Eloise Greenfield
5) Rosa Parks
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of a woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil rights movement.
10) Grandpa's face
Author
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Seeing her beloved grandfather making a mean face while he rehearses for one of his plays, Tamika becomes afraid that someday she will lose his love and he will make a mean face at her.
11) Honey, I love
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
A young girl expresses what she loves about life.
Author
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Description
Poems by Nathaniel, a spirited nine-year-old poet who raps and rhymes about what it's like to be nine, his education, and his family life. Includes instructions for children on how to create a twelve-bar blues poem.
16) On my horse
Author
Pub. Date
c1995
Description
A boy riding slowly on a horse, sitting behind the horse's owner, imagines that he is riding swiftly by himself.
17) Angels
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
A collection of poems which show angels guiding, comforting, and protecting Afro-American children during milestones in their lives as well as in the course of everyday activities.
18) Africa Dream
Author
Pub. Date
1992,c1977
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Description
A black child's dreams are filled with the images of the people and places of Africa.