Denise Lewis Patrick Books
Red dancing shoes
Delighted with her shiny new red shoes, a little girl dances through town to show them off to everyone she knows.
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The car washing street
Even though his parents do not own a car, Matthew looks forward to Saturday mornings when all the people on his street wash their cars.
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A lesson for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Relates an incident from the childhood of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., when his best friend's father said they could no longer play together because "colored and white can't mix!"
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Never stop singing
In 1964, ten-year-old African American singer Melody Ellison decides to fix up her Detroit neighborhood playground and plant a garden, but when her friends put her in charge, Melody finds out just...
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Meet Cecile
With the help of her white friend Marie-Grace, Cecile, a well-to-do black girl in living 1853 New Orleans, plans a secret adventure at a Mardi Gras costume ball.
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Troubles for Cecile
An affluent black family fights against illness and death when a terrible outbreak of yellow fever strikes New Orleans in the summer of 1853.
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Cecile's gift
Encouraged by her friend Marie-Grace, Cecile finds a way to help her beloved city, New Orleans, in the aftermath of the 1853 yellow fever epidemic.
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A matter of souls
A series of vignettes reveal life in the Deep South for African Americans as they experience discrimination in a doctor's office, lynching, and other forms of oppression, especially during the 1960s.
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A new beginning
"What if you suddenly found yourself in Addy Walker's world in the middle of the Civil War? Join Addy on adventures as you outrun a slave catcher, raise money for soldiers, and search for Addy's fa...
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