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Children's books by or about African Americans

Last Updated: 28-May-2015

This guide lists children's books and young adult literature in Cubberley Education Library by or about African Americans.

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Firebird : ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird / Misty Copeland ; illustrated by Christopher Myers.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .O6443 F57 2014
Ages 5-8; Gr.1-3; Coretta Scott King illustrator award winner, 2015
Fake ID / L.R. Giles.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3607 .I433 F35 2014
Lexile measure HL540L; Ages 13 and up; Gr.7-12
Cover image of How I discovered poetry
How I discovered poetry / Marilyn Nelson ; illustrations by Hadley Hooper.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .A4795 H69 2014
Ages 10 and up; Gr.7-12; Autobiography and biography; Poetry and rhymes; Coretta Scott King Author Award honor, 2015
Hey, Charleston! : the true story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band / Anne Rockwell ; illustrations by Colin Bootman.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML28 .C35 J469 2013
Lexile measure 1040L; Ages 7-10; Gr.1-4
Revolution / Deborah Wiles.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3623 .I543 R48 2014
Lexile measure 840; Ages 8-12; Gr.6-9; Guided reading F; National Book Award, 2014
Cover image of The Great Greene heist
The great Greene heist / Varian Johnson.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3610 .O38364 G74 2014
Lexile measure 660; Ages 10-14 ; gr.5-9; Guided reading Y
The madman of Piney Woods / Christopher Paul Curtis.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .U6944 M33 2014
Lexile measure 870; Ages 11-15, Gr.5-8
Brown girl dreaming / Jacqueline Woodson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .O64524 Z46 2014
Lexile measure 990; Ages 8 and up; Gr. 5 and up
Cover image of 8th grade superzero
8th grade superzero / Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich.
1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .H83 A14 2010
Lexile measure 640; Book level 4.2; Ages 10-14; Gr.5-8
Cover image of All different now
All different now : Juneteenth, the first day of freedom / Angela Johnson ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3560 .O37129 A63 2014
Ages 5-8; Gr.1-3
Cover image of The crossover
The crossover / by Kwame Alexander.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .L35694 C76 2014
Ages 11-18; Gr.6-12
Dog days / by Karen English ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .N428 D64 2013
Lexile measure 710; Ages 6-9; Gr.2-4
Cover image of Skit-scat raggedy cat: Ella Fitzgerald
Skit-scat raggedy cat : Ella Fitzgerald / written by Roxane Orgill; illustrated by Sean Qualls.
1st ed.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .F5 O65 2010
Lexile measure 820; Book level 4.7; Ages 6-10; Gr.3-6
Africa is my home : a child of the Amistad / Monica Edinger ; illustrated by Robert Byrd.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .D54 A38 2013
Lexile measure 890; Ages 10-14; Gr.4-7
Cover image of Harlem's little blackbird
Harlem's little blackbird / words by Renée Watson ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
1st ed. New York : Random House Children's Books, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930.M63 W37 2012
Lexile measure AD770L; Ages 6-9; Gr.1-3
Desmond and the very mean word : a story of forgiveness / Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams ; illustrated by A.G. Ford.
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9369.4 .T88 D47 2013 F
Ages 7-12; gr.1-4
The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights / Steve Sheinkin.
First edtion.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D810 .N4 S44 2014
Lexile measure 950; Ages 10-14; Gr.6-10
Sugar / Jewell Parker Rhodes.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .H63 S85 2013
Lexile measure 430; Ages 9-12; Gr.3-5
Cover image of Knock knock
Knock knock : my dad's dream for me / by Daniel Beaty ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .E2632 K66 2013
Ages 5-8; K-gr.2
Cover image of Words with wings
Words with wings / Nikki Grimes.
1st ed. Honesdale, Penn. : WordSong, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3557 .R489982 W67 2013
Lexile measure 850; Ages 8-12;  gr.5-8
When the beat was born : DJ Kool Herc and the creation of hip hop / Laban Carrick Hill ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III.
1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .K68 H55 2013
Lexile measure AD910L; Ages 6-9; Gr.2-4
Cover image of March
March / [written by] John Lewis, Andrew Aydin ; [illustrated by] Nate Powell.
Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2013-
Green Library » Stacks » E840.8 .L43 A3 2013 BK.1
Ages 11 and up
The tortoise & the hare / Jerry Pinkney.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .I5247 T67 2013
Ages 4-7; Prk-gr.3
Cover image of Crow
Crow / Barbara Wright.
1st ed. New York : Random House, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .R493 C76 2012
Lexile measure 800; Ages 11-15; Gr.5-8
This is the rope : a story from the Great Migration / Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by James Ransome.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .O64524 T48 2013
Lexile measure AD1090L: Ages 5-9; Gr.1-3
Cover image of Josephine
Josephine : the dazzling life of Josephine Baker / words by Patricia Hruby Powell ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV1785 .B3 P68 2014
Lexile measure 790; gr.5-8
Cover image of Let it shine
Let It shine : stories of Black women freedom fighters / Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Stephen Alcorn.
[Reprint edition]. Boston, MA : Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2013], c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.96 .P565 2013
Lexile measure 940; Book level 7.2; Ages 8-12; gr.5-8
Martin & Mahalia : his words, her song / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .K5 P54 2013
Lexile Measure AD570L, Ages 6-12; gr.2-4
Puss in Boots / Jerry Pinkney.
New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .I5247 P87 2012 F
Ages 5-9; Gr.k-4
I lay my stitches down : poems of American slavery / written by Cynthia Grady ; illustrated by Michele Wood.
Grand Rapids Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3607 .R3275 I15 2012 F
Lexile measure 990; Ages 10 and up; Gr.4-7
Cover image of Fifty Cents and a Dream
Fifty cents and a dream : young Booker T. Washington / by Jabari Asim ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .W4 A85 2012
Lexile measure 740; Ages 5-9, gr. 2-4
Darius & Twig / Walter Dean Myers.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 D36 2013
Ages 12-18
Stolen into slavery : the true story of Solomon Northup / by Judy and Dennis Fradin.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E444 .N87 F73 2012
Lexile measure 1060; Ages 11-17, gr. 5-9
P.S. be eleven / by Rita Williams-Garcia.
New York : Amistad, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3545 .I5473 P7 2013
Lexile measure 770; Ages 8-12, gr. 4-7

Elementary level

Cover image of Talkin' about Bessie
Talkin' about Bessie : the story of aviator Elizabeth Coleman / by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
New York : Orchard Books, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » TK540 .C546 G75 2002 F
Lexile measure 970; Book level 6.1; Ages 5-12; Gr.4-6
Only passing through : the story of Sojourner Truth / by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E185.97 .T8 R63 2000
Lexile measure 790; Book level 5.2; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-8
Cover image of The moon ring
The moon ring / Randy DuBurke.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » PS3554 .U2648 M66 2002
Lexile measure 150; Ages 6-8; Gr.K-2
Freedom river / Doreen Rappaport ; pictures by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E450 .R23 2000
Lexile measure 330; Book level 3.3; Ages 5-9; Gr.3-5
The all Jahdu storybook / by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrations by Barry Moser.
1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1991.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7 .H1828 A55 1991
Lexile measure 450; Ages 7-11; Gr.3-5; Guided reading S
Cover image of As good as anybody
As good as anybody : Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march toward freedom / by Richard Michelson ; illustrated by Raul Colón.
1st ed. New York : A.A. Knopf, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .K5 M44 2008
Sydney Taylor Book Awards 2009; Notable Children's Trade Book/Social Studies 2009; ages 7-11; book level 4.1, gr. 2-5
Ashley Bryan words to my life's song / by Ashley Bryan, with photographs by Bill McGuinness.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3552 .R848 Z46 2009
Lexile measure 970; ages 6-12, book level 6; biography, gr. 3-7
Aunt Flossie's hats (and crab cakes later) / by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard ; paintings by James Ransome.
New York : Clarion Books, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3558 .O88135 A96 2001 F
Lexile measure 400; Ages 4-9; Grade level 3.6; Realistic fiction, gr. PreK-4
Bad news for outlaws : the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal / Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie.
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F697 .R44 N45 2009 F
Lexile measure 860; ages 9-12; book level 5.2; biography, gr. 3-5
Cover image of The bat boy & his violin
The bat boy & his violin / by Gavin Curtis ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7 .C9415 B37 1998
Lexile measure 700; Book level 4.1; Ages 5-9, gr. 3-5
Bird / by Zetta Elliott ; illustrated by Shadra Strickland.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .L463 B57 2008
Lexile measure 720; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-6
The blacker the berry : poems / by Joyce Carol Thomas ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3570 .H565 B53 2008 F
ages 4-8, gr. K-2
Blues journey / by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Christopher Myers.
New York : Holiday House, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 B58 2003
Book level 5; Ages 9-14; Gr.3-7
Bruh Rabbit and the tar baby girl / Virginia Hamilton ; paintings by James E. Ransome.
New York : Blue Sky Press, 2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3558 .A444 B68 2003
Lexile measure 390; Book level 3.2; Ages 4-8; PrK-Gr.2; Guided reading L
Bud, not Buddy / Christopher Paul Curtis.
New York : Delacorte Press, 1999.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3553 .U712 B83 1999
Lexile measure 950; ages 8-12; book level 5; historical fiction, gr. 4-6
Cover image of Come on, rain
Come on, rain / by Karen Hesse ; pictures by Jon J. Muth.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, c1999.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3558 .E797867 C66 1999
Lexile measure 780; Book Level 3.6; Ages 5-8; Realistic fiction, gr. K-2
Coretta Scott / poetry by Ntozake Shange ; paintings by Kadir Nelson.
1st ed. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .K47 S53 2009 F
Ages 4-9; Book level 4.9, gr. K-3
Dancing in the wings / Debbie Allen ; pictures by Kadir Nelson.
New York : Puffin Books for, 2003, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .L39218 D36 2003
Lexile measure 540; Ages 5-8; Grade level 3.2; Fiction; Library has 6 copies, gr. K-2
The dark-thirty : Southern tales of the supernatural / Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
1st yearling ed. New York : Dell Yearling, 2001
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .C38323 D37 2001
Lexile measure 730; ages 7-12; book level 4.6; horror and supernatural, gr. 4-9
Cover image of Dave the potter
Dave the potter : artist, poet, slave / by Laban Carrick Hill ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NK4210 .D247 H55 2010
Lexile measure 1100; Ages 6-10; Book level 6; Biography; Poetry, gr. K-3
Delivering justice : W.W. Law and the fight for civil rights / Jim Haskins ; illustrated by Benny Andrews.
1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F294 .S2 H24 2005 F
Lexile measurement 850; Ages 5-11; Grade level 5.3; General fiction, gr. 2-4
Each kindness / Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .O64524 E13 2012
Awards: Charlotte Zolotow Award, 2013.; Awards: Coretta Scott King Award, author, 2012.; Lexile measure 640; Ages 5-9, gr. K-3
Fifty cents and a dream : young Booker T. Washington / by Jabari Asim ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .W4 A85 2012
Lexile measure 740; Ages 5-9, gr. 2-4
Cover image of Freedom summer
Freedom summer / written by Deborah Wiles ; illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue.
1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3623 .I543 F74 2005
Lexile measure 460; Ages 6-12; Grade level 2.7; Historical fiction; Library has 6 copies, gr. K-2
Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott / Russell Freedman.
1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .M79 N43 2006
Lexile measure 1110;ages 9-18; book level 7.7; nonfiction, gr. 4-7
The friendship / Mildred D. Taylor ; pictures by Max Ginsburg.
1st ed. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1987.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3570 .A9463 F75 1987
Lexile measure 750; ages 8-12; book level 4.8; general fiction, gr. K-3
Further tales of Uncle Remus : the misadventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, the Doodang, and other creatures / as told by Julius Lester ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Dial Books, c1990.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ8.1 .L434 F87 1990
Ages 9-12; Gr.3-5
Cover image of Goin' someplace special
Goin' someplace special / Patricia C. McKissack ; [illustrated by] Jerry Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .C38323 G65 2001 F
Lexile measure 550; ages 5-12; book level 4.3; general fiction, gr. K-4
Grandma's gift / Eric Velasquez.
1st U.S. ed. New York : Walker, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3622 .E4356 G73 2010
Ages 5-9; Book level 5.3; Realistic Fiction, gr. 1-3
The Great Migration : journey to the North / by Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
1st ed. New York : Amistad, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3557 .R39416 G74 2011
Lexile 730; grade level 4.5; Informational history, Poetry, Awards: Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2012, gr. 1-4
Half a moon and one whole star / by Crescent Dragonwagon ; illustrations by Jerry Pinkney.
1st Aladdin books ed. New York : Aladdin Books, 1990.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ8.3 .D77 H34 1990
Grades K-2; African American, gr. K-2
Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.86 .P56 2012
Awards: Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2013.; Ages 11-18; Biography, gr. 5-8
Happy feet : the Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hoppers and me / Richard Michelson ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
1st ed. Orlando, [Fla] : Gulliver Books/Harcourt, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .I34 H37 2005
Lexile measure 700; Book level 3.3; Ages 6-11; Historical fiction, gr. K-3
Cover image of Heart and soul
Heart and soul : the story of America and African Americans / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson.
1st ed. New York : Balzer + Bray, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185 .N427 2011
Lexile measure 1050; Ages 9 and up; gr. 3-7
Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3562 .E8958 H46 2007
Lexile measure 380; ages 4-8; book level 3; historical fiction, gr. K-3
The home-run king / by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Gordon C. James.
New York : Viking, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .C38323 H66 2008
Lexile measure 570, Ages 8-11; Book level 3.6; Realistic fiction, gr. 3-6
H.O.R.S.E. : a game of basketball and imagination / Christopher Myers.
New York : Egmont USA, 2012
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y363 H67 2012 F
Ages 5-10, gr. 2-5
Cover image of I have a dream
I have a dream / Martin Luther King, Jr. ; paintings by Kadir Nelson.
1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E195.97 .K5 A5 2012
Ages 8 and up, gr. K-3
I have heard of a land / by Joyce Carol Thomas ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
1st ed. [New York] : HarperCollins Publishers, c1998.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7 .T36696 I3 1998
Book level 3.1; Ages 6-10, gr. 3-5
I lay my stitches down : poems of American slavery / written by Cynthia Grady ; illustrated by Michele Wood.
Grand Rapids Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3607 .R3275 I15 2012 F
Lexile measure 990; Ages 10 and up; Gr.4-7
I, too, am America / Langston Hughes ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3515 .U274 I3 2012
Lexile measure 390; Ages 5 and up, gr. 1-4
In the land of words : new and selected poems / by Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3557 .R39416 I5 2004
Book level 3.8; Ages 4-8, gr. K-2
Cover image of Jimi
Jimi : sounds like a rainbow : a story of the young Jimi Hendrix / by Gary Golio ; illustrated by Javaka Steptoe.
Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .H45 G65 2010
Lexile measure 900; Ages 3-9, Book level 5.6; Biography, gr. K-2
Jump on over! : the adventures of Brer Rabbit and his family / by Joel Chandler Harris ; adapted by Van Dyke Parks ; illustrated by Barry Moser.
1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1989.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ8.1 .P2236 1989
Ages 8 and up
Justin and the best biscuits in the world / Mildred Pitts Walter ; with illustrations by Catherine Stock.
1st ed. New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, c1986.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .A472285 J87 1986
Lexile measure 620; ages 9-12; book level 3.9; general fiction, gr. 4-6
Knockin' on wood : starring Peg Leg Bates / by Lynne Barasch.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV1785 .B3486 B37 2004
Lexile measure 880; Ages 5-10; Grade level 4.7; Biography, gr. 1-4
Let it shine : three favorite spirituals / [illustrated by] Ashley Bryan.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BV353 .L48 2007 F
No lexile measure, ages 3+, no book level, Poetry and Rhymes
Lincoln and Douglass : an American friendship / Nikki Giovanni ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.905 .G56 2008
Ages 5-10; book level 4.9; informational, gr. 1-4
The lion & the mouse / Jerry Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .I5247 L56 2009
Ages 5-8; Gr.Prk-Gr.2
Cover image of A long hard journey
A long hard journey : the story of the pullman porter / by Patricia and Frederick [sic] McKissack.
New York : Walker, 1989.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HD8039 .R37 U46 1989
Lexile measure 1050; book level 7.9; autobiography and biography, gr. 4-8
Looking like me / by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Christopher Myers.
New York : Egmont USA, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 L66 2009
Ages 5-9, gr. 3-6
Louis Armstrong, Ambassador Satchmo / by Jean Gay Cornell ; illustrated by Victor Mays.
New York : Dell Pub. Co., 1975, c1972.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .A736 C7 1975
Gr. 2-5
Martin's big words : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .K5 R36 2001
Lexile measure 410; ages 3-9; book level 3.4; biography, gr. K-4
Migration from Africa / Kevin Cunningham.
Chicago, Ill. : Raintree, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185 .C96 2012
Lexile measure 820, ages 8-12, gr. 4-6
Mirandy and Brother Wind / by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
New York : Knopf, c1988.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .C38323 M57 1988
Lexile: 690; Ages: 5-12; Grade level: 3.5; Fiction, gr. K-3
Cover image of The moon over Star
The moon over Star / by Dianna Hutts Aston ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney.
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3601 .S857 M66 2008
Ages 6-11; book level 4.3; historical fiction, gr. PreK-3
Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E444 .T82 W43 2006
Lexile measure 660; ages 5-10; Book level 4; Historical fiction, gr. 1-4
My people / Langston Hughes ; photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers/ginee seo books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3515 .U274 M9 2009
Ages 3 and up; poetry, gr. PreK-3
Neeny coming, Neeny going / by Karen English ; paintings by Synthia Saint James.
Mahwah, N.J. : BridgeWater Books, c1996.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7 .E62 N4 1996
The Negro speaks of rivers / Langston Hughes ; with illustrations by E.B. Lewis.
1st ed. New York, NY : Disney Jump at the Sun Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3515 .U274 N34 2009
Poetry, gr. 1-3
Cover image of Never forgotten
Never forgotten / by Patricia C. McKissack ; artwork by Leo & Diane Dillon.
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .C38323 N48 2011
Awards: Coretta Scott King Honor, Author, 2012.; Awards: ALA children's award.; Ages 8-14, gr. 4-
Lexile measure 830; Ages 7-12; Grade level 5.0; Historical fiction, gr. 4-7
One crazy summer / by Rita Williams-Garcia.
1st ed. New York : Amistad, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3545 .I5473 O54 2010
Lexile measure 750; Ages 8 to 12; Book level 4.6; Historical Fiction, gr. 4-7
The people could fly : American Black folktales / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
1st ed. New York : Knopf : c1985. New York Distributed by Random House, c1985.
Green Library » Stacks » GR103 .H36 1985
Lexile measure 480;; ages 5-12; book level 2.9; fables, folktales and myths, gr. 3-9
P.S. be eleven / by Rita Williams-Garcia.
New York : Amistad, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3545 .I5473 P7 2013
Lexile measure 770; Ages 8-12, gr. 4-7
Cover image of Puss in boots
Puss in Boots / Jerry Pinkney.
New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .I5247 P87 2012 F
Ages 5-9; Gr.k-4
The rain stomper / by Addie Boswell ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez.
1st ed. New York : Marshall Cavendish Children, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .O839 R35 2008
Ages 4-10; book level 2.2; general fiction, gr. K-2
Remember : the journey to school integration / Toni Morrison.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LC214.2 .M67 2004
Lexile measure 660; ages 9-up; book level 5; general nonfiction, gr. 4-8
The rise of Jim Crow / by James Haskins and Kathleen Benson ; with Virginia Schomp.
Tarrytown, N.Y. : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.61 .H365 2008
Ages 9-12, gr. 4-7
Roots and blues : a celebration / Arnold Adoff ; paintings by R. Gregory Christie.
New York : Clarion Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551.D66 R66 2011
Awards: Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011; Notable Book for a Global Society 2012.; Ages 10-14, gr. 4-6
Sit-in : how four friends stood up by sitting down / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.61 .P596 2010 F
Lexile measure 500; Ages 7-12, Book level 5.2, gr. 2-4
Cover image of The snowy day
The snowy day / Ezra Jack Keats.
New York : Viking Press, c1962.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » TX 428.51 .K25S
Lexile: 500; Ages: 3-9; Grade level 3.2; Fiction, gr. K-2
Sojourner Truth's step-stomp stride / Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .T8 P56 2009
ages 5-9, gr. 1-4
Sukey and the mermaid / Robert D. San Souci ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
1st American ed. New York : Four Winds Press, c1992.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3569 .A46698 S85 1992
Lexile measure 820; Book level 4.8; Ages 5-8; Gr.3-5
Sweet whispers, Brother Rush / Virginia Hamilton.
New York, N.Y. : Philomel Books, 1982.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3558 .A444 S89 1982
lexile measure 550; book level 3.8; general fiction; horror, gr. 4-8
The tales of Uncle Remus : the adventures of Brer Rabbit / as told by Julius Lester ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Dial Books, c1987.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ8.1.L434 T34 1987
Lexile measure 760; Ages 9-12, gr. 3-5
These hands / written by Margaret H. Mason ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .A81742 T48 2011
Ages 4-8, gr. PreK-3
Cover image of This jazz man
This Jazz Man / Karen Ehrhardt ; pictures by R.G. Roth.
1st ed. Orlando : Harcourt, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .H744 T48 2006
Ages 3-7, gr. K-2
Under the quilt of night / by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by James E. Ransome.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3558 .O6366 U53 2002
Lexile measure 580; ages 5-11; book level 3; historical fiction, gr. 1-4
Underground / Shane W. Evans.
1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E450 .E94 2011
Awards: Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 2012.; Ages 8-12 ; Historical fiction, gr. 2-4
When I get older : the story behind "Wavin' Flag" / K'naan ; with Sol Guy ; illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez.
Toronto, Ont. : Tundra Books ; Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Tundra Books of Northern New York, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .K675 W56 2012
Ages 7-11, gr. 2-5
When Marian sang : the true recital of Marian Anderson : the voice of a century / libretto [i.e. text] by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; staging [i.e. illustrations] by Brian Selznick.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .A5 R93 2002
Lexile measure 780; ages 7-10; book level 5.2; biography; gr. K-5
Zora and me / Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon.
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .O6565 Z67 2010
Lexile measure 860; Ages 8-12; Book level 5.3; Biography, Historical fiction, gr. 4-7

Middle school level

Black hands, white sails : the story of African-American whalers / Patricia C. McKissack & Fredrick L. McKissack.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, c1999.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » SH381.5 .M38 1999
Lexile measure 1130; Book level 8; Ages 12-16;  Gr.5-8
Only passing through : the story of Sojourner Truth / by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E185.97 .T8 R63 2000
Lexile measure 790; Book level 5.2; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-8
Cover image of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass : the story behind an American friendship / Russell Freedman.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion Books, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.905 .F725 2012
Lexile measure 1110; Ages 8-14, gr. 5-9
After Tupac & D Foster / Jacqueline Woodson.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573.O64524 A37 2008
Lexile measure 750; ages 10-15; book level 4.7; realistic fiction, gr. 6-9
Ain't nothing but a man : my quest to find the real John Henry / Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .H455 N445 2008
Lexile measure 1030; Ages 10-14; Book level 6.6, gr. 6-9
Akata witch / Nnedi Okorafor.
New York : Viking, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3615 .K67 A63 2011
Lexile measure 590; Book level 4.2; Ages 11-14, gr. 6-9
Ashley Bryan words to my life's song / by Ashley Bryan, with photographs by Bill McGuinness.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3552 .R848 Z46 2009
Lexile measure 970; ages 6-12, book level 6; biography, gr. 3-7
Cover image of Birmingham Sunday
Birmingham Sunday / Larry Dane Brimner.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B69 B75 2010
Lexile measure 1190; Ages: 10 up; Grade level: 9.8; Informational (Violence warning), gr. 5-8
Black & white : the confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor / Larry Dane Brimner.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B657 B75 2011
Awards: Sibert Honor Book; Ages 11 and up, gr. 7-12
Black storm comin' / Diane Lee Wilson.
1st ed. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .I45689 B53 2005
Lexile measure 860; Ages 11-18; Grade level 5.4; Historical fiction, gr. 7-12
Cover image of Blues journey
Blues journey / by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Christopher Myers.
New York : Holiday House, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 B58 2003
Book level 5; Ages 9-14; Gr.3-7
Bronx masquerade / by Nikki Grimes.
New York : Dial Books, c2002.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3557 .R489982 B76 2002
Lexile measure 670; ages 12-up; book level 4.5; poetry and rhymes, gr. 7-12
Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice / by Phillip Hoose.
1st ed. New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .M753 C6554 2009
Lexile measure 1000; ages 10-18; book level 6.8; biography, gr. 5-10
Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone.
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D769.347 .S766 2013
Lexile measure 1090; Ages 11-15, gr. 5-9
Cover image of Darius & Twig
Darius & Twig / Walter Dean Myers.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 D36 2013
Ages 12-18
The dark-thirty : Southern tales of the supernatural / Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
1st yearling ed. New York : Dell Yearling, 2001
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .C38323 D37 2001
Lexile measure 730; ages 7-12; book level 4.6; horror and supernatural, gr. 4-9
Discovering Black America : from the age of exploration to the twenty-first century / Linda Tarrant-Reid.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185 .T198 2012
Lexile measure 1370; Ages 10 and up, gr. 7-12
Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .U6944 E45 2007
Lexile measure 1070; Coretta Scott King Award; ages 8-12; historical fiction, gr. 6-8
Emancipation Proclamation : Lincoln and the dawn of liberty / Tonya Bolden.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E453 .B68 2013
Gr. 7-10
Cover image of Fallen angels
Fallen angels / Walter Dean Myers.
[Econoclad ed.]. New York : Scholastic Inc., c1988.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 F35 1988
Lexile measure 650; book level 4.2; realistic fiction, gr. 7-12
Feathers / Jacqueline Woodson.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .O64524 F43 2007
Lexile Measure 760; ages 10-15; book level 4.4; realistic fiction, gr. 6-9
The first part last / Angela Johnson.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2003.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3560 .O37129 F57 2003
Lexile measure 790; ages 12-up; book level 4.7; realistic fiction, gr. 6-12
The forbidden schoolhouse : the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students. / Suzanne Jurmain.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LA2317 .C73 J87 2005
Lexile measure 920; Ages 9-14; Grade level 6.2; History, gr. 5-8
Forged by fire / Sharon M. Draper.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3554 .R24 F67 1997
Lexile measure 780; ; ages 12-18; book level 4.7; general fiction, gr. 7-10
Cover image of Francie
Francie / Karen English.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7 .E7232 F73 1999
Lexile measure 660; Book level 4.2; Ages 9-13, gr. 5-12
Freedom like sunlight : praisesongs for Black Americans / J. Patrick Lewis ; [illustrations] John Thompson.
Mankato, Minn. : Creative Editions, 2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3562 .E9465 F74 2000
Nonprose; Grade level 4.7; Poetry & rhymes, gr. 5-12
Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott / Russell Freedman.
1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .M79 N43 2006
Lexile measure 1110;ages 9-18; book level 7.7; nonfiction, gr. 4-7
Guardian / Julius Lester.
1st ed. New York : Amistad/HarperTeen, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7 .L5629 G83 2008
Lexile 870; ages 13-up
Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.86 .P56 2012
Awards: Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2013.; Ages 11-18; Biography, gr. 5-8
Heart and soul : the story of America and African Americans / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson.
1st ed. New York : Balzer + Bray, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185 .N427 2011
Lexile measure 1050; Ages 9 and up; gr. 3-7
Cover image of Heaven
Heaven / Angela Johnson.
1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1998.
Green Library » Stacks » PZ7 .J629 HE 1998
Lexile measure 790; ages 12-up; book level 4.7; realistic fiction, gr. 6-9
Her stories : African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon.
New York : Blue Sky Press, c1995.
Green Library » Stacks » GR111.A47 H35 1995
Lexile measure 880; ; ages 8-12; book level 4.6; fables, folktales, and myths, gr. 5-8
Hush / Jacqueline Woodson.
New York : Putnam's, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .O64524 H87 2002
Lexile measure 640; Ages 11-15; Grade level 5.4; Fiction, gr. 5-9
I hadn't meant to tell you this / by Jacqueline Woodson.
New York, NY : Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, c1994.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7 .W868 I47 1995
Lexile measure 740; Book level 4.1, gr. 5-9
I lay my stitches down : poems of American slavery / written by Cynthia Grady ; illustrated by Michele Wood.
Grand Rapids Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3607 .R3275 I15 2012 F
Lexile measure 990; Ages 10 and up; Gr.4-7
Cover image of Land
The land / Mildred D. Taylor.
New York : Dial, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3570 .A9463 L36 2001
Lexile measure 760; ages 12-up; book level 5; historical fiction, gr. 7-12
Let the circle be unbroken / Mildred D. Taylor.
New York : Puffin Books, 1991, c1981.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3570 .A9454 L48 1991
Lexile 850; Ages 13-18; Grade level 7.3; historical fiction, gr. 6-12
Let them play / by Margot Theis Raven ; illustrated by Chris Ellison.
Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV880.5 .R38 2005
Lexile measure 1100; Ages 6-12; Grade level 7.9; General nonfiction, gr. 6-8
Linda Brown, you are not alone : the Brown v. Board of Education decision : a collection / edited by Joyce Carol Thomas ; illustrations by Curtis James.
1st ed. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2003.
Green Library » Stacks » E185.61 .L56 2003
Lexile measure 560; Ages 10-15; Grade level 5.8; Nonfiction, gr. 5-9
The lions of Little Rock / Kristin Levine.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3612 .E9239 L56 2012
Lexile measure 630; Ages 10 and up; Historical fiction, gr. 5-8
Cover image of A long hard journey
A long hard journey : the story of the pullman porter / by Patricia and Frederick [sic] McKissack.
New York : Walker, 1989.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HD8039 .R37 U46 1989
Lexile measure 1050; book level 7.9; autobiography and biography, gr. 4-8
The magical adventures of Pretty Pearl / Virginia Hamilton.
1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1983.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7.H1828 M35 1983
Lexile measure 620; book level 4.2; gr. 6-9
Make lemonade / Virginia Euwer Wolff.
1st ed. New York : H. Holt, 2006, c1993.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .O5613 M35 2006
Lexile measure 890; Ages 13-18; Gr. 7-12; Guided reading Z
Malcolm X : a graphic biography / written by Andrew Helfer ; art by Randy DuBurke.
1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP223 .Z8 L5745 2006
Ages 14-18; book level 6.6; biography, gr. 7-12
Marching for freedom : walk together, children, and don't you grow weary / Elizabeth Partridge.
New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.93 .A3 P37 2009
Ages 10-18, gr. 6-12
Marching to the mountaintop : how poverty, labor fights, and civil rights set the stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final hours / by Ann Bausum.
1st ed.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .K5 B38 2012
Ages 12 and up, gr. 5-8
Cover image of Maritcha
Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl / Tonya Bolden.
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F128.9 .N4 B65 2005
Lexile measure 1190; Ages 8-14; Grade level 7.1; Biography & autobiography
Miracle's boys / Jacqueline Woodson.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .O64524 M57 2000
Lexile measure 660; ages 11-15; book level 4.3; general fiction
Miss Crandall's school for young ladies and little misses of color : poems / by Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson ; pictures by Floyd Cooper.
Honesdale, Pa. : Wordsong, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .L3494 M57 2007
Ages 10-15; book level 5.9; poetry, middle school & high school
Motown and Didi : a love story / by Walter Dean Myers.
1st ed. New York : Viking Kestrel, 1984.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 M68 1984
Lexile measure 750; book level 5.1; general fiction, gr. 7-12
Never forgotten / by Patricia C. McKissack ; artwork by Leo & Diane Dillon.
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .C38323 N48 2011
Awards: Coretta Scott King Honor, Author, 2012.; Awards: ALA children's award.; Ages 8-14, gr. 4-7
Cover image of Ninth ward
Ninth Ward / Jewell Parker Rhodes.
1st ed. New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .H63 N56 2010
Lexile measure 470; Ages 8-11. Book levlel 3.3; Realistic fiction, gr. 5-8
Lexile measure 830; Ages 7-12; Grade level 5.0; Historical fiction, gr. 4-7
Now is your time! : the African-American struggle for freedom / Walter Dean Myers.
[Book club ed.] New York : Scholastic Inc., c1991,
Green Library » Stacks » E185 .M96 1993
Lexile measure 1030; biography, gr. 6-8
One crazy summer / by Rita Williams-Garcia.
1st ed. New York : Amistad, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3545 .I5473 O54 2010
Lexile measure 750; Ages 8 to 12; Book level 4.6; Historical Fiction, gr. 4-7
The people could fly : American Black folktales / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
1st ed. New York : Knopf : c1985. New York Distributed by Random House, c1985.
Green Library » Stacks » GR103 .H36 1985
Lexile measure 480;; ages 5-12; book level 2.9; fables, folktales and myths, gr. 3-9
Cover image of P.S. be eleven
P.S. be eleven / by Rita Williams-Garcia.
New York : Amistad, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3545 .I5473 P7 2013
Lexile measure 770; Ages 8-12, gr. 4-7
Remember : the journey to school integration / Toni Morrison.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LC214.2 .M67 2004
Lexile measure 660; ages 9-up; book level 5; general nonfiction, gr. 4-8
The rise of Jim Crow / by James Haskins and Kathleen Benson ; with Virginia Schomp.
Tarrytown, N.Y. : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.61 .H365 2008
Ages 9-12, gr. 4-7
The road to Memphis / Mildred D. Taylor.
1st ed. New York : Dial Books, c1990.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3570 .A9463 R63 1990
Lexile measure 670; ages 12-up; book level 4.5; general fiction, gr. 7-10
The rock and the river / Kekla Magoon.
1st Aladdin ed. New York : Aladdin, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .A3467 R63 2009
Lexile measure 550; ages 12-18; book level 3.9, gr. 6-10
Roll of thunder, hear my cry / Mildred D. Taylor.
25th anniversary ed. New York : Dial Books, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3570 .A9463 R65 2001
Lexile measure 920; Ages 9-12; Grade level 6.9; Historical fiction, gr. 5-8
Cover image of Stolen into slavery
Stolen into slavery : the true story of Solomon Northup / by Judy and Dennis Fradin.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E444 .N87 F73 2012
Lexile measure 1060; Ages 11-17, gr. 5-9
Street love / Walter Dean Myers.
1st ed. New York : Amistad : HarperTempest, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 S77 2006
Book level 5.4 ; Ages 12 and up; gr.7-12
Sweet whispers, Brother Rush / Virginia Hamilton.
New York, N.Y. : Philomel Books, 1982.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3558 .A444 S89 1982
Lexile measure 550; book level 3.8; general fiction; horror, gr. 4-8
Toning the sweep / Angela Johnson.
New York : Scholastic, Inc., 1994, c1993.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3560 .O37129 T66 1994
Lexile measure 760; ages 12-up; book level 4.7; realistic fiction, gr. 7-12
Trouble don't last / Shelley Pearsall.
1st ed. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3616 .E254 T76 2002
Lexile measure 720; Ages 11-16; Grade level 5.4; Historical fiction, gr. 5-10
We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson ; forward by Hank Aaron.
New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV875 .A1 N45 2008
Lexile measure 900; ages 10-up; book level 5.9; informational, gr. 5-8
Cover image of We've got a job
We've got a job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March / written by Cynthia Levinson.
Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree Publishers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B69 N4476 2012
Lexile measure 1020; Ages 10 and up, gr. 6-12
When the children marched : the Birmingham civil rights movement / Robert H. Mayer.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B69 N4485 2008
Ages 11-18; biography, middle & high school
The young landlords / Walter Dean Myers.
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 1989, c1979.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 Y68 1989
Lexile measure 820; ages 10-up; book level5.1; general fiction, gr. 6-12
Yummy : the last days of a Southside shorty / by G. Neri ; illustrated by Randy DuBurke.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2010
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F548.9 .N4 N47 2010
Ages 12- up, gr. 6-12
Zora and me / Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon.
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .O6565 Z67 2010
Lexile measure 860; Ages 8-12; Book level 5.3; Biography, Historical fiction, gr. 4-7

Young adult literature

Bad boy : a memoir / by Walter Dean Myers.
New York, N.Y. : HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 Z47 2001
Lexile measure 970; Ages 12-18; Grade level 6.6; Biography & autobiography, gr. 8-12
Black storm comin' / Diane Lee Wilson.
1st ed. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .I45689 B53 2005
Lexile measure 860; Ages 11-18; Grade level 5.4; Historical fiction, gr. 7-12
Bronx masquerade / by Nikki Grimes.
New York : Dial Books, c2002.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3557 .R489982 B76 2002
Lexile measure 670; ages 12-up; book level 4.5; poetry and rhymes, gr. 7-12
Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice / by Phillip Hoose.
1st ed. New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .M753 C6554 2009
Lexile measure 1000; ages 10-18; book level 6.8; biography, gr. 5-10
Copper sun / Sharon M. Draper.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3554 .R24 C67 2006
Lexile measure 820; ages 12-up; book level 5.2; classics, gr. 9-12
Cover image of Darius & Twig
Darius & Twig / Walter Dean Myers.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 D36 2013
Ages 12-18
Discovering Black America : from the age of exploration to the twenty-first century / Linda Tarrant-Reid.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185 .T198 2012
Lexile measure 1370; Ages 10 and up, gr. 7-12
The dream keeper and other poems / Langston Hughes ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
New York : Knopf, c1994.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3515 .U274 D7 1994
Ages 11-up; poetry, gr. 8-12
Emancipation Proclamation : Lincoln and the dawn of liberty / Tonya Bolden.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E453 .B68 2013
Gr. 7-10
Fallen angels / Walter Dean Myers.
[Econoclad ed.]. New York : Scholastic Inc., c1988.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 F35 1988
Lexile measure 650; book level 4.2; realistic fiction, gr. 7-12
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The first part last / Angela Johnson.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2003.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3560 .O37129 F57 2003
Lexile measure 790; ages 12-up; book level 4.7; realistic fiction, gr. 6-12
Forged by fire / Sharon M. Draper.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3554 .R24 F67 1997
Lexile measure 780; ; ages 12-18; book level 4.7; general fiction, gr. 7-10
Francie / Karen English.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7 .E7232 F73 1999
Lexile measure 660; Book level 4.2; Ages 9-13, gr. 5-12
Freedom in the family : a mother-daughter memoir of the fight for civil rights / Tananarive Due and Patricia Stephens Due.
1st trade pbk. ed. New York : One World, 2004, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .D76 D84 2004
Lexile measure 380; book level 8.1, gr. 9-12
Freedom like sunlight : praisesongs for Black Americans / J. Patrick Lewis ; [illustrations] John Thompson.
Mankato, Minn. : Creative Editions, 2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3562 .E9465 F74 2000
Nonprose; Grade level 4.7; Poetry & rhymes, gr. 5-12
Cover image of Growing up in slavery
Growing up in slavery : stories of young slaves as told by themselves / edited by Yuval Taylor ; illustrations by Kathleen Judge.
1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E444 .G5 2005
Lexile measure 1130; ages 11-18; biography and autobiography, gr. 9-12
John D. Rockefeller; the Cleveland years, by Grace Goulder.
[1st ed.] Cleveland, Western Reserve Historical Society, 1972 [c1973]
Green Library » Stacks » HD9570.R6.I9
Lexile 870; ages 13-up
Harlem stomp! : a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance / by Laban Carrick Hill.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.6 .H515 2003
Lexile measure 1270; ages 11-18; book level 6; general nonfiction, gr. 8-12
I never had it made / by Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett.
New York : Putnam [1972]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV865 .R6 A29
Lexile measure 1130; book level 8; autobiography and biography, gr. 8-12
Jazmin's notebook / Nikki Grimes.
1st ed. New York : Dial Books, c1998.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7 .G88429 J3 1998
Lexile measure 980; Book level 5.8; Ages 12-18, gr. 9-12
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Jimi & me / Jaime Adoff.
1st ed. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3601 .D59 J56 2005
Ages 12-18; Grade level 6.3; General fiction, gr. 8-11
The land / Mildred D. Taylor.
New York : Dial, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3570 .A9463 L36 2001
Lexile measure 760; ages 12-up; book level 5; historical fiction, gr. 7-12
Let the circle be unbroken / Mildred D. Taylor.
New York : Puffin Books, 1991, c1981.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3570 .A9454 L48 1991
Lexile 850; Ages 13-18; Grade level 7.3; historical fiction, gr. 6-12
Lockdown / Walter Dean Myers.
1st ed. New York : HarperTeen/Amistad, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 L63 2010
Lexile measure 730; Ages 12 and up; Realistic fiction, gr. 9-12
Make lemonade / Virginia Euwer Wolff.
1st ed. New York : H. Holt, 2006, c1993.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .O5613 M35 2006
Lexile measure 890; Ages 13-18; Gr. 7-12; Guided reading Z
Malcolm X : a graphic biography / written by Andrew Helfer ; art by Randy DuBurke.
1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP223 .Z8 L5745 2006
Ages 14-18; book level 6.6; biography, gr. 7-12
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Marching for freedom : walk together, children, and don't you grow weary / Elizabeth Partridge.
New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.93 .A3 P37 2009
Ages 10-18, gr. 6-12
Miss Crandall's school for young ladies and little misses of color : poems / by Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson ; pictures by Floyd Cooper.
Honesdale, Pa. : Wordsong, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .L3494 M57 2007
Ages 10-15; book level 5.9; poetry, middle school & high school
Motown and Didi : a love story / by Walter Dean Myers.
1st ed. New York : Viking Kestrel, 1984.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 M68 1984
Lexile measure 750; book level 5.1; general fiction, gr. 7-12
Ages 12-18; fictionalized biography, gr. 8-12
Panic / Sharon M. Draper.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3554 .R24 P36 2013
Ages 14 and up, gr. 10-12
The road to Memphis / Mildred D. Taylor.
1st ed. New York : Dial Books, c1990.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3570 .A9463 R63 1990
Lexile measure 670; ages 12-up; book level 4.5; general fiction, gr. 7-10
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The rock and the river / Kekla Magoon.
1st Aladdin ed. New York : Aladdin, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .A3467 R63 2009
Lexile measure 550; ages 12-18; book level 3.9, gr. 6-10
Slam! / Walter Dean Myers.
Point signature ed. New York : Scholastic Inc., c1996.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 S53 1996
Lexile measure 750;ages 12-up; book level 4.5; realistic fiction, gr. 8-12
Slam! / Walter Dean Myers.
Point signature ed. New York : Scholastic Inc., c1996.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 S53 1996
Lexile measure 750;ages 12-up; book level 4.5; realistic fiction, gr. 8-12
Street love / Walter Dean Myers.
1st ed. New York : Amistad : HarperTempest, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 S77 2006
Book level 5.4 ; Ages 12 and up; gr.7-12
Sweet, hereafter / Angela Johnson.
1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3560 .O37129 S94 2010
Lexile measure 750; Ages 12-16; Book level 4.6, gr. 8-12
This life / Sidney Poitier.
1st ed. New York : Knopf, 1980.
Green Library » Stacks » PN2287 .P57 A37
Autobiography and biography, gr. 9-12
Cover image of Toning the sweep
Toning the sweep / Angela Johnson.
New York : Scholastic, Inc., 1994, c1993.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3560 .O37129 T66 1994
Lexile measure 760; ages 12-up; book level 4.7; realistic fiction, gr. 7-12
Trouble don't last / Shelley Pearsall.
1st ed. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3616 .E254 T76 2002
Lexile measure 720; Ages 11-16; Grade level 5.4; Historical fiction, gr. 5-10
We've got a job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March / written by Cynthia Levinson.
Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree Publishers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B69 N4476 2012
Lexile measure 1020; Ages 10 and up, gr. 6-12
When the children marched : the Birmingham civil rights movement / Robert H. Mayer.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B69 N4485 2008
Ages 11-18; biography, middle & high school
The young landlords / Walter Dean Myers.
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 1989, c1979.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 Y68 1989
Lexile measure 820; ages 10-up; book level5.1; general fiction, gr. 6-12
Yummy : the last days of a Southside shorty / by G. Neri ; illustrated by Randy DuBurke.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2010
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F548.9 .N4 N47 2010
Ages 12- up, gr. 6-12