ELEM: Hit: Afro-American Books

[Janet Rawdon <jrawdon@MEOL.MASS.EDU>]

Thanks to all of you who sent me suggestions. Here are your
recommendations.   I will pass them on to the teacher who requested the
information.



1. Mississippi Bridge  by: Mildred D. Taylor

2. The Friendship  by: Mildred D. Taylor

3. The Well  by: Mildred D. Taylor

4. Jackson Jones And The Puddle Of Thorns  by: Mary Quattlebaum

5. Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World  by: Mildred Pitts Walter


Bill Brittain:  _All the Money in the World_

Eloise Greenfield:  _Nathaniel Talking_

Any other books that any other grade 2-4 boys like.

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the Workd by Mildred Pitts Walter
Stealing Home by Mary Stolz
Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns by Mary Quattlebaum


How about taking a look at Candy Dawson Boyd?  Her books may tend toward
4th--5th grade but they are worth looking at.


Have you seen the Mercer Mayer chapter books about LC, a more grown up
Little Critter?  They appeal to all 2-3 graders.

~
Eloise Greenfield
Lucille Clifton
Luke Was There by Eleanor Clymer
--
Sharon Draper has a small series of books about a group of Afro-American
boys. I think one of the titles was "Lost in the Tunnel of Time." They are
more 4th grade level (I think).

These are good books that qualify:

Quattlebaum.  Jackson Jones and the puddle of thorns.
Mead.  Junebug.

Hi.  Osmond Molarsky's books have groups of kids in them--a multi-cultural
mix.  The newer Matt Christopher books (which are short chapter books) have
minority characters in them.  Peters'  The Stinky Sneakers Contest have
African-Americans protaganists. Wagner's J.T. is another; J. Merrill The
Toothpaste Millionaire is another.

Black snowman by Phil Mendez (Scholastic)
Go fish by Mary Stolz (HarperCollins)
Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats (Macmillan)
Ezra Jack Keats Books
Max found two sticks by Brian Pinkny  (Simon & Schuster)
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco  (Philomel)
Snow on snow on snow by Cheryl Chapman  (Dial)
Well: David's story by Mildred Taylor  (Dial)
William and the good old days by Eloise Greefield  (HarperCollins)
Willie Jerome by Alice Faye Duncan  (Macmillan)


You might want to try the websites below, from the November weed of the
Month web pages, both are excellent!

 AFROPHILE contains recommended titles that are divided by grade level
and have brief summaries.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Proceedings_Rev/men_afrophle.html


Africa Access Review is another very extensive site created by Brenda
Randolph of Parkland Middle School in Rockville, MD with reviews of
materials for children on the topic of Africa. The site is searchable
and contains hundreds of reviews.
http://www.inform.umd.edu/mdk-12/homepers/africa/

--

Janet Rawdon
Lincoln-Eliot Library
Newton MA
jrawdon@mec.mass.edu

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Janet Rawdon
Lincoln-Eliot School
Newton  MA
jrawdon@meol.mass.edu

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