By: Walter Dean Myers
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Rich paintings in limited colors convey the power of a people and a piece of their history.

By: Juanita Havill
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Though Jamaica wonders who lost the stuffed dog and struggles with the decision to try and find its owner, she ultimately returns it to the playground where she found it.

By: Christopher Myers
Stunning, bold collage illustrations carry the action in this reworking of the traditional Greek myth. Here, Icarus becomes Ikarus, a boy of color, who learns to fly in spite of the society in which he lives.
By: Christopher Myers
A lonely boy finds friendship and understanding on the roof of his city apartment. Robust paintings illustrate the eloquently told story of Jawanza and the older man who understands the pigeons the boy watches.
By: Ntozake Shange
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Handsome illustrations of Shange's evocative poem, "Mood Indigo," pay homage to the many African American icons and visionaries who came to the author's house when she was a child. From W.E.B.
By: Toni Morrison
Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison uses more than 50 archival photographs, many of children, to take readers on a journey to remember "the narrow path, the open door and the wide road" to integration of American schools before and after the Supreme Court's
Young woman standing among tea leaves
By: Frederick Lipp

Shanti lives in the mountains of Sri Lanka with her mother, Amma, who works hard every day picking tea leaves. Before walking to school one day, Shanti asks her mother for her wishes.

By: Jeremy Smith
Lily's mother has travelled all over he world, and has planted a magical garden for her daughter, full of exotic and beautiful flowers.
Aani and the Tree Huggers
By: Jeannine Atkins

Based on true events in northern India, this is the story of a little girl's bravery. Distinctive color illustrations, inspired by Indian miniature painting, accompany the moving story.

By: Minfong Ho Holly Meade
Baby knows that Jut-Ay means morning has come, and it's time to play. But where is Baby hiding? Eechy-eechy-egg! crows the red-tailed rooster. Is Baby near? Hru-hruu! Hru-hruu! whines the puppy dog. Is Baby crouching there?

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