Janice N. Harrington Books
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
A young farm girl tries to catch her favorite chicken, until she learns something about the hen that makes her change her ways.
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Going North
By Janice N. Harrington, Jerome Lagarrigue
A young African American girl and her family leave their home in Alabama and head for Lincoln, Nebraska, where they hope to escape segregation and find a better life.
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Furious Flower
By Tara Betts, Major Jackson, Terrance Hayes, Randall Horton, Kamilah Aisha Moon, F. Douglas Brown, Lauren Russell, Dexter L. Booth, Duriel E. Harris, Hayes Davis, Derrick Weston Brown, Natasha Marin, Cortney Lamar Charleston, Krista Franklin, Nagueyalti Warren, Phillip B. Williams, Tracy K. Smith, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Ladan Osman, Tiana Clark, Chanda Feldman, Korey Williams, Safia Elhillo, Janice N. Harrington, John Murillo, Cedric Tillman, Safiya Sinclair, JP Howard, Nkosi Nkululeko, Mary Alice Daniel, Evie Shockley, Raina J. Leon, CM Burroughs, Taylor Johnson, Bianca Lynne Spriggs, Abdul Ali, Ama Codjoe, Valencia Robin, Julian Randall, Nate Marshall, Arisa White, Reginald Dwayne Dwayne Betts, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Jasmine Richards, David Mills, Francine J. Harris, Toi Derricotte, Iain Haley Pollock, Rita Dove, Rickey Laurentiis, Dominique Christina, E. Ethelbert Miller, Darlene Anita Scott, Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Justin Phillip Reed, Dante Micheaux, Shauna M. Morgan, Clint Smith, Cynthia Manick, Destiny O. Birdsong, Samantha Thornhill, Nicole Sealey, Sherese Francis, DaMaris B. Hill, Marcus Wicker, Bettina Judd, Kevin Simmonds, Ruth Ellen Kocher, Lyrae Van Clief Stefanon, Frank X. Walker, Tony Medina, Natasha Oladokun, Patricia Spears Jones, Charif Shanahan, Indigo Moor, Lynne Procope, Sharan Strange, Erica Hunt, DeLana R. A. Dameron, Lauren K. Alleyne, Ross Gay, Nabila Lovelace, Mahtem Shiferraw, Douglas Kearney, Metta Sama, A. Van Jordan, Clemonce Heard, Keith S. Wilson, Thylias Moss, Opal Moore, Mendi Lewis Obadike, Douglas Manuel, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Michael Collins, Lillian Yvonne Bertram, Joanne V. Gabbin, Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, John Bracey, Khadijah Queen, L. Lamar Wilson, Curtis L. Crisler, Danez Smith, Ana Maurine Lara, Patricia Smith, Fred Joiner, Yalie Saweda Kamara, Gregory Pardlo, Kwame Dawes, Marcus Jackson, Donika Kelly, T Ai Freedom Ford, Candice Wiley, Avery R. Young, Camille T. Dungy, Amanda Johnston, Glenis Redmond, Aricka Foreman, Alan W. King, Saretta Morgan, Jericho Brown, Cornelius Eady, Mitchel L.H. Douglas, Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Matthew Shenoda, Anastacia Renee, Amber Flora Thomas, Tyehimba Jess, Xandria Phillips, Remica Bingham Risher, Meta DuEwa Jones, Nandi Comer, Joshua B. Bennett, Shayla Lawson
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Busy busy Little Chick
Mama Nsoso knows her chicks need a warm new house, but each day when they set out to collect sticks and mud she is distracted by good things to eat, while Little Chick stays busy gathering the buil...
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Roberto walks home
Roberto is very angry when his older brother Miguel promises to walk him home from school and then forgets.
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Catching a Storyfish
This lyrical middle-grade novel-in-verse celebrates the power of story and of finding one’s individual voice.Keet knows the only good thing about moving away from her Alabama home is that she...
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Catching a Storyfish
This lyrical middle-grade novel-in-verse celebrates the power of story and of finding one’s individual voice.Keet knows the only good thing about moving away from her Alabama home is that she...
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Buzzing with Questions
The story of Charles Henry Turner, the first Black entomologist — a scientist who studies bugs — is told in this fascinating book for young readers.Can spiders learn? How do ants f...
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