Children & Young Adult

He was born black, poor, and lucky. The glowing story of Satchmo--the great jazz musician, Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong has been called the most important improviser in the history of jazz. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was poor in nearly...

From the critically acclaimed author of The Gospel of Winter and the coauthor of All American Boys comes a cool, contemplative spin on hot summer nights and the classic teen love story as two teens embark on a cross-country journey of...

Positive African American Plays For Children" is a great way to introduce children to drama. Filled with lessons, morals, and creativity, "Positive African American Plays For Children" is one of a kind. Book 3 features plays about the first African...

Positive African American Plays For Children Book 2 Positive upbeat plays for children anyone can easily produce at schools, churches, or anywhere children gather. Plays for Black History Month (featuring positive African Americans from yesterday and...

Treasure's dad has disappeared and her mom sets out to track him down, leaving twelve-year-old Treasure and her little sister, Tiffany, in small-town Virginia with their eccentric, dictatorial Great-Aunt Grace. GAG (as the girls refer to her) is a...

Sparks will fly in this hip-hop-hot teen novel that mixes social protest and star-crossed romance, from Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author Kwame Alexander! He Said, She Said is perfect for fans of Walter Dean Myers and Rachel Vail...

Franklyn "Franky" Bourgeois is 15, and he's already done more living than most. Now Franky's just a heartbeat away from a life of crime--until he gets an unexpected chance to turn things around.

Keysha's life is looking up. She's scored the lead in the school play, and her boyfriend, Wesley, has moved back home. Perfect, right? Except that a backstabbing rival is scheming to get her role, and rehearsals leave zero time for Wesley. Annotation:...

Another title in the AMAZING AMERICANS series, AMAZING OLYMPIC ATHLETE WILMA RUDOLPH explores the life of Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three gold medals in the same Olympics. After attending the 1956 Olympics, where she won a bronze...

Ashley's autobiography is full of art, photographs, and the poignant never-say-never tale of his rich life, a life that has always included drawing and painting. Even as a boy growing up during the Depression, he painted -- finding cast off objects to...

VIDEO INTERVIEW BELOW Six teens living in the diverse landscape of Washington, D.C., are on the grind at school, home, and work. The first in a trilogy, in which each book showcases 30 pieces of photo-illustrated art meshed within the frenetic,...

After a wild semester, the sisters of Beta Gamma Pi are worried that Alyx Cruz's partying is ruining their reputation on campus. When Alyx receives devastating news about her mom, and learns that because of low grades her scholarship is on the line, she...