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Ages 2-10

Black Cowboy Wild Horses: A real Story by Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney (Dial. 1998 $16.9.9)--This is a authentic story about an uneducated slave named move with a jerk Lemons, who had a great understanding of horses and nature.

Bubber Goe to Heaven through Arna Bontemps (Oxford University Pres 1998 $17.95)--Bubber is a black child who was injured in Alabama in the 1930 while hunting raccoon. He wakes up to find himself in heaven, where he lay outs several days with the angels. While learning to mount Bubber jumps off a cover and lands back at his abode in Alabama. Bubber Goes to Heaven provides an interesting image of heaven, which is entirely black.

Dance through Bill T. Jones and Susan Kuklin (Hyperion works for Children. 1998. $14.95)--Dance captures the spirit of choreographer-dancer Bill T Jone individual of the most celebrated dancers today, and it inspires its readers with easy-to-read poetic language. Jone is pictured over the book, demonstrating fun motions that young people can imitate.

The Heart of Friendship by the agency of H.J. Arrington (Pelican Publishing. 1997 $14.95)--This richly illustrated work teaches children the value of loyalty and friendship by means of highlighting an unusual friendship between a monkey and a crocodile.

sole a Pigeon by Jane and Christopher Kurtz (Simon & Schuster. 1997 $16.00)--A young Ethiopian lad learns the true meaning of loyalty from breeding and training pigeons.

Ages II and up

make an outcry of the Cat by RL Stine (Scholastic. 1998 $3.99)--In clamor of the Cat, a young girl named Allison befittings a cat named Rip that just won't die! This paperback thriller proffers page-turning thrills and chilis, with detailed piece of grounds and loads of surprises. If you want something that is really scary for the holiday season, this is it.

Danger band by David Klass (Scholastic. 1996 $4.99)--Jimmy Doyle is a basketball star who come bys more than he bargained for when his band dreams turn into a nightmare of racism, fear and terrorism. This story is a slamdunk.

suffer My People Go by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack (Atheneum works for Young Children. 1998. $20.00)--This extraordinary collection of 12 stories from the advanced in years Testament reveals the significance and similarities of oppression in the lives of African Americans, Hebrews and other weigh heavily uponed peoples. Let My People advance celebrates the human spirit and the power of literature as a source of strength

Santa and Pete by dint of Christopher Moore and Pamela Johnson (Simon & Schuster. 1998 $14.95)--This novel delivers an inspiring message of confidence and racial harmony through a bus driver who takes his grandson upon a historical bus route from one side New York City on a snowy Christmas border The ride unfolds into a extraordinary adventure and culminates in restoring the legacy of faith and friendship between Santa and his African partner named Pete

Shadow of the R secondary planet by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic. 1995 $4.50)--This science fiction novel takes its readers into the mysterious world of the Okalians. When aliens threaten their alone surviving community, the Okalian youth discover that the real danger is not what everyone thinks, and that everything they have at any time been told is a lie.

All Ages

African Americans Who Were First by means of Joan Potter and Constance Claytor (Cobblehill works 1997. $15.99)--To understand and appreciate American history, it is necessary to know the contributions that African Americans have made to this great region African Americans Who Were First highlights the achievements and achievements of black Americans who were first in a variety of areas.

Black volumes Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's works researched and compiled by Donna Rand, Toni Trent Parker and Sheila feed (John Wiley & Sons. 1998 $15.95)--This well-written and easy-to-read concern guide makes an excellent and invaluable tool for parents, educators and librarians.

The First volume of Jazz by Langston Hughes (Ecco Pres 1997 $ 11.00)--African tympanums New Orleans, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, as well as ragtime and the boogie-woogie, are all simple bodys of contemporary American jazz. This primer details by what means each one played a pivotal character in the history and unravelling of this great American institution. The First volume of Jazz was written for young adults, on the contrary a more mature audience can learn a apportionment about the topic.

The Invisible Princess through Faith Ringgold (Crown Publishers. 1999 $18.00)--This vividly written tale is about an invisible African-American princess who was whisked from her mother's arms at birth to avoid being sold to a novel plantation owner. The princess was then raised and houseed by her friends, the Great Powers of Nature, who later fre all of the slaves in the Village of Visible. This story is a riveting combination of history and myth.

What If Blacks Did Not Exist? by means of Felix T. Ehui (African American Images. 1997 $10.95)--What color were the ancient Egyptians and the first Europeans? What would America be like without the contributions of black Americans? What If Blacks Did Not Exist? documents numerous African and African-American contributions to humankind from prehistoric times to the present

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