Bellerophon Books

List Price: $3.50 (Paperback – Coloring Book – 1992)

Cleopatra, perhaps the greatest woman of ancient times, has her amazing story told and illustrated in this exciting book, with art from ancient times to modern. (20 pgs) All Ages

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Bellerophon Books

List Price: $3.50 (Paperback – Coloring Book – 1992)

Nefertiti and Akh-en-aten, Tuts brother, ruled Egypt during the age of her greatest art. The grand and elegant pictures show their life at court, with their children playing throughout. All Ages

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Bellerophon Books

List Price $3.50 (Paperback – Coloring Book – 1992)

The stories of black cowboys from Esteban, who traveled with Cabeza de Vaca in 1533, up through Dwayne Hargo, World Champion Rodeo Clown of modern times. Line drawings of the cowboys and their horses to color. (20 pgs) All…

Alma Flor Ada (A) and Elivia Savadier (A) (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – English/Spanish / Grandparents – 2002)

A little girl recounts the joy of her weekends, Saturdays spent with her Euro-American Grandma and Grandpa and Sundays (los domingos) with Abuelito and Abuelita, her Mexican-American grandparents. She does different things…

Bellerophon Books

List $4.95 (Paperback – Coloring Book – 2000)

The splendid flags of Africa are here to color, and the stories of each country are remarkably told by a scholar of the continent. (16 pgs) All Ages

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Bellerophon Books

List $4.95 (Paperback – Coloring Book – 1979)

Cyril Aldred, the author of Akhenaton & Nefertiti, etc. This fine period of portraiture, with people surrounding the boy king, helps fill out the missing pages of Tuts reign. All

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Bellerophon Books

List Price: $3.50 (Paperback – Coloring Book – 1995)

The pictures in this book are largely taken from the glorious scenes of the small shrine of Tutankhamen. There are earrings and such to cut out, and the text is written by Cyril Aldred, the author of Akhenaton &…

Angela Johnson (A)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Special Needs / Rare Skin Disease – 2003)

Born with a rare and dangerous allergy to sunlight, Lila’s spent her life hidden from the daylight-staying covered up and indoors until dark,…

Ifeoma Onyefulu (A and Photos)

List Price $7.99 (Paperback – Alphabet Book / African Themes and Concepts – 1999)

This alphabet is based on my own favorite images of the Africa I know, writes Onyefulu, a member of the Igbo tribe who grew up in Nigeria and now lives in…

Rodney Pate (ILT) (A) and Denise Lewis Patrick (A)

List Price: $4.99 (Paperback – Fictional / MLK – 2003)

Martin Luther King Jr. is having some problems with his best friend, Bobby. They are going to different schools this year, and Bobby dad is not letting his son play with…

Michelle Y. Green (A), Kadir Nelson (ILT), Mamie Johnson (Introduction)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Biography / Female / Sports / Negro Leagues / Pitcher – 2004)

Motivated by her love for the game and inspired by the legendary Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher.…

Pete Seeger (Storysong) and Michael Hays (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Folktale / South African – 2003)

American folk singer Pete Seeger retells a South African folktale about a boy and his father who, after being banished from town for making mischief, are welcomed back when they find a way…

Dr. Naim Akbar (A)

List Price: $18.99 (Paperback – Psychology / African / Worldview – 2003)

African Psychology is not a thing, but a place-a view, a perspective, a way of observing. It is a perspective that is lodged in the historical primacy of the human view from the land that is known…

American Medical Association and Amy B. Middleman (EDIT) and Kate Gruenwald Pfeifer (A)

List Price: $17.00 (Paperback – Teen Self Help / Boys / Puberty / Health – 2006)

Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every boy life. It even more important to get answers and advice to the…

American Medical Association and Amy B. Middleman (EDIT) and Kate Gruenwald (A)

List Price: $18.00 (Paperback – Teen Self Help / Girls / Puberty / Health – 2006)

Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every girl’s life. It?s even more important to…

Ann Taylor (A) and Marjorie van Heerden (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Board Book – Father Daughter Celebration – 1999)

Description: A sweet rhythmic poem by nineteenth century poet Anne Taylor that also captures the the motion of dance and music and a playful text, with vivid pastel illustrations. (16 pgs) Ages Baby…

Bell Hooks (A) and Chris Raschka (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Board Book- Discovery / Celebrating Boyhood – 2016)

Be Boy Buzz catchy phrases celebrates all the bliss and boldness of being a boy. Lively story and sweet illustrations. (32 pgs) Ages 4-8

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Ashley Bryan (A) and (ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Creativity / Self Expression – 2003)

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…

Sharon G. Flake (A)

List Price: $10.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Survival – 2006)

Sharon Flake’s authentic and original young adult novels have garnered many honors and awards, and have won her a loyal fan base of teens across the country. In this sequel to…

Nikki Grimes (A)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Poetry / Students – 2001)

When Wesley writes a poem for his high school English class, some of his classmates clamor to read their poems aloud too. Soon their having weekly poetry sessions and, one by one, the eighteen students are…

Debbie Allen (A) and Kadir Nelson (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Dancing – 1999)

This modern fable by actress-producer Debbie Allen is a hip retelling of the classic tale of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Reverend Knight is at his wits end. Why are his twelve sons shoes worn to thread…

DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan (A and ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – City Garden / Community Sharing and Planting – 1994)

Right in the middle of Marcy city block is a vacant lot, littered and forlorn. Sometimes just looking at it makes Marcy feel sad. Then one spring, Marcy has a wonderful…

Sharon M. Draper (A) and Jesse Joshua Watson (ILT)

List Price: $6.99 (Paperback – Adventure / Lost In The Tunnel – 2011)

Ziggy, Rashawn, Jerome, and Rico — the Black Dinosaurs — are thrilled to discover that their hometown was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Even more exciting, their new…

Debbie Allen (A) and Kadir Nelson (ILT)

List Price:$8.99 (Paperback – Performance / Dancing – 2000)

Sassy worries that her too-large feet, too-long legs, and even her big mouth will keep her from her dream of becoming a star ballerina. So for now she just dancing in the wings, watching…

Andrea Davis Pinkney (A) and Brian Pinkney (ILT)

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – African American History / Free Black / Scientist Engineer / Genius – 1998)

Benjamin Banneker was born free when most blacks in this country were still enslaved. But it troubled him that not all blacks were not…

Jim Haskins (A) and Benny Andrews (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – African American History / Civil Rights / Activism / Racism and Discrimination – 2005)

A respected biographer teams up with an acclaimed artist to tell the story of the mail carrier who orchestrated the Great Savannah Boycott — and…

Deloris Jordan (A), Rosalyn M. Jordan (A) and Shane W. Evans (ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Family / Caring and Love – 2004)

This celebration of family love – created by the mother and sister of basketball superstar Michael Jordan – is a reassuring story about a mother and child…

Jenny Lombard (A)

List Price $7.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Friendship / Ethnic Background – 2006)

Drita and her family come to New York as refugees from war-torn Kosovo. Even though she barely speaks English, Drita can’t wait to start school and make a new…

Andrea Davis Pinkney (A) and Brian Pinkney (ILT)

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Performance /Composer / Jazz – 2006)

A swinging, vibrant picture book about America’s greatest jazz composer, Duke Ellington. By the award-winning duo Andrea and Brian Pinkney. (32 pgs) Ages 4-8

• Grade Level: Kindergarten – 4
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Ntozake Shange (A) and Kadir Nelson (A) and (ILT) 

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Family / Duke Ellington / Harlem Renaissance Legends – 2004)

In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered…

Doreen Rappaport (A) and Charles Lilly (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Slavery / Escape / Underground Railroad – 1998)

Eliza and her baby, running across the ice. Selena and Cornelia Jackson, masquerading as boys. Henry Box Brown, shipping himself north in a wooden crate. Jane Johnson, risking everything to testify against…

Alma Flor Ada (A) and Simon Silva (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Bi-‘Lingual / ABC / Fruits and Vegetable – 2001)

In simple words and sun-drenched paintings, Alma Flor Ada and Simon Silva take us into the fields and orchards, and into the lives of the people who work them.…

Laura Driscoll (A) and Jill Weber (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Biography / Scientist – 2003)

Annie Marcus is just nuts about peanut butter! When Annie finds out that George Washington Carver was responsible for the popularity of peanuts, she picks him for her scientist report. Annie learns all…

belle Hooks (A) and Chris Raschka (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Board Book – Celebrating Black Hair – 2017)

Happy to be nappy!
Happy with hair all short and strong.
Happy with locks that twist and curl.
Just all girl happy!
Happy to be nappy hair!

Celebrate the joy and beauty of nappy…

Kadir Nelson (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Family Spending Quality Time / Father/ Son – 2008)

What began as a spiritual has developed into one of America best-known songs, and now for the first time it appears as a picture book, masterfully created by award-winning artist Kadir Nelson. Through sublime…

Jerdine Nolen (A) and Kadir Nelson (ILT)

List Price: $18.95 (Hardcover – Fairy Tale / Family / Self Acceptance – 2005)

Young Hewitt Anderson is his parents’ pride and joy, and they love him so. Hewitt is sweet, smart, polite — everything a boy could be — except Hewitt is small…very…

Alice Faye Duncan (A) and Susan Keeter (ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Relationships / Mother / Toddler Son – 2005)

In this rhythmic picture book, a mother describes her affection for her child, from jumping together in the grass to rocking together before bedtime. (32 pgs) Ages 3-6 

• Grade Level: Preschool -…

Eloise Greenfield (A) and Jan Spivey Gilchrist (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Poem / Girls / Love – 2002)

Eloise Greenfield (A) and Leo and Diane Dillon (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Poetry – 1986)

Love don’t mean all that kissing
Like on television
Love Means Daddy
Saying keep your mama company till I get back
And me doing it

Sixteen poems tell of love and…

Robert Burleigh (A) and Stephen T. Johnson (ILT)

List Price: $7.00 (Paperback – Sports / Poetry / Basketball / Teamwork – 1997)

Illustrations and poetic text describe the movement and feel of the game of basketball. Hoops is not a book about basketball–Hoops is basketball. How it feels to be a…

Karen Beaumont (A) and David Catrow (ILT) and (A)

List Price: $19.99  (Board Book – Self Esteem – 2004)

 A confident curly haired little girl shouts out to the world all the many ways and…

Natasha Anastasia Tarpley (A) and E.B. Lewis (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – African American Girls / Hair Care / Pride and Self Esteem – 2005)

Natural Hair is Perfect for Our Little Girl’s Hair

No matter how gently Mama pulls as she combs Keyana’s hair, it still hurts. Keyana doesn’t feel lucky…

Faith Ringgold (A and ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Biography / Activist / Civil Rights / Bus Boycott- 1999)

This Rosa Parks biography begins with an African American girl named Marcie. She is waiting for the bus to school when a strange bus pulls up; for some reason, she…

Jerdine Nolen (A) and Colin Bootman (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Family and Relationships / Tradition 2001)

Seems like everything good that happens in the home happens in the kitchen. A place where abundant love and sweet memories and wonderful stories are staples of…

Jane Kurtz (A) and Rachel Isadora (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Family / African Immigrants Relocating / Storytelling / Siblings – 2005)

In the middle of the night the world can seem huge and frightening, especially when you’ve just moved far from…

Walter Dean Myers (A) and Leonard Jenkins (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Civil Rights Movement History – 2003)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is one of the most celebrated figures of the twentieth century. A crusader for nonviolent social justice, he led African Americans in their demands for equality through peaceful…

Jayne Pettit (A)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Biography / Poet Activist – 1998)

Journey of the Heart is a biography about the life of Maya Angleou. In the book, the author, traces the now a prominent African American woman life from…

Floyd Cooper (A and ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Biography / Sports / Basketball – 2004)

What was Michael Jordan like as a boy? You might be surprised that the greatest professional basketball player ever wasn’t even the best player in his own family!

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Tiki & Ronde Barber with Paul Mantell (A)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Sports / Jr. High Football / Siblings / Teamwork and Perseverance – 2007)

Tiki and Ronde twelfth summer is winding down — the nights are getting shorter and the evenings cooler. That means two things: The first day…

John Steptoe (A) Clarita Kohen (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – African Folklore / Two Sisters / Spanish Edition – 1997)

Mufaro has two beautiful daughters. Nyasha is kind and considerate, but Manyara is selfish and spoiled. When the king decides to choose a bride from among The Most Worthy…