Pat McKissack

Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Monte Irwin, Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell.

To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.

A biography of the former slave who became well-known as an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.

Messy Bessey discovers that with proper care her garden will flourish.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the revered civil rights pioneer.

Bessey finally cleans up her messy room.

Despite their own poverty since Daddy died, Mama tells nine-year-old James Otis they need to help Sarah, whose family lost everything in a fire. --

A biography of the former slave who founded Tuskegee University and later became the most powerful African American leader at the turn of the century.

Parents and grandparents will delight in sharing this exuberant book with the children in their lives. Here is a songbook, a storybook, a poetry collection, and much more, all rolled into one. Find a partner for hand claps such as "Eenie, Meenie, Sassafreeny," or form a circle for games like "Little Sally Walker." Gather as a family to sing well-loved songs like "Amazing Grace" and "Oh, Freedom," or to read aloud the poetry of such African American...

Describes the life of the black laundress who founded a cosmetics company and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.