Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales

Virginia Hamilton

• Hardcover | Engels
• Gracefully told by Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton, this collection of 19 stories focuses on the magical lore and wondrous imaginings of Black wome... Lees meer

Blast Off

Linda C Cain, Susan Rosenbaum

• Hardcover | Engels
• An inspiring story about a young Black girl who wants to be an astronaut, written years before Black astronauts were sent into space. This remarkable ... Lees meer

The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks

Katherine Paterson

• Paperback | Engels | Picture Puffin Books
• Wrtitten by Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson with painting by Caldecott winning illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon A beautiful mandarin duck is capt... Lees meer

I Can Be Anything! Don't Tell Me I Can't

Diane Dillon

• Hardcover | Engels
• Girl power! Two-time Caldecott Medalist Diane Dillon sends tigers and dinosaurs leaping off the pages as 5-year-old Zoe declares she can be anything: ... Lees meer

Ashanti to Zulu

Margaret W Musgrove

• Hardcover | Engels | Picture Puffin Books
• Artists Leo and Diane Dillon won their second consecutive Caldecott Medal for this stunning ABC of African culture. Another virtuoso performance. . . ... Lees meer

Our Children Can Soar

Michelle Cook

• Paperback | Engels
• An inspirational, poetic tribute to America's most important change-makers. Celebrating accomplishments of important figures from the birth of the Civ... Lees meer

Honey, I Love and Other Poems

Eloise Greenfield

• Hardcover | Engels | Reading Rainbow Books
• Titles include I Look Pretty, Fun, Riding on the Train, Harriet Tubman, and By Myself. Lees meer

Who's in Rabbit's House?

Verna Aardema

• Paperback | Engels | Masai Tale
• A great bedtime story sure to keep children fascinated, Who's in Rabbit's House is a Masai tale told from the perspective of a play within a play. A m... Lees meer

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Verna Aardema

• Paperback | Engels | Picture Puffin Books
• "In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark. . . . Matching the ... Lees meer

Hakon of Rogen's Saga

Erik Christian Haugaard

• Paperback | Engels
• An American Library Association Notable Book and his first book for children, Erik Christian Haugaard's Hakon of Rogen's Saga is a remarkable novel th... Lees meer

Love and the Rocking Chair

• Hardcover | Engels
• Two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon celebrate the love we feel for our children in this touching, multi-generational story about the las... Lees meer

The Secret River

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

• Hardcover | Engels
• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings + Leo and Diane Dillon = pure magic! A depression era story that is just as timely as it is enchanting, this is a stunning pi... Lees meer

The Color Wizard

Barbara Brenner

• Paperback | Engels | Bank Street Ready-To-Read
• About the Bank Street Ready-To-Read Series More than seventy years of educational research and innovative teaching have given the Bank Street College ... Lees meer

Ashanti to Zulu

Margaret Musgrove

• Paperback | Engels | Picture Puffin Books
• Artists Leo and Diane Dillon won their second consecutive Caldecott Medal for this stunning ABC of African culture. "Another virtuoso performance. . .... Lees meer

If Kids Ran the World

Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon

• Hardcover | Engels
• Two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon show children playfully creating a more generous, peaceful world where everyone shares with others. ... Lees meer

Many Thousand Gone

Virginia Hamilton

• Paperback | Engels
• Unavailable for several years, Virginia Hamilton's award-winning companion to The People Could Fly traces the history of slavery in America in the voi... Lees meer

The Goblin and the Empty Chair

Mem Fox

• Hardcover | Engels
• In a time long past, in a land far away, a family has suffered an unspeakable loss. But a lonely goblin has been watching. And he knows what to do to ... Lees meer

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Verna Aardema

• Hardcover | Engels
• "In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark. . . . Matching the ... Lees meer

Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That!

Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon

• Hardcover | Engels
• With bold paintings and a simple, rhyming text, Caldecott Medalists Leo & Diane Dillon bring young readers a rap a tap tap celebration of dance that w... Lees meer

The People Could Fly

Virginia Hamilton

• Paperback | Engels
• "The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tale... Lees meer

The People Could Fly

Virginia Hamilton

• Hardcover | Engels
• "THE PEOPLE COULD FLY," the title story in Virginia Hamilton's prize-winning American Black folktale collection, is a fantasy tale of the slaves who p... Lees meer

The Hundred Penny Box

Sharon Bell Mathis

• Hardcover | Engels
• Michael's great-great-aunt Dew was a hundred years old, and she kept an old box filled with pennies, one for each birthday. Michael loved to sit at he... Lees meer

Dream

Susan V Bosak

• Hardcover | Engels
• Winner of 10 national awards including IRA Children's Choice, Teachers' Choice, and Book Sense Children's Pick! "This elegant children's book depicts ... Lees meer

The Hundred Penny Box

Sharon Bell Mathis

• Paperback | Engels | Picture Puffin Books
• Michael loves his great-great-aunt Dew, even if she can't always remember his name. He especially loves to spend time with her and her beloved hundred... Lees meer