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1. Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse
by Walter Dean Myers
In this beautiful volume, the award-winning author of Scorpions and Now Is Your Time! combines eleven original poems with a selection of turn-of-the ... More
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2. The Blacker the Berry
by Joyce Carol Thomas, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
A collection of poems, including "Golden Goodness, " "Cranberry Red, " and "Biscuit Brown, " celebrating individuality and Afro-American identity.
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3. Jump Back, Honey: Jump Back, Honey
by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator), Jan Spivey-Gilchrist (Illustrator)
An illustrated collection of poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar, including "A Boy's Summer Song, " "The Sparrow, " and "Little Brown Baby."
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4. Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People
by Nikki Giovanni, George Ford (Illustrator)
Thirty-two poems that reflect aspects of the African American experience.
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5. Soul Looks Back in Wonder
by Tom Feelings (Illustrator)
After completing the stunning art for Soul Looks Back In Wonder, Tom Feelings approached stellar authors Maya Angelou, Margaret Walker, Walter Dean ... More
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6. My People
by Langston Hughes, Charles R Smith Jr (Illustrator)
Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribute to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Smith interprets this beloved poem ... More
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7. Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry
by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
This Coretta Scott King Honor Book is an A-to-Z look at 25 poems and one African spiritual, brilliantly illustrated in tempera and gouache. "If you ... More
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8. I, Too, Am America
by Langston Hughes, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
The poetic wisdom of Hughes merges with visionary illustrations from Collier in this inspirational picture book that carries the promise of equality ... More
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9. Crowning Glory: Poems
by Joyce Carol Thomas, Brenda Joysmith (Illustrator)
A collection of poems, including "First Braids", "Grandma's Way", and "Mama's Glory", in which an Afro-American girl celebrates herself, her family, ... More
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10. Stepping Out with Grandma Mac
by Nikki Grimes
Grandma Mac is a handful to her granddaughter, who narrates these verses about her sharp-tongued granny. Grandma Mac is stubborn and willful--just ... More
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11. In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers
by Javaka Steptoe (Illustrator)
In this award-winning collection of poetry by new and established African-American writers, fatherhood is celebrated with honor, humor and grace. ... More
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12. Jump Back, Honey
by Paul Dunbar
An illustrated collection of poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar, including "A Boy's Summer Song, " "The Sparrow, " and "Little Brown Baby."
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13. Maya Angelou
by Dr. Edwin Graves Wilson, PH.D. (Editor), Jerome Lagarrigue (Illustrator)
The latest collection in this acclaimed series features 25 of the finest poems by poet, author, playwright, and historian Maya Angelou, from the ... More
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14. Maya Angelou
by Dr. Edwin Graves Wilson (Editor), Jerome Lagarrigue (Illustrator)
The latest collection in this acclaimed series features 25 of the finest poems by poet, author, playwright, and historian Maya Angelou, from the ... More
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15. Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People
by Carole Boston Weatherford, Semadar Megged (Designer)
Archival engravings and photographs accompany these 29 original poems that take the reader along with African Americans on a 400-year journey to ... More
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16. Families: Poems Celebrating the African American Experience
by Dorothy S Strickland
"A fine collection of 23 poems that features African American families. Youngsters' voices come through vibrantly in these traditional and ... More
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17. The dream keeper and other poems
by Langston Hughes
A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the black ... More
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18. Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems
by Eloise Greenfield, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Titles include "I Look Pretty", "Fun", "Riding on the Train", "Harriet Tubman", and "By Myself".
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19. Honey, I Love
by Eloise Spivey Greenfield (Illustrator), Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)
To one young narrator, it's the simple things that mean the most, like sharing laughter with a friend, taking family rides in the country, and ... More
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20. Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art
by Belinda Rochelle (Selected by)
Words and art take wing and soar in this treasury of African-American poetry and art from the 19th century through the present. Includes works by ... More
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21. Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon
Who needs a backyard when there are brownstone steps, double dutch, and freeze tag beneath the sizzling summer sun? The jingling bell of the ice ... More
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22. Blues Journey
by Walter Dean Myers, Christopher A Myers (Illustrator)
The African experience in America is celebrated with a soulful, affecting blues poem that details the long journey from the Middle Passage to life ... More
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23. I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry
A collection of poems by African-American writers, including Lucy Terry, Gwendolyn Bennett, and Alice Walker.
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24. Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church
by Tonya Bolden, R Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
In her moving homage to the black church, Bolden has written a poem spanning centuries of oppression, freedom, prejudice, and joy. From times when ... More
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25. Children of Long Ago
A collection of seventeen poems that detail the daily pleasures of the African American childhood during the early 1900s.
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