often read aloud, help children na...
Nonku Kunene Adumetey
Nonku Kunene Adumetey NONE Nonkululeko “Nonku” Kunene Adumetey is a devoted wife, mother, and children's author. Born in eSwatini, educated in Canada and the US, she's passionate about inspiring chil...
Squirrels Scamper
Squirrels Scamper Mélina Mangal 9798885544566 Fiction Free Spirit Publishing Teacher Created Materials Awaken young children to the purposeful movement of squirrels and their own sense of work and pla...
Birds Sing Their Words
Birds Sing Their Words Mélina Mangal 9798885544542 Fiction Free Spirit Publishing Teacher Created Materials Awaken young children to the sounds birds make, and to their own unique voices. In Birds ...
Trees Stand Tall
Trees Stand Tall Mélina Mangal 9798885544559 Fiction Free Spirit Publishing Teacher Created Materials People are like trees—strong, flexible, and rooted. In Trees Stand Tall, two young children adm...
Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration Of Poetry With A Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience)
Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration Of Poetry With A Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience) Nikki Giovanni 9781402210488 Nonfiction Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Sourcebooks NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER...
Wanda Thomas
Wanda Thomas 0000000074200639 Wanda L. Thomas, a New York-born author and CEO of a Medical Transcribing business, holds a BA in Biology and Pre-Medical Studies. She founded JCW Enterprises, a childre...
Bernette Ford
Bernette Ford 0000000038486553 Bernette Ford, founder of COLOR-BRIDGE BOOKS, was a renowned children's book packager and consultant, and an advocate for diversity in children's literature. She held s...
Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market 2018: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published
Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market 2018: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published Cris Freese 9781440352683 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Most Trusted Guide to ...
Gwendolyn Hooks
Gwendolyn Hooks NONE Gwendolyn Hooks is a children's book author inspired by pets, friendship, and family. Born in Georgia, she's lived in several places including Italy. She initially pursued a care...
Karen Lynn Williams
Karen Lynn Williams 0000000063701972 Karen Lynn Williams, born in 1952, is a renowned author of over a dozen children's books, including the acclaimed 'GALIMOTO'. She's also a former Peace Corps volu...
Sylvia L. Walker
Sylvia L. Walker NONE Sylvia L. Walker, a Pasadena-born artist, is renowned for her children's fashion illustrations and book illustrations. She has worked with major clients like Simplicity, McCalls...
Megan Frazer Blakemore
Megan Frazer Blakemore NONE Megan Frazer Blakemore is a notable children's and young adults' author, known for her middle grade novels like “The Firefly Code” and “The Water Castle,” the latter being...
Kelly Starling Lyons
Kelly Starling Lyons NONE Kelly Starling Lyons is a children's book author from Pittsburgh. Inspired by her mother's storytelling and her grandparents' creativity, she started writing at a young age....
Dinah Johnson
Dinah Johnson NONE Dinah Johnson is a renowned author in children's literature, particularly in African American storytelling. Her books, which include titles like Hair Dance! and Sitting Pretty, cel...
Seeing Ourselves in Nature: Stories from Educators and Children of Indigenous, Black, and Other People of the Global Majority
Seeing Ourselves in Nature: Stories from Educators and Children of Indigenous, Black, and Other People of the Global Majority Jessica Fong 9781605548296 Nonfiction Redleaf Press Redleaf Press Discover...
Critically Acclaimed Children’s Book Author
Critically Acclaimed Children’s Book Author Troy Johnson Interview Many children’s authors and illustrators come from the world of education but you also worked in the field of journalism f...
Valerie Bolling and Kailei Pew
Valerie Bolling and Kailei Pew MULTIPLE Valerie Bolling, an award-winning author and educator, is committed to creating diverse literature for children. Kailei Pew, author of children's books like Ki...
African American Children’s Book Fair
African American Children’s Book Fair Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania Check out our photos from the 2024 Festival The African American Children’s Book Fair is one of t...
Just Us Books, Inc.
Just Us Books, Inc. Just Us Books, Inc. Just Us Books Marimba Books Sankofa Books http://www.justusbooks.com Wade and Cheryl Hudson were parents on a desperate search for children’s books th...
Wind Whirls
Wind Whirls Mélina Mangal 9798885544573 Fiction Free Spirit Publishing Teacher Created Materials Introduce children to the sounds and sensations of the wind, and to the importance of togetherness. ...