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The Negro Speaks of Rivers

by Hughes, Langston & Lewis, Earl

The famous poem, taken from The collected poems of Langston Hughes (c1994), illustrated with watercolors.

Pitching in for Eubie

by Nolen, Jerdine & Lewis, Earl

Lily tries to find a way to pitch in and help her family make enough money to send her older sister, Eubie, to college.

Pitching In for Eubie

by Nolen, Jerdine & Lewis, Earl

Lily tries to find a way to pitch in and help her family make enough money to send her older sister, Eubie, to college.

Lily Brown's Paintings

by Johnson, Angela & Lewis, Earl

When Lily Brown paints, she imagines all sorts of fantastic things in the scenes that she sees every day.

Night Boat to Freedom

by Raven, Margot Theis & Lewis, Earl

At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Ohio. Based on slave narrative...

Across the Alley

by Michelson, Richard & Lewis, Earl

Jewish Abe's grandfather wants him to be a violinist while African-American Wille's father plans for him to be a great baseball pitcher, but it turns out that ...

Happy Feet

The Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hoppers and Me

by Michelson, Richard & Lewis, Earl

A young boy who loves to dance listens as his father retells the story of the night he was born, which coincided with the opening of the Savoy Ballroom in Harl...

This Little Light of Mine

by Lewis, Earl

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When You Were Born

by Aston, Dianna Hutts & Lewis, Earl

A mother describes the joyful time of her baby's birth and how it was celebrated by family and neighbors.

Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry

by Campbell, Bebe Moore & Lewis, Earl

A little girl learns coping skills with the help of her grandmother, neighbors and school friends, when her mother's mental illness disrupts her daily routine.