Photographs and text from the points of view of both a young African American boy and his dog tell the story of their trip to the park.

Presents a collection of nine original tales drawn from African American oral tradition that blends history and legend with sly humor, creepy horror, villainous characters, and wild farce.

Mina's deep love for a grown-up minister drives her to seek a way to give him an unforgettable remembrance, restoration of his faith.

Following the death of her father, a twelve-year-old girl takes a summer job instead of going to camp with a friend as planned.

The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.

Ten-year-old Queen learns valuable life lessons about being a good firend when Leroy, a new kid in the neighborhood, comes to Queen's school.

Follows the career of the black woman who spent her life educating and working to earn basic human rights for her people.

Relates the true story of the Matthew and Mae Carter family, in simple text with illustrations, and how they helped to integrate an all-white school in Drew, Mississippi, in 1965, suffering years of name-calling, humiliation, and death threats.

During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River.