Against all odds, young Edson - Pele is a nickname - rose from a childhood of poverty in Brazil to international stardom as the world's greatest soccer player. Pele's talent and dedication, even as a young boy, is movingly conveyed and children will find this action-packed biography both fascinating and inspiring.

This inspirational picture book biography follows a young, poor boy named Edson as he overcomes many challenges and obstacles in his life to become the world champion soccer star Pelé.

The musical superstar of 18th-century France was Joseph Boulogne—a black man. This inspiring story tells how Joseph, the only child of a black slave and her white master, becomes "the most accomplished man in Europe." After traveling from his native West Indies to study music in Paris, young Joseph is taunted about his skin color. Despite his classmates' cruel words, he continues to devote himself to his violin, eventually becoming conductor of a whole orchestra. Joseph begins composing his own operas, which everyone acknowledges to be magnifique. But will he ever reach his dream of performing for the king and queen of France? This lushly illustrated book by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome introduces us to a talented musician and an overlooked figure in black history.

Introduces the life of the African-American bicycle racer, Marshall 'The Black Whirlwind' Taylor, who won the 1899 World Championship title at the age of twenty-one.

Leroy Satchel Paige was the first African American to pitch in a Major League World Series, and the first Negro Leaguer to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Fans of all ages can relive the dream as they hear about Satchs talents, feisty personality, popularity, and ultimate success in this rhythmic and vivid biography of one of baseballs most dazzling pitchers.

From apples to cows, kettles to scarecrows, warm country images abound in a delightful alphabet poem which is accompanied by striking folk-art illustrations by the Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator of The Creation. Reprint.

Rhyming text follows the numbers from one to ten and back again to describe how three generations of a family complete one special quilt which captures the color of life on the farm.