African Americans -- Juvenile poetry
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African Americans -- Juvenile poetry
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African Americans
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Incoming Resources
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- The block, poems, by Langston Hughes ; collage by Romare Bearden ; selected by Lowery S. Sims and Daisy Murray Voigt ; introduction by Bill Cosby
- The undefeated, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- An earth song, by Langston Hughes ; illustrated by Tequitia Andrews
- Benny doesn't like to be hugged, Zetta Elliott ; illustrated by Purple Wong
- Kin, rooted in hope, Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford
- The undefeated, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- The palm of my heart, poetry by African American children, edited by Davida Adedjouma ; illustrated by Gregory Christie ; introduction by Lucille Clifton
- Stepping out with Grandma Mac, Nikki Grimes
- Thinker, my puppy poet and me, words by Eloise Greenfield ; pictures by Ehsan Abdollahi
- Freedom's a-calling me, poems by Ntozake Shange ; paintings by Rod Brown
- Legacy, women poets of the Harlem Renaissance, by Nikki Grimes ; artwork by Cozbi A. Cabrera [and 16 others]
- Harriet and the Promised Land, Jacob Lawrence
- Locomotion, by Jacqueline Woodson
- Soul looks back in wonder, [illustrated by] Tom Feelings ; [poems by Maya Angelou and others]
- A song for Gwendolyn Brooks, Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by Xia Gordon
- The blacker the berry, poems, by Joyce Carol Thomas ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
- My people, Langston Hughes ; photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr
- I, too, am America, Langston Hughes ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Keeping the night watch, Hope Anita Smith ; with illustrations by E.B. Lewis
- Thirteen ways of looking at a black boy, Tony Medina & 13 artists
- Kin, rooted in hope, Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford
- This is the dream, by Diane Z. Shore & Jessica Alexander ; illustrated by James Ransome
- For the love of the game, Michael Jordan and me, by Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
- Legacy, women poets of the Harlem Renaissance, by Nikki Grimes ; artwork by Cozbi A. Cabrera [and 16 others]
- I, too, sing America, three centuries of African-American poetry, [selected by] Catherine Clinton
- The dream keeper and other poems, Langston Hughes ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- Concrete kids, Amyra León
- Harlem, a poem, by Walter Dean Myers ; pictures by Christopher Myers
- Langston Hughes, edited by Arnold Rampersad & David Roessel ; illustrations by Benny Andrews
- The Great Migration, journey to the North, by Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
- A place inside of me, a poem to heal the heart, written by Zetta Elliott ; illustrated by Noa Denmon
- Bronzeville boys and girls, Pictures by Ronni Solbert
- Ashley Bryan's ABC of African-American poetry
- Isn't my name magical?, sister and brother poems, by James Berry ; illustrated by Shelly Hehenberger
- Honey, I love, and other love poems, by Eloise Greenfield ; pictures by Diane and Leo Dillon
- Take it to the hoop, Magic Johnson, Quincy Troupe ; illustrated by Shane Evans
- Honey, I love, Eloise Greenfield ; illustrations by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
- Ellington was not a street, written by Ntozake Shange ; illustrations by Kadir Nelson
- The Negro speaks of rivers, Langston Hughes ; with illustrations by E.B. Lewis
- Lullaby for a black mother, a poem by Langston Hughes ; illustrated by Sean Qualls
- Visiting Langston, Willie Perdomo ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- When Gorilla goes walking, by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by Shane Evans
- Poemhood, our black revival, history, folklore & the Black experience: a young adult poetry anthology, edited by Amber McBride, Taylor Byas & Erica Martin
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