A lyrical tribute to the basketball star celebrates his achievements on the court and in his personal life, as presented by an American Book Award for Poetry winner. By the author of Miles: The Autobiography.

Shanna gives five clues that explain how she knows that she is a princess.

A girl who is Girlpie to her mama and Honey Bun Chocolate Dewdrop to her daddy savors the warmth and love of her family, knowing that no matter where or when, she is always safe with her mother and father.

When Reenie and her mother, who are African Americans, go fishing, Reenie decides to share the secret of their success with their needy white neighbors.

Shanna dresses up as the animal answer in these easy-to-read riddles.

Written by the mother and sister of celebrated NBA superstar Michael Jordan, this boldly illustrated picture book with simple text provides a charming tale about the constant and reassuring love and bond between a mother and her child.

Accompanied by remarkable oil paintings by an award-winning artist, a compelling collection, drawn from extensive research, traces the early days of slavery to the Emancipation Proclamation through comical trickster tales, secret 'hush harbors,' and spirituals. Reprint.

From the authors of No More!, an historical journey from the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 to the beginning of the Civil Rights period in 1854 provides stories of people who, through courageous and daring acts, succeeded in gaining true and complete freedom for black people in the south and beyond. Reprint.

Despite their overlapping work, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman only met one time, and their conversation was not recorded, but this biography of two powerful civil rights leaders imagines what may have happened during their encounter in Boston in 1864.

Product Description: The Beginning of a New Life Roxie's mom is an alcoholic that has not been willing to get help. Is it possible that Roxie's mom can actually change...like a caterpillar changes into a butterfly?

Product Description: Preschoolers will revel in the Shanna Show books that help build self-esteem by making reading and learning fun through "vivacious role-playing."* Shanna shows young readers how to leap, to count, to curtsy, or to give advice as a ballerina, a teacher, a princess, or a doctor! These books are excellent tools for children who are discovering the joys of reading on their own...read more

A powerful trilogy concludes with a look at both famous and lesser-known forces in the ongoing struggle for civil rights.In the summer of 1955, Moses Wright braved mortal danger to testify against three white men accused of murdering Emmett Till — a brutal event that helped to spur the American civil rights movement. Nine black teenagers in Little Rock, Arkansas, headed out to a formerly white high school, despite warnings that "blood will run in the streets." James Lawson trained activists not to fight back with fists or words, no matter how many billy clubs rained down on them. Through ten turbulent years, black southerners filled jails and public places with the songs and strength passed down from their ancestors. This final book in a trilogy about the African-American experience is a tribute to the crusaders for equality and peace in America, a crusade that continues to this day.

Product Description: An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.   As Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a “long haul up a steep hill” to her polling place, she sees more than trees and sky—she sees her family’s history...read more