1984
Author
Award Winner
Everett
Anderson's Good-bye by Lucille Clifton j E CLI
A simple,
poetic telling of Everett Anderson's feelings as he copes with and accepts the
fact of his father's death." Full color. Baby-Preschool
Special
Citation:
The Words
of Martin Luther King, Jr. , Coretta Scott King, compiler
Highlighting the legendary civil rights leader's speeches, sermons, and
writings, here are 120 quotations, complemented by 16 striking historical
photographs, focusing on seven areas of concern the community of man, racism,
civil rights, justice and freedom, faith and religion, nonviolence, and peace.
Also included is a detailed chronology- of Dr. King's life and an impressive
introduction from Mrs. King on her husband's life and legacy. Young Adult
Honor
Books
The
Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl by Virginia Hamilton
Pretty Pearl,
a spirited young African god child eager to show off her powers, travels to the
New World where, disguised as a human, she lives among a band of free blacks who
have created their own separate world deep inside a vast forest. Young Adult
Lena
Horne by James
Haskins Young Adult
Bright
Shadow
by
Joyce Carol Thomas YA
Thomas, C.
Because
We Are by Mildred
Pitts Walter
The book is about a girl named Emma. She is an African American girl and a
senior in high school who goes to a predominately white upper class school. She
hangs out with the other few blacks at her school. She has a white boyfriend who
is not giving her what she deserves and she has parents whom a couple years ago
got divorced. So her life's is pretty average as far as teenagers life goes.
When one day a sudden outburst at school gets her sent to the principal's office
and transferred to a school a lot closer but not as respected called manning.
She is afraid that she won't fit in with al the blacks that are not as fortunate
as she is. She is also afraid that the golden slippers will not let her become a
debutante. She befriends a guy named Allan and starts to relax a little. Will
everything pan out will Emma become a debutante will she graduate find out in
this awesome book. Read it you will be surprised how much you will like it.
Ages
9-12
Illustrator
Award Winner
My
Mama Needs Me , ill. by Pat Cummings; text by Mildred
Pitts Walter j E WAL
Jason
wants to help, but isn't sure that his mother needs him at all after she brings
home a new baby from the hospital.
Ages
4-8
1983
Author
Award Winner
Sweet
Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton
j HAM
Fourteen-year-old Tree, resentful of her working mother who leaves her in
charge of a retarded brother, encounters the ghost of her dead uncle and comes
to a deeper understanding of her family's problems. Young Adult
Honor
Book
This
Strange New Feeling by Julius Lester
This is an excellent book about the joys and sorrows of slavery. The book
has three wonderful stories in it with each story telling about the love of
slaves for one another. If you love reading about the past, love, and slavery
this is a great book you should read. Young Adult
Illustrator
Award Winner
Black
Child by Peter Mugabane
Ages
9-12
Honor
Books
All
the Colors of the Race , ill. by John Steptoe; text by Arnold
Adoff j 811.54 ADO
A
collection of poems written from the point of view of a child with a black
mother and a white father.
I'm Going
to Sing: Black American Spirituals
,
ill. by Ashley Bryan Ages
4-8
Just Us
Women , ill. by
Pat Cummings; text by Jeanette Caines
"No
boys and no men-just us women," Aunt Martha tells her niece. And together
they plan their trip to North Carolina in Aunt Martha's brand-new car. This is
to be a very special outing-with no one to hurry them along, the two travelers
can do exactly as they please.
Ages
4-8
1982
Author
Award Winner
Let
the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
YA Taylor, M.
Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression
experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the
pride and self-respect they need to survive. Young Adult
Honor
Books
Rainbow
Jordan by Alice Childress
Here is
Rainbow Jordan: too brave to be a child, too scared to be a woman.
"Powerful, eloquent, revealing...the memory of this exceptional heroine is
likely to linger a long time." Young Adult
Lou in
the Limelight by Kristin
Hunter Young Adult
Mary: An
Autobiography by Mary
E. Mebane
Mebane's
two-volume autobiography "is told through a series of vignettes of life in
a rural black community and of [the] struggle to rise above her environment
without repudiating it." LJ's reviewer found that while the "prose is
simple, the concepts expressed are complex," giving the duo
"historical as well as literary value" Young Adult
Illustrator
Award Winner
Mother
Crocodile; an Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal , ill. by John Steptoe;
text by Rosa Guy
Ages
4-8
Honor
Book
Daydreamers
, ill. by Tom Feelings; text by Eloise Greenfield j 811 GRE
Poetry
and portraits of young black children reveal all the beauty in children's
wishes, yearnings, and memories. "Greenfield and Feelings have
unquestionably worked together in harmony to create their sensitive portrayals
of black boys and girls"
Ages
4-8
Author
Award Winner
This
Life by Sidney Poitier 921 POITIER, S.
Poitier's biography is one of bitter sweet humorous at times and seriously
moraled at others. His life story rivals that of his films. His dirt poor up
bringing with feelings of embarassment, pride, and humility to his success story
and subsequent feelings of energeticness, ....pride...and yes humility is one
that is under-rated and under appreciated. It just the kind of story that the
world needs now. Young Adult
Honor
Book
Don't
Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday by Alexis De Veaux
Presents
a prose poem recounting the life of the American jazz singer affectionately
known as Lady Day. Young Adult
Illustrator
Award Winner
Beat the
Story Drum, Pum-Pum by Ashley Bryan Ages 9-12
Honor
Books
Grandmama's
Joy , ill. by Carole Byard; text by Eloise Greenfield
"The portrait of a relationship, revealed less as a story than as the
unfolding of love".--Booklist. "Beautiful charcoal illustrations
contribute to the mood that permeates the story".
Ages
4-8
Count on
Your Fingers African Style
,
ill. by Jerry Pinkney; text by Claudia Zaslavsky
In the
African marketplace, people buy and trade using many different languages
including various methods of finger counting. This beautifully illustrated
picture book takes readers on a tour of the markets, showing the traditional
finger counting styles of various African peoples. Many children develop math
phobia early. This book explores the practicality of math within the context of
African culture and helps children see that math can be fun and creative. Ages
4-8
1980
Author
Award Winner
The
Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers j LAN
The
derelict Stratford Arms is turned over to the Action Group to be cleaned up. But
then the group realizes that there is an outrageous bunch of tenants living in
the building.
Ages
9-12
Honor
Books
Movin' Up
by Berry Gordy Ages 9-12
Childtimes:
A Three-Generation Memoir
by
Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little
Three
generations of black women remember their "childtimes" in this lyrical
memoir spanning a century of American history. "The intimate details of
loving and growing up and the honesty with which they are told will involve all
readers, both black and white . . ." Ages
9-12
Andrew
Young: Man With a Mission
by
James Haskins Ages 9-12
James Van
Der Zee: The Picture Takin' Man
by
James Haskins Young Adult
Let the
Lion Eat Straw by Ellease
Southerland Ages 9-12
Illustrator
Award Winner
Cornrows ,
ill. by Carole Byard; text by Camille Yarborough
When
Mama and Great-Grammaw weave the striking cornrow patterns of Africa into their
children's hair, their gentle voices also weave a tale full of pride and
heritage. Ages 4-8