Photographs and poetic text celebrate the beauty and diversity of African American children.
Shades of Black
United States
Materials from United States of America
The Seed and the Giant Saguaro
A packrat, carrying fruit from the giant saguaro, is chased by various desert animals and inadvertently helps spread the cactus’s seed. Includes information on saguaros.
City Green
Marcy and Miss Rosa start a campaign to clean up an empty lot and turn it into a community garden.
Busy Toes
Tip-toe into the pages of this exquisitely illustrated book and dig, squish, and splash your way to discover the many secrets and delights of our toes.
Grandma Susan Remembers
A grandmother from an old Maine family that came to America from England generations ago relates family and cultural life to her grandchildren as they enjoy various traditions of the New England seacoast.
My House/Mi casa
Teaches children the names of common objects in and around the house with pages of delightful illustrations.
My Tata’s Guitar/La guitarra de mi tata
While sharing stories of their Mexican-American family’s past, a father gives his young son the guitar he received from his own father.
Braids/Trencitas
This bilingual story shows the importance of family and of reading, while also emphasizing the rewards of passing along cultural traditions. Beautiful illustrations portray the moving story of Bela and her grandma, who love to tell stories, braid hair, and play lotería with the family: “Our stories, like our braids, bind us forever.”
Dos Años
The idea that hands, feet, eyes, ears, legs, and arms all come in pairs is discovered by two Asian-American toddlers.
Shades of People
Explores the many different shades of human skin, and points out that skin is just a covering that does not reveal what someone is like inside.