Minty

By Alan Schroeder

They called her "Minty."When she grew up, she became Harriet Tubman, the courageous and heroic woman who helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad. But she was ju...

Back Home

By Gloria Jean Pinkney

Even though eight-year-old Ernestine lives with her family up North, "back home" is Lumberton, North Carolina, the place where she was born and where her mama grew up. From the moment she steps off...

John Henry

By Julius Lester

Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney's warm, humorous retelling of a popular African-American folk ballad.When John Henry was born the birds, bears, rabbits, and even a unicorn came to see him. He grew...

A Visit with Jerry Pinkney

By Jerry Pinkney

The Little Match Girl

By Hans Christian Andersen

The luminous art of three-time Caldecott Honor recipient Jerry Pinkney transforms the nineteenth-century Danish girl of Andersen's tale into a child plucked straight from America's melting pot, she...

Puss in Boots

By Jerry Pinkney

A beautifully illustrated retelling of the beloved fairy tale from Caldecott Medal-winning author Jerry Pinkney   For generations, children have been enchanted by the tale of the clever cat in fanc...

What else can you do

By Jean Marzollo

Rhyming verses ask the reader to purr like a cat, scratch like a dog, leap like a squirrel, and bark like a seal.

Tales from Africa

By Lila Green

Goin Someplace Special

By Jerry Pinkney

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