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An Alphabetical List of Authors' Names

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1. Adler, D. A. & Byrd, S. ( 1993). A Picture Book of  Frederick Douglass.

          New York, NY: Holiday House.

 

2. Adler, D. A. & Casilla, R. (1997). A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall.

          New York, NY: Holiday House.

 

3. Allen, D. & Nelson, K. (2003). Dancing in the Wings. New York, NY:

            Puffin Books.

 

4. Asim, J. & Pham, L. (2006). Whose Toes Are Those?

          New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company.

 

5. Averbeck, J. & Ismail, Y. (2015). One Word from Sophia.

          New York City, NY: Antheneum Books for Young Readers.

 

6. Ballou, K. & Mack, M. (2017). When Daronte's Father Went to Prison.

          Seatle, WA: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.

 

7. Barnes, D. & James, G. C. (2017). Crown: An Ode To The 

          Fresh Cut. Evanston, IL: Agate Publishing, Inc.

 

8. Barton, C. & Tate, D. (2017). Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking

         Stream of Inventions. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing.

 

9. Bass, P. H. & Craft, J. (2014). The Zero Degree Zombie Zone.

          New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

 

10. Bennett, K. &  Jones, N. Z. (2008). Not Norman: A Goldfish Story.

          Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.

 

11. Bolden, T. (2014). Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America.

          New York, NY: Abrams Books for Young Readers.

 

12. Brown-Wood, J. & Mitchell, H. (2014). IMANI'S MOON.

          Traverse City, MI: Mackinac Island Press.

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13. Cannon, N., Mobb, A., califawnia, Captain Kris, Mast, Mike P,

          Morf, & Queen Andrea. (2015). Neon Aliens Ate My  Homework and

          Other Poems. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

 

14. Coles, R. & Ford, G. (2010). The Story of Ruby Bridges: Special

           Aniversary Edition. New York City, NY: Scholastic Paper

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15. Cooper, F. (2015). Max and the Tag - Along Moon.

          New York, NY: Puffin Books.

 

16. Copeland, M. (2016). Life in Motion: An Unlikely  Ballerina Young

          Readers Edition. New York: Aladdin.

 

17. Davis, L. & Bottum, J. (2018). The World is Awake: A

          Celebration of Everyday Blessings. Grand Rapids, MN:

          Zonderkidz.

 

18. Diggs, T. & Evans, S. W. (2015). Mixed Me!

          New York, NY: Feiwel & Friends.

 

19. DiPucchio, K. & Pham, L. (2012). Grace for President.

          New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children.

 

20. Dungy, T. & Bates, A. J. (2008). You Can Do It! 

           New York City, NY: Little Simon Inspirations.

 

21. Falwell, C. (2005). David's Drawings. New York, NY: Lee & Low Books, Inc.

 

22. Feelings, M. & Feelings, T. (1992). jambo means hello: Swahili Alphabet Book.

            New York: Puffin Books.

 

23. Flournoy, V. & Pinkney, J. (1985). The Patchwork Quilt ( 1st ed.)

          New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers.

 

24. Giovanni, N. & Martins, G. (1987). Spin A Soft Black Song.

          New York, NY: Square Fish.

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25. Giovanni, N., Scott, M., Perdomo, W.,  & Medina, T. (Eds.)., de Dios, A. V., Ward,   D., Balouch, K.,   

         Tugeau, D., & Noiset, M. (2008). Hip Hop Speaks to Children : A Celebration of Poetry with a beat.

         Naperville, IL: Source books Jabberwocky.

 

​26. Greenfield, E. & Byard, C. (1991). Africa Dream.

          New York, NY: HarperCollins.

 

27. Greenfield, E.,  Dillon, L. & Dillon, D. (1986). Honey, I Love and other

          Love Poems. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

 

28. Hamilton, D. & Reinoso, E. (2017). Riley Can Be Anything. London:

            The Ella Riley Group.

 

29. Hamilton, V., Dillon, L. & Dillon, D. (1993). The People Could Fly.

          New York, NY: Knopf Books for Young Readers.

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30. Hansen, G. (2017). Michelle Obama: Former First lady and Role Model

            (History Maker Biographies).  Minnesota: Abdo Kids Jumbo.

 

31. Harris, T. & Ford, A. G. (2011). Summer Jackson: Grown Up.

          New York, NY: HarperCollins.

 

32. Harris, T. M. (2015). Chicken Waits for Hen.

          United States: Sweetberry Books.

 

33. Harris, T. M. & Ivanova, N. (2015). Look What Brown Can Do! (1st ed.).

           United States: Sweetberry Books.

 

34. Harrison, V. (2017). Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History.

           Boston, MA: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

 

35. Hinton, K. (2008). Martin Luther King, Jr. (A Robbie Reader) (What’s So Great About?).

            Hockessin, DE: Mitchell Lane Publishers.

 

36. Hoffman, M. & Binch, C. (1991). Amazing Grace (1st ed.).

            New York City, NY: Dial Books. 

 

37. Hru, D.  & Lewis, E. B. (1996). The Magic Moonberry Jump Ropes (1st ed.).

            New York, NY: Penguin Publishing Group.

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38. Hudson, C. W. (2002). Afrobets 1,2,3.  New York, NY: Scholastic.

 

39. Hudson, W. & Cooper, F. (1993). Pass It On : African American Poetry for  Children.

          New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

 

40. Hughes, L. & Pinkney, B. (1996). The Dream Keeper and other poems (1st ed.).

          New York, NY: Knopf Books for Young  Readers.

 

41. Isadora, R. (2009). The  Princess and the Pea.

          London, England: Puffin Books.

 

42. Isadora, R. (2008). Peekaboo Morning. New York, NY: G. P. Putnam Son's

           Books for Young Readers.

 

43. Jazynka, K. (2016). National Geographic Readers: George Washington Carver.

          (Readers Bios). Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Children's Books.

 

44. Johnson, A. & Mitchell, R. (2000). Daddy Calls Me Man.

           New York, NY: Orchard Books.

 

45. Johnson, A. & Mitchell, R. (1994). Rain Feet. New York: Scholastic, Inc.

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46. Jones, L. & Garnett, R. (2000). Scholastic Reader 4: Great Black Heroes: Five Brilliant

          Scientists. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

 

47. Jordan, D., Jordan, R. M. & Nelson, K. (2003). Salt in his Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit

            of a Dream. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.

 

48. Kamkwamba, W., Mealer, B. & Hymas, A. (2012). The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.

           New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers.

 

49. Keats, E. J. (1976). The Snowy Day. London, England: Puffin Books.

 

50. Kenfack, G. & Vital H. O. (2017). Mambo’s Toy Collection.

            Colorado Springs, CO: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.

 

51. Kenfack, G. T. & Minlo, D. (2016). Africa ABC. Bothell, WA: Balafun, LLC.

 

52. Kudlinski, K. V. & Wooden, L. (2003). Sojourner Truth: Voice of Freedom.

           New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks.

 

53. Kulling, M. & Parkins, D. (2017). To The Rescue! Garrett Morgan Underground.

          Toronto, Ontario: Tundra Books.

 

54. Laditan, B. & Knight, T. (2018). The Big Bed. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

 

55. Largie, A. D. & Pichardo, S. (2017). The Boy Who Would Grow Up To Be: President

            Barack Obama. Place of publication not Idenfified: Kemet Game and Toy Co.

 

56. Lee, S., Lee-Lewis, T. & Nelson, K. (2007). Please, Baby, Please.

            New York, NY: Little Simon.

 

57. Lester, J. & Pinkney, J. (1999). John Henry. London, England: Puffin Books.

 

58. Levine, E. & Nelson, K. (2007). Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story

             from the Underground Railroad. New York City, NY: Scholastic Press.

 

59. Macken, J. E. & Pham, L. (2004). Sing - Along Song.

          New York, NY: Penguin Group.

 

60. Malenga, M. (2017). Hey Lil Bri: :Learn Colors with Me! (1st ed.)

            Unknown location: Mubita Malenga.

 

61. McKissack, P. C., McKissack, F. & McKissack, P. (1998).

          Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues.

         New York, NY: Scholastic Paperbacks.

 

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62. McKissack, P., McKissack, F. & Chesworth, M. (2002). Miami Jackson Sees It Through

            (Revised ed.).  New York, NY: Random House Books for Young Readers.

 

63. McLaurin, P. & Wang, D. (2016). Have You Thanked An

           Inventor Today? Lawrenceville, GA: Digital Arts, Inc

 

64. McQuinn, A. & Beardshaw, R. (2006). Lola at the Library (1st, ed.)

          Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing.

 

65. Mollel, T. & Reasoner, C. (1998). The Princess Who Lost Her Hair: An Akamba Legend

            (Legends of the World) (1st ed.). Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Communications.

 

66. Mowry, T. & Mowry, T. (2016). Twintuition: Double Vision.

          New York, NY: HarperCollins.

 

67. Myers, B. & Reddick, N. (2018). The Adventures of Olivia: The Bugs Inside Me.

          Location [unknown]: Waterfalls Publishing.

 

68. Myers, W. D. & Christensen, B. (2015). Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told.

          Place of publication not identified: Amistad.

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69. Nelson, K. (2005). He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (1st ed.).

          New York City, NY: Dial Books.

 

70. Nelson, V. M. & Christie, R. G. (2009). Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of

           Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshall (Exceptional Social Studies Titles for

           Intermediate Grades) . Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books.

 

71. Onyefulu, I. (1997). A is for Africa. London, England:

           Puffin Books.

     

 

72. Patrick, D. L. &  Manwill, M. (2018). A Girl Named Rosa: The True Story of Rosa Parks

            (American Girl: A Girl Named). New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

 

 

73. Peete, H. R., Peete, E. P. & Evans, S. (2010). My Brother Charlie.

          New York, NY: Scholastic Press.

 

74. Pilkey, D. (2016). The Paperboy. New York, NY: Orchard Books.

 

75. Pinkney, A. D. & Pinkney, B. (1998). Dear Benjamin Banneker (1st ed.)

            New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pubishing Company.

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76. Pinkney, A. D. & Pinkney, B. (2007). Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a

          Vocal Virtuosa. New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for children.

 

​77. Porter, C., Taylor, D., Rosales, M., Graff, V. R. & Roberts, L. (1993).

            1864 Meet Addy, An American Girl Book 1.

            Middleton, WI: Pleasant Company Publications.

 

78. President, A. C. & Clopton-Dunson, K. (2017). African American Inventors and

          their Inventions A - Z. Colorado Springs, CO: CreateSpace Independent

          Publishing Platform.

 

79. Prince, A. J. & Casilla, R. (2007). Jackie Robinson:  He Led the Way.

           London, England: Penguin Young Readers.

 

80. Rodman, M. A. &  Lewis, E. B. (2007). My Best Friend.

          London, England: Puffin Books.

 

81. Russell-Brown, K. & Morrison, F. (2014). Little Melba and Her Big Trombone.

          New York, NY: Lee & Low Books.

 

82. Seeger, P. & Hays, M. (1994). Pete Seeger's ABIYOYO.

          New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks.

 

83. Shabazz, I. & Ford, A. G. (2014). Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to

          Become Malcolm X. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

 

84. Shelton, P. Y. & Colon, R. (2013). Child of the Civil Rights Movement.

     New York: Random House Children's.

 

85. Shepherd, J. (2015). Mae Jemison (Rookie Biographies).

          New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

 

86. Sherrow, V. & Johnson, L. (2000). Wilma Rudolph (On My Own

         Biography).  Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue Editions.

 

87. Shetterly, M. L. & Freeman, L. (2018). Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four

            Black Women and the Space Race. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

 

88. Shipp, B. & Boyer, R. (2016). The Meteorologist in Me. Middleton, DE:

            The Power of Love Books.

 

89. Smalls, I. & Johnson, C. A. (2014). Pop Pop and Me and a Recipe.

          Irvine, CA: Xist Publishing.

 

90. Steptoe, J. (2008). Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters.

          London, England: Puffin Books.

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91. Stier, C. & Avril, L. (2008). If I Ran for President (1st ed.).

          Park Ridge, IL: Albert Whitman & Company.

 

92. Tarpley, N. A. & Lewis, E. B. (2001). I Love My Hair!.

          New York City, NY: LIttle Brown Books for Young Readers.

 

93. Thomson, M. (2010). Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix Up.

          London, United Kingdom: Puffin Books.

 

94. Towle, W. & Clay, W. (1993). The Real McCoy: The Life of an

           African American Inventor (1st ed.). New York, NY:  Scholastic, Inc.

 

95. Verde, S. & Reynolds, P. H. (2016). The Water Princess.

          New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

 

96. Weatherford, C. B. & Christoph, J. (2015). Gordon Parks : How the Photographer

          Captured Black and White America. Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman & Company.

 

​97. Weatherford, C. B. & Nelson, K. (2006). Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People

            to Freedom (1st ed.). New York, NY: Hyperion Books CH.

 

98. Williams, K. & Cooper,  F. (2010).  A Beach Tail.

            Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.

 

99. Winter, J. & Qualls, S. (2006). Dizzy. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

 

100. Wyeth, S. D. & Soentpiet, C. K. (2002). Something Beautiful.

             Decorah, IA: Dragonfly Books.

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