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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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
The Negro Wage Earner
The Negro Wage Earner Lorenzo J. Greene and Carter G. Woodson 9781434472458 Nonfiction Wildside Press Wildside Press
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Jacqueline E. Luckett
Jacqueline E. Luckett NONE Jacqueline E. Luckett, a renowned storyteller, began her writing journey with diaries, poetry, and newspaper stories. After a corporate career, her passion for writing was ...
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 ...
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...
Jacqueline Alcantara
Jacqueline Alcantara NONE Jacqueline Alcántara is a freelance illustrator specializing in children’s literature. After teaching art and photography, she pursued projects featuring diverse main chara...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 ...
Jacqueline Shaw
Jacqueline Shaw NONE Jacqueline Shaw, a London-born Fashion Designer, has worked globally and is now based in Africa. She holds a Bachelor's in Fashion Design and a Masters in Ethical Fashion. As a b...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jacqueline Johnson
Jacqueline Johnson NONE Jacqueline Johnson is a multi-disciplined artist and award-winning author known for her work in writing and fiber arts. She has taught poetry at multiple institutions and has ...
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 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...
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...
Jacqueline Bishop
Jacqueline Bishop 0000000041919671 Born in 1971, Jacqueline Bishop is an accomplished Jamaican writer and visual artist. She's the founding editor of Calabash: A Journal of Caribbean Arts & Letters a...
Adrian Matejka
Adrian Matejka 0000000037525872 Adrian Matejka is a Germany-born, Indiana-based author and educator. A graduate of Indiana University and Southern Illinois University Carbondale, he has penned award-...
Jacqueline Jones LaMon
Jacqueline Jones LaMon NONE Jacqueline Jones LaMon is an award-winning author and poet. An educator at Adelphi University, she holds degrees from Mount Holyoke College, UCLA School of Law, and Indian...
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 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...
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 ...
Everything Is You (Harlequin Kimani RomanceThe Lawsons Of)
Everything Is You (Harlequin Kimani RomanceThe Lawsons Of) Donna Hill 9780373862849 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited Jacqueline Lawson is a maverick focusing on her career abroad...
Jacqueline Leigh
Jacqueline Leigh NONE Jacqueline Leigh is a children's book author and poet with a focus on Sierra Leone. Her notable works include a historical novel, The Heritage Keeper, and a nonfiction account o...
Jacqueline • Jones
Jacqueline • Jones NONE Jacqueline Jones, born in 1948, is a distinguished professor of history at the University of Texas, Austin. She's the author of notable works including 'Saving Savannah', 'Ame...
Jacqueline Bacon
Jacqueline Bacon 0000000114891017 Jacqueline Bacon, an independent scholar and Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas, focuses on historical language, empowerment, and social justice. Her rese...
Jacqueline Najuma Stewart
Jacqueline Najuma Stewart 0000000109588494 Jacqueline Najuma Stewart is a recognized author and fellowship recipient from institutions like Northwestern University and Princeton University. She has w...
Jacqueline T. Small
Jacqueline T. Small NONE Jacqueline T. Small, a Pennsylvania native, is an accomplished author of two novels and holds degrees from Temple University, Cheyney University, and San Jose State Universit...
Jacqueline Bryant
Jacqueline Bryant NONE Jacqueline Bryant is a professor at Chicago State University, specializing in English and African American studies. She authored “The Foremother Figure in Early Black Women’s L...
Bedrock Faith
Bedrock Faith Eric Charles May 9781617751967 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books One of Roxane Gay’s Top 10 Books of 2014One of Booklist’s Top 10 First Novels of 2014One of the Chicago Reader’s Favori...
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...
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...
Gravity, U.S.A.
Gravity, U.S.A. Jacqueline Jones LaMon 9780974307022 Poetry Quercus Publishing Plc Quercus Publishing Plc Poetry. Kevin Young says of GRAVITY, U.S.A.: "With her debut, Jacqueline Jones LaMon graces us...
Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat 000000011051509X Edwidge Danticat, a Haitian-born author, is renowned for her books like “Breath, Eyes, Memory”, an Oprah Book Club pick, and “The Farming of Bones”, an American Book...
Brandy Colbert
Brandy Colbert 0000000409932699 Brandy Colbert is an award-winning author hailing from Missouri. Her work primarily focuses on young adult and children's literature, with titles such as “Little & Lio...
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists Troy Johnson Article I covered this year's National Book Foundation's National Book Awards Finalists Reading for AALBC.com. The readin...
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...
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...
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...
John Keene
John Keene 0000000032165978 Winner 2022 National Book Award for Poetry John Keene, acclaimed author known for Annotations, has been published in various anthologies and journals, earning several award...
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...
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...
Harbor Me
Harbor Me Jacqueline Woodson 9780525515142 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson 9780147515827 Nonfiction Penguin Young Readers Group Penguin Random House
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Power List of Best-Selling African-American Books - Fall 2014
Power List of Best-Selling African-American Books - Fall 2014 Troy Johnson Article Strong Sales Shown Among Hardcover Non-Fiction Titles in Fall Edition of the Power List of Best-Selling African-...
The Loss of All Lost Things
The Loss of All Lost Things Amina Gautier 9781932418569 Fiction Elixir Press Elixir Press Winner of the Chicago Public Library’s 21st Century Award.Winner of a Royal Palm Literary AwardWinner of the F...
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...
Terrance Hayes
Terrance Hayes 0000000052553847 Terrance Hayes is a renowned poet, author of four collections and winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry. A MacArthur fellow, Hayes has received numerous ac...
How is African American Literature Really Doing?
How is African American Literature Really Doing? Troy Johnson Article For those in the business of Black books in America, this is a common question; “How is African American Literature Doing?” Some...
Michelle Lindo-Rice
Michelle Lindo-Rice NONE Michelle Lindo-Rice, bestselling author of the 'Able to Love' and 'On the Right Path' series, focuses on themes of faith, friendship, family, and forgiveness. She was nominat...
Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 2014 eNewsletter
Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 2014 eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle eb...