Andrea Davis Pinkney

"Rhythmic text and adorable illustrations combine to celebrate all bright brown baby boys!"--

Illustrations and rhythmic text recall the December, 1955, bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

"Having lost her mother at a young age, Ella Fitzgerald struggled as a child, especially during the Great Depression. But after winning over the audience with her singing at an Amateur Night at the Apollo, Ella's career began, and she eventually went on to become a world-renowned singer known as the First Lady of Song. Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and a list of ways that readers can...

"A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day"--

Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.

A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category.

A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician in the voice of "Scat Cat Monroe."

"In a rich embroidery of visions, musical cadence, and deep emotion, Andrea and Brian Pinkney convey the final months of Martin Luther King's life -- and of his assassination -- through metaphor, spirituality, and multilayers of meaning. Wonderful classroom plays of Martin Rising can be performed by using the "Now Is the Time" history and the 1968 timeline at the back of the book as narration -- and adding selected poems to tell the story!"-- provided...