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SPOTLIGHT ON........Juvenile Picture Books |
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Celebrate Black History Month with these recommended titles by, for and about African Americans.
All of these library materials are owned by the Metropolitan Library System. Log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance.
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The Chicken-chasing Queen of Lamar County
Janice N. Harrington (Farrar, c2007)
Shelf Number: EASY/HAR
Meet one smart chicken chaser. She can catch any chicken on her grandmother's farm except one - the elusive Miss Hen. In a hilarious battle of wits, the spirited narrator regales readers with her campaign to catch Miss Hen, but this chicken is "fast as a mosquito buzzing and quick as a fleabite." Our chicken chaser has her mind set on winning, until she discovers that sometimes it's just as satisfying not to catch chickens as it is to catch them. |
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Henry's Freedom Box
Ellen Levine (Scholastic, c2007)
Shelf Number: EASY/LEV
In this powerful story, Levine weaves together the extraordinary events in the life of Henry "Box" Brown, who as a young boy hid in a wooden crate in one of the most amazing escapes using the Underground Railroad. |
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Lily Brown's Paintings
Angela Johnson (Orchard Books /Scholastic, c2007)
Shelf Number: EASY/JOH
When Lily Brown paints, her world starts to change . . . trees wear hats and drink tea, people walk upside down, and apples sing all the way home from the store. Johnson's lyrical writing compliments Lewis' delightful watercolors in this beautiful illustrated book about a little girl who explores the world in a special way. |
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One Million Men and Me
Kelly Starling Lyons (Just Us, c2007)
Shelf Number: EASY/LYO
The Million Man March, held on October 16, 1995, was a movement like no other. It brought together Black men from across our nation who were committed to inspiring and empowering themselves and each other to make positive and lasting changes in their families and communities. Now, this new picture book shares the story of the March in a new light: through the eyes of a little girl who was with her father the day Black men of America made history. |
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Pappy's Handkerchief
Devin Scillian (Sleeping Bear Press, c2007)
Shelf Number: EASY/SCI
Young Moses and his family leave Baltimore in 1889 in a quest of owning their own land and head west, where they find themselves participating in the Oklahoma Land Run. Evocative paintings and spellbinding storytelling bring this pivotal event in American history to vivid life for young readers. |
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