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10 best books like My People (Langston Hughes): Jazz On A Saturday Night (Coretta Scott King Honor Book), We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems, Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane, Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation, Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children, Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace, Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, Beautiful Blackbird, Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali

Jazz On A Saturday Night (Coretta Scott King Honor Book)
AuthorLeo Dillon
ISBN0590478931
Celebrated illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon have won the Caldecott Medal twice, and now they present stunning illustrations of an evening of jazz music, complete with a special CD.

If you have ever been lucky enough to hear great jazz, then you will understand the pure magic of this book. Leo...
We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
AuthorKadir Nelson
ISBN0786808322
Rube Foster was the founder of the Negro National League. Said he of his men, "We are the ship: all else the sea." As long as there has been baseball in America there have been African-American ballplayers. Men like Sol White and Bud Fowler. Before Rube Foster, however, there was no organized professional...
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
AuthorPaul B. Janeczko
ISBN0763648426
Celebrated poet and anthologist Paul B. Janeczko pairs with Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet for a collection of short poems to sample and savor.

It only takes a few words, if they’re the right words, to create a strong image. Whether listened to in the comfort of a cozy lap or read independently,...
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
AuthorCarole Boston Weatherford
ISBN0805079947
Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear growing up in the South in the 1930s: preachers praying, music on the radio, the bustling of the household. These vivid noises shaped John's own sound as a musician. Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls have composed an amazingly rich hymn...
Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
AuthorAndrea Davis Pinkney
ISBN0060821183
This story begins with shoes.
This story is all for true.
This story walks. And walks. And walks.
To the blues.

Rosa Parks took a stand by keeping her seat on the bus. When she was arrested for it, her supporters protested by refusing to ride. Soon a community of thousands was coming...
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children
AuthorSandra L. Pinkney
ISBN0439148928
I am black. I am unique.

Let's talk about racism! Ah, yes, I can see you heading for the exit already. That's okay, I totally get it. It's a rough topic. For those of you still with me:

How do you teach a child about racism or tell him/her about it? I don't know. I don't have a flippin' clue....
Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace
AuthorAnna Grossnickle Hines
ISBN0805089969
I can honestly say I absolutely LOVED this book! I really thought is was neat how the author made each page look life like and real I loved all of the different kinds of poems throughout the whole book. The use of colors were really great. I thought it was great how the author portrays and teaches young readers...
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
AuthorLaban Carrick Hill
Dave was an extraordinary artist, poet, and potter living in South Carolina in the 1800s. He combined his superb artistry with deeply observant poetry, carved onto his pots, transcending the limitations he faced as a slave. In this inspiring and lyrical portrayal, National Book Award nominee Laban...
Beautiful Blackbird
AuthorAshley Bryan
ISBN0689847319
Black is beautiful, uh-huh!

Long ago, Blackbird was voted the most beautiful bird in the forest. The other birds, who were colored red, yellow, blue, and green, were so envious that they begged Blackbird to paint their feathers with a touch of black so they could be beautiful too. Although...
Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali
AuthorCharles R. Smith Jr.
ISBN0763616923
A dynamic author-illustrator team follows the threetime heavyweight champ through twelve rounds of a remarkable life.

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. . . . I’m the prettiest thing that ever lived!"

From the moment a fired-up teenager from Kentucky won 1960 Olympic gold...
Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry
AuthorJoyce Sidman
ISBN0618448942
I hesitated to assign a star rating to this book as I didn't even read all of it. Much as I wanted to love this book, I just found it frustrating. The concrete poetry, while interesting, is presented in such a way that I found it very hard and annoying to read--in the grass, in the clouds, in the trees, all over...
Ellington Was Not a Street
AuthorNtozake Shange
ISBN0689828845
In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there. These men of vision, brought to life in the majestic paintings of artist Kadir Nelson, lived at a time when the color...
The Blacker the Berry
AuthorJoyce Carol Thomas
ISBN0060253754
Black is dazzling and distinctive, like toasted wheat berry bread; snowberries in the fall; rich, red cranberries; and the bronzed last leaves of summer. In this lyrical and luminous poetry collection, Coretta Scott King honorees Joyce Carol Thomas and Floyd Cooper celebrate these many shades of...
Jazz
AuthorWalter Dean Myers
ISBN0823415457
There's a crazy syncopation /and it's tearing through the nation / and it's bringing sweet elation / to every single tune./ It's Jazz

Fifteen poems, infused with the rhythm and wordplay of jazz music, are paired with bold, stylized illustrations of performers and dancers to convey the history...
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal
AuthorVaunda Micheaux Nelson
ISBN0822567644
Sitting tall in the saddle, with a wide-brimmed black hat and twin Colt pistols on his belt, Bass Reeves seemed bigger than life. Outlaws feared him.

As a deputy U.S. Marshal and former slave who escaped to freedom in the Indian Territories, Bass was cunning and fearless. When a lawbreaker heard...
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan
AuthorMary Williams
ISBN1584302321
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book (2006)
American Library Association Notable Book Award (2006)

This story about eight-year-old Garang is based on the real events and stories of The Lost Boys of Sudan. According to the author’s note at the beginning of the book, Sudan suffered...
A Sweet Smell of Roses
AuthorAngela Johnson
ISBN0689832524
There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice.
Inspired by the countless young people who took a stand against the forces of injustice, two Coretta Scott...
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
AuthorJane Yolen
ISBN0763631418
This exuberant celebration of poetry is an essential book for every young one’s library and a gorgeous gift to be both shared and treasured.

Sit back and savor a superb collection of more than sixty poems by a wide range of talented writers, from Margaret Wise Brown to Gertrude Stein, Langston...
Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintings
AuthorDouglas Florian
ISBN1416979786
This book is full of dinosaurs, Both carnivores and herbivores. You’ll find a big Iguanodon, As well as clever Tro-o-don. There’s Spinosaurus and T. rex, Plus plesiosaurs with GIANT necks . . . Step back in time in this fossil-filled collection that explores the prehistoric era with Douglas Florian’s...
A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems
AuthorDeborah Ruddell
ISBN1416942114
In a watery mirror
the rugged raccoon
admires his face
by the light of the moon:
the mysterious mask,
the whiskers beneath,
the sliver of cricket
still stuck in his teeth.

Take a lighthearted romp through four seasons in the forest with these whimsical poems....
The Moon Over Star
AuthorDianna Hutts Aston
ISBN0803731078
In July 1969, the world witnessed an awe-inspiring historical achievement when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. For the young protagonist of this lyrical and hopeful picture book, that landing is something that inspires her to make one giant step toward...
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