8 yo African American girl and her brother on fatastic flying journey, meet Harriet Tubman who teaches them about Underground Railroad, illustrated with author’s paintings. Sequel to Tar Beach, about author’s childhood in NYC
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Short non-fiction stories of well-known and obscure people and events from American history
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Picture book biography in verse of life of Henry “Box” Brown, an African American slave who mailed himself to freedom. With back matter.
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Picture book biography of African American man who was born into slavery, escaped during the American Civil War, lived among many Native American nations and learned their languages, and became a U.S. Marshal, patrolling the wild west of the Oklahoma Territory.
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15 yo gravely wounded white Union soldier is rescued on the battlefield by African American boy soldier, about the same age. The wounded boy is nursed back to health by the other boy’s mother, but then they are captured by Confederates. Based on the author’s family history.
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12 yo boy suffering from tuberculosis (consumption) is sent to a clinic inside Mammoth Cave. In spite of being from a slave owning family, he befriends and helps the African American people working there.
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Picture book depicts generations of African American women from author’s family and their special quilts containing secret messages and maps to freedom
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12 yo African American orphan boy, a former slave, and his older brother, a runaway and a Union veteran of the Civil War, set out from their South Carolina plantation to claim their own Forty Acres. Along the way to Georgia they are joined by an 8 yo slave girl and others. They eventually create a successful farm, but are threatened with loss when the rules are changed.
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Illustrated story about African American slaves gaining freedom with help from Native Americans by crossing Bok Chitto river into Choctaw territory.
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Based on historical documents, this picture book depicts eleven African American slaves for sale. Each slave describes in verse his or her own dreams, as contrasted against the reality of their lives.
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