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The Honest-to-Goodness Truth

by McKissack, Pat & Potter, Giselle

After promising never to lie, Libby learns that it's not always necessary to blurt out the whole truth either.

Let My People Go

Bible Stories Told by aFreemanofColortoHisDaughter,Charlotte,inCharles

by McKissack, Pat & McKissack, Fredrick & Ransome, James

The daughter of a free black man who worked as a blacksmith in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1800s recalls the stories from the Bible that her fathe...

Ma Dear's Aprons

by McKissack, Pat & Cooper, Floyd

Young David Earl always knows what day of the week it is, because his mother, Ma Dear, has a different apron for every day except Sunday.

Satchel Paige

The Best Arm in Baseball

by McKissack, Pat & McKissack, Fredrick & Biegel, Michael David

Describes the life of one of baseball's greatest pitchers, who was unable to play Major League baseball due to segregation for many years, after which he becam...

Madame C. J. Walker

Self-Made Millionaire

by McKissack, Pat & McKissack, Fredrick & Bryant, Michael J.

Describes the life of the black laundress who founded a cosmetics company and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.

Paul Robeson

A Voice to Remember

by McKissack, Pat & McKissack, Fredrick & Biegel, Michael David

Examines the life of the African-American singer-actor who spoke out against racism and injustice.

The story of Booker T. Washington

by McKissack, Pat & McKissack, Fredrick

Traces the life of the African American educator and leader, focusing on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute.

Carter G. Woodson

The Father of Black History

by McKissack, Pat & McKissack, Fredrick & Ostendorf, Edward

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the man who first pioneered the study of black history.

Marian Anderson

A Great Singer

by McKissack, Pat & McKissack, Fredrick & Ostendorf, Edward

Tells the story of the African-American singer who struggled against prejudice to become one of the great opera performers of the century.

Monkey-Monkey's trick

based on an African folktale

by McKissack, Pat & Meisel, Paul

A greedy hyena's mean tricks on Monkey-Monkey eventually backfire when his victim finds out how he is being deceived.