Never Forgotten
10 best books like Never Forgotten (Patricia C. McKissack): January's Sparrow, Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems, Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery, A Dazzling Display of Dogs, Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku, These Hands, A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis, Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom, I, Too, Am America
| Author | Patricia Polacco |
| ISBN | 0399250778 |
| Author | Kate Coombs |
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."
"For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea."
Admission: I have a great weakness for sea poetry. Like Melville's Ishmael,...
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
| Author | Kadir Nelson |
| ISBN | 0061730742 |
The story of America and African Americans is a story of hope and inspiration and unwavering courage. This is...
| Author | Cynthia Grady |
| ISBN | 0802853862 |
A Dazzling Display of Dogs
| Author | Betsy Franco |
| ISBN | 1582463433 |
Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
| Author | Lee Wardlaw |
| ISBN | 0805089950 |
I'll be honest, the fact that the story was told entirely in Haiku was *not* a selling point for me when I picked it up. In fact, I was more than slightly skeptical...
These Hands
| Author | Margaret H. Mason |
| ISBN | 0547215665 |
| Author | Matt de la Pena |
| ISBN | 0803731671 |
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom
| Author | Shane W. Evans |
| ISBN | 1596435380 |
"A stellar introduction to the Underground Railroad, narrated...
I, Too, Am America
| Author | Langston Hughes |
| ISBN | 1442420081 |
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But...
| Author | Ashley Bryan |
| ISBN | 0689847319 |
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...
| Author | Susan Goldman Rubin |
| ISBN | 1580893449 |
| Author | Walter Dean Myers |
| ISBN | 0823415457 |
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...
| Author | Arnold Adoff |
| ISBN | 0547235542 |
| Author | Susan Katz |
| Author | Kristine O'Connell George |
| ISBN | 0618428429 |
GUYKU: A Year of Haiku for Boys
| Author | Bob Raczka |
| ISBN | 0547240031 |
tug-of-war with my new kite.
The wind is winning.
When you’re a guy, nature is one big playground—no matter what the season. There are puddles to splash in the spring, pine trees to climb in the summer, maple seeds to catch in the fall, and icicles to swordfight...
Back of the Bus
| Author | Aaron Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0399250913 |
In the Wild
| Author | David Elliott |
| ISBN | 0763644978 |
From the lion standing alone on the African savannah to the panda in a bamboo forest, from the rhinoceros with its boot-like face to the Arctic polar...
A Storm Called Katrina
| Author | Myron Uhlberg |
| ISBN | 1561455911 |
How do we explain Hurricane Katrina to a child? The fear, tension, ugliness, and mistakes made in those days and weeks after Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans in 2005 is a hard lesson to teach and show young readers. Mother Nature’s power and fury is hard enough to understand and accept....
All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel
| Author | Dan Yaccarino |
| ISBN | 0375966420 |
Dan Yaccarino’s great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small shovel and his parents’ good advice: “Work hard, but remember to enjoy life, and never forget your family.” With simple text...
The Great Migration: Journey to the North
| Author | Eloise Greenfield |
| ISBN | 0061259217 |
When Eloise Greenfield was four months old, her family moved from their home in Parmele, North Carolina, to...