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This month-long celebration began in 1976 and is a time for Americans to reflect on both the history and teachings of these great African men and women. This February, share the stories of some of the pioneers and leaders who had a profound impact on African history. From the widely recognized American poet, Langston Hughes, whose life and work were enormously important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance to the little-known history of African-American settlers in Oklahoma, these books will inspire, enlighten, and entertain!
HarperChildrens would like to help you celebrate this wonderful holiday, please enter our African American History Month contestwhere 20 winners will receive a set of ALL the great books mentioned below!
Langston Hughes
Alice Walker's picture book biography, Langston Hughes, was originally published in 1974. Find out more about what inspired Alice Walkerto write this book, the story of Langston Hughes starting from his childhood years, when he first learned how his people were captured in Africa and brought over to America enslaved. It's a moving portrait of a great African American poet of the twentieth century!
Danitra Brown Leaves Town
In, Danitra Brown Leaves Town, Nikki Grimes brings back to us some of our favorite characters, Danitra and her best friend, Zuri Jackson. Told as a series of 13 poems and letters about the joys of summer and the strong bond of true friendship, this will resonate with many who have savored the pleasures of Fourth of July fireworks, picnics and games, block parties, starry summer nights, and family reunions.
Ray and the Best Family Reunion Ever
Three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, Mildred Pitts Walter, is back with another ground-breaking novel. It's the story of eleven-year-old Ray Moret, a boy of Creole descent who is on his way to a family reunion. Ray is especially anxious to meet his grandfather, from whom his own father has long been estranged. Much darker in complexion than his parents and his older sister, Ray is told he resembles his grandfather in more ways than one. Mildred Pitts Walter does a wonderful job explaining Creole history along with the pressing issues Ray faces.
The Heart Calls Home
Award winning author, Joyce Hansen is a four-time Coretta Scott King Honor Author and a master of children's historical fiction. This novel tells the story of Obi Booker, a former slave, who is learning the ways of the world as a free black man in South Carolina after the Civil War. Obi cannot give up his hopes of finding his true love, Easter, and the rest of his kin from the farm he grew up on. Hansen deftly weaves real historical events into the novel, presenting a vivid account of a budding black settlement during Reconstruction. (Kirkus Reviews)
Words with Wings
African-American poetry and art have no boundaries, the topics explored by these great works are racism, black pride, poverty, and struggle. Spanning generations, this book includes well-known greats such as Langston Hughes and Alice Walker as well as hopeful and popular newcomers. Each one of the poems and illustrations will touch your heart and dazzle your eyes!
Malcolm X
Malcolm X learned from his father that black people should demand equality by taking their lives and futures into their own hands. Malcolm believed in this idea. It was one he lived by. Malcolm died tragically when he was only thirty-nine, but his beliefs live on today. In this book, Walter Dean Myers skillfully weaves quotes from Malcolm's speeches to re-create the life and times of this extraordinary man.
I Have Heard of a Land
In the late 1880s, thousands of pioneers, many of them African-Americans newly freed from slavery, headed west to carve out a new life in the Oklahoma soil. Drawing upon her own family history, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Thomas has crafted an unforgettable anthem to these brave and determined people from America's past. I Have Heard of a Land is a glorious tribute to the African-American pioneer spirit.
Brown Angels
Join acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers in a heartwarming celebration of African-American childhood in words and pictures. Sharing favorites from his collection of long-forgotten turn-of-the-century photographs, and punctuating them with his own moving poetry, Mr. Myers has created a beautiful album that reminds us that "the child in each of us is our most precious part."
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Black is Brown is Tan
Mommy is black and Daddy is white but the family is many colors. The members of their loving circle make the world sweet for two young children growing up tall and strong. This is the way it is for them, this is the way they are, but the joy they feel will extend to all readers of all ages!
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