Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Come Sunday Come Sunday Nikki Grimes A little girl describes a typical Sunday from the moment her mother wakes her up through the different elements of the worship service in church. OL103718W
Honey, I love Honey, I love Eloise Greenfield A young girl expresses what she loves about life. OL116281W
My Black Me My Black Me Arnold Adoff A compilation of poems reflecting thoughts on being black by such authors as Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, Nikki Giovanni, and Imamu Amiri Baraka. OL16026448W
Apples on a stick Apples on a stick Jerry Pinkney,Barbara Michels,Bettye White A collection of playground rhymes, including jump rope rhymes, nonsense verses, taunts, and verses used in circle games and hand claps. OL16050018W
Catch the Fire!!! Catch the Fire!!! Tony Medina,Derrick I. M. Gilbert Offers modern poems and interviews in which authors discuss their feelings about their generation of poets and the works presented. OL16445958W
The 5th Inning The 5th Inning E. Ethelbert Miller Summary:The 5th Inning is poet and literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller's second memoir. Coming a decade after Fathering words: the making of an African American writer, this book finds Miller retur… OL17397297W
Quiet Storm Quiet Storm Lydia Okutoro Provides a groundbreaking collection of poems from various young authors of diverse African ancestries, covering an array of topics, such as family, Black pride, and spirituality. OL18177120W
Soul looks back in wonder Soul looks back in wonder Maya Angelou,Tom Feelings Artwork and poems by such writers as Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Askia Toure portray the creativity, strength, and beauty of their African American heritage. OL18179246W
Pass it on Pass it on Floyd Cooper,Wade Hudson An illustrated collection of poetry by such Afro-American poets as Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Eloise Greenfield, and Lucille Clifton. OL18318742W
I, too, sing America I, too, sing America Catherine Clinton,Stephen Alcorn A collection of poems by African-American writers, including Lucy Terry, Gwendolyn Bennett, and Alice Walker. OL18858313W
American Negro poetry American Negro poetry Arna Wendell Bontemps With 200,000 copies in print, this anthology has for decades been seen as a fundamental collection of African-American verse. OL1946468W
The sun is so quiet The sun is so quiet Nikki Giovanni A collection of poems primarily about nature and the seasons but also concerned with chocolate and scary movies. OL2001546W
Ellington Was Not a Street Ellington Was Not a Street Ntozake Shange 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 there. These men of v… OL2180769W
Brutal Imagination Brutal Imagination Cornelius Eady This poetry collection explores the vision of the black man in white imagination, as well as the black family and the barriers of color, class, and caste that tear it apart. These two main themes sho… OL3524912W
Here in Harlem Here in Harlem Walter Dean Myers Acclaimed writer Walter Dean Myers celebrates the people of Harlem with these powerful and soulful first-person poems in the voices of the residents who make up the legendary neighborhood: basketball… OL98225W