Thunder Rose
10 best books like Thunder Rose (Jerdine Nolen): White Water, Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down, We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane, Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me, Lucia and the Light, Beautiful Blackbird, Princess Grace, The Monster Who Ate My Peas, Please, Puppy, Please
| Author | Michael S. Bandy |
| ISBN | 0763636789 |
It's a scorching hot day, and going into town with Grandma is one of Michael's favorite things. When the bus pulls up, they climb in and pay their fare, get out, walk to the back door, and...
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
| Author | Andrea Davis Pinkney |
| ISBN | 0316070165 |
They didn't need menus. Their order was simple.
A doughnut and coffee, with cream on the side.
This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest...
| Author | Kadir Nelson |
| ISBN | 0786808322 |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| ISBN | 0805079947 |
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me
| Author | Daniel Beaty |
| ISBN | 0316209171 |
He goes knock knock on my door and I pretend to be asleep till he gets right next to the bed.
And my papa, he tells me, "I love you."
But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love...
| Author | Phyllis Root |
| ISBN | 0763622966 |
In a cozy cabin high in the mountains of the Far North, Lucia and her family live a snug and contented life. But one day the wind screams...
| 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...
Princess Grace
| Author | Mary Hoffman |
| ISBN | 1845075323 |
I'm getting a little wary of the whole princess thing and have been trying to direct her to some additional...
| Author | Danny Schnitzlein |
| ISBN | 1561452165 |
"I closed my eyes tightly and sent out a wish
That the peas would somehow disappear from my dish.
And something quite strange and mysterious occurred, As if somehow... somebody......
| Author | Spike Lee |
| ISBN | 0689868049 |
| Author | Ntozake Shange |
| ISBN | 0689828845 |
| Author | Bryan Collier |
"Uptown . . .
Harlem, New York.
Chicken and waffles.
Jazz.
Home."
Uptown is a rich mix of flavors, colors, sounds,...
| Author | Nikki Grimes |
| ISBN | 0688154719 |
Genre: Poetry, Juvenile poetry Recommended grade level: 3-4 Format: African American Poetry and Picture book
Themes: Friendship, bullying, and family Major Awards: Coretta Scott King Illustrator...
| Author | Vaunda Micheaux Nelson |
| Author | Virginia Hamilton |
| ISBN | 0375824057 |
| Author | bell hooks |
| ISBN | 0786816430 |
We March
| Author | Shane W. Evans |
| ISBN | 1596435399 |
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination
| Author | Christopher Myers |
| ISBN | 1606842188 |
But this isn’t your grandmother’s game of hoops.
Not when a layup
from the other side of the court
standing on one foot
...
Precious and the Boo Hag
| Author | Patricia C. McKissack |
| ISBN | 0689851944 |
Brick by Brick
| Author | Charles R. Smith Jr. |
| ISBN | 0061920827 |
needs a new home,
so many hands work
together as one.
Black hands,
white hands,
free hands,
slave hands.
In this powerful story of the building of the White House, Coretta Scott King Award winners Charles R. Smith Jr. and Floyd...
Bootsie Barker Bites
| Author | Barbara Bottner |
| ISBN | 0698114272 |
It's the worst when Bootsie Barker comes to my house. Bootsie's the one who pulls my hair and tears my books. She hates Charlene, my pet salamander. She says that I'm a turtle and she's a turtle-eating dinosaur.
Uh-oh,...